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| Walt Disney Legacy Collection - True Life Adventures, Vol. 4 | 
| Directors: James Algar, Paul Kenworthy, Ralph Wright
Actor: Winston Hibler
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
Buy New: $42.77
Buy New/Used/Collectible from $39.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 35728
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD
Running Time: 146 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 3.6
MPN: 05254300
UPC: 786936716887
EAN: 0786936716887
ASIN: B000I2J6RS
Release Date: December 5, 2006
Theatrical Release Date: November 6, 1956
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Disney's acclaimed groundbreaking nature series captures the wonder of animals and nature. These award-winning stories fully restored to their original beauty offer previously unseen looks into the magical world of our animal friends.Episode List:Secrets of LifePerriSystem Requirements:Run Time: 328 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating: UNRATED UPC: 786936716887 Manufacturer No: 05254300
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In the 1950s, Disney produced a host of short nature films that were groundbreaking both for their innovative perspective, combining fantasy with real-life nature photography, and their development and reliance on huge technological advances in cameras and filmmaking. Secrets of Life and Perri, digitally restored 16-mm films retrieved from the Disney archives, are two of the first live-action shorts to offer an up-close and in-depth look at the life cycles of animals, insects, and plants. 
Listen to our interview
with director emeritus
Roy E. Disney.
| The photography of Secrets of Life is stunning to this day, offering an incredible time-lapse look at flowers opening, close-up shots of honeybees pollinating flowers and reproducing within the hive, and even footage of a volcano erupting. Even more amazing is the scientific understanding gained through that photography: knowledge of the secrets of adaptation and self preservation of plants, the disparate functions of bees within a colony, and the restorative function of an erupting volcano. While Perri is based on a fictional story about a precocious young squirrel, the depiction of the life and death struggle of squirrel, marten, beaver, and a host of other critters that live in Wildwood Heart is absolutely real and faithfully photographed. Academy Award-winning Nature's Half Acre portrays the delicate balance of nature and the timeless cycle of seasons complete with birds building their nests, voracious caterpillars eating everything in sight, and a look at the carnivorous Venus Flytrap. Almost as noteworthy as the photography in all of these shorts is the carefully composed music that mirrors the onscreen actions of everything from the tapping of a woodpecker to the jerky jumps of pond frogs. A huge assortment of bonus tracks feature Roy Disney and others discussing everything from the scientist photographers involved in the sometimes yearslong filming of these nature films, to the major technological advances in photographic equipment that these films necessitated, the incredible logistics involved in filming, and a look back at the life of writer, director, and narrator Winston Hibler. Both important pieces of filmmaking history and a great selection of nature programming, the Disney True Life Adventures series DVDs come in unique collectors tins reminiscent of the stored reels of film in Disney's archives. --Tami Horiuchi
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Exquisite May 31, 2008
The discs in this classic Disney series are fast become collectors' items. If you love beautifully executed ad restored nature documentaries, purchase these while you still are able.
Perri Lives Again March 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My mom has told me all her life about seeing the movie "Perri" when she was a little kid and how much that movie just blew her mind because it was a full length movie in color about nature. It was nice to finally be able to share Perri with her, and any kids (and adults) who love nature and animals will instantly connect with Perri the squirrel and her crazy adventures. I didn't get to see any of the rest of the disc, but getting to share that movie with my mom and watch her face as she watched it was worth every penny. My mom assures me that the rest of the collection is a blast.
EXCELLENT! December 9, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Disney is magical. They capture the greatest shots, the narration has that certain sound we all remember when we were little kids watching it on tv. This is such a great dvd to add to your library. The pictures and colors are so brilliant and vibrant! Both dvd's are special. What a treat it is to have.
Walt Disney Legacy Collection-True Life Adventures October 11, 2007
This is classic Disney.Makes me think of when I was young and watched these with my family.These are perfect for all families even decades later.I still enjoy watching all of these classics.
Disney True Adventure August 24, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Could you rate it a 10 or 100. Who couldn't love Disney's True Adventures. Yes, there is even a whole channel for animal adventures now, but they were the first--and they were the best. They are pack in a great package; durable and imaginative. The added interviews and backstage scenes are great. I can remember seeing them on their program (in black and white) when I was in first grade. They are wonderful. It was a treat to learn about the couple who filmed them too. Spending years and years filming things they thought was funny or interesting. Then bringing them back and someone putting them together into a story that is loved forever. I have all four of them. And we watch them over and over.
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