Pride
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Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Starring: Helen Mirren, Jean Rochefort, Kate Winslet, Emmanuel Curtil, Céline Montsarrat
Directed By: John Downer (III)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790787053
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 0790787059
Label: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-09-07
Running Time: 90
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: 2004-06-21
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Summary: African lions with english accents : D
Comment: Pride is a wonderful BBC film about lions that live on the Pride. They have english accents which makes it a little silly, and it's live action. They animate the mouths as people have done in the past in many other films. It's about family, finding ones self, and survival.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Unusual and satisfying
Comment: Set in picturesque Africa, "Pride" is an engrossing coming of age tale about three spunky lion cubs and their relationship with their pride. The pride faces many dangers in the wild especially when a pair of marauding male lions invade their turf.
Majestically photographed, this movie intertwines footage of real lions, elephants, hyenas, etc. with sequences using domesticated animal "stand-ins" who can follow human direction. The amazing scenes of wild animals going about their business were recorded by the use of an ingenious "mini" camera on wheels which was operated by remote control. Two mini-cameras were used, one disguised as a rock and one hidden under a pile of artificial elephant dung.
In the fascinating behind-the-scenes featurette included in this DVD, you see the wild animals pawing and sniffing the moving rock/camera and dung/camera when first introduced. After awhile the animals' curiousity wears off and they relax and accept the camouflaged cameras as part of the natural landscape. The activities captured on film by the mini-cameras are so undisturbed and intimate that they feel voyeuristic. The viewer is drawn into the animals' consciousness.
The lions' nuanced voices are provided by a who's who of the British cinema which includes Dame Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet, Jim Broadbent, and other notable thespians. The dialogue spoken by the lions is by turns dramatic or suprisingly witty depending upon the situation. The action sequences are skillfully staged and quite suspenseful. They get your adrenaline flowing.
"Pride" is an unusual and satisfying production by the ever reliable BBC. It is appropriate for viewing by older children and adults. Well done!
Customer Rating:
Summary: A wonderful DOCUMENTARY (hint the 'D' word)
Comment: Why do shoppers (and reviewers on IMDB) mistaken this as a kid's movie. People are giving this bad reviews because it's not something that it was never intended to be. Just because the lions talk does NOT make it a childrens' film.
Now I have that off my chest, let's get down to details. 'Pride' is a DOCUMENTARY film about two lion cubs, Linus and Suki, who are growing up on the Masai Mara in Kenya. They have to contend many dangers, such as buffalo, crocodiles, hyenas and worst of all, the 'wanderers,' a rival pride of lions. The characters are hillarious, and the villians are nice 'n nasty! A great way to step into the world of lions.
Customer Rating:
Summary: This is NOT a children's movie!
Comment: Finding the good in this film would be like finding a needle in a haystack. No, more like a manure pile! But, nevertheless, I'll try. Let's see, the plot was decent, excellent voice talent, ineresting characters, and it had a good family values message. But any moral value is lost amidst the lewd sexual comments of the resident males at almost every scene that they are featured in, and disgusting amount of adult humor that would most likely go right over any normal kid's head. But wait! The film doesn't stop just at verbal implications! I, on the other hand, will not go any further.
In closing, do yourself a favor: DO NOT WATCH THIS FILM. YOU WILL WASTE NINETY PRECIOUS MINUTES OF YOUR LIFE.
Customer Rating:
Summary: This is dreadful!
Comment: This film is awkward and bizarre. How can I begin to rate it? Okay, so the lions' mouths look like they're moving. Fantastic that someone could film all this with real lions, and get them to stand in all the right places. I'm sure the lion trainers did a great job, that it was hard to do this etc. But as a film...It's more as if someone taped their own bizarre commentary while they were watching a documentary. Something about the way the voices are all coming from the same plane, as if the speakers are all standing right next to the microphone. You don't get a sense of distance, either from the sound or the video. I'm not a filmmaker, but it's lacking something visually--the visuals should help build the plot, and instead they are sort of window dressing. There is very minimal music, which is odd, and seems to slow the pace considerably. The plot is a vehicle for trendy societal issues, and it doesn't match the visuals at all. There doesn't seem to be any humor, and it desperately needs lightening up. The lions are hard to tell apart. Then, even though it's not rated and I found it in the children's section of the library, there's a lot of adult humor and even some anthropomorphic sexual situations. A documentary on the life cycle of lions is one thing; sticking modern British/Hollywood cultural mores into the mix is another. Who is the intended audience for this? My complaint is not with the story so much as with the entire way in which it was brought to life on screen. I think I have a new favorite all time worst movie. Ugh!
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Customer Rating:
Summary: African lions with english accents : D
Comment: Pride is a wonderful BBC film about lions that live on the Pride. They have english accents which makes it a little silly, and it's live action. They animate the mouths as people have done in the past in many other films. It's about family, finding ones self, and survival.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Unusual and satisfying
Comment: Set in picturesque Africa, "Pride" is an engrossing coming of age tale about three spunky lion cubs and their relationship with their pride. The pride faces many dangers in the wild especially when a pair of marauding male lions invade their turf.
Majestically photographed, this movie intertwines footage of real lions, elephants, hyenas, etc. with sequences using domesticated animal "stand-ins" who can follow human direction. The amazing scenes of wild animals going about their business were recorded by the use of an ingenious "mini" camera on wheels which was operated by remote control. Two mini-cameras were used, one disguised as a rock and one hidden under a pile of artificial elephant dung.
In the fascinating behind-the-scenes featurette included in this DVD, you see the wild animals pawing and sniffing the moving rock/camera and dung/camera when first introduced. After awhile the animals' curiousity wears off and they relax and accept the camouflaged cameras as part of the natural landscape. The activities captured on film by the mini-cameras are so undisturbed and intimate that they feel voyeuristic. The viewer is drawn into the animals' consciousness.
The lions' nuanced voices are provided by a who's who of the British cinema which includes Dame Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet, Jim Broadbent, and other notable thespians. The dialogue spoken by the lions is by turns dramatic or suprisingly witty depending upon the situation. The action sequences are skillfully staged and quite suspenseful. They get your adrenaline flowing.
"Pride" is an unusual and satisfying production by the ever reliable BBC. It is appropriate for viewing by older children and adults. Well done!
Customer Rating:
Summary: A wonderful DOCUMENTARY (hint the 'D' word)
Comment: Why do shoppers (and reviewers on IMDB) mistaken this as a kid's movie. People are giving this bad reviews because it's not something that it was never intended to be. Just because the lions talk does NOT make it a childrens' film.
Now I have that off my chest, let's get down to details. 'Pride' is a DOCUMENTARY film about two lion cubs, Linus and Suki, who are growing up on the Masai Mara in Kenya. They have to contend many dangers, such as buffalo, crocodiles, hyenas and worst of all, the 'wanderers,' a rival pride of lions. The characters are hillarious, and the villians are nice 'n nasty! A great way to step into the world of lions.
Customer Rating:
Summary: This is NOT a children's movie!
Comment: Finding the good in this film would be like finding a needle in a haystack. No, more like a manure pile! But, nevertheless, I'll try. Let's see, the plot was decent, excellent voice talent, ineresting characters, and it had a good family values message. But any moral value is lost amidst the lewd sexual comments of the resident males at almost every scene that they are featured in, and disgusting amount of adult humor that would most likely go right over any normal kid's head. But wait! The film doesn't stop just at verbal implications! I, on the other hand, will not go any further.
In closing, do yourself a favor: DO NOT WATCH THIS FILM. YOU WILL WASTE NINETY PRECIOUS MINUTES OF YOUR LIFE.
Customer Rating:
Summary: This is dreadful!
Comment: This film is awkward and bizarre. How can I begin to rate it? Okay, so the lions' mouths look like they're moving. Fantastic that someone could film all this with real lions, and get them to stand in all the right places. I'm sure the lion trainers did a great job, that it was hard to do this etc. But as a film...It's more as if someone taped their own bizarre commentary while they were watching a documentary. Something about the way the voices are all coming from the same plane, as if the speakers are all standing right next to the microphone. You don't get a sense of distance, either from the sound or the video. I'm not a filmmaker, but it's lacking something visually--the visuals should help build the plot, and instead they are sort of window dressing. There is very minimal music, which is odd, and seems to slow the pace considerably. The plot is a vehicle for trendy societal issues, and it doesn't match the visuals at all. There doesn't seem to be any humor, and it desperately needs lightening up. The lions are hard to tell apart. Then, even though it's not rated and I found it in the children's section of the library, there's a lot of adult humor and even some anthropomorphic sexual situations. A documentary on the life cycle of lions is one thing; sticking modern British/Hollywood cultural mores into the mix is another. Who is the intended audience for this? My complaint is not with the story so much as with the entire way in which it was brought to life on screen. I think I have a new favorite all time worst movie. Ugh!
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/10/2005 Rating: Nr
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