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Adam Savages obsessies

Filmed Dec 2008 • Posted Mar 2009EG 2008
EG 2008
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Op EG'08 vertelt Adam Savage over zijn fascinatie voor de dodo, en hoe dit leidde tot een vreemde en verrassende dubbele zoektocht. Het is een vermakelijk avontuur door de ogen van een creatieve bezetene.

Adam Savage, the host of "MythBusters" on the Discovery Channel, is a longtime special-effects artist and a minor obsessive. Full bio »

Translated into Dutch by Marco Poeth
Reviewed by Lucas Brouwers
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