It’s been one year since BORN TO BE WILD 3D hit IMAX theaters everywhere and today we get to celebrate its launch to home video! After seeing it in IMAX, we were extremely tempted to drop what we were doing and just move to Borneo to help raise orangutans (it passed, but still.)
The best part about BORN TO BE WILD 3D is that it’s not one of those movies that relies on its stunning IMAX 3D visuals (thought that did help make it great.) The unique and true story holds up on its own, making it just as appealing to watch on your own television at home.
BORN TO BE WILD 3D follows the lives of Dr Biruté Mary Galdikas, president of the Orangutan Foundation International, and Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick of the The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. Galdikas operates a facility in Borneo that captures and raises orphaned orangutans in a manner that doesn’t domesticate them, so they may one day be released back into the wild. Sheldrick’s foundation does basically the same thing, except it’s in Kenya, and it’s with elephants instead of orangutans.
Sure, the whole “nature story” that follows “doctors who run a foundation” sounds very boring off the top, and yes, it sounds like it would need the IMAX to be watch-able… but if you think that, you couldn’t be more wrong. The heartwarming and compelling story told by the animals – yes, animals, not humans – doesn’t make it entertaining, but it gives the viewer an insight to the animal kingdom which has never been explored like this before.
Directed by David Lickley (JANE GOODALL’S WILD CHIMPANZEES), narrated by Morgan Freeman (DOLPHIN TALE), and starring elephants whose memory-abilities put ours to shame, it’s truly an enjoyable film on many levels.
Blu-ray bonus features include the following Wonderfully Wild Webisodes:
– Borneo
– Kenya
– Camp Leakey
– Coming Home To Tsavo
– Wild Filmmaking
– Caregivers
– Two Trailers