Journey Into Amazing Caves (2001)

Director:

Stephen Judson

Writer:

Jack Stephens

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

Cast

Steve Atteberry	...	Himself - Caver
Nancy Holler Aulenbach	...	Herself
Hazel Barton	...	Herself
Gordon Brown	...	Himself
Marty Brown	...	Himself - Caver
Mark Clippinger	...	Himself - Caver
Scott Davis	...	Himself - Caver
Scott Dawson	...	Himself - U.C. Berkeley (as Scott Dawson Ph.D.)
José R. de la Torre	...	Himself - U.C. Berkeley (as José R. de la Torre Ph.D.)
Sam Drevo	...	Himself
Jorge Gonzalez	...	Himself
Steffen Heim	...	Himself - U.C. Berkeley (as Steffen Heim Ph.D.)
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

Directed by
Stephen Judson		(as Steve Judson)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jack Stephens

Produced by
Michael J. Cudahy	....	executive producer
Stephen Judson	....	producer (as Steve Judson)
Alec Lorimore	....	producer
Greg MacGillivray	....	producer

Original Music by
Graeme Edge
Daniel May
Ray Thomas
Steve Wood

Cinematography by
Brad Ohlund		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Stephen Judson

Art Direction by
John Riggs

Production Management
Cris Andrei	....	production manager
Len Bucko	....	production manager
Josh Colover	....	production manager (as Joshua Colover)
Arturo Del Rio	....	production manager: Mexico
David Frost	....	production manager
Earl Wiggins	....	unit production manager

Sound Department
Paul Curtis	....	dialogue editor
Andrew DeCristofaro	....	sound effects designer
Marshall Garlington	....	sound
David Myslek	....	sound editor
Michael Orlowski	....	sound effects editor
Scott Reed	....	post-production sound manager
Aaron Rihel	....	sound recordist
Martin Schloemer	....	sound recordist
Ann Scibelli	....	sound effects editor: EFX Systems (as Anne Scibelli)
Dan Scolnik	....	foley cue
Dan Scolnik	....	foley editor
Bob Stewart	....	additional dialog editor
Ken Teaney	....	sound mixer: Wilshire Stages
David Abrahamsen	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Daniel Rapo	....	scanning & film recording

Camera and Electrical Department
Eric Anderson	....	assistant camera
John Anderson	....	assistant camera
Chris Blum	....	assistant camera
Gordon Brown	....	cinematographer: ice caves
Michael Brown	....	assistant camera (as Mike Brown)
Mark Chapman	....	head rigger
Kevin Chase	....	rigger
Pat Gilluly	....	gaffer
Ron Goodman	....	aerial camera operator
Howard Hall	....	underwater cinematographer
Mike Kirsch	....	assistant camera
Dan Lins	....	underwater gaffer
Bob MacDougall	....	rigger (as Bob McDougal)
Greg MacGillivray	....	cinematographer: Arkansas
Bill MacLeod	....	electrician
Bill MacLeod	....	key grip
Neeld Messler	....	grip
Lance Milbrand	....	assistant camera
Christos Moisides	....	assistant camera
Tom Morris	....	underwater gaffer
Patrick O'Dea	....	grip
Jerry Pattin	....	grip
David Schultz	....	head rigger
Todd Semmes	....	rigger
Wes Skiles	....	underwater cinematographer
Chuck Stevens	....	underwater gaffer
Jack Tankard	....	aerial camera operator
Joel Tower	....	underwater gaffer
Robert Walker	....	assistant camera
Gary Walten	....	underwater gaffer
Earl Wiggins	....	head rigger

Editorial Department
Charlie Fuguet	....	post-production consultant: DKP 70MM Inc.
Craig Edward Rogers Jr.	....	post-production assistant

Other crew
Kit Anderson	....	collaboration and contribution: Cincinnati Museum Center
Karol Bartlett	....	science advisor
Hazel Barton	....	science advisor (as Dr. Hazel Barton)
Jacqueline Belwood	....	collaboration and contribution: Cincinnati Museum Center (as Dr. Jacqueline Belwood)
Rick Bridges	....	technical advisor
DeVere Burt	....	collaboration and contribution: Cincinnati Museum Center
Howard Chapman	....	production assistant
Allison Chase	....	production coordinator
Tom Cowan	....	segment director
Kim Cummingham	....	in remembrance of: caving and research pioneer
Kim Cunningham	....	science advisor
Damian Doucette	....	location scout
Dave Duszynski	....	collaboration and contribution: Cincinnati Museum Center
Janna Emmel	....	researcher
Nancy Finley	....	production coordinator
Barbara Flagg	....	researcher (as Dr. Barbara Flagg)
Debbie Fogel	....	controller
Mary Kaye Kennedy	....	collaboration and contribution: Cincinnati Museum Center
Federico Laurent	....	production assistant
Larry Mallory	....	science advisor (as Dr. Larry Mallory)
Douglass McDonald	....	collaboration and contribution: Cincinnati Museum Center
Luc Moreau	....	science advisor (as Dr. Luc Moreau)
Jade Moser	....	location assistant
Norman Pace	....	science advisor (as Dr. Norman Pace)
Arthur Palmer	....	science advisor (as Dr. Arthur Palmer)
Margaret Palmer	....	science advisor
Gordon Quattlebaum	....	production coordinator
John Scheltens	....	researcher: National Speleological Society
Wes Skiles	....	segment director
Kay Walten	....	production coordinator
Jill Yager	....	science advisor (as Dr. Jill Yager)

Thanks
José R. de la Torre	....	special thanks: College of Natural Resources, University of California at Berkeley (as José R. de la Torre Ph.D.)
Alaine Gerente	....	special thanks: Group 47
Antje Hofmeister	....	special thanks: College of Natural Resources, University of California at Berkeley (as Professor Antje Hofmeister)
Bruce Russell	....	special thanks: BioMEDIA Associates
Steven Ruzin	....	special thanks: College of Natural Resources, University of California at Berkeley (as Steven Ruzin Ph.D.)

Production Companies

• MacGillivray Freeman Films

Distributors

• Omniversum, Den Haag (200?) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• MacGillivray Freeman Films
• Omniversum@home (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Omniversum@home (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (DVD)

Special Effects

• DKP 70mm (digital compositing, 3D animation and film recording)
• Imagica USA Inc. (65 mm high resolution film scanning and recording)
• Imagica USA Inc. (optical and digital effects and titles)

Other Companies

• Ark 21 Records  soundtrack available from
• BioMEDIA Associates  special thanks
• Blanchard Springs Caverns, Arkansas  special thanks
• Cincinnati Museum Center  collaboration and contribution
• College of Natural Resources, University of California at Berkeley  special thanks
• David Keighley Productions 70MM  post production consultant
• EFX Systems  sound effects editing
• Ft. Worth Museum of Science & History  collaboration and contribution
• Greenlandair Inc.  helicopter (Greenland)
• Groupe 47  special thanks
• Hidden Worlds Dive Center  special thanks
• National Science Foundation  major funding
• National Speleological Society  research
• Pace Technologies  underwater lighting
• Science Museum of Minnesota  special thanks
• Spacecam Systems  aerial camera system
• TenInchTrout  website design
• The Cameron Chapter of the Navajo Nation  special thanks
• The Endeavors Group LLC  major funding
• Wilshire Stages, The  sound mixing

Also Known As:

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.

It was truly amazing...

I first saw this IMAX film in Sydney on my trip down under. Not only was it amazing to see some of the most beautiful footage on a screen that is over 8 stories high, but the story was also very interesting to me. It had some incredible climbing scenes...112F in the Grand Canyon, 500' down into ice caves in Greenland, Bats in Georgia, and underwater cave diving in the Yucatan. It not only deals with the sport of caving, but one of the ladies in the film is a micro-biologists who is collecting rare extremophiles, microorganisms that live in extremely harsh environments, for scientific research. It was narrated by Liam Neeson with music by The Moody Blues. I bought it on DVD, knowing it would lose a lot visually going from the IMAX screen to my TV. I'm glad I did, because it has a "making of" documentary that was just as interesting as the IMAX movie, showing both the technical aspects of what went into the shoot as well as the personal side of those involved.