Dr. Carole Baldwin, Kenneth Branagh, Mathias Espinosa

Part adventure, part scientific expedition, part personal quest, this stunning film takes us on a journey with marine biologist Dr. Carole Baldwin from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of...( read more  read more... ) Natural History during her first trip to the Galapagos. Traveling to the terrestrial world of the islands which were first chronicled for science over 160 years ago by Charles Darwin, the audience dives with Dr. Baldwin and Ecuadorian naturalist Mathias Espinosa into the largely unknown waters surrounding the volcanic archipelago to explore the natural wonders of a realm that is a true living natural science laboratory. The film reveals a world that is still relatively new and evolving --- a place which provides scientists with a window into the past and a frontier for exploration. Along with other scientists, Dr. Baldwin utilizes the expedition's high-tech equipment, descending to depth of 3000 feet [915m] underwater, to study biodiversity and the processes of evolution as part of an on-going effort by scientists to understand the forces which may ultimately affect the survival of our own species.

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Unrated, 40 min.

Directed by: Al Giddings, David Clark

Release Date: October 27, 1999

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DVD Release Date: August 6, 2002

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  • April 6, 2008
    Documentary about a land immersed in change. Not just geologically and ecologically but has inspired us to change the way we perceive ourselves.
  • September 4, 2009
    Took me a while to finish this one. Started in months ago and forgot it had a total of three parts. While this was beneficial for me because quite redundant in parts (so it helped refresh my memory of what I saw before), I think if this were viewed in one sitting it could be over...( read more)ly-long because of the re-iteration. I didn't care for the narration (would have liked David Attenborough). The cinematography is top-notch, and there is so much more I wanted to see. I learned so much that I didn't know before beyond the finches and tortoises that I usually associate with the islands. Did you know they have penguins there? Sea lions that eat water lizards? It just seems like such a wonderful place that I want to visit. But the end showed that 30,000 people live there now and have introduced an abundance of flora and fauna to the place, thus displacing those that have been there for eons. Makes me mad. Should stay pristine - at least somewhere should! On par with Planet Earth, Winged Migration, Microcosmos, Life in the Undergrowth, March of the Penguins, and Animals are Beautiful People for my favorite nature-oriented documentaries.
  • May 27, 2007
    I JUST HAD THE PLEASURE TO EXPERIANCE IMAX LAST YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME AND SINCE THEN HAVE BEEN HOOKED. A SCREEN SIX STORIES HIGH AND EIGHTY FEET WIDE WITH THE BEST SOUND SYSTEM AND MOVIES EVER. IF YOU HAVENT HAD THE IMAX EXPERIANCE PLEASE GO DO IT AND YOU WILL BE HOOKED, LOL AN...( read more)D 3-D WOW IT POPS IT GRABS YOUR FACE AND GETS YOU AND SHAKES YOU UP. NOTHING CAN COMPARE.
  • April 30, 2006
    You get to experience the beautiful, unique island of Galapagos. It's amazing how different their species are.

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October 27, 2001
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

A film worth seeing. full review

April 24, 2001
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

It's hard to resist the lumbering Galápagos tortoise, the skittering bright-orange crabs or the legions of proud black marine iguanas that sun themselves en masse on outcroppings of petrified lava. full review

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