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March of the Penguins
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Cast
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Le père
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| Romane Bohringer | ... |
La mère
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Jules Sitruk | ... |
Le bébé
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| Morgan Freeman | ... |
Narrator
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| Amitabh Bachchan | ... |
Narrator
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Gösta Ekman | ... |
Narrator
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Fiorello | ... |
Narrator
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| Sofie Gråbøl | ... |
Narrator
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Hikari Ishida | ... |
Haha-Penguin
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Ryûnosuke Kamiki | ... |
Ko-Penguin
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Marek Kondrat | ... |
Narrator
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Takao Osawa | ... |
Chichi-Penguin
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Each winter, alone in the pitiless ice deserts of Antarctica, deep in the most inhospitable terrain on Earth, a truly remarkable journey takes place as it has done for millennia. Emperor penguins in their thousands abandon the deep blue security of their ocean home and clamber onto the frozen ice to begin their long journey into a region so bleak, so extreme, it supports no other wildlife at this time of year. In single file, the penguins march blinded by blizzards, buffeted by gale force winds. Guided by instinct, by the otherworldly radiance of the Southern Cross, they head unerringly for their traditional breeding ground where--after a ritual courtship of intricate dances and delicate maneuvering, accompanied by a cacophony of ecstatic song--they will pair off into monogamous couples and mate. The females remain long enough only to lay a single egg. Once this is accomplished, exhausted by weeks without nourishment, they begin their return journey across the ice-field to the ... Written by Sujit R. Varma
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Country:
FranceLanguage:
FrenchRelease Date:
22 July 2005 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
March of the Penguins See more »Filming Locations:
Terre Adélie, AntarcticaBox Office
Budget:
$8,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$119,737 (Argentina) (12 May 2006)Gross:
$378,316 (Argentina) (9 June 2006)Company Credits
Production Co:
Bonne Pioche, Alliance de Production Cinematographique (APC), Buena Vista International Film Production France See more »
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Narrator: [narrating voice over] There are few places hard to get to in this world. But there aren't any where it's harder to live.
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The Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguins and the only one to breed during the winter in Antarctica. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Narrator: [narrating voice over] There are few places hard to get to in this world. But there aren't any where it's harder to live.
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The March of the Penguins is a powerful film. It is sad, funny, and simply amazing at the same time. It teaches us that life is a miracle. For the emperor penguins life is an everyday struggle to survive against predators, storms, and raging winds in the harshest weather conditions on earth. The documentary, filmed on location in Antarctica, shows the birds' struggle to eat, live, and reproduce. Each year the birds walk over seventy miles across ice and snow to their breeding ground. There the penguins mate, then conceal their eggs from the cold under a fold of their skin and balancing the precious new life to be born on their claws. Fathers take turns in caring for the eggs until they hatch, while mothers walk long miles again to bring home food for the chicks. Once the chicks are born, the parents work together to feed, shelter, and raise them. French director Luc Jacquet was a scientist before he became a filmmaker. He succeeded in making the story dramatic, compelling, and comprehensible to younger viewers. The film is skillfully narrated by Morgan Freeman. It is a definite MUST SEE.