David Tennant whispers sweet nothings about vultures while you almost fall out of your seat.
This feature-length RealD™ 3D experience was filmed with revolutionary aerial devices and techniques to fly right alongside birds. This breathtaking journey will take viewers across the world’s most iconic landscapes to the heart of the greatest animal spectacles on Earth: snow geese dash through Monument Valley and New York City, vultures ascend miles above the earth then dive down to huge wildebeest herds below, scarlet macaws race at breakneck speed through the rainforest. Using unique, state-of-the-art 3D cameras in barely accessible and highly dangerous places, the audience has never before been so close to the drama and beauty of nature until now.
Cinematography
They strapped 3D cameras to actual birds. Criminal levels of ambition.
Sound
Wing beats as percussion. David Tennant's voice as religion.
Practical Effects
Real birds, real danger, real 'how did they not die filming this'
Director
John Downer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
John Downer pioneered 'spy cameras' disguised as rocks and eggs for wildlife docs; this was his 'what if we just became the bird' phase.
Released when 3D was already dying in narrative film, this quietly proved the tech still had purpose: making privileged humans feel small.
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