March of the Penguins
March of the Penguins La marche de l'empereur (original title) G | 1h 20min | Documentary, Family | 22 July 2005 (USA) - In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family.
March of the Penguins La marche de l'empereur (original title) G | 1h 20min | Documentary, Family | 22 July 2005 (USA) - The story of the emperor penguins and their reproductive cycle is unique. It combines love, drama, courage and adventure and is set in the heart of the Antarctic, the world’s most isolated and inhospitable region.
This story from the natural kingdom has been perpetuating itself for thousands of years, although man only discovered it at the beginning of the 20th century.
“The Emperor’s Journey” tells this extraordinary tale.
March of the Penguins La marche de l'empereur (original title) G | 1h 20min | Documentary, Family | 22 July 2005 (USA) - While many people think of penguins as comical birds who look like they've been decked out in tuxedos, the truth is they're among the strongest and most resilient creatures in the animal kingdom. And they have to be -- each year, the emperor penguins of Antarctica travel through the most punishing environment on Earth to their nesting grounds, and after the females lay their eggs, the males keep them warm while their mates walk 70 miles back to the sea to fatten themselves with fish for themselves and their young. Filmmaker Luc Jacquet spent over a year braving the frigid temperatures of the South Pole to film this annual ritual of the penguins, and March of the Penguins documents their brave struggle to survive, as well as the close emotional bonds between the penguin families. March of the Penguins was first screened in France as La Marche de l'Empereur, with a handful of French actors providing a voice-over in which they expressed the "thoughts" of the penguins; for the American edition, Morgan Freeman was brought in to deliver a more straightforward narration.
Synopsis by Mark Deming
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Narrator: (narrating voice over) There are few places hard to get to in this world. But there aren't any where it's harder to live.
- Morgan Freeman recorded his narration in one day.
- It was noted that, by the time of the 2006 Academy Awards, this Best Documentary winner had out-grossed all 5 Best Picture nominees ($77 million vs. $75 million for Brokeback Mountain (2005)).
- The Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguins and the only one to breed during the winter in Antarctica.
- During the 2005 Houston Art Car Weekend - a 1981 Datsun 210 station wagon was created using the film's theme as a promotional/marketing tool - the art car theme was titled "Ant-CAR-tica - The March of the Penguins". This art car was used as a promotion for the film's release in the Houston, TX area. After the film's release, the art car sculpture was dismantled.
- When released, became the second highest grossing theatrical documentary (after Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)).
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