Michael Palin - New Europe
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Actor: Michael PalinBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Polish (Subtitled); Russian (Subtitled)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 413 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
Movie Reviews of Michael Palin - New Europe
Movie Review: Another fun travel adventure with Mr. Palin
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been a big fan of Mr. Palin's travel documentaries for many years. This one did not dissappoint me. These documentaries take an interesting look at New Europe including Estonia, Hungary etc.. They always seem to interview interesting people and visit interesting sites. The choices are eccentric but almost always enlighting.
Do not expect a Monty Pythonesque humor here, this is a sincere look at his subject. Overall a fun and great learning experience.
Summary of Michael Palin - New Europe
Michael Palin's latest voyage of discovery sees him venture into territory once forbidden - the new Europe previously shrouded behind the Iron Curtain. Now that the Iron Curtain has lifted and the Cold War is over, Michael can enjoy a new freedom to roam unhindered across an unexplored swathe of his own continent. From Estonia in the north to Turkey in the south, where Europe reaches out to Asia across the Bosphorus, Michael's journey takes him through twenty countries. Some Central European, some Eastern European, some straddling continents and all utterly compelling.DVD Features:
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With so much media and popular attention focused on the nations and cultures of Western Europe, it's easy to forget that much of Europe is relatively new to the western world: new to democracy, new nations with new governments, finding ways to create their new cultures and a sense of national identity in the aftermath of post-Soviet life. World traveler Michael Palin, having ventured all over the world, smartly chooses Eastern Europe as the destination for this BBC special, to see, now that the iron curtain has been pulled aside, what life there is really like. Like his previous adventures, such as Pole to Pole and Around the Rim, Palin's endless fascination and infectious sense of curiosity in the places he visits and people he meets, is what really makes the show tick. Whether he's exploring the remarkable Turkish community of G?reme, where rocks have been carved to form homes, or boating down a river in Romania to visit the ancestral home of Vlad the Impaler (the home of Bram Stoker's Count Dracula), Palin finds a way to keep the discoveries coming. Traveling through 20 countries as diverse as Turkey and Russia can be taxing, even on a well-traveled celebrity, but with his natural-born wit he keeps the program light enough to be entertaining (a few laughs help to leaven the sometimes dreary reality of certain locales), and succeeds in shining a new light into parts of the world long obscured by a shroud of darkness. --Daniel Vancini
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