11th Hour PG
It's our generation that gets to change the world... forever.
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 2 hours, 4 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 8, 2008
- Originally Released: 2007
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Featured: | Mikhail Gorbachev & Stephen Hawking | |
Directed by | Leila Conners Petersen & Nadia Conners | |
Narrated by | Leonardo DiCaprio | |
Screenwriting by | Leonardo DiCaprio, Leila Conners Petersen & Nadia Conners | |
Composition by | Eric Avery & Jean-Pascal Beintus | |
Produced by | Leonardo DiCaprio, Leila Conners Petersen, Chuck Castleberry & Brian Gerber | |
Director of Photography: | Andrew Rowlands |
Entertainment Reviews:
[A]n unnerving, surprisingly affecting documentary about our environmental calamity...
New York Times
[T]he film forges an authoritative voice through a collective of experts representing relevant fields....The film presents a harrowing account of the planet's current condition, an exploration of the causes, and, finally, a look at what can be done in the near future to heal the damage.
Los Angeles Times
Rating: 2.5/4 --
No matter what time it is in the grand, cosmic scheme of things, The 11th Hour arrives about a day late and an eco-dollar short of An Inconvenient Truth
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San Jose Mercury News
Rating: 3.5/4 --
As much as for what it says, the film is important for how it says it, in a manner that is easy to understand and hard to ignore.
Times-Picayune
Rating: 4/5 --
It's not a movie with a lot of answers, but The 11th Hour does push the debate further down the road.
Orlando Sentinel
Rating: 4/4 --
A cautionary tale sounding the alarm that we're close to the tipping point of wholesale ecological disaster, if not already irreversibly past it.
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NewsBlaze
Rating: 2/4 --
For all its scare tactics, The 11th Hour simply isn't that compelling, and we're talking about the end of the world here.
Miami Herald
Product Description:
Environmental documentary 11th HOUR resides at the polar opposite of escapist summer fare, its mission to firmly confront viewers about the indelible human footprint that humans have left on this planet, and the catastrophic effects of environmental neglect and abuse. Produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, and ably directed by Nadia Conners and Leila Conners Peterson, the documentary doesn't get much fancier than talking heads, news footage, and the occasional animated illustration, but its message is potent and delivered effectively.
The first hour of the film is essentially a horror story, recounting the myriad sins perpetrated against the environment (pollution, deforestation, over-mining resources), the reasons behind it (corporate greed, faulty public policy, bad leadership, ignorance), and what it means for the human race. Thankfully, the last third of the movie tilts the mood upward, with a spirited discussion of solutions, offered by a crack team of scientists, designers, and thinkers. Stirring visions of alternate energy sources, diversified transportation, enlightened governmental agendas, sustainable homes and cities, and, most importantly, more conscious consumer choices leave viewers with the palpable feeling that change is both necessary and possible. If the "eleventh hour" for our planet is drawing near, this admirable film points confidently towards a new dawn.
The first hour of the film is essentially a horror story, recounting the myriad sins perpetrated against the environment (pollution, deforestation, over-mining resources), the reasons behind it (corporate greed, faulty public policy, bad leadership, ignorance), and what it means for the human race. Thankfully, the last third of the movie tilts the mood upward, with a spirited discussion of solutions, offered by a crack team of scientists, designers, and thinkers. Stirring visions of alternate energy sources, diversified transportation, enlightened governmental agendas, sustainable homes and cities, and, most importantly, more conscious consumer choices leave viewers with the palpable feeling that change is both necessary and possible. If the "eleventh hour" for our planet is drawing near, this admirable film points confidently towards a new dawn.
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