The incredible journey is a criticallypraised, awardwinning film that follows the life and migration of a loggerhead turtle from hatching to maturity and a return to its original florida nesting grounds. It looks like this film has taken its own arduous journey on the film. The incredible journey is the story of a little loggerhead turtle, which follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world. Miranda richardsons exemplary career has engaged audiences for many years including harry potter and the goblet of fire. The incredible journey is a remarkable story of a little loggerhead turtle, as she follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world.
Adult turtles were filmed in the florida keys and the caribbean but many scenes were filmed with rescued turtles in a specially built marine studio. The incredible journey, made by veteran wildlife documenarians. I hope everyone finds this documentary as breath taking and as impactful as we did. Led by instinct, a young retriever, an old bull terrier and a selfsufficient siamese cat face hunger, a dangerous bear, rushing rivers and much more along the way. The loggerhead turtle is a turtle that goes on a voyage across the ocean into waters, and they start their journey in florida across the north atlantic across the ocean almost to africa. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. This article about a nature documentary film is a stub. Jun 24, 2011 this astonishing 9,000mile journey is shown in turtle. The incredible journey, the new documentary from awardwinning filmmaker nick stringer that is narrated by academy award nominee miranda. The incredible journey is the story of a little loggerhead turtle, as she follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world. Since it played at the 2009 toronto international film festival, where it was in the documentary lineup, the movie has picked up plenty of goodwill. A small loggerhead turtle is born on a beach in south florida and immediately starts to look for her purpose in life. Born on a beach in florida, she rides the gulf stream all the way to the frozen north and ultimately swims around the entire north atlantic to africa and back to.
Animal cruelty in disneys original incredible journey. The incredible journey 2011 cast and crew twentyfive years later, a loggerhead turtle travels 9,000 miles to the florida beach where it hatched. The incredible journey dvd and bluray release date, trailer and movie stats. But this film is just the voyage of a lonely turtle. The incredible journey, tells the amazing story of a loggerhead turtle. One of my close friends wanted me to watch the film but somehow we never got around to it. The film follows bunji from a hatchling into adulthood as she swims. The incredible journey is a 2009 documentary film narrated by miranda richardson and directed by nick stringer. The incredible journey dvd release date november 15, 2011. Turtle the incredible journey the biggest turtle ever seen. The incredible journey movie 2011 trailer hd youtube. Oct 23, 2014 ethics may be breached even when animals are not directly harmed. The incredible journey is a 1963 liveaction walt disney film based on the novel the incredible journey by sheila burnford. Born on a beach in florida, she rides the gulf stream up towards the arctic and ultimately swims around the entire north atlantic across to africa and back to the.
The film makes the point that had the small turtle arrived in the caribbean earlier in life it would not have been large enough to survive. Turtle odyssey tells the heartwarming story of one tiny sea turtles big adventure. Our agreements with the content provider dont allow purchases of this title at this time. Nick stringer has spent 17 years of directing and producing natural history and science films for the bbc, channel 4, pbs, national geographic and animal planet. A little loggerhead turtle follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most. The incredible journey, the new documentary from awardwinning filmmaker nick stringer that is. Aug 19, 2015 animal cruelty in disneys original incredible journey this article was posted on persona paper where we you can earn value for your content.
The incredible journey sheila burnford i had heard of the film homeward bound but did not know that it was inspired by this novel. It had almost a nature film quality and the things they got the animals to do were really cool. One has to admire the energy of nick stringer and cameraman rory mcguinness, who took two years to assemble the footage stitched together by editors richard wilkinson and sean barton to portray the quarterofacentury journey of a single turtle from florida across the atlantic to the azores and back again. The incredible journey is a criticallypraised, awardwinning film that follows. A little loggerhead turtle follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world.
The incredible journey follows a female loggerhead turtle throughout her 25year journey to the north atlantic, one of the longest migrations of the natural world. Its a migration from florida to the north atlantic, africa, the caribbean and back to the place of birth to lay eggs. So, when my child i learned about the amazing ancestral journey of the loggerhead and the 1. The incredible journey coming to theaters june 24th. Nick stringers wildlife doc stars a female loggerhead turtle, which has a onein10,000 chance to survive its ocean journey turtle. The incredible journey promises more excitement than you might suspect could be packed into a story about loggerhead turtles, a plucky seafarer with high mileage. The incredible journey and more of the latest on movies and films from a christian perspective. Animal cruelty in disneys original incredible journey this article was posted on persona paper where we you can earn value for your content. Born on a florida beach, she rides the gulf stream up towards the arctic and swims around the entire north atlantic to africa.
This astonishing 9,000mile journey is shown in turtle. Mar 16, 2009 turtle the incredible journey is the story of a little loggerhead turtle, who follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world. The incredible journey is an awardwinning film that follows the life and migration of a loggerhead turtle from hatching to maturity and a return to its original florida nesting grounds. It takes 25 years for a loggerhead turtle to make its way from florida to the. The incredible journey 2011 cast and crew moviefone. Narrated by miranda richardson, this wildlife documentary chronicles the incredible journey of the loggerhead turtle, from tiny hatchling to sea voyager to full adult who will make the return trip back to her ancestral home on the beaches on florida. The incredible journey tells the story of a little loggerhead turtle, as she follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world. Its not a gloomy movie, but there are some depressing moments in it.
Loggerhead turtles have been swimming the seas for 200 million years and yet now they are classified as endangered in the international union for the. The incredible journey cleveland international film. Luath from the incredible journey descrption answers. Turtle the incredible journey is the story of a little loggerhead turtle, who follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the. Narrated by oscarnominated, miranda richardson turtle. Its billed as a documentary and, naturally enough, people assume. They play scary music when a predator is on screen, and use terminology that imply that being a predator is a bad thing, when actually loggerheads can be rather predatory, yet they dont play the scary music then. Based in australia, and narrated by russell crowe, turtle odyssey explores the unique lifecycle of an australian green sea turtle named bunji and her incredible journey across the open ocean. The film was coproduced by mtn movies and seaworld pictures and tradewind pictures, and distributed in the united states by hannover house. The incredible journey on dvd november 15, 2011 starring miranda richardson. She gets herself into the jet stream that takes her. Born on a beach in florida, she rides the gulf stream all the way to the frozen north and ultimately swims around the entire north atlantic to africa and back to the beach where she was born.
The incredible journey is the true story of a little loggerhead turtle, as she follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary voyages. Narrated by rex allen, the film follows the adventure of luath the labrador retriever, bodger the bull terrier and tao the siamese cat syn cat as they journey 250 miles 400 km through the canadian wilderness to return to their home. The incredible journey stars miranda richardson the g movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 21 min, and received a score of 56 out of 100 on metacritic, which. Directed by nick stringer england, 2009 81 minutes in english recommended for all ages this aweinspiring nature film follows the personal story of a little loggerhead turtle, as she follows the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world.
Turtle the incredible journey the biggest turtle ever. As the summary notes, the camera shots are very, very good. The incredible journey, which tells the fascination story of a little loggerhead turtle, born on a beach in florida, who rides the gulf stream. Very good film, everyone with an interest in our natural world should see this. The incredible journey, made by veteran wildlife documentarians under the direction of nick stringer, follows the life and underwater travels of a.
In the motion picture of the turtle the incredible journey, they were these you small brave turtle who swim across the ocean, but they got a little bite trouble and they were going for the other side of the ocean but will stop them going always to the other side of the ocean, they on the a long incredible journey nothing will stop to get to the other side of the ocean and other hand the turtle. Since it played at the toronto international film festival, where it was in the documentary lineup, the movie has picked up plenty of goodwill and awards. Nov 11, 2010 the film will be shot as a natural history film but key scenes, in particular the interactions between the characters, will be digitally created with the latest in special fx and blue screen technology, but ultimately the film will have the look and feel of a natural history film. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Directed by nick stringer and narrated by miranda richardson, this familyfriendly documentary tugs at the heartstrings of viewers of all ages. The life of turtles is not stable, it looks like the incredible journey from this place to another, which is similar to other migrant animals skip navigation sign in. What is the most surprising thing you learned about the loggerhead turtle.
Dec 19, 2016 the life of turtles is not stable, it looks like the incredible journey from this place to another, which is similar to other migrant animals. That some mysterious wisdom inherited from her ancestors guided her to follow the path that she did. Ethics may be breached even when animals are not directly harmed. The incredible journey by sheila burnford goodreads. The incredible journey is the epic story of a little loggerhead turtle as she embarks on her extraordinary migration. Finding themselves separated from their owners by 200 miles, the trio sets out on a perilous trek to find their family. It depicts the suffering and stress of an arduous journey, together with the. The incredible journey and its characters are based on. The incredible journey is an awardwinning film that follows the life and migration of a loggerhead turtle from hatching to maturity. Hes the one that gets the idea of going back home, three hundred kilometers away from the place they are staying. In the 1963 movie, luath is a young yellow labrador retriever with a black nose. The incredible journey film synopsis directed by nick stringer england, 2009 81 minutes in english recommended for all ages this aweinspiring nature film follows the personal story of a little loggerhead turtle, as she follows the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural.
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