The 11th Hour (I) (2007)

A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems.

Directors:

Leila Conners, Nadia Conners

Writers:

Leila Conners, Nadia Conners,

Stars:

Leonardo DiCaprio, Kenny Ausubel, Thom Hartmann

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Leonardo DiCaprio	...	Himself - Narrator
Kenny Ausubel	...	Himself - Founder, Bioneers
Thom Hartmann	...	Himself - Author, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight
Wangari Maathai	...	Herself - Founder, Greenbelt Movement, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Sandra Postel	...	Herself - Director, Global Water Policy Project
Paul Stamets	...	Himself - Mycologist, Author, Mycelium Running
David Orr	...	Himself - Chair, Environmental Studies Program, Oberlin College
Stephen Hawking	...	Himself - Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, Cambridge University
Oren Lyons	...	Himself - Faithkeeper, Turtle Clan, Onondaga Nation, Haudenosaunee, Six Nations, Iroquois Confederacy
Andrew C. Revkin	...	Himself - Author & Science Reporter, New York Times (as Andy Revkin)
Sylvia Earle	...	Herself - Oceanographer, Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society
Paul Hawken	...	Himself - Author, Environmentalist, Entrepreneur
Janine Benyus	...	Herself - Author, Biomimicry
Stuart Pimm	...	Himself - Professor of Conservation Ecology, Duke University
Paolo Soleri	...	Himself - Architect, Founder of Arcosanti

Storyline

A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems.

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Plot Keywords:

environment | planet | overfishing | carbon neutrality | rising sea levels | 

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Taglines:

It's our generation that gets to change the world... forever.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 October 2007 (Philippines)

Also Known As:

Leonardo DiCaprio Presents The 11th Hour

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$60,853 (USA) (17 August 2007)

Gross:

$703,464 (USA) (28 September 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Appian Way, Greenhour, Tree Media Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the subtitles of an interview with Mikhail Gorbachev, the former USSR premier is translated as saying that because we have strained nature to the breaking point, "we must, the generations living now, must take a principal decision that we will act differently because the ecological crisis is global." Taking "a principal decision" is an odd turn of phrase, at best, in this context. Almost certainly, Gorbachev said "we must take a principled decision."

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Quotes

Stephen Hawking: One can see from space how the human race has changed the Earth. Nearly all of the available land has been cleared of forest and is now used for agriculture or urban development. The polar icecaps are shrinking and the desert areas are increasing. At night, the Earth is no longer dark, but large areas are lit up. All of this is evidence that human exploitation of the planet is reaching a critical limit. But human demands and expectations are ever-increasing. We cannot continue to pollute the ...

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Connections

References Survivor (2000)

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Soundtracks

"Svefn-g-englar"
Performed by Sigur Rós

User Reviews

terrifying, uplifting, and motivational

This is a wonderful and important documentary. The film is full of terrifying images and fascinating interviews from some great minds. But, luckily, it does not spend too much time making its case about our destruction. After getting the viewer sufficiently terrified, the film shifts its focus to the causes of the problem. The film also inspires viewers to go out and make a difference (and tells them how).

Of course, comparisons will be made to An Inconvenient Truth, so I'll cover that too: it's clear that this project was always intended to be a film; it didn't begin as a PowerPoint presentation. It also doesn't waste time with a biography of it's narrator. But, most importantly, it's got a better mix of fear and inspiration; DiCaprio's film made me want to change the world.