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10 November 1953 (USA)
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Documentary of the live of flora and fauna in a desert in the US. full summary | add synopsis
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Won Oscar.
Another 5 wins
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2 nominations
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The BEST desert nature footage ever made!
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(Complete credited cast) | Winston Hibler | ... | Narrator |
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A True-Life Adventure: The Living Desert (USA) (long title)
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69 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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In 1971, Buena Vista reissued this film theatrically on a double bill with The Vanishing Prairie (1954).
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Featured in "Disneyland: Disney Goes to the Oscars (#30.8)" (1986)
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Everyone of all ages should have the opportunity to see this great film. Living desert took 3 years to make and was the spinoff of a doctoral thesis. It features real life desert adventure footage. Red tailed hawk vs. rattlesnake, ground squirrel vs. gila monster, kangaroo rat vs. sidewinder--- it's all here. The real highlight is a breathtaking 2'25" confrontation in which a large female wasp subdues and paralyzes a tarantula with her stinger. The film also features beautiful botanical time lapse photography in brilliant color. The "Best Documentary Oscar" was created specifically for this film and it was the first recipient of the award. I,ve seen a lot of desert nature footage over the years, but Living Desert is still the standard by which all of the others are measured.