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Chris Metzler, Jeff Springer and Quinn Costello's documentary 'Rodents of Unusual Size' relates the story of Louisiana residents struggling to deal with a profusion of nutria living in their wetlands.
Documentary 'Rodents of Unusual Size' looks at nutria, 20-pound rodents wreaking havoc on Louisiana wetlands. It's not for those who fear giant rats.
Fittingly for a movie borrowing its title from the 1987 fairy tale comedy "The Princess Bride," the nutria documentary "Rodents of Unusual Size" starts with a once-upon-a-time. Whether it concludes ...
Rodents of unusual size, or ROUS, are vicious creatures featured in "The Princess Bride" — but do they really exist? While the bloodthirsty rats from the book and film are fictional, there are ...
“Rodents of Unusual Size” – the title is a reference to quote from the movie “The Princess Bride” – will screen at festivals throughout the year and is scheduled to run on PBS in 2019.
Evidently, it was a rodent of unusual size, weighing a whopping three and a half pounds and measuring an incredible 32 inches from nose to tail. It wasn't found in the Fire Swamp, but in a crater ...
“Rodents of Unusual Size” is a documentary, and the titular animals, known as nutria or swamp rats, are voracious eaters who can weigh upwards of 20 pounds each. The film, co-directed by 2001 ...
It is human vs. rodent — may the best mammal win. Directed by Quinn Costello, Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer , “Rodents Of Unusual Size” is narrated by Wendell Pierce with music by the ...
The trio of filmmakers behind the Independent Lens film Rodents of Unusual Size — Jeff Springer, Chris Metzler and Quinn Costello — have previously captured unique environmental stories with a ...
And for the trio behind Rodents of Unusual Size, which screens with the filmmakers present at the Smith Rafael Center on Thursday, Oct. 25, and premieres on PBS’ Independent Lens in January 2019, ...
Evidently, it was a rodent of unusual size, weighing a whopping three and a half pounds and measuring an incredible 32 inches from nose to tail. It wasn't found in the Fire Swamp, but in a crater ...