Planet Earth: Movie Star

Did you see this amazing series when it ran on the Discovery Channel this spring? Animal documentary nut that I am, I somehow missed it... and what a big miss that was.

This is really super spectacular stuff, that easily elevates the nature documentary to the level of cinematic art. The cinematography (done in ground breaking high definition) alone is jaw dropping, but there's more than mere spectacle. Structurally, the series approaches the planet with a orgainzed holiticism that is utterly new -- at least to this viewer. And the narration -- always litterate, occasionally soaring -- is delivered by the incomporable David Attenborough in a tour de foce of voice over.

Stop reading!! Order it at once, right here.