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Pandas

In the mountains of Sichuan, China, a researcher forms a bond with Qian Qian, a panda who is about to experience nature for the first time.

Director

David Douglas, Drew Fellman

Year

Genre

documentary, short

Box Office

$7,574,012

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures,Panda Productions

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Homepage

https://www.imax.com/movies/pandas

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This is a story about
connections between people, - Pandas

This is a story about connections between people,

For a determined panda expert like
hou rong, - Pandas

For a determined panda expert like hou rong,

Hou rong is the director of research
at the chengdu panda base - Pandas

Hou rong is the director of research at the chengdu panda ba...

She's responsible for
the country's largest population - Pandas

She's responsible for the country's largest popula...

These cubs are just two months old. - Pandas

These cubs are just two months old.

Hou rong and her colleagues
used new techniques - Pandas

Hou rong and her colleagues used new techniques

I've dedicated my life
to the conservation of giant pandas. - Pandas

I've dedicated my life to the conservation of giant pan...

A healthy captive
population can help save wild pandas - Pandas

A healthy captive population can help save wild pandas

For such a famous animal, - Pandas

For such a famous animal,

Giant pandas are the oldest - Pandas

Giant pandas are the oldest

They once roamed across much of
ancient China. - Pandas

They once roamed across much of ancient China.

For thousands of years kingdoms
and dynasties Rose and tumbled. - Pandas

For thousands of years kingdoms and dynasties Rose and tumbl...

And people transformed the landscape - Pandas

And people transformed the landscape

The loss of their habitat pushed pandas
higher and higher into these mountains. - Pandas

The loss of their habitat pushed pandas higher and higher in...

Today, there are fewer
than 2,000 giant pandas in the wild. - Pandas

Today, there are fewer than 2,000 giant pandas in the wild.

Scattered in small groups
and isolated from each other - Pandas

Scattered in small groups and isolated from each other

The lack of genetic diversity - Pandas

The lack of genetic diversity

Hou rong hopes her cubs can help - Pandas

Hou rong hopes her cubs can help

They've been carefully bred - Pandas

They've been carefully bred

Hou rong's dream is to start
the next phase of her program - Pandas

Hou rong's dream is to start the next phase of her prog...

The cubs' mothers were also born
at the panda base. - Pandas

The cubs' mothers were also born at the panda base.

They don't have the experience
to help them go wild. - Pandas

They don't have the experience to help them go wild.

So hou rong
will look elsewhere for help. - Pandas

So hou rong will look elsewhere for help.

Her search
will lead her across the world - Pandas

Her search will lead her across the world

Yeah, what a good boy.
What a good boy. Yeah. - Pandas

Yeah, what a good boy. What a good boy. Yeah.

Ben kilham takes in
orphaned black bear cubs - Pandas

Ben kilham takes in orphaned black bear cubs

Black bears are the most common
of all bear species. - Pandas

Black bears are the most common of all bear species.

But each one has its own personality. - Pandas

But each one has its own personality.

These little orphans
are only ten weeks old. - Pandas

These little orphans are only ten weeks old.

At this age,
they sleep most of the day. - Pandas

At this age, they sleep most of the day.

But when they're hungry,
they turn into little monsters. - Pandas

But when they're hungry, they turn into little monsters...

Ben and his family provide
constant care and affection. - Pandas

Ben and his family provide constant care and affection.

If you think having kids is hard,
try raising three bears in your house. - Pandas

If you think having kids is hard, try raising three bears in...

Once spring arrives, - Pandas

Once spring arrives,

Let's go up the pond. Come on. - Pandas

Let's go up the pond. Come on.

When I was a boy I had trouble
learning in school. - Pandas

When I was a boy I had trouble learning in school.

As I grew up I realized I just had
a different way of seeing the world. - Pandas

As I grew up I realized I just had a different way of seeing...

I could read nature the way other
people read books. - Pandas

I could read nature the way other people read books.

Build trust, - Pandas

I don't teach bears
how to be bears. - Pandas

I don't teach bears how to be bears.

Next summer,
this little troupe will break up. - Pandas

Next summer, this little troupe will break up.

And the bears will be returned to
the forests of new england. - Pandas

And the bears will be returned to the forests of new england...

Ben has successfully
released over 150 bears. - Pandas

Ben has successfully released over 150 bears.

Hou rong was introduced to Ben - Pandas

Hou rong was introduced to Ben

She came to New Hampshire to see - Pandas

She came to New Hampshire to see

By your experiments, which
age is better to use this method? - Pandas

By your experiments, which age is better to use this method?

- Okay.
- Of walking that would be comparable - Pandas

- Okay. - Of walking that would be comparable

- Mmm-hmm.
- And because all of your pandas, - Pandas

- Mmm-hmm. - And because all of your pandas,

The best model
for hou rong's pandas - Pandas

The best model for hou rong's pandas

But she had a big, bossy personality. - Pandas

But she had a big, bossy personality.

Ben brings hou rong to his
study site to demonstrate - Pandas

Ben brings hou rong to his study site to demonstrate

And has raised over 20 of her own cubs. - Pandas

And has raised over 20 of her own cubs.

Squirty lets me put a tracking
collar around her neck. - Pandas

Squirty lets me put a tracking collar around her neck.

Ben and squirty
have changed each other's lives. - Pandas

Ben and squirty have changed each other's lives.

He gave her the chance lo thrive
and in return, she's been his guide - Pandas

He gave her the chance lo thrive and in return, she's b...

Ben's experience with squirty - Pandas

Ben's experience with squirty

Hi, there. Hi, there.
Can I play hide-and-seek with you? - Pandas

Hi, there. Hi, there. Can I play hide-and-seek with you?

What a pretty girl.
What a pretty girl. - Pandas

What a pretty girl. What a pretty girl.

Hi, guys, I remember all you guys. - Pandas

Hi, guys, I remember all you guys.

I was touched by Ben
ahd his love for the bears. - Pandas

I was touched by Ben ahd his love for the bears.

They accept him like he's also a bear. - Pandas

They accept him like he's also a bear.

That's a bluff charge, but it's not
a really highly emotional bluff charge. - Pandas

That's a bluff charge, but it's not a really highl...

The intensity of the bluff charge shows
the emotion of the bear. - Pandas

The intensity of the bluff charge shows the emotion of the b...

At first,
I was skeptical of Ben's method. - Pandas

At first, I was skeptical of Ben's method.

Once I saw it with my own eyes, - Pandas

Once I saw it with my own eyes,

Hou rong
invites Ben to collaborate. - Pandas

Hou rong invites Ben to collaborate.

They'll combine his experience - Pandas

They'll combine his experience

Pandas inspire a frenzy
of adoration around the world - Pandas

Pandas inspire a frenzy of adoration around the world

They are the king Kong of cute. - Pandas

They are the king Kong of cute.

And it takes a special person to see the real bear behind th...

Ben and hou rong selected Jake Owens, - Pandas

Ben and hou rong selected Jake Owens,

It's how young animals bond
and a relationship formed now - Pandas

It's how young animals bond and a relationship formed n...

The next scientist
to join the team - Pandas

The next scientist to join the team

Introducing any captive animal
to the wild is risky. - Pandas

Introducing any captive animal to the wild is risky.

The team's first step
is to pick the right panda. - Pandas

The team's first step is to pick the right panda.

We assess the cubs for qualities
that will help them survive in the wild. - Pandas

We assess the cubs for qualities that will help them survive...

Climbing ability, - Pandas

Climbing ability,

We need cubs that will follow, - Pandas

We need cubs that will follow,

Wild pandas must survive cold winters. - Pandas

Wild pandas must survive cold winters.

So we brought in snow
fo see how they respond. - Pandas

So we brought in snow fo see how they respond.

You never know what surprises
they'll encounter in the wild. - Pandas

You never know what surprises they'll encounter in the ...

And in the battle of panda
versus snowman, - Pandas

And in the battle of panda versus snowman,

The team settled on
a little cub called qian qian. - Pandas

The team settled on a little cub called qian qian.

She's about to trade
the comforts of panda base - Pandas

She's about to trade the comforts of panda base

As a scientist,
I usually just observe animals. - Pandas

As a scientist, I usually just observe animals.

Now my role is to make friends
with a panda - Pandas

Now my role is to make friends with a panda

The team brings qian qian
to panda valley - Pandas

The team brings qian qian to panda valley

Come out and play with us.
She does play. Who's that? - Pandas

Come out and play with us. She does play. Who's that?

Now qian qian is about to
experience nature - Pandas

Now qian qian is about to experience nature

Pandas explore with their nose, - Pandas

Pandas explore with their nose,

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In the mountains of Sichuan, China, a researcher forms a bond with Qian Qian, a panda who is about to experience nature for the first time.

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Director: David Douglas, Drew Fellman

Writer: Drew Fellman

Production: Warner Bros. Pictures,Panda Productions

Genre: documentary, short

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 82/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: $7,574,012

Released: 06 Apr 2018

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

Homepage: https://www.imax.com/movies/pandas