Fires Of Kuwait (IMAX)
Starring:Rip Torn
Director: David Douglas
Studio: Imax
Product Type: DVD
Editorial Review:
Description
After Saddam Hussein had the Kuwait Oil wells lit up, teams from all over the world fought those fires for months. Man's emergency creativity can be seen at it's best as they had to save the oil resources, as well as reduce air pollution.
DVD Features:
Documentary:Behind-the-Scenes Featurette on the making of the film and interviews with the filmmakers
Theatrical Trailer
Average customer rating:
- poor quality
- Global Warming
- One to watch!
- Mesmerizing! ...but picture looks blurred for an IMAX flick
- Awesome footage
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Fires Of Kuwait (IMAX)
Starring: Rip Torn
Director: David Douglas
Manufacturer: Imax
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ASIN: B00005MEPL
Release Date: 2001-08-28 |
Description
After Saddam Hussein had the Kuwait Oil wells lit up, teams from all over the world fought those fires for months. Man's emergency creativity can be seen at it's best as they had to save the oil resources, as well as reduce air pollution.
DVD Features:
Documentary:Behind-the-Scenes Featurette on the making of the film and interviews with the filmmakers
Theatrical Trailer
Customer Reviews:
poor quality.......2007-06-28
Loved the content but the picture quality was worse than VHS. Viewing this video on a large plasma was pretty dreadful. Give me the HD version with improved picture and I'd give this 5 stars.
Global Warming.......2007-06-08
As Saddam's Iraqi army retreated from Kuwait during the Gulf War, his troops set fire to the oil fields, leaving them burning uncontrollably at a rate of over five million barrels of oil per day. If left alone these fields would have continued burning for over one hundred years dumping polluting soot and environmentally damaging byproducts into the atmosphere. This film captures the extraordinary scale of the situation and the complicated task and methods employed to extinguish these fires.
One to watch!.......2007-03-21
It's amazing how modern engineering and people can get things done, especially something like the fires in Kuwait after the 1st Gulf War.
The scenario is horrible, but the stories of the people that were there and helped getting the job done are very inspiring.
Mesmerizing! ...but picture looks blurred for an IMAX flick.......2006-03-10
When I had ordered this movie, I was expecting an unmatchable quality that all IMAX films provide, with an overabundance of never-imagined realities of our surroundings. I'm a fan of the IMAX experience. This is why my recent purchase and viewing of FIRES OF KUWAIT was somewhat disappointing. The picture looked blurry to me. Not in certain areas, but continuously. Everything was enormously amazing to see, but we kept saying that we wished the focus was more sharp and clear. Oh... the horror....Maybe we shouldn't.
Awesome footage.......2006-01-12
Watched the Imax DVD last night.
The footage is amazing, but quality of
the picture is very poor. Could not
read the final commentary as the words
were out of focus. This is a great
pity. I have rated it 3 stars due
to the poor quality of the transfer.
Also sound at times was not the best.
Will watch it again sometime though.
It is an awesome sight seeing these
oil wells burning.
Average customer rating:
- poor quality
- Global Warming
- One to watch!
- Mesmerizing! ...but picture looks blurred for an IMAX flick
- Awesome footage
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Fires of Kuwait
Starring: Rip Torn
Director: David Douglas
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Similar Items:
- Ring of Fire - IMAX
- The Secret of Life on Earth (IMAX)
- IMAX Presents: Australia - Land Beyond Time
- Galapagos (IMAX)
- The Discoverers (IMAX) (2-Disc WMVHD Edition)
ASIN: B000065SEV |
Customer Reviews:
poor quality.......2007-06-28
Loved the content but the picture quality was worse than VHS. Viewing this video on a large plasma was pretty dreadful. Give me the HD version with improved picture and I'd give this 5 stars.
Global Warming.......2007-06-08
As Saddam's Iraqi army retreated from Kuwait during the Gulf War, his troops set fire to the oil fields, leaving them burning uncontrollably at a rate of over five million barrels of oil per day. If left alone these fields would have continued burning for over one hundred years dumping polluting soot and environmentally damaging byproducts into the atmosphere. This film captures the extraordinary scale of the situation and the complicated task and methods employed to extinguish these fires.
One to watch!.......2007-03-21
It's amazing how modern engineering and people can get things done, especially something like the fires in Kuwait after the 1st Gulf War.
The scenario is horrible, but the stories of the people that were there and helped getting the job done are very inspiring.
Mesmerizing! ...but picture looks blurred for an IMAX flick.......2006-03-10
When I had ordered this movie, I was expecting an unmatchable quality that all IMAX films provide, with an overabundance of never-imagined realities of our surroundings. I'm a fan of the IMAX experience. This is why my recent purchase and viewing of FIRES OF KUWAIT was somewhat disappointing. The picture looked blurry to me. Not in certain areas, but continuously. Everything was enormously amazing to see, but we kept saying that we wished the focus was more sharp and clear. Oh... the horror....Maybe we shouldn't.
Awesome footage.......2006-01-12
Watched the Imax DVD last night.
The footage is amazing, but quality of
the picture is very poor. Could not
read the final commentary as the words
were out of focus. This is a great
pity. I have rated it 3 stars due
to the poor quality of the transfer.
Also sound at times was not the best.
Will watch it again sometime though.
It is an awesome sight seeing these
oil wells burning.
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