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At the Movies | READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Kilimanjaro, To the Roof of Africa • David Breashears EXPLORATION • 2002 • DVD A strikingly beautiful celebration of the mountain, shot on large format film and originally presented in IMAX theaters. Narrated by an experienced guide with accompanying African music and commentary by the six climbers on the expedition, including twelve-year-old Nicole Wineland-Thomson and author-historian Audrey Salkeld (who wrote an accompanying book about Africa's highest mountain). Breshears focuses on the history, nature and beauty of the mountain along with the varied experiences of the trekkers. The DVD includes a bonus 22-minute "making of" documentary, the theatrical trailer from the IMAX film, trivia and a slide show. (EAF112, $19.99)
Great Migrations • National Geographic Society NATURAL HISTORY • 2010 • DVD Three years in the making, and from award-winning National Geographic cinematographers, Great Migrations takes viewers around the world on the arduous journeys millions of animals undertake to ensure the survival of their species. (BST186, $49.95)
Africa, The Serengeti • George Casey NATURAL HISTORY • 1994 • DVD A dazzling 40-minute IMAX documentary of the wildebeests' year-long migration in the Serengeti and Masai Mara. The cinematographer captures all the action in stunning color, documenting birth, predation and fighting. (EAF120, $19.99)
Around Cape Horn • Irving Johnson EXPLORATION • 1986 • DVD In this favorite film, Captain Irving Johnson memorably narrates documentary footage of his voyage as a young man aboard the bark Peking in 1929, including a remarkable sequence about the ship rounding the Horn in a storm. Talk about bad weather! 37 minutes. DVD (PAT68, $29.95)
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life • David Attenborough BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2009 • DVD Attenborough weaves his own biography with a tale of Darwin and his ideas in this 4-part series, originally produced for Channel Four. He starts his journey at Down House in Kent, where Darwin worried and puzzled over the origins of life, goes off fossil hunting in Leicester and revisits Cambridge University, where Darwin (and he studied) . The series ends at the Natural History Museum in London. (NAT191, $14.98)
Planet Earth, The Complete Series • David Attenborough • BBC NATURAL HISTORY • 2007 • DVD • 5 PAGES The complete 11-part series as broadcast on BBC and narrated by David Attenborough on five discs: From Pole to Pole, Mountains, Fresh Water, Caves, Deserts, Ice Worlds, Great Plains, Jungles, Shallow Seas, Seasonal Forests and Ocean Deep. This is the original series, not the U.S. adaptation with narration by Sigourney Weaver. Alastair Fothergill and the makers of The Blue Planet present the epic story of life on Earth. Five years in production, over 2000 days in the field, using 40 cameramen across 200 locations, this is a stunning portrait of our planet. (NAT122, $79.98)
Winged Migration • Jacques Perrin NATURAL HISTORY • 2005 • DVD Perrin's exquisite, award-winning documentary on the migratory habits of birds across seven continents. (BRD67, $14.94)
Ultimate Nature Collection • National Geographic Society NATURAL HISTORY • 2009 • DVD • 10 PAGES This stunning collection features ten of National Geographic's award-winning nature and wildlife specials. Spanning the globe, they include Eternal Enemies, Relentless Enemies, Eye of the Leopard, Kingdom of the Blue Whale, Dolphins: Wild Side, Wolves: A Legend Returns to Yellowstone, In Search of the Jaguar, Last Stand of the Great Bear, Forces of Nature and Gabon: The Last Eden. (NAT194, $64.95)
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk • Greg MacGillivray NATURAL HISTORY • 2009 • DVD This stunning IMAX film documents the thrills and grandeur of the canyon, following Wade Davis and Robert F. Kennedy Jr, with their two daughters, on a rafting adventure down the Colorado. Narrated by Robert Redford and with music by the Dave Matthews Band. (SWU278, $19.98)

Also Recommended

A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama • Nova • HISTORY • This Nova program, narrated by David McCullough (The Path Between the Seas, PNM41), covers the epic 30-year construction of the Panama Canal. With historic film footage, rare archival photographs and commentary. (CAM120, $19.95)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God • Werner Herzog • HISTORY • Don Lope de Aguirre (Klaus Kinski) is consumed with visions of conquering all South America in Herzog's tour de force set in 16th-century Peru. (AMZ125, $19.97)
Ancient Egypt Unearthed • Discovery Channel • HISTORY • This two-DVD set presents the culture and history of ancient Egypt as uncovered through the important archaeological discoveries of the modern era. (EGY311, $29.98)
Brazil Revealed • Discovery Channel • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • See the sights of Brazil, including the newest of the seven Wonders in this Discovery Atlas presentation. (BZL88, $14.98)
China Revealed • Discovery Channel • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Coupling insightful storytelling with spectacular and groundbreaking photographic techniques this Discovery Atlas presentation brings to life contemporary culture and wonders of China. (CHN604, $14.98)
Fast Runner (Atanarjuat) • Zacharias Kunuk • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • This epic, filmed in the Canadian Arctic with Inuit actors, brings a powerful Inuit legend to the screen. (ARC216, $27.96)
Fitzcarraldo • Werner Herzog • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • This epic portrays Fitzcarraldo's mad quest to haul a riverboart over the Andes and realize his dream of an opera house in the Amazon. (AMZ119, $34.98)
Great North, Celebrating Man, Animal, and Landscape at the Top of the World • Martin Dignard • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A dazzling portrait of the wildlife, landscapes and cultures of the circumpolar north, originally presented in IMAX theaters. At the heart of the film are the caribou herds of the Inuktitut of northern Quebec. 41 minutes. (ARC152, $19.99)
Italy Revealed • Discovery Channel • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Unfold the lives, loves, hopes and dreams of the Italian people. (ITA118, $14.98)
Ken Burns, America Collection • Ken Burns • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A boxed set of seven documentaries, each spotlighting an aspect of American society: Brooklyn Bridge, The Statue of Liberty, Empire of the Air, The Congress, Thomas Hart Benton, Huey Long and The Shakers. (USA447, $89.99)
Little Buddha • Bernardo Bertolucci • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Bertolucci's luminescent film interweaves the story of a journey from Seattle to Bhutan with the life of Siddharta. (HML74, $14.99)
Masai, The Rain Warriors • Pascal Plisson • HISTORY • Set in the beautiful highlands of Kenya and filmed in the Masai language, this feature film follows eight young Masai warriors in their quest to slay a mythical lion and thereby end a devastating drought. (EAF191, $24.95)
Monsoon Wedding • Mira Nair • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Family and guests arrive from all over India, the United States (where the Punjabi groom has settled) and Australia for a four-day celebration in New Delhi during the monsoon. (IDA603, $39.95)
The Cuban Masterworks Collection • First Run Features • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • This five-disc set, classics in Cuba, includes Tomas Gutierrez Alea's (Strawberry and Chocolate) Twelve Chairs, two by Humberto Solas (Cecilia and Amada), and Julio Garcia Espinosa's The Adventures of Juan Quin Quin. (CBA120, $99.95)
The Last Metro • Frantois Truffaut • HISTORY • Against all odds -- a Jewish theater manager in hiding; a leading man who's in the Resistance; increasingly restrictive Nazi oversight -- the troupe believes the show must go on in Nazi-occupied Paris.Against all odds -- a Jewish theater manager in hiding; a leading man who's in the Resistance; increasingly restrictive Nazi oversight -- the troupe believes the show must go on in Nazi-occupied Paris. (FRN913, $39.95)
The Last Place on Earth • Masterpiece Theatre • HISTORY • Martin Shaw, the Norwegian actor Sverre Anker Ousdal, Hugh Grant, Max von Sydow and the venerable Bill Nighy co-star in this dramatic recreation of one of the 20th century's greatest adventures, the race to the South Pole. Originally presented as a Masterpeice Theatre mini-series, this three-disc complete boxed set runs 6.5 hours. (ANT90, $39.98)
The National Parks, America's Best Idea • Dayton Duncan • Ken Burns • HISTORY • The widescreen edition of Ken Burn's 6-part, 12-hour ode to the national parks, featuring hundreds of interviews, fascinating archival images and dazzling cinematography in High Definition. (USA394, $99.99)
The Story of the Weeping Camel • Byambasuren Davaa • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • COMING IN • Oscar-nominated Davaa's engaging film of a nomadic Mongolian family blends documentary footage and fictional narrative into a satisfying portrait of life on the steppes. (MGL55, $27.95)
Whale Rider • Niki Caro • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • The acclaimed screen adaptation of the novel by Witi Ihimaera about a girl in a New Zealand village and her relationship with a whale. (NZL70, $26.95)
Antarctica, An Adventure of a Different Nature • IMAX • EXPLORATION • A breathtakingly beautiful IMAX documentary of Antarctic wildlife, research and exploration featuring innovative aerial and underwater photography. 38 minutes. (ANT199, $19.99)
Nanook of the North • Robert J. Flaherty • EXPLORATION • A gorgeously produced DVD of the groundbreaking Nanook of the North, originally released in 1922. (ARC153, $29.95)
Scott of The Antarctic • Charles Frend • EXPLORATION • John Mills stars as Robert Falcon Scott in this 1948 epic, a film which helped to elevate Scott to national hero. In Technicolor with a magnificent soundtrack by Vaughn Williams. (ANT325, $9.99)
Shackleton • Charles Sturridge • EXPLORATION • Kenneth Branagh stars as the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton in this dramatization. (ANT291, $19.95)
City of Joy • • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Patrick Swyze and Om Puri star in Roland Joffe's epic of love, heroism, and hope set among the dispossessed, and those who have sacrificed all to help them, in the slums of Calcutta. (IDA569, $14.94)
Darwin's Secret Notebooks • National Geographic Society • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Biologist Armand Leroi retraces the discoveries of Darwin aboard the Beagle in South America and the Pacific in this ground-breaking series, filmed entirely on location in stunning HD. (NAT175, $24.95)
Dersu Uzala • Akira Kurosawa • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A mesmerizing account of adventure and friendship in the Russian Far East, Kurosawa's magificent film tells the story of the Russian explorer, Vladimir Arseniev, and his Siberian guide, a Goldi hunter, Dersu the Trapper. (JPN360, $29.95)
Lola Montes • Max Ophuls • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • In this ravishing classic film, Max Ophuls charts the life of the daring Loal Monets from mistriss of King Ludwig I of Bavaria to circus performer in America. (GER272, $39.95)
Michael Palin: Pole to Pole • Michael Palin • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Safaris, steam baths, mud baths, white-water rafting below the Victoria Falls, the mighty temples at Luxor, the legendarily comfortable Blue Train in South Africa, and the pristine beauty of the polar ice-caps over 141 days, 16 countries and 12,500 miles from the North Pole across Africa to the South Pole. (ANT308, $49.98)
Mongol, The Rise of Genghis Khan • Sergei Bodrov • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • This sweeping historical epic, shot on location, follows the rise of Genghis Khan. (MGL65, $19.95)
My Family and Other Animals • Sheree Folkson • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The Masterpiece Theatre adaptation of Durrell's delightful tales of his eccentric family and passion for all things wild on the island of Corfu in the 1930s. (GRE357, $19.95)
The Motorcycle Diaries • Walter Salles • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Gael Garcia Bernal stars in this beautifully filmed tale of Guevara's youthful adventures across South America. (SAM144, $12.98)
Alive • Frank Marshall • LITERATURE • Ethan Kawke and Vincent Spano star in Marshall's thrilling true-life tale of challenge and survival in the Andes after a plane crash. (AND77, $14.99)
Death on the Nile • John Guillermin • LITERATURE • Filmed on location in Luxor, Aswan and Kom Ombo in 1977, the all-star cast (Bette Davis, David Niven, Mia Farrow, Maggie Smith) get into all sorts of trouble at significant sites. (EGY338, $14.98)
Ice Station Zebra • John Sturges • MYSTERY • A gripping cold war thriller starring Rock Hudson and Ernest Borgnine and featuring a mad dash for the North Pole. (ARC179, $14.97)
Imagining Argentina • Christopher Hampton • LITERATURE • Antonio Banderas and Emma Thompson star in this adaptation of Lawrence Thornton's powerful novel, set in Buenos Aires during the dark days of the military junta in late 1970s Argentina. (ARG103, $29.98)
Master and Commander, The Far Side of the World • Peter Weir • LITERATURE • Russell Crowe stars in this adaptation of two Patrick O'Brian novels, a swashbuckling adventure set off the coast of Cape Horn in 1805. (GPS66, $14.98)
Night Train to Munich • Carol Reed • MYSTERY • Nazis pursue a Czech scientist and his daughter across Europe from Prague to England and the Swiss Alps, while the debonair British undercover agent, played by Rex Harrison, tries to protect them in this fiendishly clever thriller by Carol Reed. (EUR374, $29.95)
Travellers and Magicians • Khyentse Norbu • LITERATURE • The first feature shot on location in Bhutan, this film, directed by a respected lama, follows a young official on his odyssey across the country. Along the way he is joined by a mischievous monk, an elderly peddler and an old man with his daughter. (BHU22, $29.99)
Antarctic Wildlife Adventure • National Geographic Society • NATURAL HISTORY • National Geographic photographers trail Jerome and Sally Poncet and their young sons on a voyage around the Antarctic Peninsula for this documentary, an excellent overview of places and experiences on an Antarctic voyage. (ANT248, $19.98)
Galapagos, The Islands That Changed the World • Paul D. Stewart • NATURAL HISTORY • Now on Blue-Ray, this stunning three-part BBC documentary captures the rugged beauty, allure, wildlife and history of the archipelago like never before. We also carry the companion book to the BBC series (GPS78, $29.95). (GPS79, $19.98)
Great Rift • BBC Video • NATURAL HISTORY • A BBC Earth production, this three-part documentary shows the wildlife, habitats and nature of this extraordinary formation, which runs 4,000 miles from the Red Sea across East Africa to the mouth of the Zambezi. (EAF377, $19.95)
Life in the Freezer • David Attenborough • NATURAL HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • This informative, stirring BBC documentary with David Attenborough, set largely along the Antarctic Peninsula, features amazing footage of the marine environment, penguins, birds and people of the Antarctic. (ANT88, $14.98)
Life of Birds • David Attenborough • BBC • NATURAL HISTORY • The BBC series hosted by David Attenborough. (BRD47, $49.98)
Living Planet • David Attenborough • NATURAL HISTORY • Each of these 12 episodes features a different environment from snow and ice to northern forests, jungle, desert, islands and watery habitats. (NAT187, $49.95)
March of the Penguins • Luc Jacquet • NATURAL HISTORY • This splendid documentary, narrated by Morgan Freeman, captures the life in an emperor penguin rookery over a year in the Antarctic. (ANT229, $19.97)
Mountain Gorilla • Adrian Warren • NATURAL HISTORY • This remarkable documentary, filmed in the Parc des Volcans in Rwanda and originally produced for IMAX, follows a day in the life of a group of mountain gorillas. 39 minutes. (EAF142, $14.98)
Nature - Penguins • Various • NATURAL HISTORY • Two episodes of the PBS Nature series, showcasing Antarctica's most famous residents and their cousins found throughout the southern hemisphere. (ANT260, $19.99)
Nature: Bears: Walking with Giants, Grizzlies of Siberia • Nature • NATURAL HISTORY • A double-feature from the award-winning Nature series. Walking with Giants features Canadian naturalist Charlie Russell's remarkable South Kamchatka Sanctuary. Showdown at Grizzly River, filmed at McNeil River Falls in Alaska, shows the bears gorging on salmon. 112 minutes. (SIB46, $19.99)
Ocean Oasis • Soames Summerhays • NATURAL HISTORY • Produced by Lindblad naturalist Summerhays in conjunction with the San Diego Natural History Museum, this IMAX film features eye-popping footage of both the desert landscapes and underwater scenes of the invertebrates, fish and especially the whales of Baja California. (BJA53, $14.99)
Planet Earth/The Blue Planet • David Attenborough • NATURAL HISTORY • This 10-DVD boxed set includes both extraordinary BBC series. Widescreen. (NAT174, $119.99)
Spirits of the Jaguar • BBC • NATURAL HISTORY • A four-part BBC television series, this documentary presents the land, wildlife and cultures of Central America in living color. (CAM59, $19.98)
The Great Barrier Reef • George Casey • NATURAL HISTORY • Filmed for IMAX theaters, this eye-popping overview of the reef, its ecology and colorful inhabitants looks dazzling on your television. (AUS191, $19.99)
Wild Australia • IMAX • NATURAL HISTORY • A dazzling overview of Australia, its geology, evolution, culture and wildlife on DVD, originally presented in IMAX theatres. (AUS168, $19.99)
Wondrous Secrets of the Ocean Realm • Howard Hall • NATURAL HISTORY • A PBS documentary filmed among the corals, fishes, sharks, whales and other wonders of the underwater world. (OCE116, $59.99)

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