Jacques Cousteau - River Explorations
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Actor: Jacques-Yves CousteauBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 4.0; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 4.0
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 60 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-04-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 75872
Studio: Warner Home Video
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- The Danube.the Mississippi.the Amazon. The names breathe adventure and excitement, history and culture. Renowned explorer Jacques Cousteau and his team travel three of the world's great rivers and take you along for every enthralling moment of discovery. By ship, canoe, raft, plane and helicopter, on foot and underwater, Cousteau and his team of scientists, divers, mariners and filmmakers invest
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DVD Review: A Masterpiece from Captain Cousteau
Summary: 5 Stars
The Cousteau Amazon series is monumental and worth five stars in itself.
The picture quality of these excursions is not perfect but I think it gives a feel for the time in which they were created. I can't remember seeing any better picture when I first saw these in the early eighties. Back then you were lucky to have more than a 19 inch color set. So if you're not spoiled by HD/enhanced everything, these are fine. I'm happy to have any of Cousteau's work available in this permanent form.
The refit of Calypso in preparation for the Amazon reminds of my days as a member of "Friends of Calypso" in the Cousteau Society. One benefit of that was to receive small piece of wood taken from planks removed from the hull of Calypso. I still have it.
What young man of those times did not take SCUBA training and not dream of signing on to crew the great ship, I know I did. So relive those wonderful days and have those dreams all over again.
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(This set comes from Amazon in three double-disc thin cases, which together use only .75 inch of shelf space. -- If you have the other Cousteau sets in thick cases, buy double-disc thin cases and transfer them. It takes some work to do, but when complete all three sets will fit in 2.25 inches.)
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Discs 1 & 2
THE DANUBE REDISCOVERED
I. The Curtain Rises
Jacques Cousteau explores the old (abbeys, castles), the new (dams, industry) and the timeless (a living ecosystem) on the river that carries the history of Europe.
II. Charlemagne's Dream
Centuries ago, Charlemagne dreamed of a canal linking the Rhine and the Danube. Now that canal exists, creating a passage from the North to the Black Seas.
III. The River Cries Out
A glassy staircase of 16 terraced lakes...the royal stag and the Carpathian bear: the Danube and its tributaries display these wonders and more.
IV. Rivalries Overflow
The Cousteau team encounters nuclear and industrial pollution, fished-out waters, rusted-out vessels and the horrors of war.
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Discs 3 & 4
COUSTEAU MISSISSIPPI
* The Mississippi - Reluctant Ally
Ice and wetlands. Jazz and agribusiness. Cousteau becomes a modern-day Huckleberry Finn to explore the Father of Waters.
* The Mississippi - Friendly Foe
Cousteau and crew retrace the path of pioneers along the Missouri, then voyage past modern locks and classic paddle-wheelers on the mighty Mississippi.
COUSTEAU AMAZON
* Calypso Countdown: Rigging for the Amazon
Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes of a Cousteau production? Find out as the Calypso is readied for an Amazon adventure.
* Journey to a Thousand Rivers
One thousand rivers converge into the Amazon, the world's largest river system. A remarkable journey through this still-mysterious kingdom begins.
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Discs 5 & 6
COUSTEAU AMAZON
* Shadows in the Wilderness - Indians of the Amazon
Threatened by the encroaching modern world, Amazon's self-reliant and diverse tribes struggle to preserve traditional ways of life.
* River of Gold
Gold fever strikes the Amazon Basin, turning lush acreage into wasteland and people into exploited, desperate laborers.
* Blueprints for Amazonia
Can Earth's largest liquid kingdom be saved and its peoples and riches protected? The Cousteau expedition contemplates the past and future of the Amazon.
* Legacy of a Lost World
Pierce the farthest reaches of the Amazon, our planets greatest treasure trove of biological diversity, now menaced by profiteering humans.
* Snowstorm in the Jungle
Jean-Michel Cousteau embarks on a special mission: investigate the Amazon's dangerous, deadly underworld built on a foundation of white gold - cocaine.
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