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Release Date: Jun 24, 2005
Running Time: 80 mins.
Additional Notes: dialogue French, English
Country Of Origin: France
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Emperor penguins overcome daunting obstacles in order to return to their breeding grounds for mating season. This tells the story of one year in the life of a flock -- focusing on one couple in particular -- as they trek across the Antarctic on an annual journey that invokes just about every major life experience: from birth to death, from dating to mating, from comedy to tragedy, and from love to fighting for survival.
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In the heart of summer comes a story of winter--and the incorrigible emperor penguins that (sometimes) fall victim to its harshness. In March of the Penguins, the clumsy little fellas finally get their due in a National Geographic documentary all about them. It's heartwarming, inspiring and sad enough to make it all the way to the big screen. Penguin-philes, rejoice (because we're a dying breed)! Story The average temperature in Antarctica is 58 below zero. This might be cruel conditions to us… 
PETER TRAVERS -
August 4, 2005
Documentaries are the surprise hits of the summer, and none is scoring bigger ($16 million and counting) than Luc Jacquet's wondrous look at the emperor penguins of Antarctica. They waddle, swim, waddle, eat, waddle, get buffeted by blizzards, waddle, flirt, waddle, procreate, waddle, hatch eggs, waddle, watch their chicks confront the perils of starvation and of attack birds, waddle, face death from leopard seals, waddle, find love against all odds. Morgan Freeman provides the sturdy narration.…
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