Africa: The Serengeti (1994)

Director:

George Casey

Writers:

George Casey (writer)
Mose Richards (writer)

Release Date:

1 April 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Short

Tagline:

There is a place on Earth where it is still the morning of life and the great herds still run free.

Plot:

The Serengeti is a huge area of grassland in Tanzania, Africa. Once a year, in the time of drought,...

Plot Keywords:

Africa | Nature | Wildlife | Narration | IMAX

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

James Earl Jones

...

Narrator (voice)

Directed by
George Casey

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
George Casey		writer
Mose Richards		writer

Produced by
George Casey	....	producer
Ernest H. Cockrell	....	executive producer: Serengeti Partners
George R. Farris	....	executive producer: Serengeti Partners
S. Reed Morian	....	executive producer: Serengeti Partners
Ammiel G. Najar	....	associate producer
Paul Novros	....	producer

Cinematography by
Andrew Kitzanuk		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Tim Huntley

Production Management
Matthew Geer	....	production manager
Gerald Grossman	....	post-production supervisor

Sound Department
Tim Archer	....	sound effects editor
Tim Archer	....	sound re-recording engineer
Rob Bertola	....	sound effects editor
Erin Casey	....	location sound recordist
Sean M. Casey	....	location sound recordist
Gary Daprato	....	foley artist
Patrick Flynn	....	audio transfer: Riverton Productions
Jim Frank	....	sound re-recording executive
Alan Lindley	....	audio transfer: Riverton Productions
Steven Toepell	....	foley recordist (as Steve Toepell)
Mark Wright	....	sound re-recording engineer

Visual Effects by
Jay Cox	....	optical supervisor: Imagica USA, Inc.
Linda Giella	....	opticals: Imagica USA Inc.
Koji Ichihashi	....	opticals: Imagica USA Inc.
Tetsuo Kawano	....	optical camera (for Imagica USA, Inc.) (as Tetsue Kawano)
Alan G. Markowitz	....	visual effects supervisor: Imagica USA
P. Christopher Reyna	....	opticals (for Imagica USA, Inc.) (as Christopher Reyna)
Tim Sassoon	....	titles and effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Sean M. Casey	....	photographer: second unit
Marc Ehrenbold	....	assistant camera
Rodney Taylor	....	assistant camera
Denny Tedesco	....	key grip

Editorial Department
Bob Alosco	....	video editor: Sunset Post
Jon Archer	....	post-production coordinator
Ron Burdett	....	video editor: Sunset Post
James Carney	....	assistant editor
Jodee Housholder	....	video editor: Sunset Post
Brian Hutchings	....	video editor: Sunset Post
Kathy Lewis	....	video editor: Sunset Post
Nelson Mah	....	video editor: Sunset Post
Dan Muscarella	....	color timer: CFI
Joe Yates	....	video editor: Sunset Post

Music Department
George Cadebe	....	composer: song "Mother Africa Reprise"
James Carney	....	music sweetener
Tim Huntley	....	music editor

Other crew
Bob Alosco	....	video transfers: Sunset Post
Jock Anderson	....	consultant
Ron Burdett	....	video transfers: Sunset Post
David Bygote	....	consultant
Richard Estes	....	principal science consultant (as Dr. Richard Estes)
Jodee Housholder	....	video transfers: Sunset Post
Robin Hurt	....	consultant
Brian Hutchings	....	video transfers: Sunset Post
Barbara Jampel	....	consultant
George Johnson	....	prints: CFI, Hollywood
Mary Leakey	....	consultant
Phil Ledeboer	....	prints: CFI, Hollywood
Kathy Lewis	....	video transfers: Sunset Post
Adrian Luckhurst	....	consultant
Nelson Mah	....	video transfers: Sunset Post
Richard Matthews	....	consultant
George Mavroudis	....	consultant
John Scott	....	consultant (as Jonathan Scott)
A.R.E. Sinclair	....	consultant (as Dr. A.R.E. Sinclair)
Simon Trevor	....	consultant
Hugo Van Lawick	....	consultant
Adrian Warren	....	consultant
Jack West	....	prints: CFI, Hollywood
Joe Yates	....	video transfers: Sunset Post

Production Companies

• Graphic Films
• Houston Museum of Natural Science (in collaboration with)
• Serengeti Partners Ltd. (presented by)

Distributors

• Houston Museum of Natural Science
• Lumivision (1997) (USA) (DVD)
• Sociedad Estatal de Gestión de Activos (Spain)

Special Effects

• Imagica
• Sassoon Film Design (titles and effects)

Other Companies

• Master's Workshop  post-production audio
• Partridge Films Ltd.  additional consulting
• Riverton Productions  audio transfers
• Sunset Post  video editing and transfers

Runtime:

39 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Sound Mix:

Sonix

Certification:

Australia:G | Spain:T | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Kenya

Company:

Graphic Films

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Zomergasten: (#8.1)" (1995)

It's okay... nothing special

Like any nature-log you might see on Animal Planet. But bigger.

The photography is stunning, but somehow I left the theater thinking that they could have made a much more exciting film. Despite the killing scenes, it overall had a serene feel.

And what was up with the balloon people and the tribesmen? Quite tangential and not really belonging with the animal stuff. There wasn't even really much of a connection. At not least one that we saw depicted.

I think films like this are a waste of the IMAX medium. I would never knock natural beauty, but why do you need IMAX for that? For REALLY BIG natural beauty? No, the wonderful thing about IMAX is the ability to make you feel like you're there. So SCARE me! Put my heart in my mouth! To see the medium utilized to the fullest, see "NASCAR 3-D."