《执着的梦想》是一部关于早期航天飞机的纪录片。这部纪录片里面再现了航天飞机的发射、着陆过程以及宇航员的太空生活。片中最令人瞩目的片段不但有从太空拍摄的地球全景,还有宇航员们,尤其是美国第一个女宇航员太空行走的特写。 当我们回顾所有那些电影和DVD中有关人类探索太空的情节时,通常我们会想到什么?奋斗。航天计划从一开始就是无止境的冲突和混乱、试验和挫折、多灾多难和百折不挠。在乐观的背后总能看到巨大的困难,在胜利的光环下则是成千上万的意外。而这部《执着的梦想》不同。在这里,我们会对离地飞天而肃然起敬,会为从太空中观看地球之美而心跳停止,会为宇航员们的日常生活而兴味盎然。《执着的梦想》,就是这样一部珍贵的DVD,它想告诉你的就是:“嘿,怎么样,太空漫游很酷吧?” 这部IMAX电影发行于1985年,当时阿波罗计划已经过去很久。NASA面对的局面是公众普遍对航天计划漠不关心。拍这部片子仿佛就是想说:“航天非常好玩——请大家看过来,关心我们的工作。”很快所有的媒体就把目光都投向了他们,因为在1986年1月28日,发生了挑战者号爆炸事件,航天事业一下子又成了全世界的焦点。 经过了16年之后,华纳公司终于把《执着的梦想》从大银幕搬到了DVD上。与其一起发行的还有IMAX的其他一些电影。对《执着的梦想》这部老片来说,表现效果已经非常杰出了,其内容也仍然引人入胜。尽管基本上没有任何花絮,这部DVD还是非常抵买的。
Seven days, more than 1,000 miles, 20 cars, two boats, a motorbike and one dream...The Perfect Road Trip. The aim: to select the ideal mode of transport for each leg of a pilgrimage from Venice, Italy to Pau in France – home to a legendary street circuit and the origins of Grand Prix racing. On the way we prepare by taking to the track at Monza – the home of Italian Formula One. We try to get noticed on the road course in Monaco in a Bugatti, a Lamborghini and a Model T Ford. After cruising the canals in Venice we take to the tarmac and things look good - thanks to the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta and Mercedes SLS Black. Throw in a Pagani Huayra, Porsche Cayman S and a GT3 as well as the Aston Martin Vanquish centenary edition, Bentley V8 convertible, Rolls Royce Phantom coupe and the face-bending BAC Mono all seems pretty perfect to us. There’s culture too. An all-out effort to get the Birmingham burger-boy to savour the culinary delights of Italy and France – including octopus and an old balcony. Then it’s time to turn up the heat even more with a Top Gear race... and the worst forfeit in television history. Finally we head to the historic road course in Pau. Surely nothing could spoil our Perfect Road Trip... Enjoy...! Jeremy Clarkson & Richard Hammond