Product Details

• Actors: F. Murray Abraham, Chris Morgan, Paul Christie, Howard McGillin, Jay O. Sanders
• Directors: Nigel Cole
• Writers: Mark Hobson
• Producers: Suzanne Weinert
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Questar
• DVD Release Date: April 27, 2004
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000228E54
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #182,256 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Nature: Holy Cow" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Have we changed the cow - or has the cow has changed us? Human history, biology, agriculture and economics have all been affected by this most influential farm animal. Societies which learned to domesticate the cow prospered, while those that did not were left behind. The cow is an animal that has evolved to eat pretty much anything and miraculously transform it into milk and meat, and a whole range of other products that sustain our daily lives - clothing, fertilizer for our crops, fuel for our fires. A valuable commodity to some, religiously revered by others, it is a beast of burden, a means of transportation, a way of life. This creature's many gifts have sustained and supported the human race on our journey to civilization, and each of us continues to owe a daily debt to the humble, extraordinary and holy cow.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating and Mind-Expanding, August 22, 2007

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This review is from: Nature: Holy Cow (DVD)

My husband and I saw this on TV and watched it sort of as a joke -- but we were both hooked and ended up watching the whole show. Now I'm buying the DVD to have a copy to share with friends (and their kids). I will never look at a cow in the same way now! Includes a good explanation of how cows are part of human cultures around the world (and why), and how our ways of interacting with cows (dairy cows and cattle) has changed so radically over the past two generations (and how it might well change back, at least partially). You won't believe how interesting a show about our bovine buddies can be! GREAT for homeschool groups, too (that's why I'm buying it).