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Category: DVD
Actor: Nigel Marven
Directors: Jasper James, Tim Haines
Publisher: BBC Warner
Studio: BBC Warner
Brand: Warner Brothers
Label: BBC Warner
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 150 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARDE1927D
ISBN: 0790787113
UPC: 794051192721
EAN: 9780790787114
ASIN: B00017LVSM
Release Date: March 23, 2004
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Description
You'll be on the edge of your seat when the creators of the groundbreaking Walking With... series send zoologist Nigel Marvin back in time to track down the owner of the Giant Claw. But as soon as his mission is accomplished, it's on to prehistoric South America, in Land of Giants, where Nigel witnesses the battle between history's largest predator and its even more gigantic prey. Finally, in Chased by Sea Monsters, our intrepid explorer dives into the world's most dangerous depths. In seven different seas in seven different eras, Nigel meets scary sea scorpions, terrifying giant squid, massive armored fish, and the vicious sixty-foot Mosasaur!
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What do you get when you cross the Crocodile Hunter with the Jurassic Park trilogy? You get Chased by Dinosaurs, an awesomely entertaining BBC follow-up to the phenomenally successful Walking with Dinosaurs programs. Hosted by zoologist-adventurer Nigel Marven, this compilation of playfully exciting 30-minute programs is a time traveler's dream come true, presenting a feast of impressive prehistoric scenery as if it were readily accessible to any present-day camera crew. It's digital fakery at its finest, and Marven's infectious enthusiasm combines up-to-date research with wide-eyed intensity as he introduces us to a wide-ranging menagerie of long-extinct species, thriving in their native habitats and raging from 75 to 450 million years B.C. "Land of Giants" leaps back to the early Cretaceous period (100 million B.C.) to what is now Argentina, where Marven and his intrepid crew find Argentinosaurus, at over 100 feet long the largest dinosaur ever. Other marvels abound, including an Ultralight flight among a flock of Pteranodons, with wingspans up to 40 feet! "The Giant Claw" is a search for Therizinosaurus, an amazing herbivore (Mongolia, 75 million B.C.) with enormous 28-inch claws on 10-foot arms. The three-part "Sea Monsters" spans seven epochs to survey some of the most bizarre and terrifying creatures that ever swam the oceans, including sea scorpions, a multi-tentacled Giant Orthocone, and Megalodon, the ancient relative to Great White Sharks. And that's just a sampling: Many other amazing creatures are included among Marven's close encounters. With each successive effort, the digital wizards at Framestore CFC (Europe's largest computer-animation company) rise to new heights of photorealism, interactive lighting effects, and biological authenticity. And while Marven's a fair educator and a robust adventurer, more science-minded viewers will appreciate the 50-minute bonus program "The Science of Giants," centering on the behavior of massive dinosaurs and the efforts of renowneds paleontologist Philip Currie to prove that "megacarnivores"--once thought to roam alone--actually hunted in packs. This is really amazing stuff, and the helpful "Fact Files" provide detailed profiles of every dinosaur and sea creature featured in these memorable programs. --Jeff Shannon
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 Interesting mix of prehistory and adventure November 11, 2008
Use this DVD to complete your Dino-dinasty database. Although at first this movie sounded too fantasious, it ended up being a very rich resource material! Some dinos have not been previously depicted in the other series, there's fresh material here. Very accurate and with excellent effects.
Entertains! July 31, 2008
My kids (ages 5 and 2) love this video. It has realistic dinosaurs, a lot of facts and is not scary.
 Entertaining and informative May 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After the success of Spielberg's Jurassic Park movies, there has been an explosion of documentaries on dinosaurs and prehistoric life in general. BBC was one of the studios that really capitalized on this, especially wit their Walking With Dinosaurs series. Part of this is the Chased by Dinosaurs episodes, which is 2.5 hours long, 1.5 hours of which is the Chased by Sea Monsters miniseries. Starring in all of them is Nigel Marven, who adds a touch of British humor to the science and action of the show. A nice feature on this DVD is the special features, which shows how paleontologists discovered that the big carnosaurs were pack hunters. The show does deliver on entertainment value, with great CGI, lots of scenes of predators eating prey, and minimal screentime of humans narrating. Overall, great fun for the whole family.
Chased by Dinosaurs May 2, 2008
This has kept my 4 year old son entranced, not to mention the rest of the family, it's a kind of docu. jurassic park without people getting eaten and you get to watch and learn about dinosaurs some of which you would never of heard about before, highly recommended.
Chased by Dinosaurs April 28, 2008
Really great video. My kids love it and have watched it over and over. Something for all ages - adults included. Very educational and entertaining. Also highly recommend Prehistoric Park which is a six part series that you just can't stop watching. Both videos are very action packed and full of suspense.Prehistoric Park.
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