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Ring of Fire (Large Format) | 
 enlarge | Director: George Casey
Actors: Robert Foxworth, Gary Rosenquist, Lawrence Blair, Dr. Norman Banks
Studio: Lumivision
Category: DVD
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 152184
Format: Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 40
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: IMAX
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 6305222444
UPC: 724117109790
EAN: 9786305222446
Theatrical Release Date: 1991
Release Date: June 4, 1997
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 Good Imax Film May 30, 2001
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
I have purchase several Imax DVD'S. I would rank this film better than most(Grand Canyon and Niagra) and below (The Liveing Sea and Alaska. It is more educational but it does not lack spectacular photography. That is one of the reason I buy Imax is to see thing's you do not ordinarely see. Some Imax films try to tell two to four short stories in a film; to me those film's don't work. I do not buy Imax to see pedestrian plot's; I buy to learn and enjoy the photography. This film fits the bill. If your interested in volcanoe's I do not think you could buy a better film.
Ring of Fire September 6, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I actually bought this for my 4 and 6 year old sons. They love it and it made them interested in volcanoes and earthquakes. They quote it! It is informative and shows more than a US perspective, although a lot of time is spent on San Fransisco, Mount St. Helens. and Hawaii. It also covers a Japan and Indonesia. It entertains and informs. The trailers included are good too.
Very educational, not so entertaining. August 24, 2000
18 out of 21 found this review helpful
The standards for documentaries nowadays are very high. You need to succeed not only in the educational side of the story but also in entertaining the viewer. As an example, Greg Macgillivray's work in The Living Seas, Stormchasers or The Magic of Flight does everything in order to keep you on the edge of your seat without loosing the story's edge. Here, you can learn a lot from the sysmic and volcanic activities that determine most aspects of the people that live inside the Pacific Rim. Nevertheless, you never feel quite engaged and/or commited to the story as you do with the formerly referred work. The story starts with a visit to Chile's newly born Navidad crater and leads us through a journey that involves San Francisco, the Aleutian Islands, the coasts of the former U.S.S.R., Japan, Hawaii and Indonesia. Anyhow, some shots are impressive- like San Francisco's earthquake recordings- some are really dull. The video and audio quality are very good, though not impressive. Unless you want to complete your dvd collection, try other stuff such as the discs referred above or Africa-The Serengetti or Imax-Alaska.
 stunning imagery, but... June 9, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Yes, the footage is stunning, huge and colorful. However, the presentation of information is not really compelling. The topic is interesting, but what's its relationship to everything else? I was disappointed. If you're a teacher, and you're teaching about volcanoes, this is a good one for one period, because it's short. But actually not that thought-provoking. For my money, I'd still prefer to show Dante's Peak, even though the filmmakers have taken some artistic license to tell the story.
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