Nature: Victoria Falls

Product Description The award-winning Nature series is the longest-running weekly natural history series on television. Victoria Falls - Flowing from its source 1,000 miles to the north, the Zambezi River reaches the edge of one world and plummets 350 feet into another. Victoria Falls, spanning the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, is over a mile wide. No other waterfall in the world can match her scale, which is why many consider her one of the seven natural wonders of the world. The Zambezi is known as the River of Life across southern Africa, but life there is not always easy. Academy Award-winner F. Murray Abraham narrates. Rating: TV-G. Bonus Program - Drakensberg: Barrier of Spears - Rising sharply from the South African landscape, cliffs like spines of a dragon form the majestic Drakensberg Mountains. Born of Jurassic molten lava, they span more than 600 miles and tower more than 10,000 feet. Despite the impossible terrain and unpredictable weather, Drakensberg is home to a fascinating array of animals. But one animals perseverance makes it the ultimate survivor: the eland, the largest member of the antelope family. Nature tracks their epic climb in Drakensberg: Barrier of Spears. In order to overcome the ever-changing endurance test cast by nature, these tenacious mountaineers undertake an annual migration toward the summit in search of greener pastures. Academy Award-winner F. Murray Abraham narrates. Rating: TV-G. Review ...The greatest cinematography on earth. --The New York Times About the Actor F. Murray Abraham F. Murray Abraham is an Oscar-winning actor known for films like Amadeus, Finding Forrester, Mighty Aphrodite, Inside Llewyn Davis and Grand Budapest Hotel. SYNOPSIS - Born on October 24, 1939, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, of Syrian and Italian ancestry, Abraham went on to attend the University of Texas at Austin. He moved to New York City to pursue acting, studying under Uta Hagen, and developed a stage career with Off-Broadway productions. He later added the F to the beginning of his stage name in honor of his father, Frederick, and because he felt his birth name was not distinctive enough. Abraham landed small parts for TV and on the big screen, appearing in a variety of films during the 1970s, including Serpico (1973), The Sunshine Boys (1975), All the Presidents Men (1976), The Ritz (1976) and The Big Fix (1978). He was also noted for being one of the Fruit of the Loom men in the brands series of television commercials. Abraham continued his screen work into the next decade, landing a part in 1983s Scarface. He simultaneously did filming in Prague, portraying noted Italian composer Antonio Salieri in the 1984 feature Amadeus Abrahams gripping performance earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor, as well as a Golden Globe and BAFTA Award. He continued his prolific output over the ensuing years, with roles in films across various genres. He co-starred with Sean Connery and Christian Slater in another period film, The Name of the Rose (1986), and a few years later made an appearance as a prosecuting attorney in The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990). In 1991 he played crime boss Arnold Rothstein in Mobsters. By the mid-1990s, Abraham could be seen in a TV adaptation of the Jules Verne classic Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993) and co-starred with Mira Sorvino and Helena Bonham Carter in Woody Allens Mighty Aphrodite (1995), in which he led the films chorus. 1995 also saw Abraham play gangster Al Capone in both Dillinger and Capone and Baby Face Nelson, and the actor ventured further into sci-fi with roles in Guillermo Del Toros Mimic (1997), which also featured Sorvino, as well as 1998s Star Trek: Insurrection.
ASIN: B002LFAHFA
VSKU: DBV.B002LFAHFA.N
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Author/Artist:WNET - Nature|Narrated By F. Murray Abraham
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