![]() ![]() While the animation here is not quite up to Pixar level, it's still pretty and colorful, with a pleasing Candyland quality to the alien planet surface. Space chimps dvd full#Despite all the fangs, parents shouldn't worry too much not a hair on any chimp is seriously singed, and along the pratfall strewn way there's time for lessons about responsibility and realization of one's full potential. NASA's by-the-book methods jar with Ham's mischief-making of course, but once the space training ends, the mission begins, with myriad dangers along the way, including: a big-toothed monster and a run amok alien named Zartog (Jeff Daniels) whose harnessed the previous space probe for world-domination purposes, all good opportunities for Ham III to redeem himself. A natural born rebel against authority, Ham the third is initially reluctant to go on a dangerous space mission to rescue a lost space probe, but away he goes, for lots of RIGHT STUFF-style astro-training alongside two highly prepared chimps, Luna and Titan (Cheryl Hines and Patrick Warburton). history that includes an honest, moving and thought provoking examination of the use of chimpanzees in NASA’s space program and their subsequent abandonment into the hands of research laboratories.Circus monkey Ham III (voiced by Andy Samberg) works in a circus where he's regularly shot from a canon but he still lives in the shadow of his father's legacy (Ham I was the first chimp shot into space in 1961). One Small Step: The Story of the Space Chimps is a testament to a moment in U.S. The film weaves the story of human celebration during this time while challenging and begging the question: at what cost to the sacrificed chimpanzees and other animals? As the “race to space” heated up, they were used as test subjects for space flight research. The young “Air Force Chimps” were used in military flight experiments starting in the early 1950’s. Carole Noon), the film reveals the plight of and truth behind the lives of the 65 young and infant chimpanzees who the Air Force captured in Africa and brought to the US - beginning a major chapter in the long and ugly saga of decades of using chimpanzees in horrific experiments. Using archival photos and footage, testimony from space historians, the chimpanzees’ trainers, and the people who fought for the space chimps’ retirement ( Dr. It begins with their predecessors, monkeys, who were used in air and space research, and culminates in the early rocket tests that Ham and Enos were put through prior to their missions into space. Just in time for the animation’s release is the newly released DVD documentary One Small Step: The Story of the Space Chimps, which tells the real story of the United States Air Force chimpanzees. (As of early June, reviews are not yet in as to the political correctness of the message.) The film, which is targeted to a family audience, revolves around two NASA chimpanzees who find themselves on an uncharted planet where they embark on a “fantastical” journey. The buzz on summer blockbusters is starting, including Space Chimps, the computer-animated feature scheduled for release July 18th. ![]() One Small Step: The Story of the Space Chimps - now on DVD! ![]()
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