Natl Museum of Natural History -- Event: World premier of "Amazon Adventure 3D":
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Description of Pictures: The Sant Director of the National Museum of Natural History, HHMI Tangle Bank Studios and SK Films invite you and a guest to the world premier of :
Amazon Adventure 3D: A True Story of Scientific Discovery
Amazon Adventure 3D
Amazon Adventure 3D tells the epic, true story of explorer Henry Bates' fascinating 11 year journey through the visually stunning and biodiverse Amazon rainforest as a young man who risks his life for science in the 1850's.
As in any great detective story, audiences will experience, in immersive IMAX®, the compelling clues Bates unearths in his major discovery of the phenomenon of mimicry, whereby certain animals adopt the look of others that helps them deceive predators and gain an advantage to survive.
Little known to the public, Bates made other crucial contributions to biology: identifying 8,000 species new to science and most importantly, putting the first ever case for the creation of a new species, which Charles Darwin called the "beautiful proof" for Natural Selection.
Audiences will be wowed by the mind-boggling examples of camouflage and mimicry and inspired by Bates' endless curiosity and determination to explore the wilds of nature from the time he was a young boy.
Lead actors:
* Calum Finlay as Henry Bates
* Begê Muniz as Tando
Production team:
* Jonathan Barker -- executive producer / producer
* Myles Connolly -- supervising producer
* Kym Crepin -- supervising producer --> NOT SURE IF PRESENT
* Wendy MacKeigan -- producer
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NHAMA1_170418_105.JPG: Kirk Johnson
NHAMA1_170418_128.JPG: Author and biologist Sean B. Carroll
NHAMA1_170418_216.JPG: Jonathan Barker -- executive producer / producer
NHAMA2_170418_031.JPG: Amazon Adventure 3D
A True Story of Scientific Discovery
Displayed here are a few of the props designed for Amazon Adventure, including tools, scientific journals, musical instruments, and various other items from the 1850s.
Painstakingly researched for three years, Amazon Adventure enlisted the expertise of more than 100 scientists and historical advisors. The team's commitment to authenticity not only resulted in this rigorous re-creation, even using actual instruments and tools from the 1850s, but the writing team also incorporated many of Bates' own words, as he was a gifted storyteller.
NHAMA2_170418_037.JPG: Amazon Adventure 3D
A True Story of Scientific Discovery
Displayed here is the traditional outfit of the Munduruku Chief, which has many vibrant feathers to indicate his high status.
Also displayed is traditional clothing of the Munduruku women, which the Chief's daughter "Yara" wears in the film.
Henry Bates spent 11 transformative years in Brazil from 1848 to 1859 where he met many tribes along the Amazon River. The film focuses on the Munduruku tribe because Bates described heir encounters in great detail in his book The Naturalist on the River Amazons (1863). The Munduruku are best known for their reverence of and spiritual connection to their tattoos and feather work, from headdresses to scepters.
NHAMA2_170418_079.JPG: They did a wonderful job with decorating the rotunda for this event
NHAMA2_170418_087.JPG: Michael Singer (right)
NHAMA2_170418_094.JPG: Jessie Brinkley (EFF) and Dr. Matthew Scott (President, Carnegie Institution for Science)
NHAMA2_170418_126.JPG: Heidi Hermisson, Brad Forder, Caitlin Carroll, and Molly Berg
NHAMA2_170418_139.JPG: Begê Muniz as Tando (right)
NHAMA2_170418_151.JPG: Caroline Sheen (center)
NHAMA2_170418_154.JPG: Calum Finlay as Henry Bates (left)
NHAMA2_170418_158.JPG: Calum Finlay and Caroline Sheen
NHAMA2_170418_168.JPG: Hank Dearden
NHAMA2_170418_172.JPG: Jonathan Barker, Wendy MacKeigan, ???, Calum Finlay, ???, and Begê Muniz
NHAMA2_170418_288.JPG: Calum Finlay, Maria Eugenia Losada, Dr. Andre Freitas (advisor for the film)
NHAMA2_170418_299.JPG: Maryanne Culpepper, Doug Huff, Wendy MacKeigan, Jonathan Barker
NHAMA2_170418_325.JPG: Yuri Senada (producer), Calum Finlay ("Henry Bates"), Henry Cheng, Vera Sanada, Begê Muniz ("Tando"), and ???
NHAMA2_170418_337.JPG: Jonathan Barker and Kirk Johnson
NHAMA2_170418_351.JPG: Begê Muniz and Caroline Sheen
NHAMA2_170418_370.JPG: Director Mike Slee is fourth from the left
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my 12th consecutive San Diego Comic Con trip (including sites in Arizona).
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