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Directed By: Jean-Michel Cousteau
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| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 120 minutes | | Format: | Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen | | Studio: | PBS (DIRECT) | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.77:1 | | Release Date: | May 13, 2008 | | Sales Rank: | 59,992th |
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Product Description
The Amazon: the most powerful of the world's rivers. It flows through the largest tropical rainforest, the natural theater where evolution has gone wild, creating the greatest biodiversity on the planet. Twenty-five years ago Jean-Michel explored this region with his father, the legendary Jacques Cousteau. Since then an area the size of Texas has been deforested. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 4 reviews)
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you can make a difference by Patricia F. Wallman (Phoenix, AZ USA)  5 Stars
June 04, 2009
it is startling what is happening to our rainforest. it is important that we know about it and do something about it. i was impressed with the segment about amazon herb company and their responsible, sustainable way of making the treasures of this amazing area available to the world.
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A much needed return to the Amazon! by Alex C. (Waterloo, Belgium) 5 Stars
August 19, 2008
25 years ago, Jacques Cousteau and his son Jean-Michel went on a major one year expedition on the Amazon, with Captain Cousteau visiting the lower Amazon aboard Calypso and Jean-Michel starting by foot in the Andes, at the source of the river, and then visiting the upper part of the river aboard Alcyone, the wind-powered ship. The result was a series of films that opened people's eyes. At the time, the condition of the Amazon was bad. Now, it's even worse!
Watching the original movies (available on another DVD release) and then this DVD, we really get to see what has happened since the 80s and what has to be done down there to protect our planet. But we also get to see the efforts already in place and visit gorgeous wild protected areas. Truly amazing places!
As for the previous DVDs, the quality of this documentary is excellent. Visually, it's filmed and edited in a dynamic way. Never gets boring. As for the content, it's rich! I'm so glad to see Jean-Michel Cousteau making films again. It was about time (hadn't seen him since 1997 - his father's death)! People need to be informed about the condition of our planet now more than ever. We have to do something!
Jean-Michel Cousteau's work is great and I hope to see more and more of these films!
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Another Cousteau great..... by Micah B. Evans (USA) 5 Stars
April 10, 2008
I have been a Jacques Cousteau fan for many years. Now Jean-Michel is carrying on his fathers work. I saw this documentary on PBS the other night, and I was quite impressed. It was fantastic. Shed some much needed light on the devistation of the rain forest. I preordered mine already....
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Don't miss this great documentary on the Amazon!! by camey (Pensacola, FL) 5 Stars
April 05, 2008
I saw Return To The Amazon, by Jean-Michel Cousteau on PBS. I was trilled with the educational value it offered. We truly are all interwoven on this planet we call home. I will share the DVD with my granddaughters who have traveled to the area with their parents and will go again soon as missionaries. I hope this program will inspire them to get involved with the environmental issues the program addressed.
I highly recommend this DVD as an educational tool for children as well as adults. see also,Planet Earth - The Complete BBC SeriesPlanet Earth & The Blue Planet Seas of Life (Special Collector's Edition)
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