The Greatest Places
1998 · 40 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 335 VOTES · DIR. Mal Wolfe
Overview
A journey to seven of the most geographically dynamic locations on earth. The film features spectacular land forms, diverse wildlife and the people and cultures indigenous to these places. Distinct geographic places include the great island of Madagascar, home to unique limestone pinnacles and the playful lemur; and the greatest desert—the Namib—home of the largest sand dunes in the world that tower majestically over its western border, the Atlantic Ocean. Other locations featured are the great icecap of Greenland, Iguazu Falls in Brazil, the Okavango Delta in Botswana, the Chang Tang Plateau in Tibet, and the Amazon River in South America.
Dialogue Timeline — 253 lines
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00:00:34 We live on the most diverse planet in the solar system.
00:01:43 New coastlines, continents, islands and mountain ranges
00:02:48 and became an island...
00:04:12 by later-evolving monkeys.
00:05:13 the ring-tailed lemur has adapted from forest leaf eater
00:07:01 And the ring-tailed lemur, the most social.
00:08:25 the plateau is higher than the tallest peaks
00:09:49 Their very survival is closely bound to their animals.
00:10:47 who are among the last of the nomads
00:12:26 monasteries that serve as centers of learning.
00:14:32 the river...
00:15:47 almost as large as the continental United States
00:17:04 the Amazon basin receives nearly direct sun all year.
00:18:35 and the most colouful life in this lush environment.
00:20:42 four times wider than Niagara.
00:22:15 dunes over a thousand feet tall
00:23:37 the interaction of the same basic elements...
00:24:40 and bring abundant life.
00:26:14 floating mountains of ice
00:28:39 Even at 40 degrees below zero
00:30:36 Instead, it spreads across the Kalahari Desert
00:32:51 Even the wild dogs of Okavango are linked together from birth.
00:36:09 Here, in the cradle of Africa, and everywhere
00:36:58 the greatest place of all.