Mysterious Castles of Clay

Mysterious Castles of Clay
Directed by	Joan Root Alan Root
Produced by	Joan Root Alan Root
Narrated by	Orson Welles
Production company	Survival Anglia
Distributed by	ITV
Release date	1978 (1978)
Country	United States
Language	English

Mysterious Castles of Clay is a 1978 film about a termite colony; filmed in Kenya by Joan and Alan Root, and narrated by Orson Welles. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature[1] and received a Peabody Award.

One version of the film, known as simply Castles of Clay, was narrated by British actor Derek Jacobi.

Because the original film was lost, only three copies are known to exist in the United States. One of these is in the possession of famed nature documenter Ken Burns; another is in the possession of the science department of the Colorado Rocky Mountain School.

See also

• Orson Welles filmography
• Survival

References

1. "NY Times: Mysterious Castles of Clay". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-08-21. Retrieved 2008-11-15.

External links

• Mysterious Castles of Clay at IMDb