Raising the Mammoth (TV 2000)

A scientist wants to recover some mammoth DNA to clone a live mammoth. So he finds a buried mammoth in the vast, rock hard permafrost of Siberia, digs it out in the middle of a blizzard and... See full summary »

Director:

Jean-Charles Deniau

Writer:

Adrienne Ciuffo

Stars:

Larry Agenbroad, Jeff Bridges, Bernard Buigues

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Larry Agenbroad	...	Himself
Jeff Bridges	...	Narrator (voice)
Bernard Buigues	...	Himself
Dick Mol	...	Himself
N.K. Vereshchagin	...	Himself

Storyline

A scientist wants to recover some mammoth DNA to clone a live mammoth. So he finds a buried mammoth in the vast, rock hard permafrost of Siberia, digs it out in the middle of a blizzard and flies it home. Of course he needed a little help. So he befriended an arctic nomad who knows ever rill, rock, pond and stream in the entire region. As background to the quest, National Geographic relates the migratory history of the mammoth family.

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Plot Keywords:

nomad | siberia | permafrost | blizzard | some scenes animated | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

France USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 March 2000 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Siberia, Russia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Discovery Channel, France 3 (FR 3), NOVI Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min 92 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Land of the Mammoth (2001)

User Reviews

Fascinating

Rarely do I find the time these days to watch a nature documentary but one day, I accidentally found myself hooked on this one.

Of course, I am fascinated by the idea that a perfect specimen of an extinct species has been found, preserved in hard, heavy permafrost of northern Siberia. A small team of men, with help from the local nomadic people, dug it out in between storms and lifted it, encased in the concrete-like ice, by helicopter.

See the mammoth. 4 out of 5.