Wild West
Brief Synopsis
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In search of the science behind the legends, host Alan Alda tracks rattlesnakes in the Sonoran Desert, searches for gold in the Sierra Nevada, uses forensic medicine to identify some of the casualties at the site of Custer's Last Stand at Little Bighorn. survives a close encounter with some scorpion
Cast & Crew
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John Angier
Director
Charles Fipke
Michael Meyers
Whisper Alexander
Steve Beaupre
Gary Polis
Film Details
Also Known As
Scientific American Frontiers (10/04/95)
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1995
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
In search of the science behind the legends, host Alan Alda tracks rattlesnakes in the Sonoran Desert, searches for gold in the Sierra Nevada, uses forensic medicine to identify some of the casualties at the site of Custer's Last Stand at Little Bighorn. survives a close encounter with some scorpions, treks to the site of a new "diamond rush" in Canada, helps a young woman with her calf-roping techniques using experts and computer graphics, and visits the Biosphere 2 site in Arizona.
Directors
John Angier
Director
David M Huntley
Director
Graham Chedd
Director
Andrew Liebman
Director
Jill Singer
Director
Crew
John Angier
Executive Producer
John Angier
Writer
John Angier
Animator
John Angier
Other
John Angier
Graphics
John Angier
Producer
David Berenson
Editor
Graham Chedd
Other
Graham Chedd
Writer
Graham Chedd
Executive Producer
Graham Chedd
Producer
Michael Chin
Photography
Martha Clarke
Editor
Tim Curran
Photography
Laura Debonis
Associate Producer
Doug Dunderdale
Sound
Sean J Eunson
Editor
Sean J Eunson
Post-Production Supervisor
Sara Finkelstein
Associate Producer
G John Garrett
Sound
Christopher George
Associate Producer
Ren Hinks
Photography
Peter Hoving
Photography
David M Huntley
Other
David M Huntley
Producer
David M Huntley
Writer
David M Huntley
Editor
Bill Kenney
Video
Andrew Liebman
Other
Andrew Liebman
Writer
Andrew Liebman
Producer
Andrew Livecchi
Sound
Mark Mclaughlin
Sound
Marc Miller
Photography
Randy Roos
Music
Jed Schwartz
Titles
Karl Sims
Titles
Jill Singer
Other
Jill Singer
Editor
Jill Singer
Writer
Jill Singer
Producer
Dennis Sprankel
Sound
Film Details
Also Known As
Scientific American Frontiers (10/04/95)
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1995
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
