May 14, 2005
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Alien Planet (2005)

Name: Alien Planet
Genre: Documentary, Animation, Science Fiction
Released: 2005-05-14

1h 34m

Running Time

May 14, 2005
Release Date

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Plot.

The dynamic meeting of solid science and futuristic simulation culminates in a dramatic exploration to another inhabited planet seven light years away. Alien Planet creates a realistic depiction of creatures on another world, where life is possible, if not provable, according to scientists' theories. Take this fascinating journey created by state-of-the-art animation and photo-realistic effects.

Documentary Animation Science Fiction

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This Movie Is About.

planet ·

alien planet ·

alien life-form

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Details.

Release Date
May 14, 2005

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 34m

Genres
Documentary Animation Science Fiction

Wiki.

Alien Planet is a 2005 docufiction TV special created for the Discovery Channel. Based on the 1990 book Expedition by the artist and writer Wayne Barlowe, Alien Planet explores the imagined extraterrestrial life of the fictional planet Darwin IV in the style of a nature documentary. Although closely following Barlowe's depiction of Darwin IV, Alien Planet features a team of scientists and science fiction figures discussing Darwin IV as if it had actually been discovered. Among the people featured are Michio Kaku, Stephen Hawking, Jack Horner, James B. Garvin and George Lucas.

Alien Planet garnered positive reviews as a thought-provoking programme, though some criticism was raised concerning the strange creatures featured, which some reviewers saw as bordering on implausible.