VHS : Life on Earth: A Natural History
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starring: David Attenborough
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300271340
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 630027134X
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: September 01, 1998
Sales Rank: 3921
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Description:
Science documentary examining the diversity and origins of life on earth.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - OK Intro to Hit Attenborough Show
I bought this set from Amazon 4 years ago and watched it. It is an extremely edited version of the 13 part tv series by Sir David Attenborough. I wqs disppointed that most episodes were edited down and many neat parts, such as fossil discussions and habitat discussions, were left out. The complete series on DVD is available in the UK, but, unfortunately, not available in the uS. However, a Chinese DVD business sells the complete unedited series on a DVD set along with Living Planet and private ... Read More
Rating:  - Life on Earth
The Amazon-UK has this video available in all of its original length and glory. When will we be so lucky? I bought the abridged version out of despersation - it would be good if I didn't know whwat I was missing.
Please release this DVD/Video for the USA.
Rating:  - Find the ORIGINAL
If anyone can find the 11 hour series you have found a masterpiece. What a work of art the BBC and Dr. Attenbourough have created. The Blue Planet is also extraordinary.
Rating: - like reducing Moby Dick to the first and last 50 pages...
It is rather unclear what the intentions of this grotesquely abridged version of Life on Earth were, but what stands out above everything else is that this two video tape set does little justice to the original series. I had seen several episodes complete while in college and a few years back purchased this edited version--knowing quite well it was edited. But the severity of the cuts was never clear until viewed side-by-side with the original version. It might seem that the episodes were perhaps ... Read More
Rating: - I want the complete version too!
I saw the original series on PBS. I bought the abbreviated version, but, it only whets my appetite for the complete version.
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