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March of the Penguins

March of the Penguins

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 26, 2005

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Documentary, Family

User Score

70%

Original Title

La Marche de l'empereur

Production Companies

Wild Bunch, APC, L'Institut Polare Français Paul-Émile Victor, Bonne Pioche, Canal+, National Geographic Films, Warner Independent Pictures, The Walt Disney Company France

Director

Luc Jacquet

Budget

$8,000,000

Revenue

$127,392,693

Description

Every year, thousands of Antarctica's emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their young. They walk, marching day and night in single file 70 miles into the darkest, driest and coldest continent on Earth. This amazing, true-life tale is touched with humour and alive with thrills. Breathtaking photography captures the transcendent beauty and staggering drama of devoted parent penguins who, in the fierce polar winter, take turns guarding their egg and trekking to the ocean in search of food. Predators hunt them, storms lash them. But the safety of their adorable chicks makes it all worthwhile. So follow the leader... to adventure!!