Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0794051293824
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Subtitled
Item Dimensions: 85
Label: BBC Warner
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1EnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
MPN: WARDE2938D
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 24, 2007
Running Time: 44 minutes
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: 2007

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 04/24/2007 Rating: Nr

Amazon.com:
As of its release in early 2007, Planet Earth is quite simply the greatest nature/wildlife series ever produced. Following the similarly monumental achievement of The Blue Planet: Seas of Life, this astonishing 11-part BBC series is brilliantly narrated by Sir David Attenborough and sensibly organized so that each 50-minute episode covers a specific geographical region and/or wildlife habitat (mountains, caves, deserts, shallow seas, seasonal forests, etc.) until the entire planet has been magnificently represented by the most astonishing sights and sounds you'll ever experience from the comforts of home. The premiere episode, "From Pole to Pole," serves as a primer for things to come, placing the entire series in proper context and giving a general overview of what to expect from each individual episode. Without being overtly political, the series maintains a consistent and subtle emphasis on the urgent need for ongoing conservation, best illustrated by the plight of polar bears whose very behavior is changing (to accommodate life-threatening changes in their fast-melting habitat) in the wake of global warming--a phenomenon that this series appropriately presents as scientific fact. With this harsh reality as subtext, the series proceeds to accentuate the positive, delivering a seemingly endless variety of natural wonders, from the spectacular mating displays of New Guinea's various birds of paradise to a rare encounter with Siberia's nearly-extinct Amur Leopards, of which only 30 remain in the wild.

That's just a hint of the marvels on display. Accompanied by majestic orchestral scores by George Fenton, every episode is packed with images so beautiful or so forcefully impressive (and so perfectly photographed by the BBC's tenacious high-definition camera crews) that you'll be rendered speechless by the splendor of it all. You'll see a seal struggling to out-maneuver a Great White Shark; swimming macaques in the Ganges delta; massive flocks of snow geese numbering in the hundreds of thousands; an awesome night-vision sequence of lions attacking an elephant; the Colugo (or "flying lemur"--not really a lemur!) of the Philippines; a hunting alliance of fish and snakes on Indonesia's magnificent coral reef; the bioluminescent "vampire squid" of the deep oceans... these are just a few of countless highlights, masterfully filmed from every conceivable angle, with frequent use of super-slow-motion and amazing motion-controlled time-lapse cinematography, and narrated by Attenborough with his trademark combination of observational wit and informative authority. The result is a hugely entertaining series that doesn't flinch from the predatory realities of nature (death is a constant presence, without being off-putting), and each episode ends with 10-minute "Planet Earth Diaries" (exclusive to this DVD set) that cover a specific aspect of production, like "Diving with Pirahnas" or "Into the Abyss" (the latter showing the rigors of filming the planet's most spectacular caves, including the last filming ever officially permitted in the "Chandelier Ballroom," a crystal-encrusted cavern found over a mile deep in New Mexico's treacherous Lechuguilla, the deepest cave in the continental United States.)

With so many of Earth's natural wonders on display, it's only fitting that the final DVD in this five-disc set is devoted to Planet Earth: The Future, a separate three-part series in which a global array of experts is assembled to discuss issues of conservation, protection of delicate ecosystems, and the socio-economic benefits of understanding nature as a commodity that returns trillions of dollars in value at no cost to Earth's human population. At a time when the multiple threats of global warming should be obvious to all, let's give Sir David the last word, from the closing of Planet Earth's final episode: "We can now destroy or we can cherish--the choice is ours." --Jeff Shannon

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Rating: - Excellent. Great "1st Blu-Ray" Disc
This is an exceptional series and it's put together very well.

Yes, there are several places where the image quality is poor or has some kind of "noise" but they mention on the cover that not all of the video was shot in HD. Just that some of what appears to be HD shots have some weird noise on it and it's definitely on the disc.

But this does not detract from my opinion of the disc as it's content is excellent and the image and sound are also excellent, overall.

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Rating: - An absolutely one-sided culpabilizing vision of climate change
This film is crucial if we want to understand the present debate on climate change. The climate is changing as it has always done. But it seems to be changing more dramatically and warming up slightly though it is still a long way cooler than it was at the time of the dinosaurs. The position defended here by Attenborough is moralistic more than anything else. We are supposed to feel compassion for polar bears and to be afraid of the future. Such a fascination for apocalyptic predictions is quite ... Read More

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Rating: - Brilliant
I hope and I pray that the earth stays this way forever. An absolutely brilliant idea to bring the wonder of our plant to your home. Most people in the world don't get a chance to see these things first hand. But this series is the next best thing.

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Rating: - Incredible Price
I'm actually glad that HD DVD died out or else I still think I wouldn't own this. It's really worth every penny at it's regular price, but if you can find it for a good deal then it becomes a must buy.

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Rating: - so happy this is in High Definition
I have been watching many high definition movies and this production is nothing less than spectacular. We do not have the most advanced audio system but the sounds is great. The scenes and the quality of video shooting is incomparable. On top of all that, the subject is entrancingly interesting. Must have? yep.

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