Adventures in Wild California

2000

41m

Documentary

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86%

Tomatometer

7 Reviews

54%

Audience Score

250+ Ratings

A virtual expedition that sends audiences careening down an icy, steep mountain face with snowboarders; twirling on thermals above the clouds with skysurfers; swimming through the oceans with otters and their surrogate human mother; excavating the very heart of a thirty-story tall Giant Sequoia with botanists and emerging from under the spray of one of California's biggest, surfable waves.

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Amy Amatangelo

Boston Herald

Rated: 3/4

Jul 3, 2001

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Mark Halverson

Sacramento News & Review

Rated: 5/5

Aug 7, 2008

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Film Threat

Rated: 3/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Hollywood.com

Rated: 0/4

Sep 5, 2003

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Film Threat

Rated: 3/5

Dec 8, 2002

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Ross Anthony

Hollywood Report Card

If you think you've been spoiled by the glorious 3D Imax - think again. This 2D production still has the awesome power to suck you in and send you reeling.

Rated: 3.5/4

Sep 16, 2001

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Audience Member

This is an incredibly sexist film: the guys are jumping off airplanes, climbing the world's tallest trees, hanging from helicopters, surfing huge waves... The only female featured in the film is raising a baby otter. Women raising babies. What's new? Wish my daughter hadn't seen this. I will also mention that there are no people of color, as if Latinos weren't the majority in California.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Audience Member

Wow. Once again, MacGillivray utilizes IMAX format film to produce stunning shots, and lots of them.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Audience Member

If this is what I think it is, this is an IMAX film, and a very good one at that!! An amazing adventure through the beautiful state of California, which I love so very much<3

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Greg MacGillivray

Director

Susan Campbell

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Jeff Clark

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Troy Hartman

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Bryan Iguchi

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Cory Lloyd

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Synopsis

A virtual expedition that sends audiences careening down an icy, steep mountain face with snowboarders; twirling on thermals above the clouds with skysurfers; swimming through the oceans with otters and their surrogate human mother; excavating the very heart of a thirty-story tall Giant Sequoia with botanists and emerging from under the spray of one of California's biggest, surfable waves.

Director: Greg MacGillivray
Producer: Jan Baird, Robert Kresser, Ryan Kresser
Production Co: MacGillivray Freeman Films, K2 Communications
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Runtime: 41m