The Human Body (PG)
- Consumer Advice: Contains imagery of bodily functions including conception and puberty
- Run time: 43 mins
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 4th October 2001
- Starring: Robert Winston, Heather Pike, Buster Pike
- Directed by: Peter Georgi
- Official Website: http://www.humanbodyfilm.com
- Distributor: nWave Pictures
Plot Synopsis
Three years in the making, The Human Body reveals the incredible story of life. In astonishing detail, this large format film presents a look at the biological processes that go on without our control and often without our notice. Throughout the film we follow a family from dawn to dusk as they go about their daily routines. But this is no ordinary story. This is the tale of what takes place beneath the skin - a tale that allows us to see the extraordinary accomplishments of our everyday lives.
The everyday biological processes that keep us ticking are all in a day's work for the human body. Finding a way to film and illustrate those activities for a screen seven stories tall required a cinematic inventiveness that was anything but routine. Co-produced by Discovery Pictures and the BBC, The Human Body incorporates groundbreaking computer graphics with stunning real-life images to create a day in the life of a human body. "This film is one of the most technically complex large format films ever made," states director-producer Peter Georgi. "To get the subject matter on the large screen, we've pushed the boundaries, taken advantage of the most advanced scanning electron microscopes, the latest thermal imaging and high-definition digital video cameras, the cutting edge in medical computer graphics …whatever we thought could provide the best possible images."