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Mountains

Name: Mountains
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2007-03-25
Duration: 48 min
Rating: 8.8
Cast: David Attenborough, Sigourney Weaver, Doug Allan

Episode aired Mar 25, 2007
TV-PGTV-PG
48m

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8.8/10

3.5K

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Mountains are the most prominent products of the immense forces which shape the living planet: tectonic drift, volcanic activity and erosion by wind, water, frost and precipitation. We see h... Read allMountains are the most prominent products of the immense forces which shape the living planet: tectonic drift, volcanic activity and erosion by wind, water, frost and precipitation. We see how wildlife adapts to the harsh, often extreme conditions in various types of mountain ran... Read allMountains are the most prominent products of the immense forces which shape the living planet: tectonic drift, volcanic activity and erosion by wind, water, frost and precipitation. We see how wildlife adapts to the harsh, often extreme conditions in various types of mountain ranges, such as Gelada baboons on a suddenly volcano-pushed Ethiopian peek, pumas in the Ande... Read all

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8.8/10

3.5K

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Director
- Alastair Fothergill
Writers
- David Attenborough
- Vanessa Berlowitz
- Gary Parker(additional writer)
Stars
- David Attenborough(voice)
- Sigourney Weaver(voice)
- Doug Allan

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David Attenborough

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Sigourney Weaver

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Doug Allan

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Nikolay Drozdov

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Thomas Anguti Johnston

Inuktitut Narrator

Sanae Ueda

Self - Narrator Japan

Jeff Wilson

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Director
- Alastair Fothergill
Writers
- David Attenborough
- Vanessa Berlowitz
- Gary Parker(additional writer)
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Trivia
Filming the Snow Leopard turned out to be a 3 year quest for the team.

Quotes
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David Attenborough - Narrator: Human beings venture into the highest parts of our planet at their peril. Some might think that by climbing a great mountain they have somehow conquered it. But we can only be visitors here. This is a frozen, alien world.

Connections
Featured in Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)

Soundtracks
Planet Earth Theme
Written by George Fenton
Performed by BBC Concert Orchestra

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8/10

The series' best episode (of these I've seen)

There are many things that make this particular episode so much better than the rest. It starts with more of a geographical/geological focus than the usual biological emphasis of the series. It then acquaints the viewer with a host of amazing creatures with which I, at the very least, wasn't familiar - from grass-eating Ethiopian highland primates to the graceful Alpine snow leopard. The scenery is breathtaking and incredible, further underscoring the amazing abilities of the animals living in such an environment. Last but not least, the music is praiseworthy, especially in the segment where the Alps and their glaciers are presented to the viewer. The stunning, austere world of the mountainous regions across the world is more than done justice by this episode, and the series' usual shortfalls don't take away from the experience.

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