Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets

Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets

A screenshot of the title sequence.
Directed by Kieth Merrill
Produced by Kieth Merrill
Written by Kieth Merrill
Narrated by (uncredited)
Music by Bill Conti
Cinematography Reed Smoot
Edited by Stephen L. Johnson
Production
company
Destination Cinema
Distributed by IMAX
Slingshot Entertainment
Release dates
  • June 16, 1984 (1984-06-16)
Running time
 34 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $52.8 million (US)[1]

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.

Synopsis

The film features the human history of the Grand Canyon area, 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.

Venue at the Grand Canyon

A poster at the Grand Canyon visitor center.

As of 2016, the film has been playing at the IMAX theater adjacent to the National Geographic visitor center in Tusayan, Arizona, which is located near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and Grand Canyon National Park. There, the film is promotionally titled the Grand Canyon Movie.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets (1984) - Box office / business". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
  2. ↑ "IMAX Grand Canyon Movie". National Geographic Visitor Center. Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved December 10, 2010.

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