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Madagascar (2011)(Blu-Ray)

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From Executive Producer Mike Gunton (Life) comes a fascinating exploration of one of the most unique habitats in the world, Madagascar! For 65 million years, Madagascar was lost to the world, isolated, undiscovered and untouched by humans. Left to its own devices it became a hotbed of evolution, resulting in the greatest concentration of unique creatures anywhere on the planet. More than 80% of Madagascar's animals and plants are found nowhere else on Earth. Recognized as one of the world's most important biodiversity hotspots, this is an Alice-in-Wonderland island of eccentric animals, outlandish plants and extraordinary landscapes. It is a truly remarkable island. In this three-part landmark series from the BBC and Animal Planet, viewers will discover what makes Madagascar different from the rest of the world, and how evolution created an island rivaling the Galapagos for mystique, beauty and scientific wonder.

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  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.2 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 17193709
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Various
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen, Blu-ray
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 30 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ June 7, 2011
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Various
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ BBC Home Entertainment
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004PHSTZ2
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
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    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 505 ratings

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Mike Curtis
5.0 out of 5 stars Great condition. As described.
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2024
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Rick Seals
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing! Watched It All In A Single Sitting!
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2012
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BBC'S documentary Madagascar is absolutely amazing. I cannot really say it is better or worse than the other nature documentaries in the BBC series as they tend to be very good. This one is certainly up to standard.

David Attenborough narrates as he often does and as usual is very educational and anecdotal. He explains quickly on in the series that the story of Madagascar is more than anything the story of Lemurs, a type of about 100 primates endemic to the island. They have evolved there for over 60 million years, isolated from the rest of the world and are unique in ways that epitomize the adjective.

Some Lemurs seem to dance as they run. Others live their entire lives in reeds on the shore of a single lake. A few of them are nearly the size of a human being and one is the smallest primate in the world. All of them are fascinating and require no humanizing, each seeming to share many characteristics with their globe-covering, pollution-generating relatives. Sadly, many of them are also in serious danger of not having any more birthdays.

More than usual, Attenborough teaches the watcher how Madagascar is a good place to study man's impact on wildlife. It is a place that remained untouched by man for longer than most and which held on to its animals and environment longer than often is the case. In addition the very good cinematography and narration, the bonus features aren't bad either. One is a special where the narrator looks for clues about what happened to a giant Madagascan bird that measured twelve to sixteen feet tall but which has been long extinct. The other is a story about a woman who spent a week or so hanging out with Lemurs at a nature escape. Both are very nice. All around, this production is educational, fun and as with most BBC productions, reminds us why we should do everything we can to protect what is left of our wild places in the world.
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5.0 out of 5 stars ***Healthy Earth = Healthy Human*** A Must See for Health!
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2022
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We have decided to purchase additional copies for our friends & relatives, in supporting "Love Your Mother Earth" Neighborhood Campaign (see below for details).

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*Connect & listen to mother nature
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1) Watch movies "Racing Extinction" (2015) & "Madagascar" (2011)
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Always remember, Healthy Earth 🌎= Healthy Human! 😇
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Fitzherbert Farnsworth
5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Joy
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2011
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Sir David Attenborough's nature presentations are simply the gold standard of the genre. He himself is a treasure as are the creatures he profiles. This DVD set takes us to the magical island of Madagascar. We see a panoply of curious sights and sounds including several species of Lemur. These critters are guaranteed to melt even the hardest of hearts with their beautiful faces and mischievious chicanery. Also present are a great variety of chameleon - a smallish member of the lizard family, I believe, who are also quite winsome but in a different way.

In several spots I found myself wishing for less musical accompaniment. The music, as it is, is suitable in style but I prefer to hear the natural "music" of the surroundings: the crunch of leaves under a lizard's foot, the wind in the trees, the rain, the animal calls ...& so forth. These are still present with the music overlaid, but I prefer only the natural sounds alone.
Aside from this, I have no complaints and can give this set my highest recommendation.
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Gigi29
5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable pour tous les amoureux de la nature et des animaux
Reviewed in France on June 18, 2020
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Plus de 4 h de visionnage
Des paysages époustouflants, de superbes animaux, un documentaire hyper-intéressant sur ce pays magnifique !
Le documentaire sur l'œuf géant et l'oiseau éléphant de David Attenborough est passionnant
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5.0 out of 5 stars Maravillosa serie
Reviewed in Mexico on May 25, 2017
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Excelente! Muy bonita serie, las imágenes son increíbles. Entretenida e interesante. Gran serie para aprender acerca del mundo natural. Sorprendente.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bellissimo.
Reviewed in Italy on October 18, 2018
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Per me che ci ho vissuto anni in questo incantevole e straordinario paese è un ottimo documentario, molto orientato sulle proscimmie locali ovvero i lemuri ma non di fascino inferiore.
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David_o
5.0 out of 5 stars Planeta Madagascar
Reviewed in Spain on April 27, 2017
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Con la misma estética y medios de "Planet Earth", pero localizada únicamente en la maravillosa isla de Madagascar. Imágenes que parecen de otro planeta. Los seguidores de Planeta Tierra no se la pueden perder. Extras de gran interés también.
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I. Giles
5.0 out of 5 stars A series of beautiful wildlife filming that leaves the bonus films to underline the human threat of extinction to that wildlife
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 8, 2017
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This is another typical high quality product both written and narrated by David Attenborough. The recording itself is an HD product, copyrighted in 2011. The full value of the two discs really becomes apparent when the wildlife of Madagascar as shown in the main three films is compared with the reality of the effect of human activity. This is shown and described in the two bonus features which make it clear how fragile this very small remaining part of Madagascar is.

The series consists of three 60 minute programs – Island of Marvels; Lost Worlds; Heat and Dust. A general outline is given at the start of this sequence as can be summarised as follows: Madagascar is both the oldest and the largest of the world’s islands and measures some 1000 miles in length – more than the UK for example. There is a chain of mountains running down its spine and these create a rain shadow where the east is more lush with good rainfall and the west is a land where drought lasts for 8 months of an average year. The far south is the most parched land and the far north is a land of slumbering volcanoes. The centre is prone to earthquakes. 80% of the wildlife is unique to Madagascar.

The most populous animals are the many forms of lemur ranging from large to extremely small and some being nocturnal. Bearing in mind the threat of extinction hanging over much of the life of Madagascar it is perhaps appropriate that ‘lemur’ means ‘spirits of the dead.’ Other animals encountered in this informative series are the wide range of chameleons, an animal resembling a hedgehog that has up to 32 babies at a time, many geckos all of which have eyesight 350 times more sensitive than humans’ and thus enable them to see in full colour at night. We are also introduced to various insects and birds unique the island as well as to some snakes, none of which are poisonous.

Throughout the three main feature films there is little to make the viewer aware of the massive deforestation that has removed 80% of the essential habitat of highly specialised creatures. The photography is unfailingly of the highest quality but avoids showing the wider context which would make the issue of habitat destruction obvious. As it is it is invisible and only referred to in a couple of summary sentences at the end of the third and final episode.

However ………. The well-chosen bonus feature films tell a different story.

There are two significant ‘extra’ feature films, both concerning Madagascar seen in a more fragile and threatened light than that of the main series. For these reasons they carry greater dramatic impact than the main features, superb though they may be. Indeed, the very fact of the main series’ superb photographic imagery hides the very real and present threat to the nature, of all sorts including plant life that the series does so much to present in all its implied glory.

The first bonus film of 39 minutes and copyrighted in 2006 is presented by Charlotte Uhlenbroek with affection and concern. This concentrates on the struggle of a troop of Ring-tailed lemurs to survive in a forest area seriously damaged by prolonged draught, a recent cyclone and local deforestation. These conspire to create starvation for these animals which are shown to be very thin and with poor fur quality. It also becomes clear that the forest that we see in the main series is little more than the land of a small farm. It is estimated that 80% of the original forest has now been destroyed for farming and timber sales with likely catastrophic results for the indigenous wildlife.

The second ‘bonus’ feature is the 2011 film, The Giant Egg, made by Attenborough in which he compares film he made 50 years ago with the current state of the island. He explores the extinction of the bird that probably laid the egg as well as a giant lemur weighing about half a ton. In addition to the issues raised by the previous bonus film this one ranges far more widely across the island where the natural vegetation that has enabled so much unique life to evolve has largely been destroyed by human activity. Madagascar’s mineral wealth is also been exploited with further destruction of the wildlife’s habitat.

The recent initiatives favouring non-destructive activities, such as silk farming and replanting of a forest area, are promoted as encouraging signs but these seem pitifully small compared to the scale of the problem and the timescales involved – twenty years for planted trees to grow to a useful proportion for example.

In summary, this series coupled with the two bonus films does far more than show attractive images of an attractive area. It explores Madagascar in the context of its history and future and poses crucial issues of survival for all non-human life. It is clear that, tragically, this unique example of evolution is close to extinction specifically brought about by human activity.

In summary this is a series of beautiful wildlife filming that leaves the bonus films to explain and underline the human threat of extinction to that wildlife.
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