National Parks Adventure is an immersive giant-screen experience that takes audiences on the ultimate off-trail adventure into the pristine wilderness of America’s great outdoors. Spectacularly wild and iconic places like Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Everglades, the Redwoods, Canyonlands, and more are illuminated as never before with IMAX® 3D camera imagery. Audiences will drop into the adventure with world-class mountaineer Conrad Anker as he mountain bike rides, ice climbs, and river rafts his way through the nation’s mountains and canyons, then travel back in time to America’s most famous camping trip where President Theodore Roosevelt and renowned conservationist John Muir imagined a vast National Parks system that would preserve these national treasures forever. Released to coincide with the 100th Anniversary of the U.S. National Parks, National Parks Adventure reveals a tapestry of natural wonders that will inspire the adventurer in us all.

Length: 40:00

Film Details

  • Year Released: 2016
  • Date Released:

    February 12, 2016

  • Alternate Titles: America Wild: National Parks Adventure (international)
  • Status: In Distribution
  • 3D: Yes
  • Run Time: 31-50
  • Formats: 15/70, DCI-compliant Digital, IMAX Digital, Dome-customized 15/70
  • Distributor:

    MacGillivray Freeman Films

  • Produced By:

    A MacGillivray Freeman Film in association with Brand USA and presented by Expedia Inc. and Subaru of America, Inc. with major support from the Giant Dome Theater Consortium

  • Executive Producer: Tom Garzilli, Mike Day, Dave Duszynski
  • Producer: Producer: Shaun MacGillivray. Production Managers: Meghan MacGillivray, Kathy Almon, Becky Jameson.
  • Director:  Greg MacGillivray
  • Associate Producer: 
  • Writer:  Steve Judson, Tim Cahill
  • Cinematography: Director of Photography: Brad Ohlund. Aerial Photography: Ron Goodman.
  • Sound Editor: 

    Andrew DeCristofaro, MPSE

  • Visual Effects: Alan Markowitz
  • Music/Score:  Steve Wood
  • Editor: Mark Fletcher, Jason Paul
  • Narrator: Robert Redford
  • Other Credits: Cast: Conrad Anker, Max Lowe, Rachel Pohl, Lee Stetson as John Muir, and Joseph Wiegand as Teddy Roosevelt
  • Sponsors: Brand USA, Expedia Inc., Subaru of America Inc. REI, Giant Dome Theater Consortium, Coastal Living, Sunset Magazine

Genre

  • Documentary
  • Ecology
  • Historical
  • Nature

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Awards

  • Best Film-Short Subject, GSCA 2016 Achievement Awards
  • Best Cinematography, GSCA 2016 Achievement Awards
  • Best Sound Design, GSCA 2016 Achievement Awards
  • Best Original Score, GSCA 2016 Achievement Awards
  • Best Marketing Campaign by a Distributor, GSCA 2016 Achievement Awards

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