Jane's Journey (2010)

Director:

Lorenz Knauer

Writer:

Lorenz Knauer

Release Date:

2 September 2010 (Germany)

Genre:

Biography | Documentary

Plot:

More than 20 years ago, Dr. Jane Goodall, now 75, decided to give up her career as a primatologist, as well as her private life...

Plot Keywords:

Punctuation In Title | Character Name In Title

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Angelina Jolie	...	Herself
Pierce Brosnan	...	Himself
Jane Goodall	...	Herself (also archive footage)
Hugo Eric Louis van Lawick	...	Himself
Kofi Annan	...	Himself (archive footage)
Hugo Van Lawick	...	Himself (archive footage)
Merlin van Lawick	...	(Himself)
Dale Peterson	...	Himself
Angel van Lawick	...	(Himself)
Judy Waters	...	Herself
Michael Aisner	...	(Himself)
Patricia Hamond	...	Herself
Tom Mangelsen	...	Himself
Anthony Collins	...	Himself
Chandler Shaak	...	(Himself)
Mary Lewis	...	Herself
Erasto Njavike	...	(Himself)
Peter Whitemountain	...	Himself
Dale Peterson	...	Himself

Directed by
Lorenz Knauer

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Lorenz Knauer

Produced by
Andreas Atzwanger	....	executive producer
Wiebke Esser	....	junior producer
Michael Halberstadt	....	producer
Philipp Schall	....	producer
Tilo Seiffert	....	associate producer
Torben Struck	....	executive producer
Matthias Triebel	....	executive producer
Philipp Wundt	....	producer

Original Music by
Christian Heyne
Wolfgang Netzer

Cinematography by
Richard Ladkani

Film Editing by
Corina Dietz
Patricia Rommel

Production Management
Frank Siegmund	....	production manager

Sound Department
André Bendocchi-Alves	....	sound re-recording mixer
André Bendocchi-Alves	....	supervising sound editor
João Da Costa Pinto	....	sound editor
Claudia Enzmann	....	sound designer
Christoph Merkele	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sven Mevissen	....	sound editor
André Zacher	....	sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Richard Koburg	....	first assistant camera

Editorial Department
Ana de Mier y Ortuño	....	first assistant editor
Andreas Minuth	....	on-line editor
Meike Weimann	....	colorist

Music Department
Thomas Binar	....	music supervisor
Klaus Frers	....	music supervisor
Christian Heyne	....	arranger

Other crew
Benedikt Beck	....	production assistant
Marina Dodlek	....	on-set assistant
Vera Engelhardt	....	production coordinator
Wiebke Esser	....	production assistant
Juliane Husemann	....	production assistant
Martin Knoll	....	digital laboratory supervisor
Petr E.C. Rice	....	transcription services
Susanne Sabottka	....	production coordinator

Thanks
Josef Brandmaier	....	thanks
Hans Fischer	....	special thanks
Angelina Jolie	....	thanks
Wolfgang Krusche	....	very special thanks
Katie Melua	....	thanks
Merlind Mueller	....	thanks
Brad Pitt	....	thanks
Thomas Schall	....	thanks
Sabine Steinkirchner	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Animal Planet
• CC Medien
• NEOS Film
• Sphinx Media

Distributors

• Animal Planet (2010) (USA) (TV)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2010) (Germany) (theatrical)
• First Run Features (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Wanda Films (2011) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Against Gravity (2011) (Poland) (all media)
• Bavaria Film International (2010) (Austria) (all media)
• Bavaria Film International (2010) (Germany) (all media)
• Bavaria Film International (2010) (Switzerland) (all media) (German speaking)
• Swallow Wings (2010) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Wanda Visión S.A. (2010) (Spain) (all media)

Other Companies

• 40° Filmproduktion  sound post-production
• 40° Filmproduktion  sound re-recording
• CinePostproduction  post-production facilities
• Unicredit, HVB Media Group  film banking [de]

Also Known As:

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

Germany | Tanzania

Language:

English | Acholi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:o.Al. (f)

Filming Locations:

Tanzania

Company:

Animal Planet

Soundtrack:

Thank You, Stars

Sound documentary about a fascinating woman

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

This documentary is the filmed biography of Jane Goodall, who studied chimpanzees for most of her life. Knauer also lets her point out, what made her change her focus or as she puts it: "I was a scientist and turned into an activist." Watching the movie I got the feeling of getting to know Jane with her sympathetic quirks, her great sense of humor and an incredible amount of energy for a 76-year old woman. She is also wise and a lot of the things she gets to say are really deep. So this is by no means a film to lean back and enjoy but one to broaden one's mind. The only slight flaws I saw were some out of focus shots (though I guess marching through the jungle you don't always have the perfect camera equipment) and some redundancy that I don't think is Jane's fault but the directors. I still liked the movie very much it is really inspiring and gives you hope that you can actually do something to change the world we live in.