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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks to Steve Buchmann for sending in the below:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>On April 22, 2008 the Walt Disney Company announced the launch of
a new Film Label, and subsidiary, "Disneynature" to produce
outstanding HD format theatrical release documentaries by the world's
top documentary filmmakers. Disney veteran Jean-Francois Camilleri
will head the new unit based in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">France</st1:country-region></st1:place>. Among the first films to
be released domestically under the new label will be "Earth"
from award-winning British producer/director Alastair Fothergill (known for
his ground-breaking "Planet Earth" series for BBC/Discovery
Channel, and "The Blue Planet"). Earth will debut on Earth
Day, April 22, 2009. <br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Early films from Disneynature include:<br>
<br>
1. THE CRIMSON WING: Mystery of the Flamingos (worldwide roll-out December
2008).<br>
2. OCEANS (Domestic release 2010).<br>
3. ORANGUTANS: One Minute to Midnight (Worldwide release 2010).<br>
4. BIG CATS (Worldwide release 2011).<br>
5. *NAKED BEAUTY: A Love Story that Feeds the Earth (European release 2010,
domestic release 2011).<br>
6. CHIMPANZEE (Worldwide release 2012).<br>
<br>
Pollinator and flowering plant advocates will welcome a departure from
"all vertebrates all the time" (charismatic megafauna) with
no. 5 in the above series. "Naked Beauty" features
ground-breaking macro POV and time lapse cinematography of insect and
vertebrate pollinators interacting with their flowering plants. Montages
of diverse pollinators will make cameo appearances amidst a cast of
5 main pollinating characters (honey bees, bumble bees, monarch butterflies,
bats and hummingbirds) in this 90 minute theatrical (and later television)
feature film world wide release about pollinators and their flowers from
Disneynature. The film will also present viewers with hands on examples
for protecting and conserving pollinators and plants.<br>
<br>
NAPPC and Pollinator Partnership partners and affiliates may take special
pride in seeing an idea proposed by former NAPPC Co-Chair Paul Growald
(CoE founder and Chairman Emeritus, venture philanthropist, andbeekeeper),
blossom into a dedicated theatrical film with distribution by
the Walt Disney Company and Disneynature to produce what will likely be a
thoroughly engaging film depicting pollinating activities of animals
around the world. Planning and early filming have begun. Filming
will take place between July 2008 and July 2009, with post
production (editing, narration, CGI graphics, music etc.) after
filming, starting in 2009. Among others, filming locations include <st1:State
w:st="on">Arizona</st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Panama</st1:country-region> and peninsular <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<br>
<br>
The Pollinator Film TEAM:<br>
Naked Beauty (NB) will be produced and directed by large format Time Lapse
guru Louis Schwartzberg (founder, BlackLight films) and known for his
Disney film "<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s
Heart and Soul." Joining Schwartzberg with cinematography will be two
time Emmy award winner Keith Brust. Other Producers include Alix
Tidmarsh (known for BBC's "Earth" TV <br>
release) and Paul Growald. Jake Eberts is the Executive Producer. He is
one of the most successful independent producers in the film industry
having won 27 Oscars including 4 for Best Picture (Gandhi, Chariots of
Fire, Dances with Wolves and a River Runs Through It). He is Chairman of
National Geographic Films. Our writer is Mose Richards, a veteran of more
than 70 films and 50 non-fiction TV films. Joining the NB team as lead
scientific advisor and head of research is Dr. Stephen Buchmann, NAPPC's
Interim International Coordinator. Steve will work with Brust and
Schwartzberg to obtain critical HD macro shots and time lapse
imagery, ensuring scientific accuracy during all phases of filming
and post production. Paul Growald will assist coordinating
pollinator educational outreach with the Pollinator Partnership (and
NAPPC) other NGO's, while helping create a policy initiative
(promoting new approaches and solutions for sustaining pollinators and
their plants) to accompany the film's worldwide and domestic
release. Onward pollinators!<br>
<br>
For more information and a Disneynature trailer, please see:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneynature"
title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneynature">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneynature</a>
and <a
href="http://www.collider.com/entertainment/news/article.asp/aid/7661/tcid/1">www.collider.com/entertainment/news/article.asp/aid/7661/tcid/1</a>
<br>
<br>
This news item submitted by Stephen Buchmann<br>
Interim NAPPC International Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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word-spacing:0px'>Stephen Buchmann<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>International
Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Pollinator
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