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Synopsis: The film follows a hypothetical proposition: a group of astronauts are circling the earth in a spacecraft, but they cannot return, as our planet has become uninhabitable. The cause of this remains open - all-out war, outbreak of a new disease beyond control, radiation after the complete disappearance of the ozone layer, or whatever. The crew of the spacecraft has to find a more hospitable place out there in space, and releases a probe from their cargo bay, Galileo. But Galileo - after sending back very disquieting data - has to be sent on a suicide mission...
Without our knowledge we have had visitors from outer space for decades. They have come from a planet submerged in water, The Wild Blue Yonder, and their attempts to create a new community on earth have so far not met with great success. This film is narrated on-screen by one of the visitors, Brad Dourif. In words and lyrical images, he shows how our attempts to find a new home somewhere in space is doomed to failure. He explains how in the past when Earth was threatened with extinction, a manned space probe was sent to look for an alternative home in outer space. It did not succeed.
Herzog’s space fantasy uses extraordinary music and images to create an imaginary scenario that has an impassioned sub-text telling us to protect our most precious and irreplaceable possession – our planet.
Even Werner Herzog's misfires are fascinating. -- Peter Martin
Reviews: Electric Sheep | Rotten Tomatoes | IMDb (external reviews)
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443693/
IMDb Rating: 6.2/10 (754 votes)
Tomatometer: 67%
Awards: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443693/awards
Written and Directed by: Werner Herzog
Cast:
Brad Dourif .... The Alien
Capt. Donald Williams .... Astronaut Commander
Dr. Ellen Baker .... Astronaut physician
Franklin Chang-Diaz .... Astronaut Plasma Physicist
Shannon Lucid .... Astronaut biochemist
Michael McCulley .... Astronaut pilot
Roger Diehl .... Mathematician
Ted Sweetser .... Mathematician
Martin Lo .... Mathematician
<table class="quote"> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top">Title: </td> <td align="left">The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top">Source: </td> <td align="left" valign="top">DVD Retail / R1, NTSC / Subversive Cinema</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Size:</td> <td align="left">(1.171.945.472 bytes (1/4 DVDR)</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Runtime:</td> <td align="left">01:17:16</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Format:</td> <td align="left">AVI - OpenDML (AVI v2.0)</td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Video Codec:</td> <td align="left">XviD (xvid_encraw 1.2)</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Video Bitrate:</td> <td align="left">1823 kbps</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Resolution:</td> <td align="left">720x400</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Aspect Ratio:</td> <td align="left">1.8</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Frame rate:</td> <td align="left">25 fps</td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Audio Codec:</td> <td align="left">AC3 (2 channels)</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Audio Bitrate:</td> <td align="left">192 kbps</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Sampling Rate:</td> <td align="left">48 KHz</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top">Interleave:</td> <td align="left">96 ms (2.4 v.frames), preload=96
Split across interleaves</td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top">Language:</td> <td align="left">English</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top">Subtitles:</td> <td align="left">No subs on the DVD</td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">SA:</td> <td align="left">B-VOP, No Qpel, No GMC, No P-Bit</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">CQM:</td> <td align="left">EQM V3HR</td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top">Note:</td> <td align="left">The DVD is NTSC, but it had to be restored to its original
framerate of 25fps to avoid jerkiness and ghosting</td></tr></table>
Screenshots:
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Spanish subs by Joao Paulo for veinticuatrofps.com
http://www.opensubtitles.com/download/sub/3280173
