In Search of Ancient Ireland (Includes Over Ireland)
by Leo Eaton
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Actor: Charles Doherty, Edel Bhreathnach, Friar Christopher Dillon, Michael Baillie, Thomas Charles EdwardsDirector: Leo Eaton
Brand: Paramount
Producer: Leo Eaton
Writer: Leo Eaton
Producer: Andre Singer
Producer: James Mitchell
Producer: Kevin Dawson
Producer: Lesley McKimm
Writer: Carmel McCaffrey
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Unknown; English (Original Language), Unknown; Latin (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 162 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: PBS
Movie Reviews of In Search of Ancient Ireland (Includes Over Ireland)
Movie Review: "In Ireland the past is ever present"
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the most superb and engrossing documentary on the history of ancient Ireland that I have ever come across.It is 170 minutes of expertly crafted explanation of Irelands histoey devided in three parts.
The first hour deals with Ireland before Christianity.It takes us back to over 3,000 years BC and explains the growth of civilization and all the monuments,legends and beliefs prior to the development of Christianity.
Then ,in part two, we are taken through the development of Christianity between the 5th and 9th centuries AD and the development of scholarship,theology and art which helped to bring Europe out of the Dark Ages after the fall of the Roman Empire.
Then in part three,it deals with the coming of the Vikings,the dynastic battles of the Irish Kings,the corrupt practices of the Celtic church leading up to the Norman invasion to the time where Ireland became ruled by outsiders.
This is 3 hours of excellently presented history with many of the most knowledable historians making appearances and explaining this history right at the sites where it took place.
The photography is as excellent as the masterial presented.
The history of Ireland is 6,000 years of highly complicated history,not easily condensed into 3 hours;but this documentary has done it magnificently.It is so well done,I will return to it often.
Included with the documentary is a movie "Over Ireland".It is 60 minutes of spellbinding travel around Ireland ,all from the air .
Watching it,one gets the feel that they are viewing all Ireland as if they were on a magic carpet. I have been to Ireland three times and seen many of the sites,monuments,landsccape villages and cities;but it is not quite the same as seeing it all from the height of a few hundred feet.Not only do we see it all from above,but we are given excellent commentary all along the way.
For anyone who has ever been to Ireland,plan to visit,or simply interested in Ireland's history,art,beauty ;you will be mesmerized with this DVD.
Summary of In Search of Ancient Ireland (Includes Over Ireland)
Trace the history and legends of ancient ireland. Beginning in 2000 b.C. - when stone age farmers built some of the most spectacular neolithic monuments in europe - explore events and stories from mileenia of history to 1167 a.D. When the norman invasion placed ireland under control of englands king. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 03/15/2005 Run time: 180 minutes Rating: NrSimilar DVD Movies
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