Product Details

• Actors: HDScape
• Directors: David Hannan
• Format: Dolby, Surround Sound, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: DVD International
• DVD Release Date: October 30, 2007
• Run Time: 83 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000V6LSU4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,814 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Imagine a world colored by ice and fire, carved by hurricane-force winds, weighted by glaciers, and teeming with wildlife perfectly adapted to freezing conditions and winters of perpetual darkness. Experience the beauty of wild white blizzards and fire-red sunsets reflected in a glassy sea.

Antarctica Dreaming Blu-ray Disc explores the Antarctic peninsula, South Georgia Island, and the Falkland Islands, and features five species of penguins, four kinds of seals, fierce seabirds, and the most spectacular scenery on the planet.

Features Optional Documentary Track

Filmed by Emmy Award winner David Hannan
Includes 6 bonus mini documentaries.
Shot in High Definition by Emmy-Award-winning maker of Coral Sea Dreaming, David Hannan
Dolby® TrueHD

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Competent but unexciting documentary, January 29, 2008

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buru buru piggu (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Antarctica Dreaming [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Antarctica Dreaming is a competently produced documentary, but nothing extraordinary. While informative and well shot, this production left a lot to be desired. The narrator's voice is dull, monotone, and wooden. The entire production seemed very mechanical and lacked soul.

If you've had your fill of penguins and walruses over the last few years due to all the documentaries and animations, it's better off to skip this DVD entirely. This is nothing you haven't seen before. In light of the other much more superior penguin/Antarctic animal documentaries produced, like March of the Penguins, or the BBC Planet Earth series, your money is better spent there.


Bad Extras:

The extras include six mini-documentaries. The rest of the options lead to a still screen with text descriptions.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Antarctica Dreaming Blu-Ray, September 16, 2009

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G. Welsh "A/V Guy" (Midwest) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Antarctica Dreaming [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

I'm not quite sure how many Antarctica documentaries the previous reviewer has seen, but I have seen quite a few, and this one is definitely worth the time and money. The scenery is nicely shot, with a good mix of animal and nature scenes, and the Blu-Ray quality is very good, as one might expect from the HD Window series. I also found the extras, six "mini" documentaries, to be very interesting and a good adddition to the disc. These Blu-Ray discs are meant to be informative and high quality alternatives to the big budget "documentaries" flooding the market recently. It succeeds in both areas, and I think you will enjoy it for what it is, a well shot, high quality presentation.

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful cinematography, great value, February 26, 2011

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D. E. Hill "follower of the art of Natural Hi... (Centennial, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Antarctica Dreaming [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

You can watch this with either a documentary, or with a combination of classical music and ambient sounds. The artistic quality of the video, and the selection of clips, is outstanding in all ways, and compares with the better parts of the BBC Galapagos series. I like this with ambient sounds, as it makes you watch carefully to see what is going on. Great shots of behavior. If you are interested in Antarctica, this is a must. If you are not, but you enjoy Natural History, you will be interested in Antarctica after you see this. Kudos to the photographers for a great production! This is what BLU-RAY is about.