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- 2011
- TV-PG
- BBC
- 2011
- TV-PG
- BBC
Summary Narrated by Alec Baldwin, the BBC and Discovery coproduced documentary series goes north and south to cover life in the Arctic and Antarctic.
- 2011
- TV-PG
- BBC
- 2011
- TV-PG
- BBC
Frozen Planet
Season 1 Premiere: Oct 26, 2011
8.7
Summary Narrated by Alec Baldwin, the BBC and Discovery coproduced documentary series goes north and south to cover life in the Arctic and Antarctic.
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Universal Acclaim
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
91
100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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It's mesmerizing. [26 Mar 2012, p.44]
A gorgeous new documentary series on the Discovery Channel.
Stunning, beautiful, hypnotic, engrossing, spectacular... That oughta do it here as well, except Frozen Planet unexpectedly adds another word: Unprecedented.
The stunningly shot result will make you wonder at the cruel beauty of nature. [16 Mar 2012, p.67]
Granted, parts of the series feel like a rehash of "March of the Penguins," but there's enough jaw-dropping footage in this seven-part undertaking--including one installment devoted strictly to how the footage was captured--that nobody with even vague interest in the subject matter should be left feeling cold.
The artfully composed images are both crystal clear and cinematically creamy.
These images will stick with you. But so will an overall sense that Frozen Planet is more--a lot more--of the same: an aestheticized, sentimentalized, anthropomorphic abstraction of the natural world, in which gentle soundtrack music, winsome narration (by Alec Baldwin, replacing Mr. Attenborough for most of the American version) and the judicious use of slow motion combine to put us in a pleasant stupor on the couch.
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Universal Acclaim
Based on 48 User Ratings
8.7
92% Positive
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Production Company:
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
- Discovery Channel
- Antena 3 Televisión
- Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
- SKAI
- The Open University
- BBC Bristol
- Discovery Channel Canada
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
Initial Release Date: Oct 26, 2011
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-PG
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Awards
BAFTA Awards
• 3 Wins & 7 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 4 Wins & 5 Nominations
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
