The life and work of the renowned primatology scientist, Jane Goodall, especially on her research about chimpanzees.The life and work of the renowned primatology scientist, Jane Goodall, especially on her research about chimpanzees.The life and work of the renowned primatology scientist, Jane Goodall, especially on her research about chimpanzees.
- Won 2 Primetime Emmys
- 37 wins & 36 nominations total
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- TriviaIn a 2018 interview on Build (2014), Brett Morgen spoke about one of the life choices Jane Goodall made that interested him in making the film: "When Jane was coming up, and even today, when a woman and a man decide to have a child, it's often the woman who has to give up her career. That's just the way people expect it. Now imagine what it was like in 1968?? It was absolutely expected that Jane would give up her career to have a child. Well guess what? Jane does NOT give up her career to have a child, and it's one of, I think, the most powerful moments in the film for audience members, particularly of a certain age and of a certain generation and a certain gender, where it's actually a heroic thing. I've found that one of the biggest challenges in being an artist is trying to be a great artist and a great parent. It's impossible. You can be one or the other. You have to pick. Because they both TAKE TIME, and there's only so many hours in the day. So that narrative, to me, was very intriguing."
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Jane Goodall: It was probably mostly frustrating because they kept running away. And while chimpanzees are running away from you, you can't really get down to the details of their behavior and in the back of my mind it was always the fear if I don't find out something exciting, the money will run out cause all my earlier observations were either chimps close up running away or sitting on the peak or some other spot and watching them through binoculars.
- SoundtracksIn the Shadow of Man
Written by Philip Glass
Couple of comments: this is the latest from documentary maker Brett Morgen, who previously brought us the excellent "Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck", Chicago 10" and "The Kid Stay in the Picture", among others. Here he sifts through mountains of rarely or never seen footage shot over half a century ago, showing us how a 26 year old single white woman decides to do whatever it takes to integrate herself into a community of wild chimps. Along the way we also learn a thing or two about Jane's personal life.But the primary reason to watch this is the 1960s footage of the bush and what life was like back then. There are some extraordinary scenes, and some frightening ones as well. But it always kept my attention. last, but certainly not least, Morgen was able to convince the legendary Philip Glass to write a brand new score for this movie, and that score is classic Glass, just gorgeous (available here on Amazon on CD and as a download). You can bet I will check that out shortly.
"Jane" opened to positive acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival last Fall. I was quite surprised that it didn't score a Best Documentary Oscar nomination, but that doesn't diminish the movie's quality or its appeal. This recently opened for a one week run at my local art-house theater here in Cincinnati. The screening where I caught it at (on the very last day of that one week run) was attended quite nicely actually (probably other people who, like me, wanted to catch it before the end of its run). If you like nature/animal documentaries, or are simply curious to learn more about the life of this extraordinary lady, you cannot go wrong with this. "Jane" is a WINNER.
- paul-allaer
- Mar 7, 2018
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- Jane: In the Shadow of Man
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- Dar es Salaam, Tanzania(Jane Goodall interview)
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- Gross US & Canada
- $1,723,379
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $58,348
- Oct 22, 2017
- Gross worldwide
- $1,921,221
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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