Winged Migration (2001)
Le peuple migrateur (original title)Reference View | Change View
- G
- 1h 38min
- Documentary
- 29 Aug 2003 (USA)
- Movie
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 15 nominations.
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Cast
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Philippe Labro | ... |
Narrator (English version) (voice)
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Jacques Perrin | ... |
Narrator (voice)
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Directed by
Jacques Perrin | ||
Jacques Cluzaud | ... | (co-director) |
Michel Debats | ... | (co-director) |
Written by
Jacques Perrin | ... | (screenplay) & |
Stéphane Durand | ... | (screenplay) |
Jean Dorst | ... | (collaboration) & |
Guy Jarry | ... | (collaboration) & |
Francis Roux | ... | (collaboration) |
Valentine Marvel | ... | (idea) (as Valentine Perrin) |
Produced by
Christophe Barratier | ... | line producer |
Reinhard Brundig | ... | associate producer |
Jean de Trégomain | ... | executive producer |
Danièle Delorme | ... | associate producer |
Jean-Marc Henchoz | ... | associate producer |
Jean Labadie | ... | associate producer |
José María Morales | ... | associate producer |
Andrea Occhipinti | ... | associate producer |
Jacques Perrin | ... | producer |
Yves Robert | ... | associate producer |
Music by
Bruno Coulais |
Cinematography by
Editing by
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte |
Editorial Department
Colette Beltran | ... | assistant editor |
Pauline Casalis | ... | assistant editor |
Marjolaine Mispelaere | ... | dailies color timer |
Bruno Patin | ... | color timer |
Production Design by
Régis Nicolino |
Production Management
Jean-Philippe Avenel | ... | assistant unit manager |
Philippe Baisadouli | ... | production manager |
Olli Barbé | ... | production manager |
Brian Black | ... | unit manager |
Claude Canaple | ... | production manager |
Jean-Michel Deroche | ... | production manager |
Claire Dornoy | ... | assistant production manager |
Philippe Gautier | ... | production manager |
Nicolas Mauvernay | ... | assistant production manager |
Boucif Mohammedi | ... | assistant unit manager |
Johann Mousseau | ... | unit production manager |
Thomas Pflimlin | ... | unit manager |
Vincent Steiger | ... | production manager |
Charles Stenhouse | ... | production manager |
Pierre Vaysse | ... | assistant unit manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jérémie Apperry | ... | assistant director |
Elodie Baticle | ... | assistant director |
Emmanuelle Debats | ... | assistant director |
Marie Miquel | ... | assistant director |
Ursula Sigon | ... | assistant director |
Hadrien Soulez Larivière | ... | assistant director |
Frédéric Vignal | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
Philippe Barbeau | ... | sound |
Jean-Baptiste Benoit | ... | sound engineer |
Michel Crivellaro | ... | sound editor |
Paolo de Jesus | ... | sound engineer |
Denis Guilhem | ... | sound |
Gérard Lamps | ... | re-recording mixer |
Laurent Lévy | ... | foley artist |
Armelle Mahé | ... | assistant sound mixer |
Gina Pignier | ... | sound editor |
Laurent Quaglio | ... | supervising sound editor |
Michel Trouillard | ... | sound editor |
Special Effects by
Nicolas David | ... | special effects |
Visual Effects by
Manfred Büttner | ... | visual effects producer |
Erich Eder | ... | digital compositor |
Hubert Fourneaux | ... | visual effects coordinator |
Fabien Girodot | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Martin Hardouin Duparc | ... | digital compositor |
Robert Pinnow | ... | visual effects coordinator |
Dina Saleem | ... | visual effects |
Caterina Schiffers | ... | digital compositor: postproduction, TVT |
Florian Schuck | ... | retouching |
Benjamin Seide | ... | digital compositor |
Max Stummer | ... | digital compositor |
Samuel Tchalikian | ... | digital effects (as S. Tchalikian) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-Paul Agostini | ... | first assistant camera |
David Aïm | ... | first assistant camera |
Sylvain Bardoux | ... | key grip |
Pierre Bec | ... | camera operator |
Pierre Berthier | ... | camera operator |
Vincent Blasco | ... | key grip |
Guilhem Boubée de Gramont | ... | grip |
Guillaume Brault | ... | second assistant camera |
Catherine Briault | ... | first assistant camera |
Maurice Bricler | ... | grip |
Richard Brodet | ... | gaffer |
Alexander Bugel | ... | key grip (as Alexandre Bügel) |
Claire Caroff | ... | assistant camera |
Eric Catelan | ... | steadicam operator |
Tony Chapuis | ... | second assistant camera |
Pierre Chevrin | ... | assistant camera |
Isabelle Czajka | ... | assistant camera |
Nicolas Deblonde | ... | second assistant camera |
Dominique Delguste | ... | first assistant camera |
Jean-Marie Delorme | ... | assistant camera |
Alain Ducousset | ... | camera operator |
Pascale Ferradini | ... | first assistant camera |
Eric Fodera | ... | grip |
Jean-Yves Freess | ... | key grip |
Colin Houben | ... | first assistant camera |
Maxime Héraud | ... | camera operator |
Hervé Kern | ... | assistant camera |
Cyril Lebre | ... | assistant camera |
Sophie Leonetti | ... | assistant camera |
Sergeï Lourié | ... | grip |
Sylvain Maillard | ... | assistant camera |
Benoît Nicoulin | ... | camera operator |
Lee Ford Parker | ... | camera operator (as Lee Parker) |
Christophe Perotin | ... | assistant camera |
François Perrault-Alix | ... | key grip |
Philippe Porte | ... | gaffer |
Christophe Pottier | ... | camera operator |
François Quillard | ... | first assistant camera |
Edgar Raclot | ... | grip |
Mathieu Simonet | ... | still photographer |
Piotr Stadnicki | ... | first assistant camera (as Pierre Stadnicki) |
Thierry Tronchet | ... | first assistant camera |
Anna-Katia Vincent | ... | second assistant camera |
Patrick Vobecourt | ... | gaffer |
Yuan Zhang | ... | camera operator |
Location Management
Isabelle Kostic Crosley | ... | location manager |
Music Department
Jean-Philippe Audin | ... | cello |
Jean-Paul Batailley | ... | percussion |
Jean-Philippe Batailley | ... | percussion |
Marc Chantereau | ... | percussion |
Bruno Coulais | ... | musical director |
Jean de Trégomain | ... | music direction |
Didjaman | ... | musician: didgeridoo |
Raoul Duflot-Vérez | ... | keyboards (as Raoul Duflot) |
Françoise Gnéri | ... | alto |
Christophe Grindel | ... | horn |
Christophe Guiot | ... | violin |
Joniece Jamison | ... | playback singer |
Laurent Julia | ... | percussion |
Paul Lavergne | ... | executive music producer |
Maxime Lefevre | ... | music engineer |
Alain Maneval | ... | playback singer |
Bernard Paganotti | ... | bass |
Elisabeth Pallas | ... | violin |
Slim Pezin | ... | guitar |
Renaud Pion | ... | flute |
Bulgarka Junior Quartet | ... | vocals (as The Bulgarka Junior Quartette) |
The Sofia Bass Choir | ... | vocals |
The Lyliana Botcheva Choir | ... | vocals |
Gabriel Yacoub | ... | lyricist: vocals |
Transportation Department
Philippe Lebreton | ... | driver: camera car |
Additional Crew
Peter Berthold | ... | scientific consultant |
Romain Bianchi | ... | birds escort |
Valentine Marvel | ... | idea (as Valentine Perrin) |
Olivier Meunier-Colin | ... | production staff |
Leighton Oosthuisen | ... | animal wrangler |
Vincent Piant | ... | assistant unit manager |
Mathilde Renwick | ... | production staff |
Jean-Michel Rivaud | ... | pilot |
Eva Simonet | ... | press attache |
Sally Steele | ... | publicist |
Thanks
Jean Dorst | ... | dedicatee |
Bernard Lutic | ... | dedicatee |
Production Companies
- Galatée Films
- France 2 Cinéma
- France 3 Cinéma
- Les Productions de la Guéville
- Bac Films
- Canal+ (with the participation of)
- Pandora Filmproduktion (with the participation of)
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (in association with)
- Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen (in association with)
- Les Productions JMH (with the participation of)
- Télévision Suisse-Romande (TSR) (in association with)
- Wanda Visión S.A. (with the participation of)
- Eyescreen S.r.l. (with the participation of)
- Liliane Bettencourt au Nom de la Bettencourt Schuller (with the support of)
- Crédit Agricole (with the support of)
- Primagaz (with the support of)
- Conseil Général de l'Aveyron (with the support of)
- Conseil Régional du Languedoc-Roussillon (with the support of)
- Conseil Régional du Calvados (with the support of)
- Conseil Régional de Basse Normandie (with the support of)
- Conseil Régional de Franche-Comté (with the support of)
- Conseil Régional de la Lozère (with the support of)
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) (with the support of)
- Commission Européenne (with the support of)
- Eurimages (with the support of)
- Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep) (with the support of)
- Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma (with the support of)
- EDF
Distributors
- Bac Films (2001) (France) (theatrical)
- A-Film Distribution (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Kinowelt Filmverleih (2002) (Germany) (theatrical) (distribution supported by Filmstiftung NRW)
- Lucky Red (2002) (Italy) (theatrical)
- A-Film Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Arthaus (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
- Columbia TriStar Nordisk Film Distributors (2003) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Herald Film Company (2003) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Mongrel Media (2003) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Sony Pictures Classics (2003) (United States) (theatrical) (dubbed)
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2003) (United States) (DVD) (special edition)
- Universal Pictures Finland (2003) (Finland) (DVD)
- Distribution Company (2004) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (United States) (DVD) (special edition)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2005) (Finland) (tv) (two part version)
- Nelonen (2007) (Finland) (tv)
- Future Film (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Pandora Film Verleih (2013) (Germany) (DVD)
- Arthouse Traffic (2003) (Ukraine) (theatrical)
- Pimot (Taiwan) (DVD)
Special Effects
- Excalibur (digital effects)
- tvt. postproduction
- Éclair Numérique (digital effects)
Other Companies
- Aaton (camera and lenses)
- Areitec (sound equipment)
- Bogard (camera and lenses)
- Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra (orchestra)
- CEBA (sound equipment)
- CIANAS (sound equipment)
- Cinemontage (editing and mixing)
- Dovidis (editing and mixing)
- Gorilla Sound (sound equipment)
- Iris Camera (camera and lenses)
- Key Grip System (equipment)
- La Mecanique Spectaculaire (equipment)
- Locaflash (electric equipment)
- Location Michel Trudel (camera and lenses)
- Lumex (electric equipment)
- Megarent Film Equipment Rental AG (camera and lenses)
- Panavision Alga (camera and lenses)
- SIF 309 Film Music (film score recording)
- Schoeps (sound equipment)
- TVT the Vision Team (digital post-production)
- Technovision France (camera and lenses)
- Telegrip (equipment)
- Transpalux (electric equipment)
- Varèse Sarabande (soundtrack)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
This documentary follows several species of migratory birds over a four year filming period. These birds travel several hundreds if not thousands of miles toward the equator in the autumn, and make the return journey to their higher latitude summer homes in the spring, always taking the same route, using the natural compasses of the universe, the stars, to find their way. Some species, like the arctic tern, even fly from pole to pole. These long and often torturous treks are a matter of survival, to live in a hospitable climate and find sources of food. With the exception of migratory penguins, travel over oceans is especially difficult as the birds have little refuge unless there is something floating on the water, such as a ship, on which to land. Otherwise they must continue flying until they reach land. Some will not survive the migration due to predators, including man, illness or injury. Although the migrations themselves are done as a community, once the birds reach their respective summer and winter homes, they disperse into family units. And every continent is affected by the migration as every continent is home, at least part of year, to a species of migratory bird. Written by Huggo |
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Box Office
Budget | FRF160,000,000 (estimated) |
Opening Weekend France | $2,402,605, 14 Dec 2001 |
Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $20,217,080, 06 Nov 2003 |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Filmmakers exposed the eggs of some of the birds to the sounds of people and film cameras so that the birds would not be afraid of them later. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into A Very Long Engagement (2004). See more » |
Soundtracks | To Be By Your Side See more » |
Crazy Credits | "This film was made with a deep respect for animal world, under the auspices of the National Museum of Natural History, Birdlife International, the Bird Protection League, the Normandy Ornithological Group and the World Wildlife Fund (SSF). The hunting scene was filmed in North America, on sites where it takes place every year." See more » |
Quotes |
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Narrator: The story of bird migration is the story of promise - a promise to return. See more » |