Earth: The Biography [Blu-ray] | ![Earth: The Biography [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YMgnZK-9L._SL500_.jpg) | Actor: Iain Stewart
Studio: BBC Warner
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Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 3958
Format: Color, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 230 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 1000039820
UPC: 883929026050
EAN: 0883929026050
ASIN: B0018CWVWO
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: July 22, 2008
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| • | This landmark series uses specialist imaging and compelling narrative to tell the life story of our planet, how it works, and what makes it so special. Examining the great forces that shape the Earth - volcanoes, the ocean, the atmosphere and ice - the programme explores their central roles in our planet's story. How do these forces affect the Earth's landscape, its climate, and its history? CGI g |
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To demonstrate the stunning beauty and overwhelming power of the Earth, Dr. Iain Stewart climbs into the crater of an active volcano in Ethiopia, jets into the stratosphere, climbs the frozen crests of the Alps, races the tide at the Amazon basin, dives into underwater caverns in Mexico, and generally enjoys himself to no end. His infectious enthusiasm is hardly necessary, though; Earth: The Biography (formerly The Power of the Planet) is five episodes of phenomenal images and fascinating information about how our planet formed and the potent yet delicate balance of life. Stewart, the program's host, seems destined to become the Carl Sagan of geology; his cheerful Scottish accent (he sounds like he walked out of Trainspotting) is just waiting for a catchphrase like "billions and billions" to make him a household name. Earth: The Biography juxtaposes things gigantic (tectonic plates) and teeny-tiny (plankton) while gracefully explaining the crucial role each plays in making the world habitable for life as we know it. There's even surprising humor, like demonstrating the ocean's currents through the movement of 29,000 plastic ducks that were swept overboard in a storm, or how the first thing jet pilot Joe Kittinger does, after successfully parachuting from the highest point in the stratosphere anyone has ever jumped (including 15 minutes of free fall), is light up a cigarette. Add in some CGI models of prehistoric beasts and volcanic activity, and you've got a completely addictive examination of the Earth in all its majesty. --Bret Fetzer
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On a brink of a final revelation November 8, 2009
Michael Kerjman (The Earth)
Passionately delivered DVD stories of terrestrial constituents (Earth, atmosphere, water, ice, volcanos etc) provide a priceless information on a data collated meticulously by a presenter and producer Dr Iain Stewart travelling around, beneath and atop a globe to share his priceless information.
A viewer feels being instantly kept on a brink of a final revelation this enticingly-educative doco to present as a Tribe (see, for instance, in Amazon its part Living with the Kombai Tribe ) creator had at the end done by baring it all.
Nevertheless something an unforgettable author leaves for his future movies (including some few contradicting each other conclusions as a reviewer got it), it is highly recommended for a really comprehensive set of an amazing data sometimes repeatedly deployed in different segments of this beautiful, clever, attractive documentary testifying explicitly to an inextricable inter-linkage of natural events and occurrences of at first glance different, but in reality the same origin.
 THE BIOGRAPHY OF THE AMAZING PLANET EARTH November 7, 2009
Loves To Read (Twin Cities, MN USA)
Subtitled 'The Story of Our World', this is the BBC documentary on the make up of our planet; how it works, what sustains it and why our planet is unique in our solar system and probably in the universe (at least so far). There are five episodes: VOLCANOES, ICE, ATMOSPHERE, OCEANS & THE UNIQUENESS OF PLANET EARTH THAT ALLOWS FOR LIFE. If you're really into science there may not be any revelations here but at the very least this is a reminder of the incredible planet that we inhabit and the amazing way that it sustains itself and how unique and precise everything has to be to sustain life. Being a typical non-scientist, I can say there were things that I learned, especially about how important volcanoes are to sustaining life and how the atmosphere works. It also reinforces the mysteries that surround the origins of and life on planet earth. The BBC, in my opinion, has no peers in producing documentaries about nature. They are education and entertainment of the highest level. The host is Iain Stewart, an entertaining and energetic daredevil. The five episodes were seen on the National Geographic Channel in one hour shows. Planet Earth is truly amazing. Enjoy!
Good series but lay off on the global warming October 26, 2009
Thomas Allen
I really enjoyed this series. The information was well orgnaized and presented, the videography was beautiful, the computer-generated graphics were helpful and well assembled, and the background music was beautiful. The show presented concepts of how the Earth works in ways I could easily and clearly understand. I really enjoyed the series. My one gripe would be that they harped too much on global warming. I understand that it is happening and that it presents a danger to our planet in its current state. But the presenter kept putting it in the audiences face over and over again. When the show had my rapt attention, he'd hit on it again and ruin my wonderment.
Regardless, if you are considering buying it, do it
Excellent Program and Very Scientific For Sure August 18, 2009
Westermann (South Florida USA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Guys if you don't believe in SCIENCE why watching it then? Come on science has been studying it for ages. EVANGELICAL? Bible eaters? A total REPUBLICAN? Only Jews and evangelticals do not believe in science. The program is an excellent program. Highschool students and junior college students are not kids anymore. Hello we are in the 21 century. Wake up!!!!!
Getting to know Our Planet April 12, 2009
Bruno F. Smid
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Since we spend our whole life time on this wonderful planet, why not learn about its origins and events that have led up to its present shape? This excellent, high resolution DVD provides most of the answers by actual photography and understandable graphics and gave me a new perspective and insights into our own world. Highly recommend it - it does not conflict with any other recent info DVD's - rather, it complements it for a well-rounded understanding of our part in the universe. Iain Stewart's narrative is clear and understandable - an important element for an info DVD.
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