Blue Planet (1990)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Ben Burtt

Writer:

Toni Myers (writer)

Genre:

Short | Documentary

Plot:

On several Shuttle missions, Earth has been portrayed from places that nobody else could reach. We also...

Plot Keywords:

Environmental Issues | Narration | Space | IMAX | Independent Film

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Cast

James Buchli	...	Narrator (voice)
Toni Myers	...	Narrator (voice)

Directed by
Ben Burtt

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Toni Myers		writer

Produced by
Graeme Ferguson	....	producer
Phyllis Ferguson	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Micky Erbe
Maribeth Solomon

Cinematography by
David Douglas
James Neihouse		(IMAX)

Film Editing by
Toni Myers

Sound Department
Wayne Bell	....	additional sound
Ben Burtt	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Tom McMurtry	....	sound effects editor
Greg Smith	....	sound recordist
Don White	....	sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
John C. Moulds	....	first assistant camera

Animation Department
Eric DeJong	....	animator: space sequences

Music Department
Paul Massey	....	scoring mixer
Ron Searles	....	scoring engineer

Other crew
Renee Confair	....	location manager: Hawaii
James Neihouse	....	astronaut training manager
Greg Smith	....	astronaut training manager

Production Companies

• IMAX Space Ltd.

Distributors

• IMAX (1990) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sandrews (2001) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Tycho Brahe Planetarium, Copenhagen (2006) (Denmark) (theatrical) (re-release)

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Sound Mix:

Sonics

Certification:

Germany:6 | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Alaska, USA

Company:

IMAX Space Ltd.

Movie Connections:

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Spectacular IMAX film

This was my first IMAX film and I later bought it on DVD. I am surprised how critical some are of this film. It is fantastic. I have never seen the earth this way and the revelations that the film makes clear about drought and ecological damage are brought home in the visuals. But more than that, the film lets the audience revel in the planet we call home as seen from outside. It is a truly humbling experience to see the vast oceans and continents and to put the whole planet in perspective. I admit that it loses something on a smaller screen but it is still great. On IMAX it is a spectacular event and one I will never forget. I still think and talk about it more than 15 years after I first saw it.