| Animals Are Beautiful People | 
 enlarge | Actor: Jamie Uys
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  95 reviews
Sales Rank: 5856
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 92
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: WARD24134D
ISBN: 0790775492
UPC: 085392413423
EAN: 9780790775494
ASIN: B00008MTY4
Theatrical Release Date: November 1974
Release Date: May 6, 2003
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 08/09/2005 Rating: Nr
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On the short list for the "world's toughest place to live" award, Southwest Africa's Namib Desert houses a wealth of intriguing creatures, featured in Jamie Uys's Animals are Beautiful People. As various beasts, bugs, fish, and fowl appear, a soft-spoken narrator pinpoints behaviors that mirror human ones, often inventing whimsical tales meant to inspire chuckles or sighs. A male wart hog, a "homely bachelor," lands a "wife" with a penchant for redecorating his burrow; austere maribou glower like disapproving undertakers; a billowy, nameless fish is called a dizzy blonde. Uys's respect for the harsh lifestyle these creatures endure clearly displays itself amid the comical sound effects and Fantasia-lite melodies that infuse the 90-minute show. The result: a richly informative, beautifully filmed lesson in the power of adaptation and the lush wildlife that inhabits the cradle of civilization. Six years after completing this project, Uys went on to create The Gods Must Be Crazy. (Ages 5 and older) --Liane Thomas
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 Animals are beautiful people November 2, 2008
This is one of the best nature documentaries I`ve ever seen.Incredible scenery, rare look at some animals at their best and worst,some funny moments combined with great musical compositions leaves the viewer with a wonderful feeling.We need more of these ....
 Nudity and drunkenness are family entertainment??? September 12, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Why would anyone want their children (or students) to view a film that puts drunkenness in a humorous light? And for those who may care, the African family in this film has almost nothing on and the mother is bare-breasted (the family is featured for many minutes).
Wonderful, very good August 25, 2008
Great video showing that we, the "intelligent" race of the planet, have lot to learn from wildlife... For example, I enjoyed so much the Duck mom lesson: to protect their descendants with intelligence, audacity, valor, and love. This video is a must for anyone, so we can learn better why we need to respect nature and wildlife.
 Beautiful indeed, a different kind of a documentary July 31, 2008
From Jamie Uys, the director who gave us "The Gods must be Crazy 1 and 2" comes this very differently made yet interesting documentary. Only "Walt Disney's Wild Life Adventures" comes close. The enduring beauty of the lives of the animals, their natural habitats and the beauty of African nature all come together in this documentary that shares several scenes (particularly about the Kalahari bushmen) with "The Gods must be crazy" films.
Considering documentaries made of animals during that era "King Elephant", "Ape and Super Ape" Jamie Uys made sure the documentary was entertaining and that is the highlight of the movie. However watching the DVD many years later a lot of errors can be spotted. The inebriated apes scene after consumption of the fruit was completed fabricated. The scene where the bushman traps the monkey using the old fist-in-the-bottle trick was animated and literally took away the joy of the real thing. Even the sidewinder scaring off the elephant in the desert, and a drop of dew acting as a lens for the sunlight to burn of a nest seemed phony (editing tricks) though such happenings are possible. But otherwise several other beautiful scenes make this a great DVD to watch with your kids and for first-timers.
When it was released in Chennai decades ago it was titled "Beautiful People" and it had a run like any of the blockbusters of that time did.
Animals Are Beautiful People June 8, 2008
I loved the DVD. The color was wonderful, the subject matter was very entertaining. Thanks so much.
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