The National Parks: America's Best Idea

7.9/10 • 2009 • 120 min

Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature's most spectacular locales – from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska - “The National Parks: America's Best Idea” is nonetheless a story of people: people from every conceivable background – rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs; people who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved, and in doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy.

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Documentary

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Released

Sep 27, 2009

Cast

Adam Arkin Philip Bosco Peter Coyote (as Narrator) Amy Madigan Tom Hanks Murphy Guyer

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national park nature america

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Great Nature: Extra

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The Morning of Creation: Manzanar - Never Again

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The Morning of Creation: City Kids In National Parks

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