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Blue Planet

1990 40m Documentary List
83% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 86% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
"Blue Planet," a space film about Earth, gives us an experience of our home planet that, until now, has only been shared by astronauts. Spectacular scenes from space, filmed aboard several space shuttle missions, are intercut with scenes of the Earth's surface, clearly showing the powerful forces that affect our planet.

Critics Reviews

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V.A. Musetto New York Post Rated: 3/4 Jun 27, 2008 Full Review Pamela Bruce Austin Chronicle Rated: 3/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 11, 2005 Full Review Michael Szymanski Zap2it.com Rated: 3/5 Sep 23, 2003 Full Review Ross Anthony Hollywood Report Card This film endeavors to (and succeeds in) presenting the Earth as a whole, as a home, as a living organism. Rated: 3/4 Oct 12, 2001 Full Review Brian Webster Apollo Guide The narration is bland and the issues old hat, but the images are impressive. Rated: 72/100 Jun 16, 2001 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Our home. Don't mess with it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member This is not only informative but beautifully done. Great companion series along with planet earth. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member well shot but it tends to go off on some tangents Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review gareth d Old and dated but still visually spectacular! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Huge let-down. All the footage is out of date and generally irrelevant in terms of today's technology and advances in space exploration. I wish i would have looked on the back of the case and seen it was made in the 80's before i made an impulse buy. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Too short. Geared toward children. It did not keep my attention. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis "Blue Planet," a space film about Earth, gives us an experience of our home planet that, until now, has only been shared by astronauts. Spectacular scenes from space, filmed aboard several space shuttle missions, are intercut with scenes of the Earth's surface, clearly showing the powerful forces that affect our planet.
Director
Ben Burtt
Producer
Graeme Ferguson
Screenwriter
Toni Myers
Production Co
Smithsonian Institution, Lockheed-Martin Corporation, NASA
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jul 31, 2007
Runtime
40m