The 11th Hour (2007)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Directors:

Nadia Conners
Leila Conners Petersen

Writers:

Nadia Conners (writer)
Leonardo DiCaprio (writer)
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Release Date:

10 October 2007 (Philippines)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

Turn mankind's darkest hour into its finest

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Environmental | Number In Title

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio	...	Narrator
Kenny Ausubel	...	Himself
Thom Hartmann	...	Himself
Wangari Maathai	...	Herself
Sandra Postel	...	Herself
Paul Stamets	...	Himself
David Orr	...	Himself
Stephen Hawking	...	Himself
Oren Lyons	...	Himself
Andrew C. Revkin	...	Himself (as Andy Revkin)
Sylvia Earle Ph.D.	...	Herself (as Sylvia Earle)
Paul Hawken	...	Himself
Janine Benyus	...	Herself
Stuart Pimm	...	Himself
Paolo Soleri	...	Himself
David Suzuki	...	Himself
James Hillman	...	Himself
James Parks Morton	...	Himself
Nathan Gardels	...	Himself
Wes Jackson	...	Himself
Joseph Tainter	...	Himself
Richard Heinberg	...	Himself
James Woolsey	...	Himself
Vijay Vaitheeswaran	...	Himself
Brock Dolman	...	Himself
Stephen Schneider	...	Himself
Bill McKibben	...	Himself
Peter de Menocal	...	Himself
Sheila Watt-Cloutier	...	Herself
Ray Anderson	...	Himself
Tim Carmichael	...	Himself
Omar Freilla	...	Himself
Wallace J. Nichols	...	Himself
Diane Wilson	...	Herself
Andrew Weil	...	Himself
Theo Colborn	...	Herself
Jeremy Jackson	...	Himself
Tzeporah Berman	...	Himself
Gloria Flora	...	Herself
Mikhail Gorbachev	...	Himself
Thomas Linzey	...	Himself
Michel Gelobter	...	Himself
Lester Brown	...	Himself
Herman Daly	...	Himself
Betsy Taylor	...	Herself
Wade Davis	...	Himself
Jerry Mander	...	Himself
William McDonough	...	Himself (as Bill McDonough)
Bruce Mau	...	Himself
John Todd	...	Himself
Rick Fedrizzi	...	Himself
Greg Watson	...	Himself
Leo Gerard	...	Himself
Mathew Petersen	...	Himself
Peter Warshall	...	Himself
Andy Lipkis	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Attenborough	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
George W. Bush	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Al Gore	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brian Williams	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Nadia Conners
Leila Conners Petersen

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Nadia Conners		writer
Leonardo DiCaprio		writer
Leila Conners Petersen		writer

Produced by
Chuck Castleberry	....	producer
Irmelin DiCaprio	....	executive producer
Leonardo DiCaprio	....	producer
Brian Gerber	....	producer
Stephan McGuire	....	associate producer
Leila Conners Petersen	....	producer

Original Music by
Jean-Pascal Beintus

Cinematography by
Peter Youngblood Hills

Film Editing by
Luis Alvarez y Alvarez
Pietro Scalia

Makeup Department
Stayc St. Onge	....	hair stylist: New York
Stayc St. Onge	....	makeup artist: New York

Production Management
Nick Case	....	unit production manager
Dessie Markovsky	....	production supervisor
Kevin L. James	....	post-production executive (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bettina Godi	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Ron Bartlett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andrew Bock	....	first assistant sound editor
Eric Flickinger	....	sound recordist
Nick Foley	....	adr recordist
Dennis Haggerty	....	additional sound mixer
Doug Hemphill	....	sound re-recording mixer
Richard King	....	supervising sound editor
Hamilton Sterling	....	sound effects editor
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer
Richard Thornsberry	....	boom operator (as Rick Thornsberry)
Hugo Weng	....	dialogue editor

Visual Effects by
Larry Ewing	....	visual effects producer
Janice Body	....	digital image restorer (uncredited)

Stunts
Rex Reddick	....	stunts: fourth episode

Camera and Electrical Department
Nico Bally	....	camera crane technician
Christina Fiers	....	first assistant camera
Felipe Perez-Burchard	....	second assistant camera (specific segments)
Andrew Rowlands	....	camera operator: specific segments

Animation Department
Marcel Luiz	....	animator

Editorial Department
Padraic Culham	....	on-line editor
Mark Dinicola	....	digital intermediate colorist
Steve Gute	....	assistant editor
Sean Martin	....	assistant editor
Shawn P. Mitchell	....	assistant editor
Eric Potter	....	assistant editor
Miklos Wright	....	additional editor
Heidi Zimmerman	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Eric Avery Weiss	....	composer: original music
Andy Snavley	....	music editor
Andy Snavley	....	music scoring mixer

Other crew
Brent Bailey	....	production assistant
David Thomas Jenkins	....	production assistant
Eric Potter	....	script supervisor
Kate Pulley	....	key set production assistant
Sylvia Sether	....	production assistant
Irwin M. Rappaport	....	production attorney (uncredited)

Thanks
Jason Krieger	....	special thanks
Nathan Mills	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Appian Way
• Greenhour
• Tree Media Group

Distributors

• Deutsche Asset Management (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. International Television (2007) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging  post-production

Also Known As:

Leonardo DiCaprio Presents The 11th Hour (International: English title) (long title)

Runtime:

USA:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:6 | Philippines:G | Ireland:PG | Taiwan:GP | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Brazil:Livre | Sweden:7

Company:

Appian Way

Goofs:

Factual errors: An on-screen graphic refers to the "break" system of a train. It should be "brake".

Quotes:

David Orr: This is "all hands on deck" time.

Movie Connections:

References "60 Minutes" (1968)

Soundtrack:

Svefn-g-englar

Splat

Sheesh, what a mess.

If Americans are relying on documentaries like this to convince Joe the Redneck that anthropogenic climate change is real I understand why we all feel there is so much more work left to do. You see, the problem with the film is its complete lack of a narrative, one scientist/politician/activist after another, however respectable, snappily quipping about consumption, pollution, the oil economy, in no particular order does nothing to explain where we came from or where we are headed, or why. So the documentary teaches nothing new, it just juggles around the same themes, incoherently referencing the all correct verbiage to satisfy an green audience but neither inform nor empower it.

The visuals do not help, we can't go 5 seconds without seeing an iceberg disintegrate or tree being chopped down. After the first half hour it becomes like some sort weird sort of exercise in CIA-style mental conditioning. Does no good, indeed it destroys a viewer's concentration, rather than enriching or rewarding it. Also, it has to be said, some of visuals are entirely erroneous, for a the moment when told that human behaviour may cause the release of subterranean methane, why are we shown a clip of a sea vent? There are at least a dozen similar misleading visuals here, and as much as I'm into green politics, let's face it, with instances like there is a touch of propaganda to this documentary.

Conclusions? Save some energy, turn it off, read some George Monbiot instead.