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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Antarctica : a year on ice / a film by Anthony Powell ; Music Box Films presents an Antzworks production ; produced, directed and filmed by Anthony Powell.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher, Date:

Chicago, IL : Music Box Films, [2015]

Description:

1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

NTSC

video file DVD video

Summary:

A visually stunning journey to the end of the world with the hardy and devoted people who live there year-round. The research stations scattered throughout the continent host a close-knit international population of scientists, technicians and craftsmen. Isolated from the rest of the world, enduring months of unending darkness followed by periods when the sun never sets, Antarctic residents experience firsthand the beauty and brutality of the most severe environment on Earth.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG (parental guidance suggested; some material may not be suitable for children) for mild thematic elements and language.

Subjects:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration.

Other Author:

Powell, Anthony, (Documentary film director), film director, film producer, cinematographer

Price, Simon (Film editor), film editor.

Plan 9 (Musical group : 1996- )

Antzworks (Firm), production company.

Music Box Films, film distributor.

New Zealand Film Commission.

Notes:

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.

Editor, Simon Price; original music, Plan 9.

DVD; 5.1 Dolby Digital; widescreen (1.85).

In English with optional French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

New Zealand Film Awards, Best Documentary, Cinematography; Scottsdale International Film Festival, People's Choice, Best Film Award; Calgary International Film Festival, Best Documentary; Orlando Film Festival, Best Documentary

Contents:

Extra features: Director commentary -- Anthony & Christine Powell commentary -- Outtakes and behind the scenes -- Ship off-load time-lapse -- A penguin at my camera -- Saving Scott's and Shackleton's huts -- Newstalk ZB radio interview -- Theatrical trailer.

ISBN:

9786315839351 : DVD

6315839355 : DVD

Publisher Number:

MBFHE093

Other Number:

904057538

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

522170

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD 919.8904 Antarcti