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Nature: Yellowstone

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This double feature from Nature is the sweetest deal imaginable - if you're a fan of Yellowstone and all its inhabitants, but particularly if you're a wolf lover. "In the Valley of the Wolves" is suberbly filmed, and the continuing saga of the Druid Peak Pack, wonderfully narrated by F. Nurray Abraham. "Christmas in Yellowstone" is equally awesome in every aspect, but sells ALONE for the same price, as does "In the Valley of the Wolves." To buy just one of these fabulous documentaries would be crazy. Buy this DVD and get almost two hours of utterly beautiful film-making, of one of the most exquisite places on Earth (in my opinion) for $18.00!!!

I have always felt a spiritual companionship with wolves, and this DVD is one that I will cherish forever. Nature: Yellowstone takes an intricate look at the lives of a few packs of wolves in the Yellowstone region of North America. The way in which these various packs of wolves were depicted, and the time and energy it took to follow them from season to season, really gave me the impression that whoever worked on this piece really cared about what they were filming (creating), and they were willing to take the time to make sure that their footage contained emotional content, and that it was also carefully orchestrated. Christmas in Yellowstone (program two on this DVD) was also very good, and it proved to be a good accompanying piece to program one. Another great DVD about one wolf in particular is Nature: The Wolf That Changed America.

In The Valley Of The Wolves features great scenes of wolves running after elk, coyotes, and other wolves. Energetic exhilarating music and meaningful, informative writing are present throughout this story of wolves battling for control of Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park. I've read that wolves do not go into water and do not climb, but this Nature documentary shows wolves easily going into water and carefully stepping up a very steep slope. After greeting the visiting male wolf, the daughter wolf shows submissive lowered body posture toward her mother. Two battling bull elk charge smoothly down a slope with their large antlers pressed together, and head-butting buffaloes kick up ground dust. I particularly liked the Druid wolves' emotional return to Lamar Valley at the end. On the front of the dvd case and on the dvd itself, the featured wolf has the extraordinary adult characteristic of light-blue eyes.

My daughter loves wolves and wanted a few DVD's for Christmas. This documentary was full of information and intimately followed a pack of gray wolves through every day life in Yellowstone for 3 years, documenting their every move. My daughter loved every second of it.
Well worth the money in my house!

If you weren't impressed by or didn't love wolves before, you might after watching this! Absolutely spellbinding and insightful piece of art that captures not only the spirit of the wolf, but also the most beautiful scenery. I laughed, I cried and never grow tired of watching. I have given this DVD to everyone I know and cherish my copy!

I'm a bit biased because I just released my film on Amazon, but this movie is so interest and beautiful; it makes you want to know more. We are now entering a period when humans are determining their natural place in the world, and reintroducing wolves to the Yellowstone ecosystem is one of those keystone events that really open people's eyes to this history changing event.
Great film. Buy it and watch it over and over.
Save the earth...while we still have a chance. Arte Machia

This is a great documentary and narrated the best way possible. I have watched this at least 4 times since opening it on Christmas Day

This video was very good in helping us recreate our vacation in Yellowstone Park when our own video was lost by the developer. Very good information about the wolves

I invite you to watch this podcast on Youtube (watch?v=3H1gzVj8i4o) called Diamond Dust, which is a promotional for "Christmas in Yellowstone". Absolutely beautiful, isn't it? With wonderful music, but of course the low-resolution video is terribly grainy. I bought this DVD expecting to see and hear it the way the podcast is supposed to be, with hopefully more of the same.
Guess what? It's not part of the actual program! Not there at all! What's up with that? I bought "Christmas in Yellowstone", expecting to see and hear more of what is in the podcast promoting "Christmas in Yellowstone", and it's not there! Am I being too picky in expecting to find the same footage and music?
I'm not discouraging anyone from buying this program, it's wonderful, it's beautiful, but I am expressing my disappointment to the producers over this omission.