Microcosmos : le peuple de l'herbe /

Microcosmos : le peuple de l'herbe /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	[S.l.] : Miramax Home Entertainment ; Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2005?]
Description:	1 videodisc (ca. 75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:	English Spanish
Subject:	Insects. Biotic communities. Ecology. Biotic communities. Ecology. Insects. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Wildlife films. Nonfiction films. Documentary films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Format:	DVD Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7469022

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Peuple de l'herbe Subtitle on container: It's Jurassic Park in your own backyard
Other authors / contributors:	Perrin, Jacques, 1941- Nuridsany, Claude. Pérennou, Marie. Galatée Films. France 2 cinéma (Firm) Studio Canal+. Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm) Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
ISBN:	0788850911 9780788850912
Notes:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1996. Widescreen (1.66:1 aspect ratio); enhanced for 16x9 televisions. Camera, Claude Nuridsany ... [et al.] ; editors, Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte, Florence Ricard ; original music, Bruno Coulais. DVD, Dolby digital surround sound. Chiefly without narration, with English and Spanish soundtracks; credits in French. Closed-captioned.
Summary:	A close-up view of a variety of insects as they hatch from eggs, search for food and cope with a rain storm. Ants race to gather food as a pheasant gobbles them up while a dung beetle moves his prize up hill and down. Makes use of time-lapse and microphotographic techniques.
Awards:	Special Jury prize, 1996 Cannes Film Festival.
Publisher's no.:	33438 Miramax Home Entertainment

Description
Summary:	This French documentary provides a fascinating, up-close view of the world of insects, snails, and other tiny invertebrates as they work, eat, fight, and procreate, and was filmed with special microscopic cameras and high-resolution microphones.
Item Description:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1996. Widescreen (1.66:1 aspect ratio); enhanced for 16x9 televisions.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (ca. 75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD, Dolby digital surround sound.
Awards:	Special Jury prize, 1996 Cannes Film Festival.
Production Credits:	Camera, Claude Nuridsany ... [et al.] ; editors, Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte, Florence Ricard ; original music, Bruno Coulais.
ISBN:	0788850911 9780788850912