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User Rating:
7.9/10   4,434 votes
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Writers:
Claude Nuridsany (writer)
Marie Pérennou (writer)
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Release Date:
9 October 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
It's Jurassic Park in your own back yard. more
Plot:
A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time-lapse photography... more | add synopsis
Awards:
7 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
I knew it was unbelievable, but I didn't expect it to be THAT good more (45 total)

Cast

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Jacques Perrin ... Récitant / Narrator (French version) (voice)

Kristin Scott Thomas ... Narrator (English version) (voice)
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Directed by
Claude Nuridsany 
Marie Pérennou 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Claude Nuridsany  writer
Marie Pérennou  writer

Produced by
Christophe Barratier .... producer
Michel Fauré .... executive producer
Philippe Gautier .... executive producer
Jean-Marc Henchoz .... co-producer
Patrick Lancelot .... executive producer
André Lazare .... executive producer
Yvette Mallet .... producer
Jacques Perrin .... producer
 
Original Music by
Bruno Coulais 
 
Cinematography by
Thierry Machado 
Claude Nuridsany (interior scenes)
Marie Pérennou (interior scenes)
Hugues Ryffel (exterior scenes)
 
Film Editing by
Florence Ricard 
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte 
 
Production Management
Christophe Adda .... unit production manager
Didier André .... assistant production manager
Xavier Grin .... unit production manager
Patricia Lignières .... post-production supervisor
Olivier Rechou .... unit production manager (as Olivier Réchou)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Renaud Dengreville .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Philippe Barbeau .... sound
Bernard Leroux .... sound
Jérôme Lévy .... foley artist
Pascal Mazière .... foley assistant
Laurent Quaglio .... sound designer
 
Special Effects by
Liliane Caille .... special effects assistant
Jean-Pierre Maricourt .... special effects
Christian Guillon .... special effects supervisor (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-Francois Baudelet .... camera operator: aerial photography, remote control helicopter (as Jean-François Beaudelet)
Alexandre Bon .... second assistant camera
Claude Bouteillon .... developer: computerized remote control camera robot, Delta Images
Martin Boutilié .... grip (as Martin Boutilie)
Frédéric Costa .... technician: robotic camera operations
George Costa .... technician: robotic camera operations
Alain Devèz .... high speed camera operator
Michel Gallois .... first assistant camera
François Gentit .... Steadicam assistant (as François Gentil)
Thierry Machado .... camera operator: aerial photography
Valentin Monge .... Steadicam operator
Alexandre Monnier .... first assistant camera
Roland Ory .... helicopter pilot: aerial photography
Romano Prada .... developer: computerized remote control camera robot, Delta Images
Charlet Recors .... camera operator: aerial photography
Jean Claude Rémy .... pilot: aerial photography, remote control helicopter
Bernard Ricon .... developer: computerized remote control camera robot, Alten Industries
Philippe Romano .... developer: computerized remote control camera robot, Alten Industries
Eric Tesseydre .... still photographer
Gilles Tordjman .... still photographer
Louis Vercraene .... key grip (as Louis Varcraene)
Bernard Weber .... first assistant camera
 
Editorial Department
Pauline Casalis .... apprentice editor (as Pauline Cassalis)
Raymond Terrentin .... color timer
Nabila Daniault .... color timer (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Hugo Coulais .... singer: children's voices
Louis Coulais .... singer: children's voices
Christophe Guiot .... conductor: orchestra
Marie Kobayashi .... musician: mezzo-soprano
Didier Lizé .... music engineer
France Tarpinian .... music representative: Grand Large Music
 
Other crew
Monsieur Ansonnaud .... consultant: insects
Gérard Arnold .... consultant: insects
Monsieur Durand .... consultant: insects
Luc Gomel .... consultant: insects
Nathalie Gorgon .... assistant to publicist
Michel Gries .... consultant: insects
Robert Guilbot .... consultant: insects
Hervé Guyot .... consultant: insects
Gudrun Koeniger .... consultant: insects (as Professor Gundrun Koeniger)
Jean Pierre Lumaret .... consultant: insects, Université Montpellier (as Professor Lumaret)
Paulette Materne .... production coordinator
Claude Missandeau .... consultant: insects
Claude Morice .... production coordinator
Michel Neff .... consultant: insects
Professor Oppenoorth .... consultant: insects, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Jacques Perrin .... presenter
Catherine Pidoux .... production coordinator
M. Rodin .... consultant: insects, Institut Pasteur (as Professor Rodin)
Leon Rogez .... consultant: insects, Cetonia (as Léon Rogez)
Eva Simonet .... publicist
Jean-Pierre Vesco .... consultant: insects
 
Thanks
Dominique Ambiel .... special thanks
Joseph Bourdon .... special thanks
Claude Caussanel .... the producers wish to thank: scientific sponsorship
Marc Censi .... special thanks
Michel Flaesch .... special thanks
Pascal Imbert .... special thanks
Henri Landes .... special thanks
Jean Puech .... special thanks
Hubert Reeves .... the producers wish to thank: scientific sponsorship
Francois Servel .... special thanks
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Microcosmos (Canada: English title) (USA)
Microcosmos - Il popolo dell'erba (Italy)
Çayirin sakinleri (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Microcosmos (Brazil) (DVD title) [pt]
Microcosmos - Fantástica Aventura da Natureza (Brazil) (video title) [pt]
Microcosmos - den lilla världen (Sweden) [sv]
Microcosmos, de Claude Nuridsany y Marie Pérennou (Spain) [es]
Microcosmos: O Povo da Erva (Portugal) [pt]
Mikrokosmos (Finland) (TV title) [fi]
Mikrokosmos (Poland) [pl]
Mikrokosmos - Das Volk der Gräser (Germany) [de]
Mikrokosmos - gräsets folk (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Mikrokosmos - ruohikon kansa (Finland) [fi]
Mikrokosmos: Oi katoikoi tis hlois (Greece) [el]
Mikrokozmosz (Hungary) [hu]
Mikrokozmosz - A füvek népe (Hungary) [hu]
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Runtime:
80 min | Japan:73 min
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15 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
I knew it was unbelievable, but I didn't expect it to be THAT good, 29 June 2003
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Author: Danila Medvedev

I saw the Winged Migration before this one and I though that was the most beautiful and amazing films ever made. I never though I would be proved wrong soon. Microcosmos has everything Winged Migration has, such as amazing cinematography, beautiful music and the best studio ever, our planet, it also has something more - the whole new world to show that most people don't realise exists. "Look at your feet, this funny world." starts the beautiful song while the opening credits roll and we are treated to a beautiful flight through the clouds. The camera pans down, to the forest and then lower still. Thus starts the most amazing journey you ever saw on film and for the next hour you can't take your eyes of the screen.

Palm trees, anakondas, space aliens... Grass and insects actully, but shown in the way you never thought possible. Who would have known that the sight of two snails making tender love is so cute and lovely, that spiders are so scary, dung-beetles are so funny and waterdrops so heavy? Watch how grass grows, flowers open in the morning, insects eat plants, plants eat insects, insects make love to other insects, plants and vice versa, chrysalis change into butterfly, etc., etc. And did I mention tender snail lovemaking? :)

There is whole new world under our feet. Everything so small and so amazingly beautiful at the same time. Don't let it stay unnoticed. Go and watch this film immediately (and see Winged Migration as well).

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