Close-Up on Planets (1982)
Computer animation and footage from NASA space missions explain how our solar system evolved and the place Earth has within the system.
Top billed cast
- Greg HeimerNarrator
- Eugene ShoemakerSelf
- Harold MasurskySelf
- Richard TerrileSelf
Similar to Close-Up on Planets
Visions of Europe (2004)
Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.
Treasure Planet (2002)
When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find treasure.
Microcosmos (1996)
A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time-lapse photography. It includes bees collecting nectar, ladybugs eating mites, snails mating, spiders wrapping their catch, a scarab beetle relentlessly pushing its ball of dung uphill, endless lines of caterpillars, an underwater spider creating an air bubble to live in, and a mosquito hatching.
Lady Jellyfish (2023)
A story of a recent graduate's perplexity and escape.
GOOD-BY ELVIS and USA (1971)
A trippy pop-art collage of phallic objects, naked women and American icons, most notably Elvis Presley.
Éloge du chiac (1969)
Taking the form of a conversation between a young teacher at a French school in Moncton and her students, the film shows how hard it is for francophones to preserve their language in a society where English is everywhere and has been for centuries.
La Cocotte d'azur (1958)
A short film made with the film end rolls of 'Du côté de la côte'.
Seven Times a Day We Bemoan Our Lot and at Night We Get Up to Avoid Our Dreams (2014)
A cinematic devotional book. Based on interviews with an unemployable sufferer (and his fellows), living in the East German countryside. Who lost his memory in 1989 and woke up into several nightmares.
Good Grief (2014)
Good Grief is a short stop motion animated documentary that explores the lessons we learn from dealing with grief and loss. Five real people share their true stories of losing something precious and what it has taught them about living.
Inuk Woman City Blues
Follows homeless, addicted and alienated Greenlandic women in Copenhagen, Denmark; includes fragments of Greenlandic culture.
Beeldverhalen (1974)
Short documentary that showcases the creation of a 'Suske en Wiske' comic book from the first drawing to the kids reading it.
Fulfilament (2015)
Travel around the brain with a little, lost thought and discover what it takes to make a great idea.
Sticky Ends (2010)
Badluck is a man with the head of a fish (this is a play on words in French between « poisse » – bad luck and « poisson » – fish). Bubbles of bad luck come out of his mouth. When one of the bubbles follows somebody, it throws a spell on that person. And the victim is sent into a tailspin of misery and bad luck where the worst that can possibly happen always does, right up until death, in the most incredible circumstances (but meaningless for the other protagonists) ends his or her cycle of bad luck. With dark, scathing irony, the “Badluck” Chronicles will allow you to have a great deal of fun at somebody else’s expense. And you won’t even feel guilty about it !
Iron Wolf (1999)
One day, a son of a king went for a ride in the woods. He fell asleep and didn’t notice he was deep in the forest, where the iron wolf lives. The angry roar and the gnashing of steel jaws awakened him, and he broke into a run to save himself from the dreadful monster.
I Have a Tiger (1979)
A little boy has a tiger as a pet, but it's a secret. The widemouth of the apartment building is Miss Kotilainen, who is always complaining about everything. Other people in the building have their own secrets too. After a lot of those secrets are uncovered, a party is held that melts the heart of Miss Kotilainen. After that, Kalle the Tiger won't have to be hidden no more.
Mole's Treasure (2001)
A small mole is looking for a fallen star in the night forest where everyone else seem to have already found their own treasures.
Is Genesis History? (2017)
A fascinating new look at the biblical, historical, and scientific evidence for Creation and the Flood. Learn from more than a dozen scientists and scholars as they explore the world around us in light of Genesis. Dr. Del Tackett, creator of The Truth Project, hikes through canyons, climbs up mountains, and dives below the sea in an exploration of two competing views... one compelling truth.
The Duel (2002)
The story of a duel between a knight who, at a certain point, is fighting against himself.