Breakthrough /

Breakthrough / produced for National Geographic Channels by Asylum Entertainment, Imagine Entertainment, DDCD Partners, GE. - 2 videodiscs (approximately 262 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Disc 1, episode 1. Fighting pandemics / directed & narrated by Peter Berg ; written by Kurt Sayenga ; producers, Gina Vecchione, Paul Haddad--
episode 2. More than human / directed & written by Paul Giamatti ; written & produced by David Jacobson ; producers, Dan Carey, Paul Haddad --
episode 3. Decoding the brain / directed by Brett Ratner ; narrated by Adrien Brody ; written by Kurt Sayenga ; producers, David LeMattina, Max Salomon, Paul Haddad -- Disc 2,
episode 4. The age of aging / directed & narrated by Ron Howard ; written by Jonathan Silberberg ; producers, Joel Dobzewitz, Andy Flakelar, Paul Haddad --
episode 5. Energy on the edge / directed by Akiva Goldsman ; narrated by Jason Bateman ; written by Tony Lund, Kurt Sayenga ; producers, Tony Lund, Joe LaMattina, David LaMattina, Paul Haddad --
episode 6. Water apocalypse / directed & narrated by Angela Bassett ; writtten by Kurt Sayenga, Steve Hoggard ; producers, John Dunton, Catherine Yrisarri. Originally produced as episodes of the television series: Breakthrough.


Episode 1: editor, Gina Vecchione ; directors of photography, David Goulding, Darron Keet, Jon Danovic ; Episode 2: editors, David Jacobson, James Seligman ; directors of photography, Wolfgang Held [and 7 others] ; Episode 3: editor, David LaMattina ; directors of photography, David Goulding [and 6 others] ; Episode 4: editors, Ravi Subramanian, Jeremy Lusk, Adrienne Gits ; directors of photography, Jonathan Furmanski, Tony Hardmon, Luke McMoubrey ; Episode 5: editors, Joe LaMattina [and 3 others] ; directors of photography, Kris Denton [and 4 others] ; Episode 6: editors, Asako Ushio, Martyn Watts, Rich Winkler ; directors of photography, Steve Robson [and 6 others]. Episode 1: editor, Gina Vecchione ; directors of photography, David Goulding, Darron Keet, Jon Danovic ; Episode 2: editors, David Jacobson, James Seligman ; directors of photography, Wolfgang Held [and 7 others] ; Episode 3: editor, David LaMattina ; directors of photography, David Goulding [and 6 others] ; Episode 4: editors, Ravi Subramanian, Jeremy Lusk, Adrienne Gits ; directors of photography, Jonathan Furmanski, Tony Hardmon, Luke McMoubrey ; Episode 5: editors, Joe LaMattina [and 3 others] ; directors of photography, Kris Denton [and 4 others] ; Episode 6: editors, Asako Ushio, Martyn Watts, Rich Winkler ; directors of photography, Steve Robson [and 6 others].

Angela Bassett, Peter Berg, Paul Giamatti, Ron Howard, Brett Ratner.


Examines cutting edge developments in science, technology, and medicine, covering a variety of topics that include: new findings in pandemic research; cyborg technologies; new developments in understanding the brain; the latest advances in extending human life; innovations in energy resources; developments under way to countervail potential water shortages.



DVD; NTSC; all regions; 16:9 widescreen presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.


9781426381461


Discoveries in science.
Epidemics.
Cyborgs
Brain--Research
Water supply


Science objective

Q180.55.D57