Earth days is the rare ecological documentary that doesnt nag us to run out of the movie theater and change the world. Apr 22, 2009 earth, a movie about animals and their dramatic journeys, hits theaters earth day. Obviously we slept through the one and a half hour long documentary. Earth was released in cinemas internationally during the final quarter of 2007 and throughout 2008. Directed by alastair fothergill, mark linfield and starring james earl jones, and. Earth 2009 a global journey reveals how animal mothers struggle to raise their young in an increasingly dangerous environment.
How the earth was made is a documentary television series produced by pioneer productions for the history channel. With the wave of outstanding documentaries dealing with environmental issues,now its time to add one more. On the one hand, there are the environmentalists and the ecologically minded bills signed into law by several presidents. State of the planet 2009 2009 starring mike fay and sylvia earle on dvd and bluray. Watch earth days american experience official site pbs. Made between 1948 and 1960, walt disneys true life adventures won three oscars for best documentary feature, and several other titles won in the sincediscontinued category of tworeel short features. Aug 14, 2009 visually stunning, vastly entertaining and aweinspiring, earth days looks back to the dawn and development of the modern environmental movementfrom its postwar rustlings in the 1950s and the. David attenborough, sigourney weaver, thomas anguti johnston. It began as a twohour special exploring the geological history of earth, airing on december 16, 2007. Apprenmtly, the film depicts a clear contrast between the promises given by politicians during that period and what actually. With james earl jones, patrick stewart, anggun, ulrich tukur.
Visually stunning, vastly entertaining and aweinspiring, earth days looks back to the dawn and development of the modern environmental movementfrom its postwar rustlings in the 1950s and the 1962 publication of rachel carsons incendiary bestseller silent spring, to the first wildly successful 1970 earth day celebration and the. Indulge in remarkable sights and sounds never before captured on film followed by quirky video diaries of the filmmakers in the field. Movie info in celebration of earth day 2009, walt disney studios new disneynature banner makes its official debut with this featurelength nature documentary from awardwinning british. Presented in five chapters pets, food, clothing, entertainment and scientific research the film is narrated by joaquin phoenix, featuring music by moby, and was written, produced and directed by shaun monson. Everything you need to know about david attenboroughs new series, dynasties, and stories to connect you to the natural world. We see the site of an unknown disaster, the debris of history that constitutes the story of earth. It shows the diversity of life on earth and how humanity is. Moon is a superior example of that threatened genre, hard sciencefiction, which is often about the interface between humans and alien intelligence of one kind of or other, including digital. With sam rockwell, kevin spacey, dominique mcelligott, rosie shaw.
The documentary was shot by the same filmmakers who made planet earth the movie is the first released under. The movie tells the story of humans trying to reconnect to dirt the living skin of the earth. You never knew there were so much diversity all around the earth, so much things to see, so much beautiful creations. With jason chang, john low, erik wayne goh, andrew hillyard. On the evening of april 15th, 2010 i had the great pleasure of attending a private screening of the film earth days, a twohour documentary about the history of the environmental movement. With aerial footage from fiftyfour countries, home is a depiction of how earths problems are all.
The film concisely portrays the events that led to the first earth day at the end of the 1960s. United states april 22, 2009 nationwide canada april 22, 2009. Otherwise i shall be obliged to remove this on a short notice. Earth is a 2007 nature documentary film which depicts the diversity of wild habitats and creatures across the planet. David attenborough returns to the worlds oceans in this sequel to the acclaimed documentary filming rare and unusual creatures of the deep, as well as documenting the problems our oceans face. Rebecca tickell is herself a former actressshe starred in the christmas movie prancer when she was just nine years old. A printable transcript for the movie home 2009, either as a webpage or as a pdf file. Narrated by robert redford or by jackie chan in chinesespeaking territories, earth. Home is a 2009 french documentary film by yann arthusbertrand. Whether youre in the mood for mountains, caves, ice worlds, seasonal forests, or.
Visually stunning, vastly entertaining and aweinspiring, earth days looks back to the dawn and development of the modern environmental movementfrom its post. In the arctic, a polar bear and her two newborn cubs must find food. Earth days film summary earth days2009 is a documentary. Not that the environmentalists interviewed would stop us, mind you. Now the studio has returned to this admirable tradition with earth, opening today, on earth day. It provides intimate looks at the lives of animals all over the world, including pandas, sloths, giraffes, glow worms, sperm whales, and many others. The state of the art movie earth from walt disney pictures, which was cofinanced and produced by the bbc television series planet earth, takes us on a tour of our home as weve never seen it before. Based on an odd, slightly morbid but deliriously intriguing premise, the featurelength premiere episode of the history channel series life after people supposes what would become of the planets infrastructure, natural environment and animal population if its human inhabitants were to suddenly disappear a world without human beings may sound like a notion right out of an apocalyptic science. Every breathtaking shot shows the earth our earth as we have never seen.
Apr 22, 2009 made between 1948 and 1960, walt disneys true life adventures won three oscars for best documentary feature, and several other titles won in the sincediscontinued category of tworeel short features. After a long day of urban life in your local concrete jungle, theres nothing like winding down with any one of the five discs in bbcs planet earth documentary series. An epic story of adventure, starring some of the most magnificent and courageous creatures alive, awaits you in earth. Yannarthur bertrand is known in france for being the best earth photograph involved in ecology ever. We asked the tickells about the new documentary and why they think carbon farming can be a powerful tool for reversing climate change. But in reconstructing the rise of the american environmental movement, filmmaker robert stone creates a simmering, thoughtful, visually absorbing history out of the experiences of a handful of. From the landmark disneynature collection, earth is an astonishing and heartwarming film filled with adventure, suspense and humor that will take your breath away. Earth takes viewers on breathtaking global journey. But home is more than a documentary with a message, it is a magnificent movie in its own right. Home a film by yann arthusbertrand documentary movie. Feature film, released between 2009 0101 and 2009 1231 sorted by popularity ascending. Apr 22, 2009 watch the movie trailer for earth 2009.
April 22, 2009 disneys earth how well do we know our planet. Get earth dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats. There were 1 other movie released on the same date, including treeless mountain. The documentary the death of superman lives explores the failed big screen movie superman lives.
Emmy awardwinning, 11 episodes, five years in the making, the most expensive nature documentary series ever commissioned by the bbc, and the first to be filmed in high definition. Earth is a 2007 nature documentary film which depicts the diversity of wild habitats and. Home by yann arthusbertrand text version part i malate. From disneynature, the studio that brought you earth and chimpanzee, comes bears an epic story on a breathtaking scale. Home is not the first documentary to survey our planet from the air, but arthusbertrand brilliantly and dreamily captures the miraculous linkage within delicate ecosystems. We had a week to write it but obviously, we waited for the last moment. Jun 07, 2009 emmy awardwinning, 11 episodes, five years in the making, the most expensive nature documentary series ever commissioned by the bbc, and the first to be filmed in high definition. It is revealed at the end of the movie that the space ship has already landed on an earth like planet, so is is perfectly reasonable that earth like gravity applies throughout the movie, however the fact that this gravity is present on board should have revealed to the wakening crew that they were not traveling through open space. Home movie 2009 transcript pages printable pdf file. Synopsis in 200000 years on earth, humanity has upset the balance of the planet, established by nearly four billion years of. A documentary about earth, life, and global warming hd cc. Traveling from the vineyards of california to the plains of kenya, dirt. Upon the site, lay fifty 50 humans oscillating between consciousness and unconsciousness, life and death.
The film begins in the arctic in january of one year and moves southward, concluding in antarctica in the december of the same year. Documentary of earth a bbc natural history unit film. Its worth noting that the movie uses footage from the acclaimed tv series planet earth, so if youve seen that, youve seen the images included here. Filmed with spectacular clarity and beauty, earth is both majestic and intimate as it captures rare footage of natures wildest and most elusive animals. Earth days 2009 is a documentary tat highlights the majpr events that unfolded just before the first earth day.
This engaging and wellorganized ecodoc maps the successes and failures of the american environmental movement, thanks to sharp interviews and remarkable archive. Earth, a movie about animals and their dramatic journeys, hits theaters earth day. Mammoth series, five years in the making, taking a look at the rich tapestry of life in the worlds oceans. My transcript version of this awesome documentary home goes with a prayer for the filmmakers permission. Featurelength version of the documentary tv series planet earth 2006, following the migration paths of four animal families. Home a summary of the documentary tap dancing fingers. Featurelength version of the documentary tv series planet earth 2006, following the migration paths of. Earthlings is a 2005 american documentary film about humankinds total dependence on animals for economic purposes. A documentary about earth, life, and global warming hd. Astronaut sam bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his threeyear stint on the moon, where he, working alongside his computer, gerty, sends back to earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planets power problems. The first film in the disneynature series, earth, narrated by james earl jones, tells the remarkable story of three animal families and their amazing journey ac.
The film was released in the us on april 22, 2009, with james earl jones narrating in place of patrick stewart. It shows the diversity of life on earth and how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet. Sometimes, one of them emerges into the foreground clutching a fist, batting an eyelid, or weeping for. The first film in the disneynature series, earth, narrated by james earl jones, tells the remarkable story of three animal families and their amazing journey across the planet we call home. Showcasing a year in the life of a bear family mother sky teaches her two impressionable cubs, amber and scout, about lifes most important lessons. Feature film, released between 20090101 and 20091231. In the extreme, icebound regions of the earth, something unprecedented is happening.
The filming was done using highdefinition cineflex cameras. Home, i believe, is the best environmental documentary i have ever seen in years and this text version serves to share and extend the movie from the. Based on an odd, slightly morbid but deliriously intriguing premise, the featurelength premiere episode of the history channel series life after people supposes what would become of the planets infrastructure, natural environment and animal population if its human inhabitants were to suddenly disappear. Like you, i imagine, ive seen quite a few films about the environment, global warming, and the destruction of our natural ecocenters. Our earth relies on a balance, in which every being has a role to play and exists only through the existence of another being.
The documentary was shot by the same filmmakers who made planet earth the movie is. During the observation, things like habits, instinct, mating, and relationships show themselves in surprising and. On the other, theres automobile pollution, endangered and extinct species. Disneynature brings you a remarkable story, narrated by james earl jones, of three animal families on a journey across our planet polar bears, elephants and humpback whales. Several billion tons of earth are moved annually by humans with shovels, excavators or dynamite. Superman lives was in development from 1987 a full. For viewers whose eyes glaze over at descriptions of the way earth recycles energy and matter, home underscores the beautiful and awesome reality of that complex process. Nikolaus geyrhalter observes people in mines, quarries, large construction sites in a constant struggle to appropriate the planet. It promises to be an aweinspiring journey through space and animal time on our planet, the third rock from the sun, of course earth. Earth follows different groups of animals over a period of time. In 2019 the fittest athletes on earth took on the unknown and unknowable during four intense days of competition at the crossfit games. Earth days is a meditation on mans complex relationship with nature and an engaging history of the revolutionary achievements and missed opportunities of groundbreaking ecoactivism.
Earth days examines when the green movement took root. The film is almost entirely composed of aerial shots of various places on earth. The fittest captures all the drama as chiseled athletes descend on madison, wisconsin, to face a series of trials. Dec 15, 2009 my transcript version of this awesome documentary home goes with a prayer for the filmmakers permission. Its a film that younger audiences in particular will enjoy.
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