Alaska's Giant Bears vs Behind the Planet of the Apes

Alaska's Giant Bears has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.2/10 for Behind the Planet of the Apes). Alaska's Giant Bears is the shorter watch at 52m compared with 2h 7m. Behind the Planet of the Apes is the older of the two (1998 against 2023). Both are documentary, tv movie movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Alaska's Giant Bears posterAlaska's Giant Bears2023 VS Behind the Planet of the Apes posterBehind the Planet of the Apes1998
Alaska's Giant BearsBehind the Planet of the Apes
Audience score★ 9.0/10★ 7.2/10
Year20231998
Length52m2h 7m
GenresDocumentary, TV MovieDocumentary, Science Fiction, TV Movie
CountryGermany–
DirectorJürgen Hansen, Simone StrippDavid Comtois, Kevin Burns
Main castDaniel Schindler, Oliver SchmitzKim Hunter, Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Richard D. Zanuck, John Chambers

Synopsis

Alaska's Giant Bears

In Canada and Alaska, the consequences of global warming are being keenly felt by brown bears - but in different ways by different populations. Their survival depends mainly on the quantity of wild salmon available in the region, as it is the fruit of their catch that enables the bears to accumulate fat reserves for the winter. While salmon populations off Canada's Pacific coast continue to decline year after year, in the immense Bristol Bay in…

Behind the Planet of the Apes

Roddy McDowall takes you, film by film, from production meetings to make-up sessions, then right onto the movie set to see the actual filming of the science fiction masterpiece. The most comprehensive history of Planet of the Apes ever created, this fascinating 127-minute documentary explores one of the most imaginative and influential series in movie history.

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