Product Details

• Actors: Jane Goodall, Marc Strange
• Directors: David Lickley
• Writers: Stephen Low
• Producers: David Lickley, James Lahti, Becky Kirkpatrick, Carolyn Thain, Freda Nicholson
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sling Shot
• VHS Release Date: February 4, 2003
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006LPJL
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #253,787 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Production, Important Subject!, February 28, 2003

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Robert Carlberg (Seattle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees (Large Format) (DVD)

A hundred years ago chimpanzies numbered between 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 in 25 African countries. Now "there are no more than 150,000 left," according to Dr. Jane Goodall.

This shocking fact underlies David Lickley's IMAX documentary about Jane Goodall and her groundbreaking research. Her remarkable 43-year career (and counting!) studying the wild chimps at Gombe National Park in Tanzania has led to several important discoveries, causing Science (capital S) to have to redefine what separates Mankind from the other animals. Goodall's own quiet tenacity has been tested as she must now spend most of her time advocating for the very survival of man's closest living relative.

The ultra-high-definition IMAX format provides a gorgeous transfer to DVD format, in both sound and image. Close-up images of the individuals at Gombe, as well as panoramic recordings of the sounds of the rainforest, make this a treat for the eyes and ears. Goodall herself does nearly all of the narration. South African musician Johnny Clegg provides several songs which integrate seamlessly into Amin Bhatia's orchestral score. Mini-featurettes on the DVD describe the difficulty of filming the notoriously-shy chimpanzies in remote Africa with the bulky IMAX cameras -- which can shoot for only 3-minutes at a time. Another featurette describes the recording of the music, including lots of rare shots of Clegg in the studio. Lickley's DVD commentary provides a ton of additional information missing from the original IMAX production.

All in all, this is a wonderful package in every regard.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Knowledge+Understanding=Caring, June 11, 2003

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Alydar "alydar" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees (Large Format) (DVD)

What a tribute to Dr. Jane's work and the "kindred souls" she is deparately seeking to save from extinction. This IMAX edition captures the "soul" of both Dr Jane and the wild chimpanzees and will surely capture the hearts of all viewers (of any age). Sound and picture are breathtaking and will bring Gombe into your den or living room. But there is something even more important....
Now do two things (1) get this DVD right away and share it with your family, friends, students etc. and then (2) contact the Jane Goodall Institute (Roots & Shoots for the little ones in your life) and help save this species "So Like Us" for our children and their children's children.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, August 25, 2009

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J. Buhman - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees (Large Format) (DVD)

If you are looking for information about Jane Goodall's work with the chimps, this is not the dvd for you. This is nothing more of a plea for money. I'm certainly all for helping save wildlife, but what I was hoping for was to learn more about chimpanzees, their behavior and social structures.