Regular Price $19.99

Starring: Jimmy Smits,  Roy Edward Disney,  Jeff Clark,  Bryan Iguchi,  Susan Campbell (II), 
Directed By: Greg MacGillivray, 
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Release Date: 2001
Studio: Image Entertainment
Format: Color,  Dolby,  DTS Surround Sound,  DVD-Video,  Widescreen,  NTSC, 

Editorial Reviews and DVD Information about Adventures in Wild California (IMAX)

Description
Adventures in Wild California will send you careening down an icy, steep mountain face with snowboarders; twirling on thermals above the clouds with sky surfers; swimming through the oceans with otters and their surrogate human mother; excavating the very heart of a thirty-story-tall Giant Sequoia with botanists and emerging from under the spray of one of the world's biggest surfable waves. The heart-pounding imagery recreates an experience of California's farthest edges that few will ever know first-hand. Narrated by Jimmy Smits (NYPD Blue, L.A. Law); featuring music by Lindsey Buckingham. Ever wonder, "how did they do that?" The Making of 'Adventures in Wild California, shot on High-Definition Video, takes you behind the scenes.

Amazon.com
Whoa! Dude, this is so rad you won't believe it! It's a 42-minute IMAX movie made by MacGillivray Freeman Films, the same guys who made that Everest film, and it is awesome. They filmed all kinds of cool stuff that people do in California--you know, like skysurfing, extreme surfing (dude, wait till you check out the size of these waves!), climbing monster sequoia trees, and walking up to the top of the Golden Gate Bridge. There's a piece about Walt Disney and the first Mickey Mouse cartoon, too. And even if you don't have an IMAX theater in your house, you can still see how amazing the film techniques they used to shoot this stuff are (in fact, there's a 24-minute documentary explaining how they did it). And to top it off, the narration is read by Jimmy Smits, and there are a few tunes by Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac. Man, this is sweet. --Sam Graham

Customer Reviews for Adventures in Wild California (IMAX)

action /war
Tora Tora Tora. is an excellent war movie with a very good and true story. i highly recomment this dvd. the cover on the fron of this dvd is very nice and well done, the sound is very good and if you have a good sound system then this dvd is well worth buying the color is also very good and I give it full five stars, well worth keeping in anyones collection. and well worth its money and well spent. I can honestly say it is well worth watching over annd over again, do buy itAdventures in Wild California (IMAX)

Almost as good as a California Vacation
A wonderful way to introduce your kids to the wonders of California. This is a great way to spend an evening in front of the TV and enjoying the great music, visuals, and scenery. The Golden Gate Bridge shots are amazing. Highly recommended !! And if it plays at an IMAX near you, DON'T MISS IT!!!!Adventures in Wild California (IMAX)

One of the best DVD's I own!
I have a 60" Sony widescreen and its awesome watching Adventures in Wild California on it. The music is good and the photography is excellent. I highly recommend this DVD to anyone. DTS IS GREAT!Adventures in Wild California (IMAX)

Visually Stunning
The opening sequence of the sky divers over San Diego is the high point of the DVD for me; but the entire DVD is well worth watching repeatedly. Movies should take you to places that you may not be able to go in real life, such as skydiving.The Disney chapter was light and fun; especially the first person perspective roller coaster ride. Climbing up and into the giant trees of California again gives us non-climbers unusual views and different perspectives.Adventures in Wild California (IMAX)

Good film, DVD not as good as theatrical version
I saw the theatrical version of this movie about 3 months ago and just got the DVD release. I thought the film was great when I saw it in the IMAX theater at the Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. However, the DVD just didn't look right to me. The vibrant colors that I saw in the theater were not there and the soundtrack was not transfered very well to either DD 5.1 or DTS 5.1. The DVD was a disappointment. The video quality of the "Making of" feature was not worthy of DVD release.

I own about a dozen IMAX films on DVD. This and another one that I bought at the same time could have been better. Both were released by Image Entertainment. I have gotten some real low quality DVD releases from Image Entertainment and this continues the trend for me.Adventures in Wild California (IMAX)