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List Price: $19.99 | | Label: Image Entertainment
Salesrank: 113707
Released: April 9, 2002 |
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| Used Price: $7.61 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Journey into Amazing Caves is a visceral, suspenseful expedition with a new breed of scientists who boldly explore places once thought off-limits to human presence, let alone IMAX cameras. Join Dr. Hazel Barton and Nancy Aulenbach as they travel to unique and forbidding ice caves in Greenland, underwater caves in the Yucatan, terrestrial caves in the Grand Canyon and other spectacular locations. You will wriggle through tiny, twisting passages, swim through flooded underground vaults, drop into gleaming blue labyrinths of ice, and enter a world so extreme the microscopic creatures who live there are called extremophiles. For those compelled to push their limits in the world's most hostile environments, the risk of fatal danger and thrill of new discovery are the everyday factors that make cave exploration such an awe-inspiring experience. Narrated by Liam Neeson, with music by The Moody Blues.
Description of Journey Into Amazing Caves (Large Format):
Directed by Stephen Judson (Everest, the Oscar®-nominated short Dolphins) and narrated by Liam Neeson (the voice behind Everest and The Endurance), Journey into Amazing Caves centers around the work of "cavers" Nancy Aulenbach and Dr. Hazel Barton. Aulenbach is a teacher from Georgia, and Barton, a microbiologist from England. During the course of the 38-minute documentary, they travel from Arizona to Greenland to Mexico, exploring remote caves all the way. All are difficult to get to; some can only be reached by rock climbing (the cave in the Grand Canyon), others can only be reached by rappelling down slick sheets of ice (the one in Greenland). As a result, there's something for everyone in this popular IMAX feature, including a dramatic score from the Moody Blues (reworked versions of old hits, plus new songs "Water" and "We Can Fly") and a revealing "making of" documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Journey Into Amazing Caves (Large Format) Reviews:
Great for Kids 
2009-02-08 - This documentary on caves is fully refreshing, the cinematography is excellent and hearing instrumental renditions of the Moody Blues while watching these cavers do their thing was a great fit (then again the Moody Blues is a favorite group of mine though). I think this film is great for kids and adults. My only issue with it is that it is way too short, but still a breath of fresh air and likely worth owning.
Beautiful, but... 
2009-01-26 - Some magnificent footage, but extremely simplistic narration, as if made for young children. As a video of pretty and amazing nature picture goes, not bad, especially if you've never seen that deep into a cave (the ice caves were neat to see), but as a documentary, I'd give it no more than two stars and probably only one.
Photography is wonderful. 
2009-01-17 - For anyone into caving or just wants to learn about caves, this video is great. We have watched it 4 times already and the photography on it is amazing.
An interesting look at caves
2008-07-19 - The high def is somewhat of a letdown though - it seems very grainy and not nearly as good as some of the more recent blu-ray releases.
Science lesson worth sharing
2008-07-09 - From a teacher's point of view...worthwhile for the student generation. I saw this in the IMAX theatre and encouraged my 5th graders to go see it with their families. There is great info in there to complement the science curriculum and therefore it is an excellent addition to any life or earth science teacher's bag of classroom extras. It is full of scenery that most 10 year olds will not likely encounter in the real world and shows them where a science career could take them. The narrators encourage kids to keep up with the research via their websites...a productive use of time if a child surfs the net anyway. The photography was breathtaking...I wish it were longer.
