Ben Burtt, James Buchli, Toni Myers

Blue Planet is a space film about Earth. From the orbit of the U.S. space shuttle, where the curvature of the globe and the shape of its continents stand out sharply, Earth is revealed as a place of c...( read more  read more... )onstant, even violent change. It is also delicate and fragile, unique in the solar system and possibly the entire universe. How did Earth begin? How is it changing, and what is mankind's role in these changes? Blue Planet investigates these questions with footage taken on the ocean floor, on the ground and in space, state-of-the-art computer animation and new data from satellites in geosynchronous orbit. We gain new insight into Earth, our one and only home.

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Unrated, 42 min.

Directed by: Ben Burtt

Release Date: March 13, 1991

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DVD Release Date: June 12, 2001

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  • June 25, 2009
    Best documentary EVER!!!
  • May 19, 2009
    our blue planet IMAX style .
  • February 27, 2009
    some really beautiful images of the earth on soo many different scales.. a must watch if your into space travel and the plants.
  • March 21, 2008
    I did not really like this movie.
  • November 3, 2007
    discovery channel. it was okay...
  • October 3, 2007
    Amazing footage!!! A must see!!
  • April 30, 2007
    This series is incredible; awesome videos of the world's water systems and the critters that inhabit them
  • April 17, 2007
    I used to like the Imax films, but then they just got too political for my taste

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