Jeri Jacquin
Coming to 4K UHD, 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray and Digital from
Shout! Factory is the stunning look at two extraordinary documentaries about
the beauty in our world with NATIONAL PARKS ADVENTURE and DREAM BIG:
Engineering Our World.
Narrated by Robert Redford, NATIONAL PARKS ADVENTURE looks
at some of the most stunning places located in our own national parks. Providing
some of the most magnificent cinematography, this is also a fantastic lesson in
the history of how national parks came to be protected.
As people adventure into these special places, they also
share their feelings of deep emotion and how these places continually motivate
their lives. Redford is the perfect narrator
as he has made it known for years of his love for wildlife and our planet. From
the forests filled with the sounds of wild life to the towering rock formations
in the desert and canyons, we are privy to experience it all thanks to
filmmaker Greg MacGillivray.
Captured in each frame is a chance for someone like me who
can’t go to these places to know they exist and hear from those who can share
their experience. I can not say enough how jaw-droppingly stunning the
cinematography is which did make me forget I was watching it on my home screen.
That comes from filming in 15/70MM with Imax cameras!
The NATIONAL PARKS ADVENTURE 4K and Blu-ray includes the
Special Features of Making-Of National
Parks Adventure, Bonus Videos Featuring Robert Redford, Greg MacGillivray, 4K Trailers
and more!
Narrated by Jeff Bridges, once again filmmaker Greg
MacGillivray brings us another perspective on our planet with DREAM BIG:
Engineering Our World. This time we are given a grand look at our world through
the man-made contributions that have helped transform the planet.
The work done by engineers that make buildings safer or
taller when cities run low on space for building come into play. There are
people who had the opportunity to use their education to make lots of money but
instead they decided to use their knowledge to make lives better. One example
is the building of bridges for countries that have suffered death due to raging
rivers but with no other means to get to the other side.
Trust me when I say your heart will be moved seeing not only
the fascination by people watching something we take for granted happening
pretty much all around us, to smiling watching them cross in more safety they
have known in generations.
Those are absolutely life changing and important which leads
to the STEM initiative that tickles the creative imaginations of our young
minds to improve lives. STEM stands for Science-Technology-Engineering-Math and
their idea is to look into the future and beyond. The 2-DVD edition of DREAM BIG: Engineering
Our World will also be available with the complete movie along with a 150-page
educator’s guide that includes 12 lesson plans and handouts, 10 educational
shorts, 8 behind-the-scenes Featurettes and 8 ‘Fun Fact’ videos.
DREAM BIG: Engineering Our World also includes the Special
Features of Behind-the-Scenes Videos,
Engineering Webisodes, Fun-Packed Shorts and 4K Trailers.
SHOUT! Factory
has grown into a tremendous multi-platform media company. Releasing new
animated features such as the exquisite Long Way North, and the epic fantasy Beauty And The Beast.
Also their own original horror film, Fender Bender gives fans a good scare. For more of
what SHOUT Factor has to offer please visit www.shoutfactory.com.
NATIONAL PARKS ADVENTURE and DREAM BIG: Engineering Our
World joins the 4K films library provided by SHOUT! Factory that include other
acclaimed experiences such as JOURNEY TO SPACE, FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES,
ROCKY MOUNTAIN EXPRESS, HUMPBACK WHALES, WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC, THE LAST REEF:
Cities Beneath the Sea and MYSTERIES OF CHINA.
Director MacGillivray has been making documentary films
since 1967 and with the MacGillivray Freeman film studio and partner Jim
Freeman have created amazing pieces. Touching on our innate curiosity, they
created the MacGillivray Freeman Educational Foundation and the One World
One Ocean
Both of these documentary films are eye opening and
delightful in the glorious images presented of our world. What I enjoy most
about each is that these are absolute teaching tools and should be in every
science, life and math class in every school. When kids can be shown the world
outside the box, their imaginations are enlightened and things they thought
impossible to do suddenly become possible.
NATIONAL PARKS ADVENTURE and DREAM BIG: Engineering Our
World are also fantastic family films that deserve to be watched together and
talked about. Parents have the opportunity to watch with their kids and I, for
one, enjoyed the look on my granddaughter’s face. She was delighted and kept
moving closer to the screen to touch the ice formations!
That’s how we know that young minds are hungry to find a way
to make positive changes and MacGillivray has shown us all the way.
In the end – it truly is a wonderful world!
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