Product Details

• Directors: Feodor Pitcairn
• 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: Pbs (Direct)
• DVD Release Date: June 5, 2001
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005KJNH
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #218,673 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Killer Herring?, March 3, 2003

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JASON HRICAK "GFJ" (GRAND FORKS, ND United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ocean Wilds: Realm of the Killer Whales/Sperm Whale Oasis (DVD)

If you want facts about herring look no further. If you were silly enought to buy "Realm of the Killer Whales" To learn about orcas you will be very disappointed. Id say 85% of this over priced pile of DVD was about the plight, breeding, and harvesting of herring. They talk about alot of animals that have nothing to do with the killer whales outside of living in the ocean.
Most of the killer whale scenes are above the water. The only thing that saved this dvd is the last 5 or 6 minutes showing killer whales under the water engaging in the unusual behavior of rubbing the bodies along a pebble beach. That was pretty cool. No hunting, no up close, no shark cage perspective. I didnt even see an ivory orca tooth from begining to end. I havent watched the Sperm whale documentary. However when I do I expect to learn alot about the life cycle of freekin tunas or something. I GOT ROBBED.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a jewel for sperm whale lovers, April 16, 2003

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Víctor Manuel Fernández Ruiz (Madrid Spain Europe) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ocean Wilds: Realm of the Killer Whales/Sperm Whale Oasis (DVD)

Haven't yet seen "Realm of the killer whales" for my interest was on "Sperm whale oasis" wich I find very difficult to surpass. The narration is enough interesting ( though conventional) but there are at least 30 minutes of images beyond all expectation for their beauty as for their interest, creatures so rarely seen can be here observed as never before.Only comparable with that one about the search of the giant squid by National Geographic.