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  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • National Geographic Channel
  • 1 h 58 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • National Geographic Channel
  • 1 h 58 m
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Summary In the past 200,000 years, humans have upset the balance of planet Earth, a balance established by nearly four billion years of evolution. We must act now. It’s too late to be a pessimist. The price is too high. Humanity has little time to reverse the trend and change its patterns of consumption. Through visually stunning footage from ...

Directed By: Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Written By: Isabelle Delannoy, Denis Carot, Yen Le Van, Tewfik Fares, Yann Arthus-Bertrand

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • National Geographic Channel
  • 1 h 58 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • National Geographic Channel
  • 1 h 58 m

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Summary In the past 200,000 years, humans have upset the balance of planet Earth, a balance established by nearly four billion years of evolution. We must act now. It’s too late to be a pessimist. The price is too high. Humanity has little time to reverse the trend and change its patterns of consumption. Through visually stunning footage from ...

Directed By: Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Written By: Isabelle Delannoy, Denis Carot, Yen Le Van, Tewfik Fares, Yann Arthus-Bertrand

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60
Feb 4, 2011
More mournful than alarmist, Arthus-Bertrand's film goes beyond global warming to look at life out of balance, through a lens darkly.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 1, 2011
We certainly need all the ecological jeremiads we can get. But must they be so numbingly pedantic?
By Keith Uhlich FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 1, 2011
While Close's testimony is sufficiently terrifying, moving toward an apocalyptic vision of climate-change catastrophe, the urgency of her tone is belied by the placidity of the film's visuals.
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Feb 3, 2011
We've heard it all before, if not in the schoolmarmish tones of Glenn Close, whose patronizing narration ("The earth is a miracle") makes the film feel almost as long as the life of its subject.
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Production Company Elzévir Films, EuropaCorp, France 2 (FR2)
Release Date Feb 4, 2011
Duration 1 h 58 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline A Stunning Visual Portrayal of Earth
Website https://www.facebook.com/homethemovie.org/
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Awards

Australian Cinematographers Society
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
César Awards, France
• 1 Nomination

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