The Discoverers (Large Format) |  | Directors: Greg MacGillivray, Jon Boorstin, Stephen Judson
Actors: Robert Eather, Dr. Louis Herman, Dr. Ellen R. Stofan, James Lancaster, Melissa Negre
Studio: Image Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 1.44:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: IMAX
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 40 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: IMED9121D
UPC: 014381912128
EAN: 0143819121280
Theatrical Release Date: 1994
Release Date: June 13, 2000
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Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 10/08/2002 Run time: 38 minutes Rating: Nr
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Originally filmed in IMAX format, The Discoverers features some astoundingly spectacular footage all centering around the act of discovery. The story of the great navigator Magellan's search for a passage to the Pacific is presented with film of spectacular sunsets and scenery, and a visit to a re-creation of Sir Isaac Newton's laboratory while he refracts light with lamps and prisms is equally beautiful. The various vignettes, which range from a child and her father discovering paintings of bison painted on cave ceilings thousands of years ago to a scientist on a team analyzing data sent back from a probe sent to the planet Venus, don't proceed in a linear path. But that's the whole idea. The production was inspired by the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Discoverers by Daniel J. Boorstin, and the goal was to put the viewer alongside those who explore the unknown as they experience the joyous moments of discovery. There is some serious science presented in the course of the film, but fear not, it's all presented in a highly entertaining manner. All that's required is to simply sit back and immerse yourself in the utterly gorgeous cinematography. --Robert J. McNamara
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 IMAX favorites August 24, 2008
Alexis S. Rios
IMAX being the large film format that it is, This CLASSIC film will make you wonder about the world around you, and beyond you. It is a classic film, and hopefully this will be available in BD format. All IMAX films distributed on BD format will be the closest thing in your home theater to the REAL IMAX experiance in the IMAX theater. For more info visit [...] Until then Future Thrill Seekers...
-Alex
Probably the best IMAX movie April 4, 2008
Steven E. Romer (Woodstock)
I was suprised at the negative reviews... more like I was SHOCKED! I don't get it, why are people saying it was "disjointed?" It flowed together like visual, symbolic, intellectual poetry! It was simply beautiful. If you are not that erudite, it might not make sense to you. This was high art. the imagery of the cave paintings found by a curious child meshed like the painting of a great master with the dolphins learning and perceiving symbolic imagery on a television screen under water. The sheer genius of that alone had me on the verge of tears... A beautiful message of the soul is how I would describe this film in one sentence. The part about Isaac Newton shows his unique eclectic reason and insatiable logic and curiousity better than 1000 words ever could! They did not call him "the Lion" for nothing!
An amazing film. Absolutely loved it. The connections between the stories are supposed to be made in YOU. which, again is a reflection of the basic thesis of the film. A beautiful echo. Very poetic.
 A mediocre IMAX movie November 26, 2007
Mountain Dewd (Pasadena, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As many have said, this was not the best IMAX movie ever made.
I wanted a copy for myself because I have a 10 second cameo in this movie (am I vain?). I worked on the Magellan Venus Radar Mapper project at JPL, and helped generate the images that went into the simulated flight over the surface of Venus. This was probably the only part of the whole movie worth seeing. My coworkers and I were invited to see this movie at its first public showing at the IMAX theater in LA. I was blown away by the simulated flight segment, even though I had seen it many times before in our labs. Even so, I found it difficult to spend money on this weak piece of work.
With my apologies to Greg MacGillivray.
I "Discovered"... not to buy this. January 17, 2005
shift_gear6 (Southern CA, USA)
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
I didn't know there's such thing as a bad IMAX movie until I came across this.
Not the greatest of the IMAX titles December 15, 2004
Sandra Starr (Parsippany, NJ)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I have pretty much all of the WMVHD disks (including the more obscure ones like Muffin Man and Step Into Liquid). The film transfer of this title isn't as crisp as the other IMAX titles, and in general, the cinematography is not as stunning. Still nice, but it just doesn't compare to the others. The story line is a little campy, but they do a good job of covering a lot of ground, from 1600's to the future, showing how explorers risk everything to break new ground.
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