Title:
The Jacques Cousteau odyssey. 5, Blind prophets of Easter Island ; Clipperton: the island time forgot [DVD video]
Publication Date:
2005
Publication Information:
[Burbank, CA] : Warner Home Video, [2005]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781419806421
9781419806377
Abstract:
Blind prophets of Easter Island: Since the Polynesian island's discovery in 1722, the lost, ancient civilization of Easter Island has left a baffling legacy of riddles. Jacques Cousteau and the Calypso crew undertake land and underwater explorations and interview leading experts. Among the questions they tackle: who created the ancient, once-revered giant stone figures? Why do volcanic rock drawings show trees and flowers when virtually none exist today? Why is there evidence of cannibalism in a once peaceful and flourishing society? Clipperton, the island time forgot: Today, the only inhabitants of this environmentally inhospitable Pacific island are birds and crabs. Yet over 80 years ago, Clipperton hosted other visitors: a demented rapist and a terrified group of women and children. Cousteau returns to the island to recreate the deadly series of events: from the death of the brave French captain, to the courage of the widow who killed her torturer, and through the eyes of one of the survivors, then a child.
General Note:
Title from disc surface.
Originally broadcast on television in 1978 and 1981.
Performers:
Jacques Cousteau, Philippe Cousteau; narrator, Theodore Strauss.
Technical Details:
DVD, NTSC; region 1; full screen; Dolby Digital.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
In English with optional English, French, and Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned.
Added Uniform Title:
Cousteau odyssey (Television program)
Added Title:
Blind prophets of Easter Island [DVD video].
Clipperton: the island time forgot [DVD video]
Audience:
Not rated.