Product Details

• Actors: Will Lyman, Frank Mundus, Roy Scheider, Corey Sosner, Kerry Shale
• Directors: Jeff Kurr, Gavin Maxwell, Joe DiMaggio, Terry Ketler
• Writers: Jeff Kurr, Adrienne Ciuffo, Caterina Gennaro
• Producers: Jeff Kurr, Gavin Maxwell, Adrienne Ciuffo, Bill Markham, Caterina Gennaro
• Format: Box set, 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: 4
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Discovery Channel
• DVD Release Date: July 10, 2007
• Run Time: 660 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000PDZHK0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,824 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Shark Week: 20th Anniversary Collection" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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SHARK WEEK:20TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTIO - DVD Movie

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25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some overlapping info, but a nice compilation, July 16, 2007

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Melani "real-world escapist" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shark Week: 20th Anniversary Collection (DVD)

I pre-ordered this dvd and the day it arrived I popped it in the player. The packaging is very nice w/ a cool 3D Jaws pic on the front. 4 discs: 1 and 3 have 3 shows, 2 and 4 have 4 shows each. With the exception of Anatomy of a Bite (90min), most avg around 45 minutes. The shows range from Shark Bite survivors to Air Jaws & Air Jaws II. $19.99 is a fair price for 14 episodes and I did learn a lot. They seem to dwell quite a bit on the Great White, so footage of the leaping sharks in So. Africa can get a bit repetitive. Also Erich Ricter, the scientist whose bite from a bull shark was highlighted in Anatomy of a Bite, makes quite a few appearances throughout the episodes. You'd think that after 20 years of Shark Week, Discovery would include 14 very different episodes in this compliation. I'm a huge Shark Week fan and never miss a year so that's why this dvd was a MUST-OWN, but I do wish it had maybe 6 more episodes and they could have focused on other sharks like the Mako or Tiger vs. focusing quite a bit on the Great White and Bull Shark.. If you like owning Nature DVDs, and perhaps aren't going to record this year's Shark Week episodes, this is a good deal. Just be prepared to watch the majority of the time about Whale, Bull, and Great White Sharks..

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too much sensationalism, not enough substance., August 8, 2008

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Finding Amanda - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shark Week: 20th Anniversary Collection (DVD)

This set contains some truly fantastic footage of sharks, especially great whites, but is sadly lacking in its quantity of real science on sharks. Virtually nothing is covered on shark biology, physiology, number of species, ranges, habits, etc. Including such information so that the series took the viewers to school and truly educated us about sharks---in addition to the sensational shots of attacks on humans and other prey---would have served the viewer and the sharks much better. Particularly bad was the episode with the mechanical sharks and supposed the attempt to "study" the dynamics of a shark bite. It was really more of a tribute to modern FX than anything else. Over all this set is entertaining with its photographic footage of sharks but otherwise disappointing in its lack of substance.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Our 7-year old son is thrilled, September 24, 2007

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J. Koeplinger "JK" (NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shark Week: 20th Anniversary Collection (DVD)

Hi - our 7 year old son is absolutely thrilled by this video. He could watch all 8 or so hours without stopping. When we recently went to an aquarium, he pointed out different shark types to me and how they're different, when they hunt, etc. After reading the small information board, it all matched. So it's certainly a great show for every kid interested in sharks!