Man Belongs to the Earth
About Man Belongs to the Earth
Made for the U.S. Pavilion at the 1974 World's Fair in Spokane, the IMAX film runs through the history of air, water, and soil pollution and the machines people were using to try to clean them up.
Cast & crew
More about Man Belongs to the Earth
Graeme Ferguson directed and photographed it. He and Roman Kroitor produced it. Don Ellis wrote the music. Chief Dan George and James Whitmore are billed. It was shown in May 1974 at the Spokane fair, whose pavilion used a Native American environmental theme. A copy is on the Internet Archive as govntis.ava03671vnb1.
Themes
Background
Shown at Expo '74 in Spokane, a fair built around the environment.
Making
Ferguson and Kroitor made the short for the pavilion screen, not for a regular theatrical run.
Look
Graeme Ferguson shot it for the IMAX screen at the U.S. Pavilion.
Music
Don Ellis wrote the music.
Preservation
A copy is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- The fair city is Spokane, not a studio city.
- Ferguson is both director and cameraman.
- Paramount is on the company list with IMAX.
- A copy is also on Wikimedia Commons.
Scenes
- The film moves from the record of the damage to the machines offered as a fix.
Also available
- Internet Archive (govntis.ava03671vnb1)