Wild Safari: A South African Adventure (2005)

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Don your pith helmet and prepare for a grand adventure into the heart of South Africa. Join Liesl Eichenberger, a native South African biologist and animal conservation park guide, on the ultimate safari in search of Africa's "Big Five" animals: the lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, and Cape buffalo.… More Don your pith helmet and prepare for a grand adventure into the heart of South Africa. Join Liesl Eichenberger, a native South African biologist and animal conservation park guide, on the ultimate safari in search of Africa's "Big Five" animals: the lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, and Cape buffalo. Experience the wonders of this beautiful land as you roam the natural habitat of the Big Five in the first live-action, large format 3D film to be shot entirely in South Africa, in cooperation with the government of South Africa.

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 45 min.
Directed By: Ben Stassen
Genres: Documentary

In Theaters: Apr 8, 2005 Limited
Studio: nWave Pictures

Critic Reviews

Celeste Busk, Chicago Sun-Times
This is 3-D cinematography at its best, and parents who are looking for educational films for their children that will hold their interest are in luck: Youngsters will be mesmerized.
Michael Esposito, Chicago Tribune
Director Stassen opts to avoid leaping cats out for blood, instead presenting an interesting depth of field in faraway places, populated by the animals we learned to love as children and living in their natural habitats.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Wild Safari isn't the most original large-format movie ever, but at least it's one that's most appropriate for a museum such as the Orlando Science Center.
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Eichenberger gets so excited when she spots one of the elusive creatures, it's hard not to share in her enthusiasm.
Bob Townsend, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Those natural habitat glimpses are the best reason to take the kids to see Wild Safari.
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News
With equal emphasis on animals and environment, this 45-minute feature is enlightening, impressive, educational and, above all, enjoyable.
Harry Haun, Film Journal International
Quite a trip--a seven-story-tall, very much in-your-face, danger-free excursion into the authentic wilds of South Africa.
Jim Lane, Sacramento News & Review
On the excitement scale, this one leans toward ho-hum.
David Barton, Sacramento Bee
Despite its size and subject matter, Wild Safari 3D is pretty tame and two-dimensional.
Urban Cinefile Critics, Urban Cinefile
You may get better close ups of the animals in wild life documentaries, but Wild Safari 3D, offers us a sense of being there.
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, TheMovieChicks.com
Very much like a National Geographic special, only you feel like you're in it... IMAX is still the next best thing to being there.
Frank Swietek, One Guy's Opinion
Despite the title you may find it considerably tamer than a great many nature documentaries, but it's a solid, respectable introduction to the South African preserves.
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
So raw and real that we really feel like we're right there. And if you've been on a safari before, you know how real it is.
Ross Anthony, Hollywood Report Card
If you want a more realistic safari than this, you're going to have to catch a flight (unless you live in Africa).
Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide
The film's raison d'etre is the simple sight of large wildlife up close and personal, and it's mesmerizing.
David Sterritt, Christian Science Monitor
For close-up views of large African animals in the wild, this IMAX spectacle is hard to beat.

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