In an adventure of giant proportions, Tiny Giants reveals the astonishing lives of the smallest of animals. With jaw-dropping drama, this pioneering film reveals the great courage and skill essential to the success of our miniature heroes in their titanic battle for survival.
A chipmunk in a wild wood and a grasshopper mouse in Arizona’s scorched deserts are both forced to grow up fast when they find themselves alone for the first time. Facing experienced rivals and huge predators, our chipmunk hero must find the courage to gather enough acorns for winter. Forced out of the family home, our adolescent grasshopper mouse is then swept away in a flash flood. He needs to learn the skills to survive and lay claim to his own patch of desert as he becomes an adult.
Only by using their ingenious superpowers can our heroes not only stay alive but also become masters of their universe.
Rating: Suitable for all audiences
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Meet the grasshopper mouse and the Sonoran Desert characters
Grasshopper mouse and Harris hawkA grasshopper mouse and a Harris hawk in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert (composite image). Photo by BBC. © BBC 2014
Grasshopper mouse and Harris hawkGrasshopper mouse and Harris hawk, Arizona (composite image). Photo by Randall Babb and BBC. © Randall Babb | BBC 2014
Grasshopper mouseA grasshopper mouse stands defiantly in its territory in Arizona's Sonoran Desert (composite image). Photo by Randall Babb and BBC. © Randall Babb | BBC 2014.
Grasshopper mouse and diamondback rattlesnakeA grasshopper mouse and a diamondback rattlesnake in Arizona's Sonoran Desert (composite image). Photo by Randall Babb and BBC. © Randall Babb | BBC 2014
Harris hawk and grasshopper mouseHarris hawk closing in on a grasshopper mouse in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert (composite image). Photo by BBC. © BBC 2014
Grasshopper mouse and scolopendraGrasshopper mouse facing a scolopendra in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert (composite image). Photo by BBC. © BBC 2014
Grasshopper mouse and scorpionGrasshopper mouse facing a scorpion in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert (composite image). Photo by BBC. © BBC 2014
Regal horned lizardRegal horned lizard eating an ant in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert (composite image). Photo by BBC. © BBC 2014
Meet the chipmunk and the other characters of the wild wood
ChipmunkChipmunk and acorn in northern temperate forest (composite image). Photo by Rob Drewett and BBC. © Rob Drewett | BBC 2014
Chipmunk and mooseChipmunk and moose in northern temperate forest (composite image). Photo by BBC. © BBC 2014
Chipmunk and toadstoolsChipmunk and toadstools in northern temperate forest (composite image). Photo by BBC. © BBC 2014
Chipmunk and owlChipmunk and owl in northern temperate forest (Landscape) (composite image). Photo by BBC. © BBC 2014
ChipmunkChipmunk surveys its territory in northern temperate forest. Photo by BBC. © BBC 2014
ChipmunkChipmunk in a burrow with a hoard of nuts. Photo by BBC. © BBC 2014
ChipmunkChipmunk standing on hind legs with nut, northern temperate forest (composite image). Photo by BBC. © BBC 2014
ChipmunksFighting chipmunks, northern temperate forest (composite image). Photo by BBC. © BBC 2014
ChipmunkChipmunk in northern temperate forest (composite image). Photo by BBC. © BBC 2014
WolfWolf in the snowy northern temperate forest (composite image). Photo by BBC. © BBC 2014
Making of
Filming on locationFilming a Harris hawk on location in Arizona. Photo by Mark Brownlow. © Mark Brownlow 2014
Cameraman Kevin FlayCameraman Kevin Flay filming a Harris hawk on location in Arizona. Photo by Mark Brownlow. © Mark Brownlow 2014
Filming on locationThe crew filming woodland scene. Photo by Katrina Bartlam. © Katrina Bartlam 2014
Camaramen Jonathan Jones and Rob DrewettCameramen Jonathan Jones and Rob Drewett with the handheld 3D camera rig. Photo by Mark Brownlow. © Mark Brownlow 2014
Cameraman Jonathan JonesCameraman Jonathan Jones with the 3D camera rig on location. Photo by Mark Brownlow. © Mark Brownlow 2014
Stereographer Simon de GlanvilleStereographer Simon de Glanville on location. Photo by Mark Brownlow. © Mark Brownlow 2014