Around the World in 80 Treasures
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Brand: Warner BrothersHost: Dan Cruickshank
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Stereo; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Stereo
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Unknown
Running Time: 591 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-09-02
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
Product features:
- Join Dan Cruickshank as he takes a global tour of the most breathtaking treasures man has ever created. Exciting and intrepid, intimate and engaging, this series explores some of the world's outstanding man-made spectacles. Traversing the globe, Cruickshank visits every continent to reveal awe-inspiring temples, towers, castles, ruins, monuments, and artefacts. From the exquisite castles of Japan
Movie Reviews of Around the World in 80 Treasures
Movie Review: Cruickshank is the 81st treasure!
Summary: 5 Stars
Absolutely wonderful, engrossing, engaging and fascinating series! And Dan Cruickshank makes it all the more fun with his quirky personality. I smiled often through this series, and sometimes chuckled loudly at Cruickshank being Cruickshank - like the way he lowers his voice and urgently whispers into the camera when he is really excited about a piece of history he is relaying.
But most importantly, this man knows his stuff! He has a very unique take on things, selecting wonderful treasures that I had never even heard of, but am now anxious to visit, along with some of the more expected ones we are all familiar with. Yet even the familiar ones are made more interesting with new information and facts, or areas that Dan shows us that we would never get to see. He had amazing access, and when he didn't, such as in The People's Republic of China, he shares his frustration at the government's machinations, and political correctness be damned! Wonderful!
In some cases, such as when he visits NYC, he takes us around to all the places we think he will select, telling us how wonderful they are, just to then exclaim, "but that's not my treasure!" And when he gets to the treasure, through his description, pointing out details that most of us would never notice, you come to understand, and agree, with his choice. Staying with NYC as an example, he exclaims that of course skyscrapers are treasures of the world, and NYC is renowned for them, so he must pick a skyscraper. We then see him in front of first, the Empire State Building, then the Chrysler Building, and finally at his treasure, The Seagrams Building! That boring, rectangular thing, one might think. But he goes on to explain that it was designed by Mies van der Rohe, and points out the attention to detail and wonderful design features that even a design professional (like me) would normally overlook.
The skyscraper is not typical of his treasures though. Most are wild and wonderful ancient places, as other reviewers have noted. Get this video, and enjoy!
Summary of Around the World in 80 Treasures
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 TREASURES - DVD MovieIn this engaging and often surprising travelogue, architectural historian Dan Cruickshank traverses the planet in five months, visiting 34 countries to see 80 of the world?s greatest treasures. Cruickshank?s quest is really to go far beyond the intrinsic value of each profiled treasure to unearth the stories behind them, to see what they have to say about the cultures that created them, and ultimately how they define human civilization. It is a fascinating--and frequently surprising--journey. Some of Cruickshank?s choices are very unexpected, and maybe even controversial (the 1876 Colt revolver pistol, the Volkswagen Beetle), others you?d expect to see here (Machu Picchu). But the treasures themselves are just a starting point. From there Cruickshank enthusiastically advances like a modern day Indiana-Jones-meets-Rick-Steves to learn what it says about the society that created it, whether it?s an ancient stone statue on Easter Island, or a chair designed by a 20th century Bauhaus artist. The breadth and diversity of the achievements is astounding to see, and Cruickshank?s infectious sense of wonder and curiosity makes this a fun watch. For anyone interested in travel, adventures, world history, art, Around the World in 80 Treasures is a must-see. --Daniel Vancini
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