Description |
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, Region 1, NTSC, widescreen; Dolby 2.0 stereo. |
Language |
Closed-captioned. |
Performer |
Michael Pollan. |
Credits |
Directors of photography, John Chater, Vicente Franco; editors, Don Bernier, Gail Huddleson; original score, Martin Bresnick ; narrator, Frances McDormand. |
Note |
Based on the book by Michael Pollan. |
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Originally produced for television in 2009. |
Audience |
Rating: TV-PG. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Apples: the desire for sweetness -- Apples as a commodity -- Tulips: the desire for beauty -- Breeding tulips -- Marijuana: the desire for intoxication -- The science behind marijuana -- Potatoes: the desire for control -- Today's potato monoculture -- The web of life. |
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. |
Note |
Bonus features: deleted scenes; panel discussion on the interdisciplinary importance of The Botany of desire (19 min.); additional interview with Michael Pollan (29 min.) |
Subject |
Pollan, Michael -- Television adaptations.
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Human-plant relationships.
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Apples.
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Tulips.
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Cannabis.
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Marijuana.
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Potatoes.
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Nature.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Television adaptations.
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Nature television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Pollan, Michael.
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McDormand, Frances, 1957-
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Schwarz, Michael, producer.
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Pollan, Michael.
Botany of desire.
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Kikim Media (Firm)
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PBS Distribution (Firm)
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ISBN |
0793670845 |
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9780793670840 |
Standard No. |
841887010856 |
Music No. |
TBOD601 PBS |
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