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Michael Palin - Pole to Pole

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0794051402226
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 09, 2007
Running Time: 393 minutes
Sales Rank: 14985
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: January 10, 1993

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Editorial Review:

Description:
Michael's journey along the 30-degree east line of longitude encompasses 17 countries and both hemispheres -- from Greenland in the north to Kenya, South Africa and Chile in the south. Along the way communism collapses, apartheid ends, and a civil war is sparked as Michael meets Santa Claus and Lenin, goes shopping for camels in Omdurman and makes a final hectic dash to the South Pole.

Amazon.com:
Michael Palin, star of Monty Python's Flying Circus and A Fish Called Wanda, is in a comic race against time to get from the North Pole to the South Pole. Palin balks at nothing, tries just about anything, and always finds time for a spot of tea. En route Palin stars in a crayfish documentary in Novgorod, attends a baby-rolling ceremony at a Cypriot wedding, gets stuck in a Nile traffic jam, buys chicken in Wadi Halfa, goes camel shopping in Khartoum, and is prescribed tree bark by a Mpulugu witch doctor to get rid of his evil shadow. Even when things go according to plan, Palin travels in unusual ways--by dogsled on Spitsbergen, barge down the Dnieper, train roof across the Nubian desert, van through the Sudan, hot-air balloon over Kenya, and down Lake Tanganyika on the 'African Queen.' With curiosity, courage, and his standard aplomb, Palin plunges himself into the local cultures, beating himself with birch branches in a Finnish sauna and wallowing in mud in an Odessa sanatorium. Reminiscent of his Around the World in 80 Days, Palin once again brings some of the world's most inaccessible cities right into your home. An armchair traveler's delight, this collectors' edition of Pole to Pole is ideal for anyone interested in the funny world we live in. --Tara Chace




Rating: - Pole to Pole
A brilliant documentary, the interview with Michael Palin is worth watching after you watch the doco

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Rating: - Amusing, somewhat educational, but could be cropped down
Some fascinating cultural studies in this travel video, but it tends to be overly-long, and frequently ... Read More

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Rating: - Palins travels
"Pole to Pole" was the second of former Python Michael Palins great travels around the world after the ... Read More

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Rating: - Palin is inspirational
This travel documentary is exceptional, showcasing great landscapes and
various cultures with an ... Read More

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Rating: - Michael Palin opens the world.
What can one say about Mr. Palin and his enlighting series of discovery and adventure. Pole to Pole and ... Read More

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