Product Details

• Actors: Isaac Asimov
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Aae Films
• VHS Release Date: February 21, 1996
• Run Time: 54 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304019882
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #306,173 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gustav Holst meets Isaac Asimov, November 18, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Voyage to the Outer Planets & Beyond [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video which combines footage from NASA with the music from
Holst's "The Planets" is a feast for both the eyes and ears.
Even my children were kept interested for the entire program.
It was also good to see Isaac Asimov. Most people don't know
what he looked like. He was both informative and funny.
A great school item.
I hope they put this on DVD, so I can really pump up the sound.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Voyage to the outer planets and beyond, April 6, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Voyage to the Outer Planets & Beyond (DVD)

A FIVE STAR PROGRAM. And the new NASA extras are great for teaching my classes.
The program was first released on VHS,(I bought it then)and now the new DVD has additional footage that most people have never seen.
My science lessons are made easier when we discuss the planets.
I can show the children each section, planet by planet.
Also, the music fits, and the descriptions written out on the screen are perfect. What a great tool to teach with.

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fairly Entertaining, January 7, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Voyage to the Outer Planets & Beyond [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The idea of combining images of the planets with passages from Holst's "The Planets" was a good one, and the resulting video is rather interesting. Some of the footage is quite good (particularly the time-lapse images of Jupiter, and the representations of the rings of Saturn and the Martian surface. However, there are a couple of flaws which seriously mar the finished product. The animated footage of the surface of Venus is very amateurish, and there are some glaring typographical errors ("Matian" for "Martian", and "shrowded" for shrouded". This is an entertaining video, but certainly not essential.