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Alien Planet

Alien Planet is a 2005 docufiction TV special created for the Discovery Channel. Based on the 1990 book Expedition by the artist and writer Wayne Barlowe, Alien Planet explores the imagined extraterrestrial life of the fictional planet Darwin IV in the style of a nature documentary. Although closely following Barlowe's depiction of Darwin IV, Alien…

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Genre
Speculative evolution Science fiction Nature documentary
Based on
Expedition by Wayne Barlowe
Composer
Dean Grinsfelder
Country of origin
United States
Directed by
Pierre de Lespinois
Executive producers
Wayne Barlowe Pierre de Lespinois Tomi Landis Frances LoCascio

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Alien Planet

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Alien Planet

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related to Production · 20
Alien Planet → American, Barlowe, Darwin IV, Earth, Expedition, For, Garvin, George Lucas, Jack Horner, James, Michio Kaku, NASA, Some, Stephen Hawking, Technologies, The, Though, TV, Unlike Expedition, Wayne Barlowe
related to Plot · 18
Alien Planet → All, Balboa, Darwin, Darwin IV, Darwin Reconnaissance Orbiter, Each Horus, Earth's, Horus Probes, Ike, Isaac Newton, Leo, Leonardo, The, Traveling, Two, Upon, Vinci, Von Braun
related to Reception · 13
Alien Planet → According, As, Darwin IV, Darwinian, Day, Dwayne, Earth, However, In, The Space Review, The Washington Post, TV, Writing
related to External links · 5
Alien Planet → Discovery ChannelAlien Planet, DVD Release, IMDbAlien Planet, Internet Archive, Wayback Machine
Based on · 1
Alien Planet → Expedition by Wayne Barlowe
Composer · 1
Alien Planet → Dean Grinsfelder
Country of origin · 1
Alien Planet → United States
Directed by · 1
Alien Planet → Pierre de Lespinois
Executive producers · 1
Alien Planet → Wayne Barlowe Pierre de Lespinois Tomi Landis Frances LoCascio
Genre · 1
Alien Planet → Speculative evolution Science fiction Nature documentary

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planet alien darwin probes iv ike life expedition leo barlowe featured also based extraterrestrial scientists one book creatures wayne documentary

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Alien PlanetBased onExpedition by Wayne Barlowe1.00infobox
Alien PlanetComposerDean Grinsfelder1.00infobox
Alien PlanetCountry of originUnited States1.00infobox
Alien PlanetDirected byPierre de Lespinois1.00infobox
Alien PlanetExecutive producersWayne Barlowe Pierre de Lespinois Tomi Landis Frances LoCascio1.00infobox
Alien PlanetGenreSpeculative evolution Science fiction Nature documentary1.00infobox
Alien PlanetNarrated byJohn C. McGinley1.00infobox
Alien PlanetNetworkDiscovery Channel1.00infobox
Alien PlanetOriginal languageEnglish1.00infobox
Alien PlanetProducersJohn Copeland James R. Cowan1.00infobox
Alien PlanetProduction companiesImage Entertainment Meteor Studios1.00infobox
Alien PlanetReleaseMay 14, 2005 (2005-05-14)1.00infobox
Alien PlanetRunning time94 minutes1.00infobox
Alien PlanetWritten byPeter Crabbe Steve Eder1.00infobox
Alien Planetis a2005 docufiction TV special created for the Discovery Channel0.90text

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