Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets
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Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets is a 34-minute American short documentary
IMAX
feature film
that was theatrically released on June 16, 1984. The film was created, directed, and written by American filmmaker Kieth Merrill
and was produced by Destination Cinema. The music is composed by Bill Conti
.
The IMAX film was followed by The Making of Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets, a 24-minute making-of
documentary short released on January 11, 1999, but produced by Destination Cinema in 1993.
, being from the home of first Native American
inhabitants to a major tourist destination
. It portrays reenactments of the Anasazi people, European explorers, and the first expedition led by Major John Wesley Powell
. The ending of the film features flight with a bird's-eye view
following a lone, orange ultralight aircraft piloted by someone in a white helmet.
at Grand Canyon Village in Tusayan, Arizona
, which is located on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park
. There, the film is promotionally titled the Grand Canyon Movie.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
IMAX
IMAX
IMAX is a motion picture film format and a set of proprietary cinema projection standards created by the Canadian company IMAX Corporation. IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film systems...
feature film
Feature film
In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
that was theatrically released on June 16, 1984. The film was created, directed, and written by American filmmaker Kieth Merrill
Kieth Merrill
Kieth W. Merrill is an American filmmaker who has worked as a writer, director, and producer in the film industry since 1967...
and was produced by Destination Cinema. The music is composed by Bill Conti
Bill Conti
William "Bill" Conti is an American film music composer who is frequently the conductor at the Academy Awards ceremony.-Early life and career:...
.
The IMAX film was followed by The Making of Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets, a 24-minute making-of
Making-of
In cinema, a making-of, also known as behind-the-scenes, is a documentary film that features the production of a film or television program...
documentary short released on January 11, 1999, but produced by Destination Cinema in 1993.
Synopsis
The film features the human history of the Grand Canyon areaHistory of the Grand Canyon area
The known history of the Grand Canyon area stretches back 10,500 years, when the first evidence of human presence in the area is found. Native Americans have inhabited the Grand Canyon and the area now covered by Grand Canyon National Park for at least the last 4,000 of those years...
, being from the home of first Native American
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
inhabitants to a major tourist destination
Tourist destination
A tourist destination is a city, town, or other area that is dependent to a significant extent on the revenues accruing from tourism. It may contain one or more tourist attractions and possibly some "tourist traps."...
. It portrays reenactments of the Anasazi people, European explorers, and the first expedition led by Major John Wesley Powell
John Wesley Powell
John Wesley Powell was a U.S. soldier, geologist, explorer of the American West, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions...
. The ending of the film features flight with a bird's-eye view
Bird's-eye view
A bird's-eye view is an elevated view of an object from above, with a perspective as though the observer were a bird, often used in the making of blueprints, floor plans and maps.It can be an aerial photograph, but also a drawing...
following a lone, orange ultralight aircraft piloted by someone in a white helmet.
Venue at the Grand Canyon
The film is currently playing at the IMAX theater adjacent to the National Geographic visitor centerVisitor center
A visitor center or centre , visitor information center, tourist information center, is a physical location that provides tourist information to the visitors who tour the place or area locally...
at Grand Canyon Village in Tusayan, Arizona
Tusayan, Arizona
Tusayan is a town in Coconino County, Arizona, United States. Prior to its incorporation in 2010, it was a census-designated place . A resort town near the south entrance to Grand Canyon National Park, Tusayan is served by Grand Canyon National Park Airport...
, which is located on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon National Park is the United States' 15th oldest national park and is located in Arizona. Within the park lies the Grand Canyon, a gorge of the Colorado River, considered to be one of the Wonders of the World. The park covers of unincorporated area in Coconino and Mohave counties.Most...
. There, the film is promotionally titled the Grand Canyon Movie.
See also
- History of the Grand Canyon areaHistory of the Grand Canyon areaThe known history of the Grand Canyon area stretches back 10,500 years, when the first evidence of human presence in the area is found. Native Americans have inhabited the Grand Canyon and the area now covered by Grand Canyon National Park for at least the last 4,000 of those years...
- Grand Canyon Village Historic DistrictGrand Canyon Village Historic DistrictGrand Canyon Village Historic District comprises the historic center of Grand Canyon Village, on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The district includes numerous landmark park structures, many of which are National Historic Landmarks themselves, or are...
- Grand Canyon Village
- Tusayan, ArizonaTusayan, ArizonaTusayan is a town in Coconino County, Arizona, United States. Prior to its incorporation in 2010, it was a census-designated place . A resort town near the south entrance to Grand Canyon National Park, Tusayan is served by Grand Canyon National Park Airport...
- Grand CanyonGrand CanyonThe Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park, the 15th national park in the United States...
- Grand Canyon National ParkGrand Canyon National ParkGrand Canyon National Park is the United States' 15th oldest national park and is located in Arizona. Within the park lies the Grand Canyon, a gorge of the Colorado River, considered to be one of the Wonders of the World. The park covers of unincorporated area in Coconino and Mohave counties.Most...