Serengeti Symphony

Serengeti Symphony
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHugo van Lawick
Produced byHugo van Lawick
Narrated byArnold Gelderman
Cinematography
  • Hugo van Lawick
  • Matthew Aeberhard
Edited by
  • Manfred Poppenk
  • Alan Miller
Music byLaurens van Rooyen
Production
company
Nature Conservation Films
Distributed byBuena Vista International[a]
Release dates
Running time
88 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch
Budgetƒ7 million[1]
Box office28.607 admissions[2]

Serengeti Symphony is a 1998 Dutch nature documentary film directed by Hugo van Lawick.[1] The film focuses on animal life in the Serengeti in Tanzania. The film lacks narration except for the beginning and ending portions, instead relying on arrangements of classical music by composers such as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Claude Debussy, and Modest Mussorgsky. The film is shot in Serengeti National Park.

The film was released on 8 October 1998 by Buena Vista International under the Walt Disney Pictures banner. It received positive reviews from critics.[3][4][5]

The film was released on VHS by Buena Vista Home Entertainment on 10 February 1999.[6]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Distributed under the Walt Disney Pictures banner.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Deltenre, Jaap (3 October 1998). "Serengeti Symphony: Ode aan het laatste paradijs". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 10 November 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 Verhaagen, Annelotte (19 June 1999). "Serengeti Symphony". Filmjaarboek 1998. By Hans Beerekamp. International Theatre & Film books. p. 142. ISBN 9-789064-035418.
  3. ↑ Sande, Monique van de (8 October 1998). "Serengeti Symphony: schitterend kijkvoer". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 22 July 2025. Retrieved 22 July 2025 – via Delpher.
  4. ↑ Tamsma, Gerwin (7 October 1998). "Naar beesten kijken". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 7 June 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  5. ↑ van de Graaf, Belinda (8 October 1998). "Met een muziekje worden vogels ballerina's". Trouw (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 8 June 2026. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Walt Disney Pictures presenteert SERENGETI SYMPHONY (Press release)" (in Dutch). Buena Vista Home Entertainment. 14 January 1999. Retrieved 2 October 2025.


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