IMAX Presents - Tropical Rainforest
by Ben Shedd
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Actor: Geoffrey HolderDirector: Ben Shedd
Brand: VARIOUS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Cantonese (Original Language); Dutch (Original Language); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; German (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Japanese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Korean (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Surround Sound
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 50 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-11-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Vista Point Entertainment
Movie Reviews of IMAX Presents - Tropical Rainforest
Movie Review: Not so bad after all
Summary: 3 Stars
Now come on! This documentary deserves at least a 3 1/2 star rating. It's expensive and rather short like all other IMAX films but at least it tries to send us the message that humans are screwing around with the rainforests. The point of this film is just that, to remind us of the extinction of animals and plants due to human greed and stupidity! When the animals are gone for ever, humans will follow.........WAKE UP!!!! Save the rainforests!!!!!!
Summary of IMAX Presents - Tropical Rainforest
Using footage filmed in Costa Rica, Malaysia, Australia, and French Guiana, presents a view of the rain forest from its floor to its canopy, focusing on the wildlife and on researchers' efforts to understand the rain forest ecosystem.Genre: Documentary
Rating: NR
Release Date: 15-NOV-2005
Media Type: DVD
This 40-minute documentary was one of the first commercially released DVDs. It should serve as a welcome introduction for those who are interested in but know little about the tropical rainforest and the process of deforestation. The script, however, provides little in the way of concrete information regarding the images on screen at any given time. The intended effect appears to be poetic (à la Henry David Thoreau), but the narration tends to veer toward the New Age. This could prove frustrating for those who would like to know exactly what species of plant or animal is being featured and what makes it unique to the rainforest. Further, indigenous peoples and their relationship to the world's rainforests is not explored.
The documentary is narrated by actor Geoffrey Holder (Ray the Sun from Bear in the Big Blue House), who has a deep voice with a pleasant tone, somewhat akin to that of James Earl Jones. His thick Trinidad accent, however, can be somewhat hard to understand despite the clear diction. A couple of scientists provide supplementary narration, but it is not sufficiently clear who they are or what their relationship is to the rainforest. The film ends with a fitting musical number, "Mbube (Wimoweh) (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)" by the South African vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. --Kathleen Fennessy
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