| Edition |
Widescreen format. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (174 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; stereo. |
| Performer |
Narration, Kenneth Branagh. |
| Credits |
Animatronics produced by Crawley Creatures and Associates ; computer animation and post-production, Framestore ; film editor, Andrew Wilks ; music composer, Ben Bartlett. |
| Note |
Collective title from disc menus. |
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Originally produced as episodes of the documentary television program Walking with beasts in 2001. |
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Special features (disc 2, 122 min.): "Triumph of the beasts" (making-of featurette, written and produced by Kate Bartlett, 2001, 49 min.); "The beasts within" (making-of featurette, written and produced by Kate Bartlett, 2001, 49 min.); photo gallery (50 images); 6 storyboards; 32 Beast Fact Files (Lepticidium, Gastornis, Basilosaurus, Andrewsarchus, Indricothere, Entelodont, Smilodon, Doedicurus, Megatherium, Woolly Mammoth, Ambulocetus, Propalaeotherium, Durodon, Moeritherium, Hyaenodon, Chalicothere, Dinofelis, Australopithecus, Macrauchenia, Neanderthal, Woolly Rhino, Brontothere, Phorusrhacos, Cro-Magnon Man, Megaloceros, Godinotia, Giant Ants, Apidium, Bear Dog, Ancylotherium, Deinotherium, European Cave Lion); production interviews (24 min.). |
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"16:9 enhanced" -- Disc label. |
| Summary |
"An extraordinary trip through history and evolution that begins with the end of the dinosaurs and ends with the rise of even more mysterious creatures : the first humans" -- Container. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. New dawn (29 min.) -- Whale killer (29 min.) -- Land of giants (29 min.) -- Next of kin (29 min.) -- Sabre tooth (29 min.) -- Mammoth journey (29 min.). |
| Language |
In English. |
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Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Vertebrates, Fossil -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Television programs for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Haines, Tim.
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James, Jasper.
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Branagh, Kenneth.
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Bartlett, Kate.
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British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
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Discovery Channel (Firm)
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Zenkoku Asahi Hōsō Kabushiki Kaisha.
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BS Asahi (Firm)
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ProSieben (Firm)
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BBC Video (Firm)
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
New dawn.
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Whale killer.
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Land of giants.
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Next of kin.
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Sabre tooth.
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Mammoth journey.
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Triumph of the beasts.
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Beasts within.
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| ISBN |
0790761955 |
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9780790761954 |
| Standard No. |
794051158925 |
| Music No. |
E1589 BBC Video |
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