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Tiger - Spy in the Jungle [2008] | ![Tiger - Spy in the Jungle [2008]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VDYYL44%2BL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Actor: David Attenborough
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 1817
Format: Pal
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 150
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5051561027598
ASIN: B0016ORTSK
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: June 9, 2008
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 What a great, never seen before insight. December 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this DVD a few weeks ago after becoming very interested in knowing more about the lives of wild big cats. I must say I am amazed at the quality of footage that you get from this DVD. It contains three episodes, which are about an hour long each, which follow the growing up of four cubs, their mum and their dad who you don't often see in other Tiger programs. It starts off with the cubs I think a few weeks old. They have just started venturing out in the open and still have their eyes shut. It is quite amusing watching them falling all over the place while their mother goes around collecting them.
You also get to see many other rare, hardly ever filmed animals in their habitat as well which makes the DVD all that better to watch.
I could go on about the amount of content you get with this DVD but I will be here all day and will spoil it.
It is all filmed with the help of camoflauged cameras placed by elephants, which turns out to be a fantastic idea with some amazing footage.
The commentry is by David Attenborough who I think is the best you can get. He makes you enjoy the experiance so much more.
I have already watched this DVD twice through and as it is so watchable i'm sure this will never gather dust.
I would definately recommend this to anyone, whether they have a love for wildlife or not.
 a fair chunk missing November 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this for a present having seen the original enthralling series on the BBC. Imagine my surprise when we watched it together as only part was included on this DVD. There is a chunk of the televised version that is not in the package, so the narration rather stops in mid-flow. The cubs/young tigers are in peril...what happens? Those with the DVD will never know. A great show, but a poor show, BBC
They're not so great! October 8, 2008
2 out of 21 found this review helpful
From the lofty heights of fronting ad campaigns for Kellogs Frosties, Tigers have taken a tumble in popularity and population. Like most ginger haired creatures, they seem to be the subject of persecution and unfortunate circumstance. See also the Red Squirrel and it's reduced population at the hands of the Grey Squirrel, the Fox chased all around the Village and fields, and Chris Evans. Tigers though will always struggle to maintain a balance in life because they are so unnatural.
This program is heavily biassed towards the Tiger side of things with only the occaisional other animal featured. The fact that the Tiger is an endangered species highlights its plight in regard to it's habitat. As our world spills over into theirs then they must adapt or move on. As Tigers don't really do that much they are not that exciting to watch.
However, watching all the log-cams and other camera tricks used to film them is more fun. Elephants are also employed to film the Tigers in this series, but I can't help but feel that the Tigers used come across as professionals or ex-safari park cats and appear familiar with cameras being around them and thats why they employed hidden camera's to try and keep them looking 'natural'.
The sets where the Tigers are seen playing, eating and fighting etc look plasticy and prepared, like how a golf course looks compared to wild woodland, the jungles here are a little like I'm a Celebrity - Get me Out of Here and not authentic at all.
This DVD series is okay if you really dig Tigers but for everyone else it's a poor show about a bland jungle relic making its journey into obscurity. Tigers look more at home in the zoo than a plastic jungle.
what can you say but- wow August 12, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Covering 2 years in the life of a tigress and her 4 cubs, this 3 part documentary is truly - well- amazing. I'm so pleased that it remains unsentimental- the only tiger with a name is the father, "Charger" (after his unnerving habit of charging the film crew). (I just couldn't watch Meerkat Manor which I found cloyingly anthropomorphic). Yes it does slightly overplay the tension in the 3 episodes (will their mother return after a mysterious absence to catch them dinner?). But injury from territorial scraps with other tigers is a real threat to survival- as evidenced in the documentary. It's quite astounding that these cubs grow so quickly, yet are incapable of learning to catch their own food for such a long period of time- in fact they bounce around interfering with their mother's stealthy attempts, setting off the deer alarm calls.
It's great that technology presumably derived from the robotic equipment developed to explore Mars is being targeted at a better understanding of this planet and its vanishing inhabitants. The film crew use both static, elephant held and remotely controlled self propelling cameras to catch intimate shots of the tigers and other inhabitants of the park. One seeming problem is that most of the resident wildlife likes to check out its reflection in the camera lens- and one of the cubs wasn't adverse to giving a camera a dip in the pool.
When the cubs grow and start scrapping you suddenly see the unleashed raw power of what started as bundles of fluff tumbling uncontrollably down rocks. You wouldn't want to meet one of them unexpectedly. Yet you so admire their strength and beauty. Also available by the same production company are Spy In The... Complete featuring lions, bears and elephants and a two parter Trek: Spy On The Wildebeest [2007] .
Simply Fantastic July 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
One of the best and most detailed insight into the Tigers secret life. Superb close ups of a Tigress and her four cubs from birth to adulthood. As always superbly narrated by David Attenborough, which holds your attention during the three programs.
As the programs were filmed in High Definition, I am hoping the HD version in Blu-ray will be released in the near future.
Not to be missed by Tiger and other Big Cat fans.
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