Carrier
by Maro Chermayeff
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Actor: .Director: Maro Chermayeff
Brand: PBS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Surround Sound, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 600 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-05-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: PBS (DIRECT)
DVD Reviews of Carrier
DVD Review: Interesting doesn't even begin to cover it
Summary: 5 Stars
I added this to our Netflix streaming queue last weekend, and started watching. I thought I'd give it a chance but probably end up bored. Not the case at all! We have watched 8 episodes, and I'm bummed that there are only two more!
This series is absolutely fascinating. The Navy is my "favorite" branch of the service - my Dad served on the USS Midway, and I was baptized on the ship. You could say I have a from-the-cradle loyalty to the Navy ;-)
It's so intriguing to watch the inner workings of a deployment & life on an aircraft carrier. We are privy to the personal stories of select crew members, the ups and downs of life both at home and at sea for each of them. I got really involved in what was going on for some of these folks. I saw that someone mentioned they'd like a follow-up on the sailors - I would too. Just 10 episodes, but they get in-depth and it just draws you in.
I think this is a magnificent documentary/"reality" series. I spent 600 minutes over the course of a week watching each episode, and don't regret a minute of the time spent. Whether you rent or buy, you won't either. We are giving the DVD to my Dad for Christmas this year. I hope he enjoys it as much as we did.
DVD Review: Great Series!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Watched this on PBS originaly and was glued to my seat for 5 nights when it aired in early 2009. Visually stunning with Sound editing like you're on the ship especially when played through home theater systems. Very insightful + entertaining and well done with inter-weaving of a few of the individual's stories throughout the series while getting the overall big picture of life in the military on a mondern carrier. DVD Review: A great documentary, masterfully produced
Summary: 5 Stars
The production of this documentary is as impressive as the people it portrays. The shot quality, the content, and the editing are all beyond first rate. The film is an excellent inside look into today's military, from the lowliest seaman recruit to a carrier task force commander. The subjects are human and engaging. The young people especially are so impressive. Those of us who are used to seeing 18 year-olds hanging out at the mall and texting and gossiping will appreciate what those kids could be if given the opportunity. The level of responsibility these people have is amazing. I can't say enough about this film. People who are not familiar with the military would do well to watch it, because it does an excellent job of showing what the military culture is all about. It's really inspiring, and not just in a rah-rah-rah patriotic way, but more in just a human way. It would be great if at some point the same production crew would do a similar film on the Army or Marine Corps. It would be great for the American people to see what their military is doing and to see the extraordinary work these people do. Two thumbs up.DVD Review: Life on a Bird Farm
Summary: 5 Stars
This gritty warts-and-all look at life abord an aircraft carrier is long overue. As recounted by earlier reviewers, most documentary works about carriers have focused on the gee-whiz aspects of the airplanes and flight ops. Having been there, I can tell you that NONE of that hardware would go ANYWHERE without the people who make it happen. Life on a warship is not the Loveboat by any means, and it is very hard on families as this series shows, but I am grateful to the producers for showing some of the not pretty, but more real aspects of what really goes on out there.
DVD Review: life on a carrier from the ground up
Summary: 5 Stars
This documentary was really great it focuses on the lives of the poeple who serve on and make this great ship work.
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CARRIER is a character driven, edge-of-your-seat, nonfiction drama as well as a total immersion in the high stakes world of a nuclear aircraft carrier. CARRIER follows a core group of film participants aboard the USS Nimitz, from the admiral of the strike group to the fighter pilots to the youngest sailors, as they navigate personal conflicts around their jobs, families, faith, patriotism, love, the rites of passage and the war on terror.General DVDs
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