Journey Into Amazing Caves (2001)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Stephen Judson

Writer:

Jack Stephens (writer)

Release Date:

March 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Short

Plot:

Meet Dr. Hazel Barton and Nancy Aulenbach. These women are compelled to push their limits in hostile environments...

Plot Keywords:

Cave | IMAX | Spelunking | Cave Diving

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Cast

Steve Atteberry	...	Himself (caver)
Nancy Holler Aulenbach	...	Herself / Narrator
Hazel Barton	...	Herself
Gordon Brown	...	Himself
Marty Brown	...	Himself (caver)
Mark Clippinger	...	Himself (caver)
Scott Davis	...	Himself (caver)
Scott Dawson Ph.D.	...	Himself (U.C. Berkeley)
Jose R. De La Torre Ph.D.	...	Himself (U.C. Berkeley)
Sam Drevo	...	Himself
Jorge Gonzalez	...	Himself
Steffen Heim Ph.D.	...	Himself (U.C. Berkeley)
Kevin Higgins	...	Himself (caver)
Rebecca Holden	...	Herself (caver)
Janot Lamberton	...	Herself
Mael Lamberton	...	Himself
Rebecca Middleton	...	Herself (U.C. Berkeley)
Luc Moreau	...	Himself
Liam Neeson	...	Himself / Narrator (voice)
Rueben Novelo	...	Himself
Carolyn Rasmussen	...	Herself (U.C. Berkeley)
George Stowe-Raines	...	Himself (caver)
Denver West	...	Himself (caver)
Margaret Zupancic	...	Herself (U.C. Berkeley)

Runtime:

39 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Sound Mix:

Sonics-DDP (IMAX version)

Filming Locations:

Cenote Dos Ojos, Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Company:

MacGillivray Freeman Films

Trivia:

Dr. Hazel Barton has stated that the cave diving sequence took up to 9 days to film.

See amazing new worlds right here on earth

The scenery is breathtaking, the explorer/scientists brave and adventurous. What "Journey Into Amazing Caves" does is take viewers on an excursion to several caves -- virtually impossible to reach, in some cases never before seen by the human eye caves, spectacularly remote caverns tucked away in some of the Earth's most extreme landscapes. And they do it not so much for the joy of the journey as for, potentially, the benefit of mankind.

The theory behind these grand, yes life-threatening expeditions is that if organisms that can live in the earth's least friendly enviornments, if they can thrive despite extreme heat or cold or other hideously harsh conditions, they might well provide clues to cures for human disease.

The name for these extraordinarily hearty organisms is "extremeophiles," and the "stars" of "Journey Into Amazing Caves" set about reaching and collecting samples of these admirable little forms of life, from caves cut into the walls of the desert mountains of Arizona, and the ice caps of Greenland, and the deep seas and lagoons of the Yucatan Penninsula of Mexico.

At minimum, "Amazing Caves" is a collection of glorious moving-picture postcards, the likes of which you surely have never seen. At best, it is an inspirational look at some amazing feats that humans accomplish in order to fulfill, well, curiosity.

As the credits rolled today when I saw this film, the audience cheered. Take yourself on an expedition this summer, see planet Earth as you've not seen it before, give yourself something to cheer, go see this movie.