Mr. Disney's earnest people have done a remarkable job of collecting some extraordinary footage and his editors have assembled it well for excitement and fascination, more than for education.
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
The desert isn't necessarily a desolate place, and this film makes it come alive. [15 May 1987, p.65C]
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Disney's evergreen, Oscar-winning documentary from 1953, is crawling with the scaly, feathery and furry critters who call the desert home. [12 Aug 1994, p.F27]
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Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
One of the earliest of the Disney true-life adventures (1953), this won an Academy Award for best documentary, in spite (or because) of its celebrated use of square-dance music with footage of scorpions.