MIRACLE PLANET

Details

• Release Year: 2005
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: Miracle Planet; ; Episode 1: The Violent Past; ; Episode 2: Snowball Earth; ; Episode 3: New Frontiers; ; Episode 4: Extinction and Rebirth; ; Episode 5: Survival of the Fittest ; ; ; Over its more than 4 billion year history, Earth has been home to repeated violent climactic changes, which have caused mass extinctions. And yet, life has survived. In fact, these same catastrophes that devastated life on earth also helped bring about its evolution from the simplest microbes to the complexity and diversity that is found on the planet today. ; ; Featuring location footage, interviews with the world's foremost scientists and cutting-edge computer technology, Miracle Planet is a five-part series that recounts the profound and gripping story of Earth’s mysterious evolution. Narrated by Christopher Plummer, it reveals the surprising role that sheer chance has played in the development of life.;
• Cast: Christopher Plummer, Hadeki Tazuke, Wally Longul, Joanne Carriére, Fumihiko Saito, Toshihiro Muta, José Heppell, Daniel Toussaint
• Director: Hadeki Tazuke
• Runtime: 4:10
• Company: National Film Board of Canada (NFB), NHK Japan
• Media Format: movie