| Description |
1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
DVD extras: Encyclopedia of space facts ; photo gallery ; "Behind the graphics" featurette. |
| Contents |
Star stuff -- Staying alive -- Black holes -- Are we alone? -- New worlds -- Boldly go. |
| Credits |
Photographers, Steve Gray, Mike Garner, Paul Jenkins, Tony Wilson ; visual effects supervisor, Derek Wentworth ; music composer, Ty Unwin ; film editors, Gwyn Jones, Darren Jonusas. |
| Performer |
Narrator: Sam Neill. |
| Summary |
Experience the beautiful, astonishing and often dangerous phenomena of the universe as state-of-the art computer graphics take you from the vast clouds where stars are born to the edge of a planet-guzzling black hole. Learn how every molecule of our bodies originated in the Big Bang. Will scientists transform a planet like Mars into a new Earth? See revolutionary forms of transportation that could let us hop between galaxies. |
| System Details |
DVD, Dolby digital 5.1, surround sound. |
| Awards |
Royal Television Society, UK: 2001, RTS Television Award Best Visual Effects - Digital (Derek Wentworth) |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Universe.
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Cosmology.
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Big bang theory.
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Documentary films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Outer space -- Exploration.
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| Added Author |
Burke-Ward, Richard.
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Campbell, Luke.
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Turner, Jeremy.
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Neill, Sam.
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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Learning Channel (Firm)
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BBC Video (Firm)
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0790766108 |
| Standard No. |
794051161826 |
| Music No. |
E1618 Warner Home Video |
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