主演:博朗·帕拉雷
导演:Jason Chong
简介:Basedonthe13thCenturyBorneosacrificialrituals,“CurseoftheTotem”tellsthestoryofDr.Saniwhogoesinsearchofhiswife,whodisappearedonagenealogyexpeditiontostudytheancientmythicallegendofJerunei‘BurialPolesoftheindigenousMelanautribeinBorneo.Burialpolesmarkburialstillexisttodayasgravestones,markingthelossofotherhumanlivesthatweresacrificedonbehalfofprosperousnobility.HumansacrificewasoutlawedinSarawakProvinceinthe18thCentury.CombingthroughtheBorneojungleforanswers,eachmemberofDr.Sani’steamexperiencesinexplicablehallucinations,maliciousdisturbancesandeventuallyarehauntedbyunexplainedspiritsofthedead.Thingstakeaturnfortheworsewhenoneofthemiscompletelypossessedbyevilforces感人至深的故事
主演:索费亚尼·泽尔玛尼 奥尔本·勒努瓦 安娜·吉拉多特 弗兰克·盖思堂彼得 Birol Tarkan Yildiz Joseph Beddelem
导演:朱利安·勒克莱克
简介: In order to prevent a deadly explosion, an illicit crack team has 24 hours to drive two truckloads of nitroglycerine across a desert laden with danger精彩的表演
主演:尤利娅·别列希尔德 米洛斯·比柯维奇 弗拉基米尔·马什科夫 Oleg Novitsky 亚历山大·奥斯特犹科夫 安东·什卡普列罗夫 Dmitry Kozelsky Pyotr Dubrov 埃琳娜·瓦尔尤什基纳 Varvara Volodina Andrei Shchepochkin 亚历山大·巴鲁耶夫 伊戈尔·戈尔金 Aleksey Grishin 阿图尔·贝沙斯特尼 Benik Arakelyan 尤利娅·科纽霍娃 Simon Steinberg 叶夫根尼娅·阿赫列缅科 Andrey Kuziche
导演:克里姆·斯彭科
简介:故事讲述宇航员任务期间突发意外,伤病严重无法支撑返回地球治疗。情急之下,一名女外科医生临危受命,亲身飞赴空间站展开救援行动。时间有限,巨大的困难与挑战下,一场零重力下的极限救援即将上演!影片为人类首部太空实拍电影主人公是
主演:Josh Escayg J.R. Brown Sophie Proctor
导演:Ryan Bellgardt
简介: An inquisitive girl and her father must unravel the secrets of Echoville Manor which has held the world's cutest spirit Ghoster captive for 50 years, before Yuto the ghost dragon wipes them all out in his quest for immortality电影的情节跌宕起伏,让人热血沸腾
主演:凯莉·罗兰 崔凡特·罗兹 肖恩·萨加尔 RonReaco Lee 凯莉·奥马利 香农·桑顿 尼克·萨加 KateLynn E. Newberry Andzelika Bobrova Connor Weil Callie Johnson Art Newkirk Angela Robinson María Gabriela González Shanita Wilburn Avery Bigelow 雷·福利 Cory Hardin Leno L. Bradby Jr. Ava Hill
导演:泰勒·派瑞
简介: Follows an ambitious criminal defense attorney that, in his aspiration to be named partner, takes on a murder case of an artist主人公是
主演:Stephen Fry Hugh Laurie
导演:西蒙·兰顿
简介: Romantic entanglements are complicated by a unique silver cow creamer that is desired by both Bertie’s Uncle Thomas and his rival, Judge Sir Watkyn Bassett. Sir Watkyn purchases the creamer by telling the shopkeeper, falsely, that Thomas had sent him. Bertie’s Aunt Dahlia and friend "Stiffy" Byng both want him to steal the creamer for different reasons, but Judge Sir Watkyn has already sentenced him once (for stealing a bobby’s helmet) and he doesn’t want to go to jail引人入胜的故事情节
主演:神谷浩史 户松遥 水树奈奈 佐藤利奈 川澄绫子 小西克幸 野中蓝 浅沼晋太郎 生天目仁美 速水奖 金光宣明 杉崎亮 佐久间红美 吉田圣子 悠木碧
导演:铃木利正 德本善信 守田艺成 园田雅裕 上田繁 长滨亘彦 浅见松雄 美甘义人 荻原露光
简介: 精灵和人类,以及神曲让人印象深刻的情节转折 只是以这三个部分所组成世界“POLYPHONICA”为背景的故事。人与精灵共存,同时精灵也拥有着力量,两者所生活的大陆——POLYPHONICA。人们依赖着精灵所带来的奇迹,精灵也以人类所奏的音乐为食量,在这个世界所有的物质以及一切地方发挥着她们的力量。精灵被音乐家所弹奏的音乐操控,发挥着力量。那些能弹奏特殊音乐的人们被称为“神曲乐士”,有着无尚的尊荣。平时虽然有着隐身的精灵们,但一部分有力量的精灵会以人类或者动物等姿态实体化,同时作为人类的“好朋友”融入社会生活中。 作为这个故事的主人公塔塔拉•弗洛恩,是培养神曲乐士的弗德神曲学院的学生。虽然无意间与最强的精灵寇缇卡露特缔结了契约,但却因演奏不了重要的神曲处于难以晋级的危险状态。故事描述了学院生活中,寇缇卡露特与塔塔拉•弗洛恩两人间的爱情及成长。 【STAFF】 导演:铃木利正 系列构成:金卷兼一 脚本:川崎博之、关岛真赖 人物设定:小原充 美术导演:小滨俊裕 美术设计:盐泽良宪 色彩设计:高谷知恵 摄影监督:饭岛亮 编辑:关一彦 音响监督:明田川仁 音响制作:Magic Capsule 音乐制作:Lantis 制作:T.O Entertainment 动画制作:Diomedea 【CAST】 タタラ・フォロン:神谷浩史 コーティカルテ・アパ・ラグランジェス:戸松遥 ツゲ・ユフィンリー:川澄綾子 サイキ・レンバルト:小西克幸 ユギリ・ペルセルテ:水樹奈々 ユギリ・プリネシカ:佐藤利奈
主演:福里斯特·惠特克 奈杰尔·萨奇 伊芬什·哈德拉 露西·弗莱 拉菲·格拉沃恩 安托瓦内特·克罗-拉杰西 埃里克·拉雷·哈维 文森特·多诺费奥 查兹·帕尔明特瑞 保罗·索维诺
导演:乔·施佩尔
简介: Godfather of Harlem Season 2 finds Bumpy Johnson battling the New York Crime Families for control of the lucrative and murderous “French Connection,” the pipeline for heroin that runs from Marseilles to New York Harbor. With a distribution syndicate that includes black crime bosses from other major U.S. cities, Bumpy takes a cue from his friend Malcolm X’s message of black economic nationalism. His ambitious plan will face challenges from not only the Italians but his wife Mayme, daughter Elise, rival Adam Clayton Powell, prosecutor Robert Morgenthau, and even Malcolm himself. Once again, Godfather of Harlem explores the collision of the criminal underworld and civil rights in the colorful, tumultuous year of 1964引人入胜的故事情节
主演:何塞·加西亚 伊万·马萨格 克拉拉·庞索 尼古拉·卡萨雷 Pol López Alberto Lozano 瓦尔瓦拉·博罗金娜 Francesc Ferrer 维姬·皮娜 帕科·图斯 何塞·安赫尔·艾力格 Bruno Raffaelli Pep Cruz Gal Soler Anna Vicens Yannik Mazzilli Guillem Balart 伊莎贝尔·布雷斯 Xavier Capdet Martí Salvat
导演:David Pujol
简介: Fernando, a talented chef, arrives to the village of Cadaqués during the 70s, residence of the internationally renowned Salvador Dalí. The paths of the chef and the artist will cross and cause the birth of a new culinary genius电影取得了...等奖项
主演:夏之光 黄俊捷 刘若谷 刘小北 郑淳璟 卢梦琳 张元帅 俞俙 尹蕊 翁虹 徐冬冬 李萍 佟磊 何志龙 岳跃利 高玉庆 李茂 刘頔 张钧涵 李斯羽 赵煊 李汶朔 吕松浩 代古拉K 钟盅
导演:彭发
简介:林秋石是一个游戏高手,但他从未游戏人生。他曾是游戏设计师,想做出改变世界的中国游戏,起因资本擅取、老板逐利而无法实现梦想,愤而辞联,致自寻梦。风靡海外的游戏(灵境),本是华人设计师研发,内蕴人生暂学,却被国外资本改造加入血腥与暴力,形同精神毒品,玩家抑郁、精神失常,甚至自杀,比比皆是。如今这款游戏渗透进了中国,林秋石被卷入其中,想要毁灭它,就要了解它。林意外进入游戏,游观内设12道门,林秋石在门内结识了挚友阮南烛,体验了人生的各种可能性,像灵境一般绚烂,铭心刻骨。最终林秋石才知道他与阮南烛的相逢,其实是为了最后的告别深刻的社会反映
主演:Romnick Sarmenta 伊利亚·坎拉斯
导演:江·罗伯斯·拉纳
简介: 入围塔林电影节影评人之选竞赛让人印象深刻的情节转折 Masterfully orchestrated – with only a small budget, the setting basically consisting of a table, two chairs, two persons talking, one mysterious manuscript and some little food in-between – this two-men drama reminds me of Robert Bresson’s famous words about filmmaking: “Two types of films: those that employ the resources of the theatre (actors, direction, etc.) and use the camera in order to reproduce, and those that employ the resources of cinematography and use the camera to create. (Robert Bresson. “Notes on the Cinematograph”, New York Review of Books, 2016)
主演:Yassmine Dimassi Hela Ayed Aziz Jebali Bilel Slatnia Bahri Rahali Hedi Mejri Rachid Bougheriou Nawres Idanani Amira Ben Said Soumaya Bouallegui Adel Bernaoui Abdel Jalil Bouakkaz Omar Chaibi Slim Chebaane Ridha Dhebben
导演:Abdelhamid Bouchnak
简介: With her friends Walid and Bilel, Yassmin, a journalism student, tries to solve a mysterious criminal case dating back more than 25 years, when a woman was found mutilated and almost dead in the middle of nowhere. Following their investigation, they end up in the forest where they discover a small isolated village called Dachra. Feeling trapped, they try to escape the horror. Will they succeed电影以...为背景 威尼斯电影节影评人周单元闭幕片
主演:朱莉·拉杜 Yannis Lafki Antonia Buresi Cody Schroeder Louis Sotton Junior Correia Ahmed Hamdi Dave Nsaman Mustapha Dianka Mohamed Bettahar Chris Makodi Gianni Caira Quentin Arizzi Brice Straehli Sébastien Schroeder Prince Longo
导演:洛拉·基沃龙
简介: 茱莉亚沉迷于摩托车,在街头特技活动中她结识并混入了一个偷盗改装摩托车的全男性成员组织。这部充斥着叛逆、亢奋、热血和犯罪的飙“摩”电影出自法国导演洛拉·基沃龙之手。主演朱莉·拉杜也是导演在长期潜伏于摩托车特技圈中,从社交平台上挖来的,并将其经历写进电影,最终创作出这位模糊了性别边界的主角,以其为喻体来展现特殊性别气质的人物,并解构以阳刚为标签的极限街头文化。荣获2022年戛纳电影节一种关注单元评委会特别奖情节跌宕起伏
主演:文胜雅 Jang Sun Lim Sun-woo 姜吉宇 Jang Jae-hee
导演:이지은
简介:The12-year-oldMyung-euncan’treallycomprehendtheword“family”.Shewishestokeepitasecretbecausesheissodifferentfromwhatshewouldliketobe.Whenitcomestowriting,ontheotherhand,shedoesnotallowherselftoberestrictedbyreality.AnalmostDostoevsky-likestorytoldinthecomplexityofhumanemotionsabouthowtofindaplaceintheworld不容错过
主演:Pau Masó Matthew Crawley Sian Abrahams Sindre Bergfall 米里亚姆·诺瓦克
导演:Pau Masó
简介: 当康复中的酒鬼Robert(Pau Masó)回到布达佩斯与朋友们重新联系时;他也遇到了神秘的Hugo(Matthew Crawley),一个高大蓝眼睛的陌生人,他给了他最渴望的东西,迅速获得了他的信任。罗伯特不顾内心的劝告,心甘情愿地接受了雨果提出的周末度假建议。当雨果的真实意图被揭穿后,开始的田园周末发生了险恶的变化主人公是 When Robert (Pau Masó), a recovering alcoholic, returns to Budapest to reconnect with friends; he also meets the enigmatic Hugo (Matthew Crawley), a tall blue-eyed stranger who quickly gains his trust by giving him what he craves most. Robert willingly accepts Hugo's proposal of a weekend getaway, against the advice of his inner circle. What begins as an idyllic weekend takes a sinister turn when Hugo's true intentions are revealed.
主演:理查德·格雷弗斯 玛姬·斯蒂德
导演:Danny Hiller
简介:一部轻喜剧风格的英国警察剧,1994年3月至1997年8月间在BBC1台连播5季。聪明的DIHenryCrabbe很懂得美食也做得一手好菜,特别他的馅饼可谓无人能挡的诱惑。他和会计太太开了间名为PieintheSky的小餐馆,准备退休,却被上司要挟继续帮忙难啃的案子这部电影讲述了
主演:芭芭拉·斯坦威克 阿道夫·门吉欧 拉尔夫·贝拉米
导演:弗兰克·卡普拉
简介: On an ocean voyage, a librarian falls for a married man. After librarian Lulu Smith is accused by her patrons of having Spring fever, she spends her life savings on a cruise to Havana, during which she begins a romance with Bob Grover, a lawyer with political ambitions. After their return, Lulu becomes a clerical assistant for a newspaper, where she is pursued by brash reporter Al Holland. One night, several months into their affair, Bob comes to Lulu's apartment for dinner, bringing two Halloween masks with which they have a marvelous time playing. Their merriment is interrupted by a call from Al, whose proposal to Lulu prompts Bob to confess that he has an invalid wife whom he cannot leave. Lulu protests that she wishes to continue their affair, but Bob refuses to let her waste her life on him. They squabble, and Lulu throws him out without telling him she is pregnant. Time passes and Bob becomes district attorney, while Al becomes city editor of the newspaper. After Bob hires a detective, Marty, to find Lulu, the couple are reunited and Lulu introduces Bob to his daughter Roberta. Later, Lulu and Roberta are waiting to meet Bob, when Al suddenly appears. He is questioning her about Roberta when Bob arrives, and, in order to protect Bob's reputation, Lulu tells Al that the baby is Bob's adopted daughter and that she is her governess. In order to preserve the charade, Bob does adopt Roberta, taking her home the next day to present to his wife Helen, who is returning from a European rest cure. Helen is delighted with the child but questions Lulu's ability to care for her. Lulu runs out of the house, and when Bob follows her, she tries to tell him she is through with him but cannot. Soon after, Lulu goes to Al for a job and becomes the "advice to the lovelorn" columnist for his paper. Al pumps her for information about Bob and Roberta in order to write a story causing Bob's downfall, but Lulu refuses to say anything. As the years pass, Lulu still works for the paper, and Al, now the managing editor, is still pursuing her. Bob has been both a mayor and a congressman, but on the night he wins the nomination for governor, he becomes disheartened, ashamed of the hypocrisy of his double life. Lulu tries to talk him out of confessing the truth and ruining his career, but when it seems that she cannot succeed, she asks Al to marry her, hoping that will make Bob forget about her. On the night of Bob's election, however, Al tells her that he knows all about her, Bob and Roberta, and Lulu kills him to prevent him from publishing the story. A year later, Bob is on his deathbed, and Lulu, whom he had pardoned after a short jail term, comes to visit him. He shows her his new will, which tells the truth and leaves her half of his estate, but after he dies, she tears it up to protect him and Roberta, who is engaged to a socially prominent young man故事情节引人入胜
主演:汤姆·克鲁斯 杰米·福克斯 贾达·萍克·史密斯 马克·鲁弗洛 彼得·博格 布鲁斯·麦克吉尔 哈维尔·巴登 杰森·斯坦森 艾尔玛·霍尔 巴里·沙巴卡·亨利 理查德·琼斯 博德希·埃夫曼 黛比·玛扎 埃米里奥·瑞弗拉 杰米·麦克布莱德
导演:迈克尔·曼
简介: 夜幕低垂,麦克斯(杰米·福克斯 Jamie Foxx 饰)接了一位注定要改变他人生的客人――文森特(汤姆·克鲁斯 Tom Cruise 饰)。 文森特受雇于一家跨国贩毒集团,这晚来到洛杉矶要干掉五名重要证人。他与我们经常看到的杀手大不一样,他天生喜欢唠叨,在他挟持 麦克斯去帮他完成杀人工作时,还振振有词――“我又不是卢旺达大屠杀,我杀人本来就不是好人,可以说是替天行道,你有什么可以指责我的?”麦克斯也一时语塞。 这晚要杀的最后一个人是助理检查官,她曾是麦克斯的顾客。麦克斯决心保护她…感人至深的故事
主演:帕帕·厄希度 莎莉·克莱芙 鲁迪·达马林加姆 安佳丽·莫辛德拉 卡罗琳·昆汀 阿尔弗雷多·塔瓦雷斯 Trish Williams Lee Panchbhaya
导演:未知
简介:Sky电视台发布了广受好评的美剧《拉撒路计划》第二季的独家预告。这部动作片由Paapa Essiedu, Charly Clive, Rudi Dharmalingam, Anjli Mohindra和Caroline Quentin主演,由获得BAFTA提名的Joe Barton和Howard Overman编剧,将于今年晚些时候回归Sky Max和NOW独特风格让人眼前一亮
主演:Sarah Walker Ziyin Zheng Wendy Wishart Rony Robson Xue Yao Nidhin K.H. Jana Reddick Carl Getto Cherlena Sassi Brake Reg MacDonald
导演:艾什莉·麦肯齐
简介: Star, a suicidal teen now too old for foster care, develops a candid rapport with An, a student from Shanghai who is assigned to watch her while she is in hospital. A nightly exchange of secrets, text messages and possessions quickly expands the boundaries of their relationship, altering their inner chemistry感人至深的故事 Gilded by a soundscape that interweaves work by emerging and pioneering electronic musicians, Queens of the Qing Dynasty is an offbeat ode to neurodiversity and genderqueer individuals who refuse to conform. Director Ashley McKenzie’s blend of formalism and gritty realism does not fail to surprise and treats the audience to flashes of visual and conceptual poetry. Her cast is entirely composed of first-time actors who convincingly convey how unique every individual is, both in how they see the world and how they relate to others. Ziyin Zheng in the role of An graciously embodies a mix of idiosyncrasy and frankness that makes them an ideal confidante for Star (Sarah Walker). They have what it takes to be on the receiving end of the scrutinising gaze of Star, who sees through conventions and never ceases to be amazed at life’s bewildering events. Veering on slapstick, Walker’s performance will not go unnoticed.
主演:御苑生メイ 舌純 天翔院ひいな 園原あいり
导演:三浦三郎
简介: 雷土吏子与后辈野间潜入犯罪组织的公寓。伪装成新婚夫妇的两人,被犯人怀疑没有夜晚必备声音。于是野间为了让犯人觉得是一对恩爱的夫妇,开始触摸吏子的身体——!故事情节发生在
主演:Wayne Crawford Martin Hewitt
导演:Wayne Crawford
简介:ItisanactionfilmdirectedandstaredbyWayneCrawford.TwoLosAngelescops,anagingslob(WayneCrawford)andhiscockyyoungpartner(MartinHewitt),aresuspendedfromdutyafterincitinganincidentatachopshop.Thetwodecidetotrackdowntheowner(JamesHong),andfollowhimallthewaytoaHongKongcrimering.这是一部由韦恩·克劳福德自导自演的动作片。讲述了两名警员在进行一项普通的日常调查时,卷入一个庞大的国际性汽车走私圈套…出色的视觉效果
主演:Hannah Fry
导演:Lyndon Bruce
简介:HannahFryuncoversthesecretsbehindthemiraculoustechnologiesofthemodernworld,revealingthemind-blowingstoriesbehindtheirinvention.Episode1:BankCardHannahFrytakesalookatthebankcard.Thishumblepieceofplasticisoftentakenforgranted,butit’sthedigitalkeytoaccessingcashandispackedfullofextraordinarytechnologicalinnovations.Episode2:FoodDeliveryAppHannahFrytucksintothetechbehindfooddeliveryapps,whicharenowusedby24millionpeopleintheUK.Hannahfindsouthowpizzamadeusfallinlovewiththeinternet.Episode3:VirtualAssistantHannahFrydelvesintotheinnerworkingsofvirtualassistantslikeAmazon’sAlexa,GoogleAssistantandSiri,whicharenowfoundinalmosthalfofallUKhomes.Episode4:ElectricCarHannahFrydiscoverswhyinnovationsinmeatpackingalmostderailedtheelectriccarrevolutionandhowabreakthroughincamcorderbatteriesledtoElonMusk’selectricempire.Episode5:FitnessTrackerHannahFryfindsouthow1970scarcrasheshelpedustocountoursteps,whyhigh-altitudeWWIIdog-fightsledtoacrucialhealthmonitorandhowfitnesstrackersareevenbeingusedtocatchkillers.Episode6:TrainerHannahFryvisitseBay’sauthenticationcentre,wheretheyarewagingwaragainstfakehigh-valuetrainers.ShealsodiscovershowAmericanbreakfastwafflestransformedourtrainersoles令人惊叹的视觉效果让电影成为一部视觉盛宴
主演:莉娅·刘易斯 阿什利·默尔 乔·艾伦·佩尔曼
导演:Shruti Ganguly
简介:4twentysomethinggirlfriendstakeachaoticroadtriptoamind-blowingfoodfestival.Acomiccoming-of-agetalewithappetiteappeal.GirlsTripmeetsTheChe深刻的社会反映
主演:Rasjid César Pilar Garcia Ayala Sofía González 丹尼尔·亨德尔 Paula Silva
导演:古斯塔沃·埃尔南德斯
简介:32秒,丧尸绝命倒数!被神秘病毒入侵的阿根廷,失守成为暴力丧尸之城!艾莉斯在一间半弃的俱乐部当夜班保安,某夜因事带同8岁女儿上班。看似平静的夜晚,病毒早已扩散整个城市。暴力丧尸侵袭俱乐部,被困的两母女却于黑暗中失散。艾莉斯在逃命中找到丧尸每次攻击后要定格32秒的弱点,这黄金32秒足以决定生死!万分无助之际,一名神秘男子出现,到底是敌是友?被丧尸包围的艾莉斯,到底能否找回女儿并逃岀生天引人入胜的故事情节
主演:保拉·洛卡特利 西蒙·雷洛尔 艾拉·佩莱格里尼 亚力克西斯·马沙利克 奥斯卡·莱斯格 毛瑾轩 卡蜜尔·莱昂·福辰 朱利安·洛佩兹 特里斯坦·赞奇 艾默里克·福杰隆 艾洛伊斯·扬哈德 艾尔莎·杜切
导演:蕾切尔·苏伊萨
简介: As the innocent Célène (Paola Locatelli) falls in love with popular surfer Tristan (Simon Rérolle) in her new school, she has no idea that she’s the object of a cruel bet between Tristan and Instagram queen Vanessa (Ella Pellegrini) Dangerous Liaisons, a film starring Paola Locatelli and Simon Rérolle, only on Netflix, July 8th拍摄手法新颖,给人以耳目一新的感觉
主演:凯瑟琳·沃克 汉娜·艾米莉·安德森 杰瑞德·亚伯拉汉姆森
导演:罗伯特·托马斯
简介: A devout community suffering from a plague is torn apart by a beautiful young woman and the forces of witchcraft, black magic, and possession音乐配合得恰到好处
主演:祁家威
导演:张弘榤
简介: 八零年代的台湾街头,在各大场合发送保险套,吸引各大媒体的目光,引起群众异样的眼光,他是祁家威, 爱滋宣导防治的义工,一场记者会成为了台湾首位公开出柜的男同志,展开了他30多年的同运抗争。随着时代的演变,祁家威渐渐被群众与媒体淡忘,而在2017年同婚案,让他再次成为媒体的焦点,变身为同志圈的英雄,回首他已满头白发,但这对他来说,是理想的终点还是新的起点电影以...为背景
主演:马丁·辛
导演:David Douglas
简介: Agusta 109K2: Alpine Medivac Rescu情节跌宕起伏,引人入胜 Straight Up's exploration of vertical flight begins with a high-impact alpine rescue amid an avalanche. The dramatic opening sequence documents the dangerous work of the Rega mountain rescue team and the invaluable role of the Agusta A109K2 helicopter in saving lives and minimizing injuries. As the camera pans over beautiful vistas of the snow-covered Swiss Alps, it cuts to a cornice, as a chunk of snow breaks free, triggering an avalanche. The tranquil scene is shattered as the avalanche thunders down the mountain slopes. With terrifying speed, it heads straight for a mother and child trapped in their car, wheels spinning on the icy road. The mother calls for help on her cell phone, and a second call from a snowplow prompts radio dispatch. The Rega mountain rescue team already is airborne en route to the scene, the red cross painted on the helicopter's white underbelly signaling that medical help is on the way. The mother escapes, but her son is missing. Within minutes of the helicopter landing, the rescue team dig out the car, extract the trapped boy, apply first aid, and airlift him and his mother to safety. A significant mountain hazard, avalanches are responsible for many deaths each year. Time is of the essence in avalanche rescue work. A person has a 90 percent chance of survival if found within the first 15 minutes, but one's chances of survival diminish with each passing minute. Not only do helicopters provide quick access for rescue teams, they also provide a lifeline to medical care. Flying the injured to the nearest hospital as rapidly as possible is not the only type of rescue operation; often helicopters bring the hospital to the injured, who receive treatment at the scene. The powerful avalanche was shot in British Columbia's Selkirk Mountains under the supervision of the Canadian Avalanche Association. The CAA controls avalanche risk for the safety of heli-skiers. To capture the avalanche head-on, avalanche expert and filmmaker Steve Krochel and David Douglas developed a quarter-inch-thick steel container for the IMAX camera, which was equipped with a triggering device and a beeper so that the camera could be found once the avalanche had swept it down the mountain. The rescue was completed in Switzerland's Bernina Pass near the Italian border. Filming the Rega rescue helicopter air-to-air sequence turned into an international excursion as Douglas chased the sunlight over Italy in one direction and in Austria in another before setting down in Switzerland. In another dramatic shot, Douglas centered the red cross in the crosshairs of the camera lens as the craft descended. To facilitate this shot, Douglas dug a hole in the snow large enough to accommodate himself and the IMAX camera. Inside the hole, 3 feet below the helicopter, he filmed its takeoff. According to Douglas, "The helicopter is the instrument of rapid response to natural physical and social disasters around the world, alleviating human suffering on a major scale. For the individual caught beyond the limits of training or equipment, often the last chance for survival is the hope that a helicopter will get to them in time. " The Pitcairn PCA 2, "Miss Champion" For centuries humans dreamed of flight. The Chinese, in the 12th century, developed a toy helicopter made from a pair of slats mounted on a stick, but serious efforts had to wait until the early 20th century. Then, after the Wright brothers' historic flight at Kitty Hawk, we dreamed of flight unfettered by the limitations of runways and airports. Yet by the early 1930s we were still at the dawn of the practical rotorcraft, which promised to give form to humanity's vision. The ten year period between 1925 and 1935 was an exciting time in aviation history, but few aircraft so caught and held the public's attention, as the Autogiro. Nicknamed the "flying windmill," this strange-looking aircraft was first successfully flown in 1923 by the Spanish inventor, Juan de la Cierva, who had been working on the development of such a craft since 1919. The Autogiro fascinated the air-minded public because of its remarkable performance and high degree of safety, attracting such leaders of American aviation as Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. Juan de la Cierva sold the American manufacturing rights to Harold Pitcairn in 1928. Pitcairn's Autogiro boasted a more modern fuselage with better aerodynamic qualities. It also provided prospective buyers with a choice of either a 300- or 420-horsepower engine. In the film, Harold Pitcairn's son Stephen flies "Miss Champion," a 1931 model. This Autogiro, used for promotion by the Champion Spark Plug Company, is controlled like an airplane, but is lifted with blades. Although the original rotor blades have seen 1,600 hours of flight time, they are still airworthy. With a 330-horsepower Wright R 975-E engine, the Autogiro has a cruising speed of 98 mph and a top speed of 118 mph. "Miss Champion" led a National Air Tour and made the then-risky 300- mile-long flight from Miami to Havana, Cuba. (Until then, the longest over-water flight by an Autogiro had been 25 miles in length.) Later, "Miss Champion" flew nonstop over a distance of 500 miles to Chichen Itza in the Yucatan rainforest. "Miss Champion" was retired from active service in 1932 after setting a new altitude record for rotary-wing aircraft. Climbing to a height of 21,500 feet in 1932, the Autogiro surpassed the previous record set by Amelia Earhart. Today, the Autogiro is considered to be the evolutionary "missing link" from which the practical helicopter was born. Forty years later Stephen Pitcairn began the formidable task of collecting and restoring examples of his father's aircraft. He tracked down "Miss Champion" and in October of 1982 began the painstaking task of restoration, using the original Pitcairn factory drawings. In the spring of 1985 "Miss Champion" flew again. The Bell 47G: A Flying Lesson Since Pitcairn's Autogiro, improved control systems allow the airframe to rise directly from the ground with a powered rotor. Straight Up! puts you in the pilot's seat of a Bell 47G as the basic elements of helicopter operation are demonstrated. The Bell 47G's single-rotor configuration is by far the most common type used today. Your flying lesson begins. As a helicopter pilot, the pilot uses all four limbs to fly, all at the same time! With the left hand holding the collective pitch control lever, he pulls up ever so slightly, and we go straight up into a slow-motion hover. The spinning rotor blades act as small wings, but they spin so fast that they create one continuous disc of lift. When the blades change angle, or pitch collectively, the helicopter rises or falls. The pilot's right hand always holds the cyclic control, effectively tilting the whirling disc above. Point left, tilt left. Point right, tilt right. The camera then closes in on the tail rotor. Once again, the altering of the blades affects direction. The chopper spins in response to the pilot's depressing one of the two foot pedals. If he depresses the second pedal, the helicopter spins in the opposite direction. The Piasecki H-21B Tandem Rotor Aircraft, "The Flying Banana" The last flying H-21B helicopter in the world takes off, heads for the beach and cruises 100 feet above the Pacific surf off the coast of California. One of the earliest tandem helicopters, the H-21B represents the birth of the heavy lift helicopters and dates back to the early 1950s. Nicknamed "The Flying Banana" for its shape, the H-21B had more power and greater stability than previous helicopters. The tandem-rotor H-21B carries two sets of wooden blades situated nearly 50 feet apart but operated by one set of helicopter flight controls. The pilot must be ever vigilant, as this helicopter could rapidly invert should the pilot let go of the controls. The vintage H-21B used for the film was decommissioned from the U.S. Air Force in 1972 and was restored by the California-based Classic Rotors: The Rare and Vintage Rotocraft Museum. This nonprofit museum and restoration facility, dedicated to the preservation of unique, vintage and rare rotorcraft, spent more than 10,000 hours returning the H-21B to airworthiness. Every hour flown requires 100 hours of maintenance. Classic Rotors is the only museum of its kind to maintain eight helicopters in flying condition. When its new facility in San Diego has been completed, the museum will expand its exhibits from 15 to 30 vintage rotorcraft. One of the highlights of its collection is a famous relative of the H-21B. This is a V 44 (the commercial version of the H-21)-nicknamed "The Holy One"-and is the only one to land at the Vatican and be blessed by the pope. While on a 1959 demonstration tour in Europe, the helicopter and its crew had provided help to Italian communities following a devastating earthquake. Future Helicopter Designs One aspect of current research centers around the development of "quiet technology" that will allow helicopters to become better neighbors and to operate more stealthily in police and military operations. Quiet technology advances rely on a combination of technologies, which include improved rotor blade design and the user of rotor systems with four or more blades. Replacing the tail rotor with a Coanda-effect NOTAR (NoTailRotor) system goes a long way in reducing noise, as does shrouding the tail rotor in an arrangement know as a "fan-in-fin." Other advances focus on noise-dampening air inlets and improved engine nozzles. New helicopter designs are tested in the world's largest wind tunnel at the NASA Ames Flight Research Center located at Moffett Field in California. Ames was founded in 1939 as an aircraft research laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which became part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958. NASA has the leading role in aerospace operations systems, which include air traffic control, flight effects on humans, and rotorcraft technology. NASA Ames scientists and engineers study robotic helicopters, high-speed hybrids, and advances in quiet technology. The center also has major responsibilities for the creation of design and development tools and for wind tunnel testing. The NASA-Bell XV-15 Tilt-rotor In the film, an XV-15 converts over Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. The XV-15 is an experimental rotorcraft, the parent of a new family of aircraft called "tilt-rotors." The tilt-rotor combines the hovering ability of the helicopter with the speed of a fixed-wing aircraft. The XV-15 can take off and land like a helicopter. The audience will see the engines tilting forward as the tilt-rotor becomes a high-speed plane. The Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey A V-22 Osprey unwraps, emerging like a prehistoric flying dinosaur. Built primarily for the U.S. Marines, Air Force, and Navy, the V-22 Osprey has wings that pivot and rotors that fold to facilitate its storage at sea. In less than 90 seconds, you will see the V-22 complete this process. Although still classified as a tilt-rotor, it is faster, with three times the range and more than ten times the payload of its predecessor. It shows the promise of long-distance travel, without airports. The Hawk 4 Gyroplane Rotorcraft evolution is also in the hands of the entrepreneur, and this independent spirit is most evident in the Hawk 4 Gyroplane. While some designs produce groundbreaking changes, this aircraft brought the economy and safety of the Autogiro into the space age. A rotor is used for slow-speed flight, but at high-speed cruising all the lift is provided by the wing while the rotor has no lift. The Gyroplane shows promise as a high-speed, low-disc-loading rotorcraft. The Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche The Comanche rips and dips across the screen, set against a sunset. This prototype helicopter has stealth technology. It's smart, agile, fast and invisible to radar. It's the first helicopter to provide real-time digital data to headquarters. Seeing in the dark, sensing the forces at play around us and acting on the evidence in real time, the Comanche is a complex flying machine with a human being at its heart. Everyday, in unexpected ways, it extends our powers and puts us to work with a revolutionary tool. The Comanche is the central element of the U.S. Army's future Objective Force. In addition to its complement of missiles and 20-mm cannon, the aircraft carries state-of-the-art sensors and avionics to provide battlefield commanders with so much accurate information about enemy movements. This knowledge will translate into more precise targeting, increasing the effectiveness of friendly forces beyond current capabilities. The U.S. Army has defined a requirement of more than 1,200 Comanches for the Objective Force. The RAH Comanche, the army's 21st-century combat helicopter is being developed by the U.S. Army and a team of leading aerospace companies headed by the Boeing Company and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a unit of United Technologies Corporation. The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk and AS 350 B2 AStar Enforce the Law Events swiftly unfold as the radar plane spots an "unidentified" Cessna dropping bundles of drugs off the coast of Miami at dawn. A signal alerts the Marine and Air Branch of U.S. Customs who speed out to intercept the smugglers. Just as the drugs are transferred from boat to van, The AStar helicopter bursts over the treetops, deploying a tactical team to arrest the driver. While the smuggler's Cigarette boat attempts to escape, a Black Hawk helicopter dips down to create a giant backwash. In a stunning display of impeccable teamwork, this action forces the fleeing boat to swerve to a halt as a Customs boat cuts it off and apprehends the criminals. On a typical day, the U.S. Customs Service examines 1.3 million passengers, 2,642 aircraft, 50,889 trucks/containers, 355,004 other vehicles, 588 vessels, 64,923 entries and undertakes the following enforcement actions: 64 arrests, 107 narcotic seizures, 223 other seizures, 9 currency seizures. These amount to 5,059 pounds of narcotics, $443,907 in currency, $228,803 in conveyances, $525,791 in merchandise and more than $15,800 in arms and ammunition. Filmed over a period of five days off the coast of Miami, the air, land, and sea drug bust was staged by the U.S. Customs Service, which relies heavily on helicopters during such operations. U.S. Customs pilot, Tom Stanton, participated in the shoot with his co-pilot Kimberly Kessel. Kessel is one of seven women U.S. Customs pilots and only one of two qualified to fly Black Hawks. Both pilots volunteered to work with the film crew. Says Kessel, a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, "They were phenomenal, ready to try anything." In addition to daytime flights, Stanton flies the riskier night missions. "Flying at night is dangerous as you lose all perception of what's up or down because both the sky and ocean are black, so they just kind of run in together. There's no horizon on those dark nights," says the veteran pilot. Typically he flies from 300 to 500 feet above the water at 120 to 150 knots. "Not many people fly that low, even in the daytime," says Stanton. "There's no autopilot, so it's hands on. Plus you're chasing someone. You have to be aware. It can get tense out there." Stanton describes an air chase: "Once there's a target, we launch a jet with radar. The jet pilot calls the helicopter out and we link up, flying in formation. We follow the bad guy wherever he goes. If he has extended-range fuel tanks, we leapfrog and send another helicopter out to take up the chase. (The Black Hawk carries five hours of fuel.) When he gets into his landing configuration, we call the local police or sheriff to help us out." The Black Hawk, which can carry up to 14 people, typically carries 4 or 5 armed personnel, "so we instantly have a force of police officers there to get the bad guys." "If it's a boat, we have Cigarette boats like the smugglers. We'll call our boat and have it intercept." Stanton flies the Black Hawk next to the boat, making it hard for the smugglers to navigate. "It intimidates them into giving up. Sometimes they do [but] sometimes we chase them for hours. Or we'll follow them into a marina and block them until our boats come. If they hit the beach, we'll call the state police or sheriff, and they set up a perimeter so the guy can't get out." Stanton, who flies missions as often as once or twice a week, has been flying for 26 years, 13 of those as an army helicopter pilot before he joined U.S. Customs in Miami where he is the "standardization instructor pilot." He makes sure that everybody flies the same way, so that when they team up, the pilots easily work in tandem. Pilots fly 8-hour shifts and the operation goes on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in areas covering both the Canadian and Mexican land borders, the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines, and the Gulf of Mexico. The MD 500E Helicopter A MD 500 helicopter hovers directly above 500,000-volt power lines. As it inches closer, a lightning bolt suddenly zaps out from the hot line, arcing toward the wand extended by a lineman perched on an aluminum platform that juts out from the helicopter. The "hot-line-qualified" lineman clamps onto the power lines, and helicopter backs off, leaving him to "wire walk," crawling along parallel lines to inspect the PPL power line grid, 100 feet off the ground. To reboard the helicopter, the lineman must "bond off," reversing the procedure. "I don't give two hoots and a holler about flying inside a helicopter. Put me outside, that's where I want to be," says Daniel "Spider" Lockhart, AgRotors lineman. There's only three things I've been afraid of most of my life: One was electricity, one was heights and the other was women. And, I'm married too," he grins. "The safest lineman is one that is afraid of electricity. When we bond to the power lines energized at half-a-million volts, we have to bring ourselves to the same potential. That is why you see that arc jumping out to our wand as we make both the helicopter and the power line at the same potential, so that we can eliminate the flow of current," explains the veteran lineman. Spider wears a protective hot suit, 75 percent Nomex for fire retardation and 25 percent stainless steel thread. "The metal thread basically means I have a cage around me that can be energized at very high voltage levels. A half-million volts pass over my body, but I can work without interference from the electricity." He continues, "Watching that electricity jump out while you're energizing the helicopter is a thrill. Getting on the wire, walking the wire to do repairs is a thrill. The biggest thrill I get is from doing what I do is being able to do both together-the electrical part and the helicopter part of it, the speed at which we can do it and still be safe. There are so many things that the helicopter enables us to do as linemen, which is very rewarding." The teamwork of the skilled helicopter pilots and highly trained linemen ensure that the PPL Corp. provides a constant source of electricity to its 1.3 million customers in Pennsylvania (in addition to 4.4 million in Latin America and Europe). To maintain the integrity of the transmission system to residential and commercial establishments, and to ensure the safety of the operation, the team plans and rehearses every move while on the ground before takeoff. Even so, unanticipated gusts of wind and glare from the wires can affect the pilot's depth perception, requiring total concentration during his hours at the controls. As the helicopter is isolated from the ground, the pilot and lineman, clad in protective stainless steel suits, must bond onto the transmission lines to bring themselves to the same voltage potential of the line to work safely-paralleling what a bird does when it sits on a wire. Probably the most unusual place that the director rigged the camera was on the end of the platform on the MD 500, which is designed to carry the lineman as he bonds onto the half-million-volt power line. "We took away the lineman and put the camera in his place; the lineman rode behind the camera and used his wand to draw the arc of electricity right onto the camera lens. I don't think it's been done before. It blew all the electronics out of the camera a couple of times before we figured out how to do it," recalls Douglas. The Boeing 234 Helicopter: Helilogging with Limited Environmental Damage Floating above the forest in northern California, a 12-ton Boeing 234 helicopter selects its target with precision. Selective logging is a process where only a portion of the available timber is removed from a logging site. A single tree is lifted straight up from the forest floor, leaving the rest of the area environmentally intact. Removing such timber-very often trees that are already dead or diseased-allows the remaining trees to thrive on the additional resources of sunlight, water, and soil nutrients. Helilogging is environmentally friendly in other ways as well. First, since the logs are lifted from the ground, little soil erosion, typical of conventional logging methods, occurs. Second, in many cases the helicopter is able to use existing roads for landings, meaning no new roads need to be built into the area being logged. Columbia Helicopters cuts more logs each year than any other helicopter logging company. To prepare the timber for the helicopter, the specially trained logging crew cut it into carefully weighed sections. Columbia's flight crews are among the most experienced at long-line work in the world. With speed and precision, they are able to move heavy loads of logs at the end of lines up to 350-feet long. Once the line is lowered from the Boeing 234 helicopter, steel tongs clamp the log and the entire tree is removed without disturbing the balance of nature. "It's kinda like lookin' down 25 stories and picking up a telephone pole," comments the helicopter pilot, Dave Stroupe, who deposits the timber at a nearby transfer yard. "The unique thing about this helicopter is that, when we take off from the ground, we weigh approximately 22,000 pounds. And we're rigged for about 26,000 pounds when we get low on fuel. So the load actually weighs more than the helicopter. It's exciting and harrowing all at the same time." The Boeing 234s have a lift capacity of 28,000 lb, (12,727 kg), but most often carry loads between 23,000 lb, (10,454 kg) to 24,000 lb (10,909 kg) due to elevation and air temperature considerations. The company trains loggers to work with helicopters because load weight is such a dramatic part of what they do. Weight is determined, using a formula, which are a function of the volume and the type of wood. Different tree species have different weights per volume. When one of the pilots suggested using the log as a platform for the camera, Douglas realized another exciting camera angle. The possibility existed that the branches could scrape off the camera as the log was hauled up. Douglas prevented this by placing the camera inside a heavy steel avalanche box, which he anchored on the end of a big log. Once the log was grappled, the helicopter hauled the protected camera right through the branches, giving the audience a breathtaking view from the perspective of the log! The U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier, AH-1W Cobra, CH-53E Super Stallion and CH-46E Sea Knight on a Military Mission An AV-8B Harrier jet demonstrates its vertical landing ability followed by a force reconnaissance inservice exercise from an aircraft carrier, as Marines climb aboard the CH-53E. AH-1W Cobras and Harriers form an assault-support package, as the reconnaissance team sets out on a mission to obtain invaluable intelligence about the enemy. Inside the CH-53E, the machine-gunner is at the ready as a Cobra fires three rockets. The action heats up as the IMAX camera captures the Marines fast-roping through the "hell hole" and sliding down a rope dangling from the CH-53E, landing in enemy territory. The leader of the reconnaissance team says, "By the time you get to touch rope in a live situation, you and your men feel tighter than family. Your fates are tied like the strands of a rope." Two hours later the Marines have completed their mission and are ready to be evacuated. Now the enemy hunts them on the ground. Trees shake as the rescue CH-53E helicopter hovers overhead, lowering a rope to the squad, now up to their waists in water. One after the other, in a matter of seconds, the men clip themselves onto the rope. "Extraction, even more than insertion, is when you need speed. You've been awful quiet. Suddenly, you're awful loud," says Sgt. James Kenneke, the squad leader. He's first in and last out. Lifted up, like washing on a line, the squad dangles beneath the helicopter as it is escorted by Cobras, out over the Atlantic. "It's a relief to get out. But there's that moment of doubt. Everything slows down while you're exposed � holding your breath for that happy ending. And when you get it, you feel on top of the world. Of course, then we've got to commute home just like everybody else," smiles Kennecke. The Mi-26 and Mi-8 Deliver Humanitarian Aid Sometimes, something very precious must be delivered behind enemy lines-food. Sierra Leone is a nation that has suffered years of conflict. From the food depot to the hot spot, helicopters provide an air bridge. Hoisting food and medical supplies to distressed people behind rebel-held territories, they have the ability to hop over hot zones in desperate situations. The world's largest production helicopter-the Russian-made Mi-26-is the workhorse for the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operation in war-torn Sierra Leone. The heaviest production helicopter in the world, this majestic eight-bladed craft-one of four chartered by the UN from Russia-can carry a maximum of 44,090 lb (20,040 kg) of internal payload or up to 70 troops. The Mi-26's top speed is 183 mph (295 kph) and it has a range of 304 miles (400 km). In this sequence, the Mi-26 is loaded with cargo to supply UN troops protecting an isolated community in the center of rebel-held territory. The world's largest food agency, the UN World Food Program (WFP), organized a massive air campaign targeting internally displaced persons that had congregated near a clinic for malnourished children. Once rebels from the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) had surrounded the area and blocked road access, the WFP was prevented from completing a bulk distribution. Instead, they loaded up their Mi-8 and flew to the Daru clinic where the most vulnerable women and children were located. "All children under five who are malnourished are given a special feeding program in Daru. And the under-five are always the first ones you target for any kind of extreme malnourished cases, because they die very quickly," says Aya Shneerson, program officer for the WFP. "Daru is a kind of an island, a safe island, surrounded by areas that are unsafe," she says, "and for that reason, it always served as a sort of magnet for the very vulnerable people coming out." Another big WFP operation, Food for Peace, gives food to child ex-combatants, in an effort to attract them to disarmament and demobilization camps. The heavily laden craft flew out of the capital city, Freetown, situated on the west coast of Africa between Guinea on the north and Liberia on the south. The WFP supervises a variety of feeding programs in the displacement camps, feeding 5,000 in an operation that targeted Bunbuna, Kabala and Daru in 2000. Throughout the world, helicopters have saved millions of human lives. There are 777 million people in developing countries, according to the WFP. In 2001 the WFP fed 77 million hungry people (10 percent of the hungry poor) in 82 countries. Diamonds, which should have brought prosperity to Sierra Leone, instead resulted in one of the modern world's most brutal insurgencies, dating back to 1991 when rebels launched a war to overthrow the government. In the ensuing years, continuous battles between the various factions-rebels, the army and the government-displaced tens of thousands of innocent civilians, resulting in hunger and famine. In 1998 UN observers documented reports of ongoing atrocities and human rights abuses. In 1999 negotiations began between the government and the rebels, and an agreement was signed in Lome to end hostilities and form a government of national unity. By 2000, the UN's expanded role resulted in the deployment of 17,500 military peacekeeping personnel to various parts of the country. Free elections in May 2002 have given hope and a fresh started in Sierra Leone. The AS 350 B2 and AS 350 B3 Used for Wildlife Relocation In South Africa, helicopters are helping to save the black rhino from extinction. Protected in a few remote preserves, their numbers are rising. However, should the rhinos feel overcrowded, they will fight to the death. To protect the species, some must be relocated to safe habitats, but this is easier said than done. A platform dangles from a helicopter overhead. Inside another helicopter, flying low over the South African veldt, a man with a rifle takes aim at a black rhinoceros, dodging through the bushes below. The pilot concentrates on flying 5 feet above and 10 to15 feet behind the rhino. Anticipating its every move, a wildlife veterinarian pulls the trigger of his gun loaded with a tranquilizer dart, scoring a direct hit that successfully penetrates the rhino's inch-thick skin. "When I am darting animals like the black rhino, there is this immense trust between myself and Piet, the pilot," says wildlife veterinarian, Dr. Douw Grobler, who specializes in immunizations and translocations. "I know exactly what he's going to do and where he's going to place me. I don't have to think. I can just concentrate on the animals. I just know he's gong to put me there in the right spot at the right time. It's almost that he senses what the animal's going to do. In that way, he can change the animal's mind with his helicopter." Grobler has measured a specific drug dosage, which can keep a rhino asleep for up to two hours. Once the rhino is darted, the ground crew lands as soon as possible to undertake a multitude of tasks. They monitor the beast's vital signs, take skin and blood samples to study its basic health and to detect any nutrients that are lacking. This ensures that the habitat is healthy for long-term propagation. They also conduct pregnancy testing. Each rhino's ear is notched so that it can be identified easily from the air and ground. The tip of the second horn is removed to provide material for genetic research, and a transmitter is fitted into the rhino's horn for tracking its whereabouts. Poachers present a constant danger to the rhinos' security. Should a poacher remove the horn for export, the transmitter would trigger an alarm. When two males inhabit the same territory, one must be relocated before they battle to the death. Placing a sling in position, the crew rolls the rhino aboard the platform, making sure it is fully asleep. With a lifting capability of 3,500 lb (1,590 kg), the AStar B 3 can relocate the 2,250-lb (1022-kg) rhino to an area of the sanctuary that is accessible only by helicopter. The extensive research on eleven black rhinos acquired during the four-day shoot was made possible only through SK Film's financial contribution. "My field of expertise lies in the capture and relocation of African wildlife. I am extremely grateful to Straight Up! for sponsoring this incredibly important research and relocation program at the game park. Without the film, this research would not have happened," says Grobler, who organized the capture, research and relocation project, with the film's production crew. "Every animal is just so valuable," he says, "and any information that can be collected on them is worth its weight in gold." The prehistoric ancestor of today's rhinos existed more than 50 million years ago. Among today's five rhino species, the black rhino, which has two horns, has suffered the most spectacular rate of decline. From a population of 65,000 in 1970 it had been hunted almost to extinction, declining to a population of 2,300 by 1992-93. Current statistics indicate that the African black rhino population has risen to 3,500 as a result of the protection of nature reserves, developed by conservancy groups, agencies and governments to facilitate breeding and relocation programs. This segment of Straight Up! was filmed in one such reserve in South Africa, where black rhinos had been reintroduced in 1986. The helicopter, an irreplaceable co
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