White Wilderness (1958)
- Directed by
- James Algar
- Genre
- documentary film, nature documentary
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Rated
- 6
- Rating
- 4.4 of 10 from 12 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary shows wildlife in the Canadian Arctic, including lemmings. It includes a famous scene where lemmings jump off a cliff.
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What happens
White Wilderness is a 1958 pseudo-documentary film produced by Walt Disney Productions as part of its True-Life Adventure series. It is noted for its propagation of the myth of lemming mass suicide. The film was directed by James Algar and narrated by Winston Hibler. It was filmed on location in Canada over the course of three years. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the Golden Bear for Best Documentary at the 1959 Berlin Film Festival, and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Earth (2007)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.