National Geographic: The Last Royals
by Andrew Young, Susan Todd
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Director: Andrew Young, Susan ToddBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 60 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-06-14
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: G75022
Studio: Nat'l Geographic Vid
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- Just in time for the Royal Wedding - National Geographic takes you inside the palace gates for an unique and intimate look at the remaining monarchies and their relevance in the modern world. In the past, monarchs have ruled almost every culture, but recent history has not been kind to royalty. Democracy and revolution have stripped them of their power and scandals have given rise to debates about
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DVD Review: A Royal Pleasure
Summary: 5 Stars
This documentary asks compelling questions: monarchies have shrunk to 29, do countries still need them? Will they continue beyond the next few decades? Prince William is mentioned here briefly. They just used his image on the cover because of his pulchritude.
"Family Feud" would ask for the top responses in a survey. However, this documentary did not focus on Sweden, Japan, Monaco, and the other famous monarchies of which many Americans would know. It speaks heavily of Queen Elizabeth, but then it moves to Uganda, Tonga, and Nepal. It is multiracial and it crosses continents. National Geographic looked at a cross-section of the world without being cheesy like that series Leonard Nimoy narrates. I did notice that the smaller the nation, the more likely monarchs themselves were willing to sit for interviews. The King of Greece sat for an interview yet they did not include a segment on his nation.
The narrator's voice sounded soooooo familiar. Then I found out it was Keith David from "Dead Presidents" and "Pitch Black" (not to be confused with David Keith, the actor with the chin dimple). I hope this work really opens doors for him and allows him to compete with fellow African-American thespian Morgan Freeman.
Perhaps the moral of this documentary is "Live and let live." If countries want to have royalty, then let them. However, it's repeated by the narrator and other Americans that they are happy not to have a family in that role. So much for Morrissey's saying "The Queen is dead."
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 08/14/2007 Run time: 53 minutes Rating: NrBestsellers in DVD
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