The Meerkats (2008)
- Directed by
- James Honeyborne
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Rated
- 0
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 77 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
A wildlife film follows a clan of meerkats as they face daily challenges in the Kalahari Desert. It shows their struggles to find food, protect their young, and survive in a harsh environment.
observationalgentleintimatetenderatmosphericslow-pacedfamily-centricnature-focused
What happens
The Meerkats, also known as Meerkats: The Movie, is a feature-length 2008 British wildlife fiction film which anthropomorphises the daily struggles of a clan of meerkats in the Kalahari Desert. It was produced by BBC Films, and filmed by the award-winning BBC Natural History Unit. It is the debut directorial feature of James Honeyborne, previously a producer of natural history programmes for television. The worldwide premiere was held at the Dinard Film Festival, France in October 2008, expanding to a wide release the following week. The film was released in 2009, on 7 August in the UK. The film was dedicated to Paul Newman, the narrator of the film, who died in 2008, shortly before this film was released making it his final film role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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