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DVD : The 11th HourIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Thom Hartmann, Kenny Ausubel, James Woolsey, Wangari Maathai directed by: Nadia Conners, Leila Conners Petersen  Amazon.com's Price: $4.99 Prices subject to change.Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 0085391183518 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 08, 2008 Running Time: 95 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Sales Rank: 2583 MPN: WARD026941D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 04/08/2008 Run time: 124 minutes Rating: Pg Amazon.com: Comparisons to Al Gore's Oscar-winning slide show will be inevitable, but there's a key difference between the two documentaries. An Inconvenient Truth was aimed at the PBS set, while Leonardo DiCaprio's The 11th Hour combines a traditional structure with a more MTV-friendly pace. Of course, neither was made by these public figures. Davis Guggenheim directed the former, while Nadia Conners and Leila Conners Petersen are behind the latter. DiCaprio serves as producer, co-writer, and narrator (the three previously worked on the short films Global Warming and Water Planet). Their first feature combines a diverse array of interviews with a dizzying variety of images, both soothing and alarming (droughts and hurricanes vs. serene sunsets and playful polar bears). Speakers include former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, Cambridge physicist Stephen Hawking, and progressive CEO Ray Anderson, hero of The Corporation. Granted, there's no obvious youth appeal in these subjects, but the presence of the Titanic heartthrob-turned-Scorsese star, who keeps his on-screen narration to a tasteful minimum, plus atmospheric tracks from Sigur Rós, Coldplay and Mogwai seems likely to attract a younger crowd. And that seems to be the point, since The 11th Hour is, at heart, a call to arms. It begins by taking a look at the causes of global warming before exploring solutions, from eating organic to building with solar power. There isn't a ton of new information for environmental experts, but DiCaprio and his team have assembled a thought-provoking primer for neophytes and potential activists. --Kathleen C. Fennessy Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A Must See MovieAlthough others I watched this movie with thought it was too long, I found that it had profound insights, elegantly expressed, and is well worth watching and discussing with family and friends. We are offering it, along with a panel discussion, to our congregation here in Los Angeles. Rating:  - Excellent!This is one of the most inspiring movies I have ever watched. I recommend it to everyone. I think that every parent should show it to their teenage children so that they know what the new generation is facing in the world. This movie should be used to inspire young people to create new ideas and have new attitudes about what is possible in the future. Rating:  - Are we doomed?Seems like doomsday is around the corner and overpopulation is the main problem nowadays. The documentary is well made, comprehensive and balanced. Unfortunately, I found it to be boring. I think, that the commentaries made by the scientists and experts could be more emphatic if they showed more examples of the destruction caused by man. Al Gore in his documentary is far more eloquent in his statements and he also supports them with very clear, abundant and reliable data/info. Can anything be ... Read More Rating: - We have to manage our minds ecologicallyThe film is not so much about climate change. It is not so much about CO2. It is not so much about any ecological theme in particular, polluting the atmosphere, poisoning the oceans and waterways, exhausting the soil. It is about the inner truth that is ours, what has been our truth from the very start and what it is supposed to become if we are to survive as a species on this planet. Our inner truth is that we have a brain in connection with a body and its senses capturing the surrounding environment, ... Read More Rating: - Outstanding documentaryThe 11th HOUR is a carefully crafted,outstanding documentary of the many topics concerning climate warming and other environmental issues that confront the world today. Using many experts and striking visual images, the story is told of an earth deeply in trouble and in need of urgent action. The second part is a discussion of solutions which can set the stage for group discussion. One drawback is the length of each session: 1 1/2 hour. While the content is absolutely outstanding, the length would ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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