| Authors: |
PBS Distribution (Firm)
Pollan, Michael.
McDormand, Frances.
Schwarz, Michael, producer.
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| Material type: |
DVD-Video |
| Subject: |
Human-plant relationships.
Nature.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
[United States] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, c2009. |
| Description: |
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: |
0793670845 9780793670840 |
| Notes: |
Title from container. |
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Based on the book by Michael Pollan. |
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Features: deleted scenes; 19 min. panel discussion on the interdisciplinary importance of The Botany of Desire; 29 min. additional interview with Michael Pollan. |
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Features, Michael Pollan ; narrator, Frances McDormand. |
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DVD; Dolby 2.0 stereo.; widescreen; NTSC; region 1. |
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Closed-captioned. |
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| Rating: |
5 out of 5: They loved it |
| Community reviews |
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Plants are my favorite things by walterwatsonbrown |
| Michael Pollan shows that while we were domesticating plants, they were also domesticating us, which is a pretty cool idea. I like the historical perspectives of this show a little more than the modern agri-business parts. But still it gave me a lot to think about. |
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| Audience |
Rating: TV-PG. |
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| Summary: |
Shows how human desires are an essential, intricate part of natural history. The program will explore the natural history of four plants -the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato - and the corresponding human desires - sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control. This two-hour documentary begins in Michael Pollan's garden, and roams the world, from the fields of Iowa to the apple forests of Kazakhstan, from a medical marijuana hot house to the tulip markets of Amsterdam. |