Adventures in Wild California
A virtual expedition that sends audiences careening down an icy, steep mountain face with snowboarders; twirling on thermals above the clouds with skysurfers; swimming through the oceans with otters and their surrogate human mother; excavating the very heart of a thirty-story tall Giant Sequoia with botanists and emerging from under the spray of one of California's biggest, surfable waves. The heart-pounding imagery recreates an experience of California's furthest edges few will ever know first-hand.
Film Info
- Type: Documentary
- Release date: May 12, 2000
- Run time: 42 minutes
- Format: 1570, 870
- Genre: Adventure/Nature, Destination/Signature Film, Sports/Extreme Sports
- Director(s): Greg MacGillivray
- Producer(s): Greg MacGillivray, Mark Krenzien
- Distributor: MacGillivray Freeman Films
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Clips & Trailers:
Adventures in Wild CA: Filming Giant Sequoias [Real Sure Stream]
Adventures in Wild CA: Monterey [Real Sure Speed]
Adventures in Wild CA: Santa Barbara [Real Sure Stream]
Adventures in Wild California: Golden Gate [QT]
Adventures in Wild California: Sequoias [QT]
Adventures in Wild California: Sky Surfing [QT]
Adventures in Wild California: Surfing [QT]
Adventures in Wild California: Trailer [Real 300K]
Adventures in Wild California: Trailer [Real 56K]
Greg MacGillivray: Producer Profile [Real Sure Stream]
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Credits
Produced by MacGillivray Freeman Films. Producers: Greg MacGillivray, Mark Krenzien, and Alec Lorimore. Director: Greg MacGillivray. Distributor: MacGillivray Freeman Films. Executive Producer: K2 Communications. Writer: Mark Krenzien. Director of Photography: Brad Ohlund. Editor: Jim Foster. Narrator: Jimmy Smits. Original Score: Lindsay Buckingham and Brian Wilson.
Reviews
BMZ Reviews:
Westward Education and Ultimate Sports to the IMAX® By Ross Anthony
Outside Reviews:
"A new IMAX film captures the majesty and the minutiae of the Golden State" By Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
"Going Wild in California" By Bob Thompson, Toronto Sun
"Adventures in Wild California" By Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
"Adventures in Wild California" By Chris Gore, Film Threat
"Adventures in Wild California" By Mike Kerrigan, BoxOffice Magazine
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