Mysterious Castles of Clay
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| Narrated by | Orson Welles |
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| Distributed by | ITV |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Mysterious Castles of Clay is a 1978 documentary film about a termite colony filmed in Kenya by Joan and Alan Root, and narrated by Orson Welles. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature[1] and received a Peabody Award.
One version of the film, known as simply Castles of Clay, was narrated by British actor Derek Jacobi.
Preservation status
Because the original film was lost, only three copies are known to exist in the United States. One of these is in the possession of famed nature documenter Ken Burns; another is in the possession of the science department of the Colorado Rocky Mountain School.
See also
References
- ^ "NY Times: Mysterious Castles of Clay". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2009. Archived from the original on August 21, 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
External links
- Mysterious Castles of Clay at IMDb
- Castles of Clay is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive