"Walking with Monsters" (2005) TV series

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Director:

Tim Haines

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

5 November 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

A 90-minute documentary about life before the dinosaurs.

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Kenneth Branagh

...

Himself- Narrator (3 episodes, 2005-2008)

Series Directed by
Chloe Leland		(3 episodes, 2005-2008)
Tim Haines		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Tim Haines		(2 episodes, 2005)
Michael Olmert		(2 episodes, 2005)

Series Produced by
Tim Haines	....	executive producer (3 episodes, 2005-2008)
Adam Kemp	....	assistant producer / associate producer / ... (3 episodes, 2005-2008)

Series Original Music by
Ben Bartlett		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Peter Thorn		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Andrew Wilks		(unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Jovan Ajder	....	sound designer (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Colin Shulver	....	sculptor (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Aatesh Shah	....	systems engineer: Framestore CFC (unknown episodes, 2005)
Jenny Bichsel	....	lighting technical director (unknown episodes)
Ross Burgess	....	animator: Framestore CFC (unknown episodes)
Adam Burnett	....	senior technical director (unknown episodes)
Astrid Busser-Casas	....	compositor (unknown episodes)
Darren Byford	....	supervising technical director (unknown episodes)
Ronan Carr Fanning	....	digital modeller (unknown episodes)
Luke Drummond	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Theo Facey	....	senior technical director (unknown episodes)
Nathan Hughes	....	digital artist / matte painter (unknown episodes)
Angela King	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Dan Lavender	....	technical director (unknown episodes)
Chi Kwong Lo	....	technical director (unknown episodes)
Alberto Montañés	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Bruce Nelson	....	compositor: Framestore CFC (unknown episodes)
Joanna Nodwell	....	visual effects producer (unknown episodes)
Donald Pan	....	digital modeller (unknown episodes)
Nigel Rafter	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Craig Rowe	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Elsa Santos	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
Romain Bivar Segurado	....	digital modeller (unknown episodes)
Sarah Tosh	....	digital modeller (unknown episodes)
Max Tyrie	....	technical director (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Pitts	....	underwater photographer (unknown episodes, 2005)
Dave Prevost	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes, 2005)

Series Animation Department
Peter Clayton	....	animator (unknown episodes, 2005)
Matthieu Poirey	....	animator (unknown episodes, 2005)

Production Companies

• Impossible Pictures

Distributors

• BBC Worldwide (2005) (worldwide) (TV)
• FS Film Oy (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• TV2 Danmark (2006) (Denmark) (TV)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2006) (Finland) (TV)

Other Companies

• Loudhailer  post-production sound services

Runtime:

Finland:87 min (3 parts)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Finland:K-3 | New Zealand:PG

Company:

Impossible Pictures

Movie Connections:

Spin off "Prehistoric Park" (2006)

Lead up to Walking With Dinosaurs is its equal

The latest Walking with special follows life from one celled animals in the sea until the advent of dinosaurs. Its a thrilling trip that is the equal to the original series. Here the series looks not only at life at various times through the ages but also gives you a sense of how the various creatures may have evolved by having time lapse shots of the creatures moving up the evolutionary ladder. This is great stuff and the perfect way to begin a marathon look at how life has grown and changed over the eons. While there is the inevitable eat or be eaten theme to the whole thing you do get a nice sens that there is more to it all then just that. Also what we see here dovetails nicely with the other Walking specials so that when put together you get a sense of how life moves and evolves not only for dinosaurs but even now.

A must see, especially when coupled with the other series