Product Description

Take a once in a lifetime journey across the South Pacific for a spectacular IMAX adventure. Joy; ecstasy; a spiritual high: these words describe the exhilaration of diving a pristine coral reef, and ocean explorers Howard and Michele Hall bring their love of the ocean into action. With Jean-Michael Cousteau, deep reef scientist Richard Pyle and Fijian diver Rusi Vulakoro, they explore and capture on film the dazzling underwater world of coral reefs, magical places here on Earth. This tropical excursion through the South Pacific will surprise and delight you as you fall in love with the reefs, and your heart will ache at the tragic, irretrievable loss of these fragile worlds. Disc 2 includes the complete feature in Microsoft Windows Media Video High Definition, playable on your PC.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11741 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-01-06
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, French
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 73 minutes

Amazon.com
Like any IMAX movie, Coral Reef Adventure is so vivid, vast, and colorful that you can't help but be astonished by its visual splendor. But this undersea exploration has a deeper, more serious agenda as well, warning its viewers that the natural magnificence of the world's most impressive coral reefs is, in most cases, a mere 30 years away from extinction due to the devastating effects of global (and oceanic) warming. Whether or not that timeframe is accurate (and there's not enough solid science presented here to prove it either way), it's tragically obvious that we are in the process of losing entire ecosystems that cannot be replaced, and when you witness these awesome coral reefs in their still-thriving vitality, you experience a sense of urgent responsibility toward our stewardship of planet Earth. By showing us the commitment and potentially life-threatening work of reef explorers and world-class undersea cinematographers Howard and Michele Hall, the film provides an all-access pass to some of the most exotic, playful, and dangerous creatures in the ocean, presented with the kind of intense, almost three-dimensional clarity that can only be achieved in the IMAX format. And while the giant-screen awesomeness of IMAX is lost in translation to DVD, Coral Reef Adventure offers the best-to-date use (on disc 2 of this two-disc set) of High Definition DVD-ROM formatting. For PC users equipped with Windows XP and Windows Media Player 9 series (or later) software, the amazing images in Coral Reef Adventure achieve an almost life-like resolution. The ultimate conclusion remains: If we don't do something to protect these delicate, endangered wonders of nature, we will lose a part of ourselves. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews

Coral Reef Adventure
I have really enjoyed this dvd. And as always, I am ready for more information.

More of a PSA on endangered coral reefs
I was able to see this film in an IMAX theatre. It was more of a PSA on dying coral reefs then anything else. Since this message definitely needs to get out there that aspect of this film did not bother me at all. That said, the scenerey was gorgeous and I appreciated the back story that went along with it. Neeson did an excellent job with narration, however I would really have liked a different soundtrack. If you enjoy these type of films I would also recommend the Jacque Cousteau Oddessey series.

WOW WOW WOW !
I have been SCUBA diving and snorkeling and this is still the most amazing ocean view I have seen. The sound track is so relaxing...wonderful to watch even if you are not a diver! Great underwater imagery!!!