Originally filmed in IMAX format The Discoverers features some astoundingly spectacular footage all centering around the act of discovery. The story of the great navigator Magellans search for a passage to the Pacific is presented with film of spectacular sunsets and scenery and a visit to a re-creation of Sir Isaac Newtons laboratory while he refracts light with lamps and prisms is equally beautiful. The various vignettes which range from a child and her father discovering paintings of bison painted on cave ceilings thousands of years ago to a scientist on a team analyzing data sent back from a probe sent to the planet Venus dont proceed in a linear path. But thats the whole idea. The production was inspired by the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Discoverers by Daniel J. Boorstin and the goal was to put the viewer alongside those who explore the unknown as they experience the joyous moments of discovery. There is some serious science presented in the course of the film but fear not its all presented in a highly entertaining manner. All thats required is to simply sit back and immerse yourself in the utterly gorgeous cinematography ... >>