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MUMBAI:
This Friday night, Star Movies presents a heart-warming story of
love from the coldest place on earth. The film narrated by Amitabh
Bachchan, captures the incredible journey of the Emperor Penguins
as they march under the most impossible conditions to find their
mates. Braving icy winds, freezing temperatures and starvation through
a journey that pans hundreds of miles across a frozen continent
the film is a striking story of survival. Tune in to the exclusive
premiere of the Oscar winning film, Penguins- A Love Story this
Friday night, June 15th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.
Awards
Oscar
for Best Documentary, Features - 2006
Cesar for Best Sound - 2006
Nominated for Cesar for Best Editing, Best First Work, Best Music
Written for a Film - 2006
Nominated for the BAFTA Film Award for Best Cinematography, Best
Editing - 2006
 Every
winter an incredible love story plays out in the coldest, darkest,
windiest continent on the earth. The Emperor Penguins emerge from
the sea and walk, in a single file, to their breeding ground, which
is 70 miles away and mate. The female delivers one large egg, which
the male then gathers into the folds of his abdomen and holds. He
stands for two months without food and water in howling gales and
temperatures which dip to 50 below zero while the female trudges
back to the sea. She then returns and incredibly enough, finds her
mate and the chick that she has never seen before. The Oscar-winning
Penguins - A Love Story documents this ritual. The Indian release
is narrated by Amitabh Bachchan - at one point in the English version,
he actually says, 'How this happens, I don't know. I'm just Amitabh
Bachchan, not a Penguin.'
A stirring,
eye-opening, and educational experience, the film gives an incredible
true account of the quest to bring new life into the world. Amitabh
Bachchan's dignified voice gives the penguins the grave admiration
they deserve. But even more incredible is the photography, which
shows the penguins hunting underwater, sliding on the ice, and even
what definitely looks like kissing. At one point the camera even
zooms inside the mouth of a penguin as it regurgitates food for
its young.
So
make sure you tune-in to the exclusive premiere of "Penguins-
A Love Story" this Friday, June 15th at 9 p.m. on Star Movies.
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