Attenborough and the Giant Egg

March. 02,2011

Rating：

8.2

Genre：

Documentary TV Movie

Keywords：

Woman Director Nature Documentary Fossil

Trailer Synopsis Cast

David Attenborough returns to the island of Madagascar on a very personal quest. In 1960 he visited the island to film one of his first ever wildlife series, Zoo Quest. Whilst he was there, he acquired a giant egg. It was the egg of an extinct bird known as the 'elephant bird' - the largest bird that ever lived. It has been one of his most treasured possessions ever since. Fifty years older, he now returns to the island to find out more about this amazing creature and to see how the island has changed. Could the elephant bird's fate provide lessons that may help protect Madagascar's remaining wildlife? Using Zoo Quest archive and specially shot location footage, this film follows David as he revisits scenes from his youth and meets people at the front line of wildlife protection. On his return, scientists at Oxford University are able to reveal for the first time how old David's egg actually is - and what that might tell us about the legendary elephant bird.

David Attenborough as Self - Presenter

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Reviews

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Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

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Fairaher

2011/03/03

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

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Kien Navarro

2011/03/04

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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Juana

2011/03/05

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

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