Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Mummies : secrets of the pharaohs / Big Picture Digital Productions, Image Entertainment ; Giant Screen Films presents a Giant Screen Films & Gravity Pictures Production in association with the Franklin Institute, Hugo Productions, Museum of Science Boston ; directed by Keith Melton ; produced by Arabella Cecil, Don Kempf, Steve Kempf ; written by Arabella Cecil.

Publisher, Date:

Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, [2009]

Description:

1 videodisc (39 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Unravel the secrets behind one the most fascinating time capsules of our time, uncover ancient tombs to find out the phenomenon behind them, and follow top scientists and they perform modern forensic investigations to find clues to the past and the future.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

Subjects:

Mummies -- Egypt.

Pharaohs.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Historical films.

Educational films.

Other Author:

Lee, Christopher, 1922-2015.

Melton, Keith.

Cecil, Arabella.

Kempf, Don.

Kempf, Steve.

Cardon, Sam.

Big Picture Digital Productions (Firm)

Giant Screen Films.

Gravity Pictures Productions (Firm)

Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Hugo Productions (Firm)

Boston Museum of Science.

Image Entertainment (Firm)

Notes:

Release date: Nov. 3, 2009.

"Originally created for exhibition in IMAX theatres."

Special features: "Making of" documentary (22 min.), film trivia quiz, fast facts, "Meet the Mummies", trailers.

Director of photography, Reed Smoot ; editor, Harry B. Miller III ; composer, Sam Cardon ; costumes, Lindsay Pugh.

Narrator: Christopher Lee.

DVD, widescreen presentation.

For private home use only.

English, French or Spanish dialogue (Dolby digital 5.1).

Contents:

Eternal Egypt -- The age of Rameses -- Spiritual Egypt -- Mummification -- Modern mummification -- DNA science -- Modem archeology -- Rameses the Great -- Rameses' legacy -- Decyphering history -- Tomb raiders -- Black market -- The mummies' journey -- Saving the tomb -- The pharaoh's tomb -- The pharaoh's return -- Test results -- Burial of Rameses.

LCCN:

2012601087

ISBN:

9786313175628

631317562X

Publisher Number:

ID3465JGDVD

Other Number:

443525755

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

264225

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

DVD 932 Mummies