Not exact matches
Even an award - winning
documentary is only seen by a relatively small number of people, so there's an argument to be made for dramatizing the story with expensive
production values and well - known actors portraying the characters.
This
evening, beginning with Earth, Wind & Fire at 7 / 6C, the
Documentary Channel will be airing five consecutive hours of
documentaries that deal with alternative power sources; the effect of pollution on nature; the encroachment of development on the Amazonian rain forest, and the possibility of demand exceeding
production of «cheap oil.»
Sure, some of the
production featurettes have been folded into the studio's trademark U-Control picture - in - picture video track, but
even that feels rather anemic considering the deluxe edition had more than six hours worth of bonus material, including the excellent
documentary «Recreating the Eighth Wonder.»
The great video label Milestone has produced a great DVD set built around the half - hour
documentary, adding as many surviving films (a few
even restored) as possible to show just what happened, how this led to major
production in Hollywood and how the truth is disappearing as the town seems to want to forget for some odd reason (speculation would require a new
documentary) and we
even see one of the final studios before it itself disappears.
One of its stars, Michael Stephenson, has
even made a
documentary about its
production and surprise success.