The Living Desert

1953

Action / Documentary / Family

12
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 73% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 1991 2K

animal species animal attack wilderness survival animals nature

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Plot summary

Although first glance reveals little more than stones and sand, the desert is alive. Witness moving rocks, spitting mud pots, gorgeous flowers and the never-ending battle for survival between desert creatures of every shape, size and description.

Director

James Algar Photo
James Algar

Top cast

Winston Hibler Photo
Winston Hibler as Narrator
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539.68 MB
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1 hr 9 min
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1 hr 9 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 6 / 10

There’s a fun scene in this documentary that

There’s a fun scene in this documentary that sees a tiny little mouse try to burrow it’s way out of the jaws of a rattlesnake only to find it’s assisted by a very unlikely ally - a tarantula! That should give you a clue as to the content of this film that very much does what it says on the can. Using some intimate (and probably patient) photographic techniques, we spend time in the arid wilderness of Death and Monument Valleys where despite the dryness a great variety of flora and fauna not only survive but thrive. It’s very much an eat or be eaten mentality for just about everything as there prove to be few safe hiding places for predators with two feet, four feet, giant leaves, prickles or great big wings but there’s a sense of equilibrium here as everything seems to be in proportion. It doesn’t rain much, nor has it for years, but at greater and more distant altitudes the cloudbursts do provide great volumes of water that make their way down the usually bone-dry river valleys with considerable force as they provide much needed sustenance for the environment for an hour or two, or a day or two, before the sun reasserts itself and evaporates anything not put to better use already. I’m not a great fan of Winston Hibler’s narrations, but here that matters less as we can just sit and watch how vivid colours emerge from the constant beige of the sand and everything from small insects to giant eagles exist in harmony. Some of the scenarios do look a little shall we say “created”, but they still serve their purpose in introducing an audience to life here and, well it is Disney after all. Worth a watch.
Reviewed by moonspinner55 8 / 10

It never ages!

1953 Oscar winner for Best Documentary prompts the question, "Why don't they make documentaries like this anymore?"...yet, the advent of the success of 2005's "March of the Penguins" proves that perhaps they do. This classic live-action film from the Disney studios details the lives of the animals and insects that fill up America's Southwest desert region. Some of the footage is manipulated for a jokey effect, but why complain when it's such a beautifully assembled picture? Colorful and entertaining, it's the perfect primer for children. Disney continued in this True-Life vein with "The Vanishing Prairie" in 1954. Very lovely, with a terrific background score from Paul J. Smith and narration by Winston Hibler. BAFTA nominee for the Special Award. Winner at Cannes for the International Prize and for Special Mention to the camera crew; also a nominee for the Grand Prize. Golden Globe winner of the Special Award for artistic merit. *** from ****
Reviewed by ng-naveen 8 / 10

It's a must see masterpiece

Extraordinary narrattion..N watchable for all ages.. Tells a lot about desert n it's habitat.
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