Product Description
The New 70th Anniversary Special Edition of Trinity and Beyond - the Atomic Bomb Movie is 100 minutes long, includes improved restoration, new shots and longer sequences in HD. Trinity and Beyond is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the history of nuclear weapons development and testing between 1945 until 1963. Narrated by William Shatner and featuring an original score performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, the film reveals unreleased and classified government footage depicting in graphic detail these powerful and awesome weapons. Many scenes were restored with an Academy Award winning process created to make the footage look new. Director/producer Peter Kuran, traveled throughout the U.S. to locate footage that includes bombs being suspended by balloon, exploding under the ocean, being shot from a cannon and detonated in outer space. © 2006 VCEinc. Running Time: now 100 minutes! Special HD version, 1920 x 1080. The Blu-ray features: Stereo and Dolby 5.1 Surround sound track Atomic trailers New Atomic Bomb footage in HD and more!
Review
In the salad days of nuclear-weapons testing, the United States detonated 331 atomic, hydrogen, and thermonuclear bombs. Many of those explosions appear in Trinity and Beyond, which utilizes a lot of declassified footage, most of it in color. Standouts include the United States' South Pacific detonation of an atom bomb 90 feet below the water to study the effects on a fleet of ships. Surprise, surprise, they sink! If that wasn't enough, the navy also loaded the decks with sheep to study the effects of the blast on life forms. Surprise, surprise, they die! Glowing leg of lamb anyone? This film will alternately amuse and horrify you at the rampant irresponsibility of the Soviets and Americans in their quest for nuclear domination. The Russians have the honor of having detonated the largest nuclear bomb ever at a whopping 58 megatons. The Hiroshima bomb was barely a kiloton. Of course, after the U.S. and Russia ceased their activities, the Chinese decided to get in on the act. But that's a different story for a different documentary -- --Kristian St. Clair, Amazon.com
About the Director
Peter Kuran started his career in 1976 working as an animator on the original Star Wars. As an animator on Star Wars, Kuran introduced the concept of animating shadows and interactive light to objects to make them appear more interactive. Since that time, Peter and his company, VCE have worked on over 300 theatrical motion pictures including both Addams Family films and all three Robocop features. Pete's work was seen in Men In Black, The 6th Day, Thirteen Days, A Beautiful Mind,League of Extraodinary Gentlemen,X-Men 2 and The Last Samurai. In 2003, Peter won an Academy Award in the Scientific and Technical Achievement category for his RCI Color Restoration Process which he developed while working on Trinity and Beyond. As a filmmaker, Peter has produced five documentaries on the subject of Atomic history, weapons and testing. Beginning in 1995, Peter produced and directed the award winning film Trinity and Beyond (the Atomic Bomb Movie) and has since produced Atomic Filmmakers, Atomic Journeys, Nukes in Space and Nuclear 911. Pete was recently written up in the New York Times for his book "How To Photograph an Atomic Bomb."
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.75 x 0.75 inches; 5 ounces
- Director : Peter Kuran
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Dolby, Surround Sound, Widescreen, Blu-ray
- Run time : 1 hour and 40 minutes
- Release date : November 10, 2009
- Actors : William Shatner
- Studio : VCE, inc.
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
