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  • Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing, Larry Agenbroad, Frank Fish, Larry Witmer
  • Directors: Nigel Paterson
  • Writers: Nigel Paterson, Jasper James, Kate Bartlett, Michael Olmert
  • Producers: Joshua C. Barkley, Mick Kaczorowski
  • Format: Anamorphic, Box set, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • DVD Release Date: 8 April 2002
  • Run Time: 180 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005UBMG
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,602 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Walking With Beasts is an introduction to the animals (predominantly mammals) that roamed the earth from the extinction of the dinosaurs until the rise of early humans. The sequel to the BBC’s acclaimed and highly successful series Walking With Dinosaurs, Beasts also uses a combination of clever special effects and computer-generated imagery to create a realistic world as it may have appeared millions of years ago. As to be expected from any BBC nature programme, the images are visually stunning; the prehistoric animals look impressively lifelike, interacting seamlessly with each other and their environment to create an entire world that could have been photographed only yesterday. Best of all is Episode 2, "Whale Killer", which follows a female Basilosaurus, an enormous ancient predatory whale, as she travels through shallow seas and along coastlines--the underwater images could have just as easily originated in the BBC’s spectacular Blue Planet series. It’s unfortunate, therefore, that Walking With Beasts is let down by its script and the often dubious science therein. Episode 3, "The Land of Giants", begins with an anthropomorphic statement better suited to a Disney film than a scientific documentary, referring to the featured animals as "The good [a herbivore or plant-eating animal], the bad [a carnivore or flesh-eating animal] and the ugly [a giant warthog which is, admittedly, pretty ugly]." Still, Walking With Beasts has a host of little touches and flourishes that add to the feeling of realism (the animals knock over the cameras, pebbles hit the lens), which make this programme a success as a piece of pure entertainment and prehistoric escapism. A companion book and soundtrack CD is also available. --Ted Kord


Video Description

DVD Special Features
Triumph of the Beasts: 50-minute special on the rise of the mammal.
The Beasts Within: 50-minute special on scientists' search for man's link to apes.
Beast Fact Files
Photo Gallery
Production Crew Interviews

Storyboard Comparisons
Subtitles: English SDH
Running Time: 173 mintues approx
Regions: 2+4 PAL UK
Dolby Digital Stereo

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50 of 55 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Compelling at times, but short of extraordinary, 4 Dec 2001
By B. M. Still (CANBERRA CITY, ACT Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Walking With Beasts [VHS] [2001] (VHS Tape)
This follow up series to Walking with Dinosaurs takes up from where it left off, and is an obvious improvement in at least one respect: the credibility of the imagery. The series follows the same periodic snap-shot format, following within each snap shot the fate of an individual or a group from a particular species.

I found episode 4 "Next of Kin", the most compelling, featuring as it does Australopithecines, our ancestors. I thought that these were quite well rendered, and believably presented in terms of attributed behaviour. At times I even felt a moment of awe. On a second watching, these moments were still felt to some extent, and therefore I feel the series has some enduring merit.

It would not be honest to say that the series is gripping, and I don't feel that either this series or Walking with Dinosaurs is a match for much of David Attenborough's work, for example (in terms of structure, variety of material covered, and photography - simulated or otherwise..!), however it is definitely worthwhile, and in the case of the creatures it features, it opens up a window on a period of our world's prehistory that has never before been convincingly depicted, (certainly not with this favour of authenticity and spectacle) and that is a wonderful thing in itself.

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14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Marvellous depiction of a lost age, 2 April 2002
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This review is from: Walking With Beasts [VHS] [2001] (VHS Tape)
Watched this series the end of last year but I still feel that Walking with Dinosaurs was more interesting. Favourite episode was the last and the Mammoths looked so authentic that after witnessing them on the programme, you wouldn't be surprised to see some traversing the wilderness of Siberia!
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13 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, 28 Nov 2001
After seing the Series on T.V, i was hooked, it was absolutely Brilliant, i recomend this for anybody, it is great for pleasure viewing and even better for educational viewing...It's Full of Action, Excitement and will blow your mind with Facts and History...
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4.0 out of 5 stars Worth a second look.
I really enjoyed this series when it was originaly shown on the BBC and was not disapointed when I watched it second time around.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Its an extremly brillant movie/show. Its truley amazing.
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