| Life in Cold Blood | 
| Actor: David Attenborough
Studio: BBC Warner
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (5 reviews)
Sales Rank: 625
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 250 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 1000038556
UPC: 883929018413
EAN: 0883929018413
ASIN: B0018F0QS2
Release Date: August 5, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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Product Description
Written and presented by David Attenborough Life in Cold Blood tells the epic story of the most enduringly successful animals ever to walk on land reptiles and amphibians. The very latest technology enables extraordinary and previously unseen behavior to be captured in intimate detail overturning the myth that cold blooded life is slow solitary and primitive and revealing these creatures to be as dramatic social sophisticated and passionate as warm blooded animals. As with Life in the Undergrowth this series will change the audience's perceptions forever - giving them a new warm-hearted relationship with Life in Cold Blood. With this series David Attenborough completes his overview of life on the planet.Episodes:THE COLD-BLOODED TRUTHLAND INVADERSDRAGONS OF THE DRYSOPHISTICATED SERPENTSARMORED GIANTSSystem Requirements:Running Time: 292 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:TELEVISION/BBC Rating:NR UPC:883929018413 Manufacturer No:1000038556
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Billed as the last in David Attenborough's series of Life nature documentaries, Life in Cold Blood leaves you hoping that proves not to be the case. For once more, as he has done many times in his distinguished career, Attenborough gently--and unobtrusively--delivers an utterly fascinating insight into the world in which we live. Life in Cold Blood looks at reptiles and amphibians, bringing into focus a series of creatures very much of all shapes and sizes. Across the episodes that make up the series, the filmmakers delve into the lives and mannerisms of its subjects with some quite stunning camera work, bringing to our screens things that have quite simply never been seen before. As much as perhaps we shouldn't take for granted the heights that Attenborough's work easily scales, Life in Cold Blood happily matches the standards of his earlier series. Often genuinely jaw-dropping, and never less than completely absorbing, the DVD set is rounded off with some equally intriguing bonus features that delve into the complex production of the program itself. If Life in Cold Blood really does bring the Life series to an end, then that's even more reason to cherish it. Regardless, this is an extraordinary series that'll make you look at snakes, frogs, crocodiles, and turtles in very different ways. Unmissable. --Simon Brew
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finally they did it! August 28, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I had been hoping for a reptile/amphibium documentary from the BBC Life folks for a long time (intially thought Life In The Undergrowth might be it :) There have been precious few reptile/amphibium documentaries ever done (the PBS Nature version is terrible), so this was a very welcome surprise.
GOOD POINTS:
- very educational with respect to the evolution and natural history of the different animals
- some really superb photography
- 5 episodes, allows for reasonable coverage. I would have liked more... like 20 hrs of my favorite subject. :)
- like all BBC docs, has the resolution to fully fill a 16:9 screen w/o the black bars... looks great.
LESS GOOD POINT:
- a bit more of David on screen than I would prefer (have felt the same of most of the Life series). This series has perhaps the most of David on camera, and I am really most interested in the subjects. Also, there is some handling of subjects in the field that is not the best example to set.
But all in all it is quite a nice documentary and a 'must have' for long time amateur herpatologists like me. I believe most anybody with an interest in the Life series will enjoy this, and kids of course. Highly recommended!
Wonderful August 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Beautiful images of reptiles. Even better than Planet Earth, since this documentary focuses on a particular group of animals and explains their odd living and feeding habits. The chameleons are absolutely mesmerizing. I came away from watching this wanting a pet chameleon or turtle.
Amazing...as usual. August 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In his latest, and last, installment in the 'Life' series, David Attenborough brings us another masterpiece in nature documentary. If you are a fan of his earlier works, this is just as engaging and well filmed. The series is broken into five parts, each 50 minutes long with a "behind the scenes" segment which lasts 10 minutes. In all you receive 5 hours of film for under 30 dollars...a bargain.
No fan of nature documentary, or David Attenborough, should be without this wonderful work.
The Great Artist's Last? August 9, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
A David Attenborough film as I have grown accustomed to see them. Short sequences so beautiful that they take my breath away and nearly take my attention away from the subject. Nearly, yet they never do, just as Attenborough himself, appearing as a charming guide, never attracts attention away from but always to the filmed frog or chameleon, filmed not as an object but as an individual with whom Attenborough empathizes.
As usual with Attenborough films, this one abounds in most colorful animals, rarest animals, most fascinating behavior, recent scientific observations... As usual, Attenborough's assistants, scientists and filmmakers of great talent, are never an eye sore but discretely shown in separate parts where they seem appropriate and even necessary.
A masterpiece, comparable only to other films by the same Great Artist.
Pleases all August 2, 2008
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
Good DVD - informative and interestingly told photography is top shelf and clear as we have come to expect from these films by PBS. My grandchildren never seem to grow tired of watching "GRAMPS" animal pictures.They were a smart investment for both young and old in this home.David Attenborough is the father and master of this type of film you can't go wrong with his films.
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