'Roving Mars' finds plenty of life in two robot rovers
by Bob Townsend
Two resilient robot explorers, Spirit and Opportunity, are the big stars of "Roving Mars" — the new Disney Imax production that fills the giant screen with fascinating, detailed images of the Red Planet, set to a pulsating, mystery-stoking score by Philip Glass.
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An IMAX film documenting the journeys of Spirit and Opportunity, two rovers that explored the Red Planet on remote, unmanned NASA missions. The documentary uses the rovers' treks across the rugged Martian terrain to address the question of whether life exists on Mars.
Buena Vista Pictures
'Roving Mars'
Director: George Butler
Run time: 40 minutes
Release date: Jan. 27, 2006
Rating: G
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B+
"It's hard not to root for anthropomorphized Spirit and Opportunity as time and again they perform like whirring, beeping little robots-that-could, far exceeding the expectations of the people who designed and built them. "
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