Adventures in Wild California (2000)

A visit to many of the places and people that give California its reputation as a place of extremes. Among the major segments: Sky surfing in the San Diego area; the movies, including a ... See full summary »

Director:

Greg MacGillivray

Writer:

Mark Krenzien

Stars:

Jimmy Smits, Susan Campbell, Troy Hartman

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Jimmy Smits	...	Narrator (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Susan Campbell	...	Herself - Otter Specialist
Jeff Clark	...	Himself - Surfer
Roy Edward Disney	...	Himself
Troy Hartman	...	Himself - Sky Surfer
Bryan Iguchi	...	Himself - Snowboarder
Cory Lloyd	...	Lead
Stephen C. Sillett	...	Himself - Biologist: Sequoias
Jim Spickler	...	Himself

Storyline

A visit to many of the places and people that give California its reputation as a place of extremes. Among the major segments: Sky surfing in the San Diego area; the movies, including a trip down the Oscar ceremony red carpet, the shooting of a stagecoach ride, and some memories of Walt Disney, including a roller coaster ride in Disneyland; some snowboarding and skiing stunts; a trip to the top, and then deep inside, some giant sequoias; biologists working with otters and bald eagle hatchlings; and a trip to the top of the Golden Gate bridge with the ironworkers who maintain it.

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Plot Keywords:

california | eagle | disneyland | roller coaster | golden gate bridge | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Short

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Details

Official Sites:

MacGillivray Freeman Films / K2 Communications

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 February 2001 (Japan)

Also Known As:

MacGillivray Freeman's Adventures in Wild California

Filming Locations:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

K2 Communications, MacGillivray Freeman Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

41 min

Sound Mix:

Sonix

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Features Steamboat Willie (1928)

User Reviews

IMAX film-making at its best!

If you've seen a lot of IMAX films you know that the best ones have:

a.) Plenty of aerial footage

b.) Educational value

c.) Lots of beautiful scenery, and

d.) People risking their lives doing foolish stunts mostly just to entertain US.

Adventures in Wild California has plenty of all four.

California is a beautiful state with many varied topographies and AIWC showcases all of them. It's basically a forty-minute infomercial for California tourism, but that doesn't really matter because this movie is a cinematic thrill ride!

If you've never seen an IMAX film, go see this one and it will have you hooked on IMAX for life!