Last Days on Earth (2006) (TV)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Writer:

George Kachadorian (writer)

Release Date:

30 August 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | News

Plot Keywords:

Environmental Issues | Non Fiction

Awards:

1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Tue. July 21	8:00 PM	HISTORY
Wed. July 22	12:00 AM	HISTORY
Sat. July 25	5:00 PM	HISTORY

Cast

Kennette Benedict	...	Herself - Executive Director, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
Steven M. Block	...	Himself - Professor of Biophysics, Stanford University (as Steven M. Block, PhD)
Robert R. Butterworth	...	Himself - Trauma Psychologist (as Robert R. Butterworth, PhD)
Clark Chapman	...	Himself - Senior Scientist - Southwest Research Institute (as Clark Chapman, PhD)
Joseph Cirincione	...	Himself - Arms Control Analyst - Center for American Progress
Bethany Cobb	...	Herself - Yale University
Charles David Dailyn	...	Himself - Professor of Astronomy, Yale University
Hugo De Garis	...	Himself - Director - International Institute of Artificial Intelligence - China (as Hugo de Garis, PhD)
Laurie Garrett	...	Herself - Senior Fellow - Council on Foreign Relations
Al Gore	...	Himself
John Grattan	...	Himself - Volcanologist, University of Wales (as John Grattan, PhD)
James Hansen	...	Himself - Director, NASA Goddard Institute (as James Hansen, PhD)
Susan Joy Hassol	...	Herself - Co-Author "Climate Change Impacts on the United States"
Stephen Hawking	...	Himself
Rita Haxton	...	Herself - Rapid City Regional Hospital
Phil Hespen	...	Himself - Custer County Sheriff
Andrew Jakomas	...	Himself - Witness to 1918 Flu
Gary Johnson	...	Himself - Pastor - Dove Christian Center
Michio Kaku	...	Himself - Professor of Theoretical Physics, City University of New York (as Michio Kaku, PhD)
William Karesh	...	Himself - Wildlife Conservation Society
Randall Larsen	...	Himself - Director, Institute for Homeland Security (as Colonel Randall Larsen, USAF, Ret)
James Lovelock	...	Himself - Atmospheric Scientist
Stan Love	...	Himself - Astronaut
Ed Lu	...	Himself - Astronaut
Bill McGuire	...	Himself - Professor of Geohazards, University College London
Kevin Nadal	...	Himself
John Niehaus	...	Himself - Rapid City Firefighter (as Lt. John Niehaus)
Michael Oppenheimer	...	Himself - Professor of Geosciences, Princeton University (as Michael Oppenheimer, PhD)
Michael Osterholm	...	Himself - Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy, University of Minnesota
Serguei Popov	...	Himself - National Center for Biodefense & Infectious Diseases, George Mason University (as Dr. Serguei Popov)
Michael Rampino	...	Himself - Professor of Earth Sciences, New York University (as Michael Rampino, PhD)
Irwin Redlener	...	Himself - Director - National Center for Disaster Preparedness - Columbia University (as Irwin Redlener, MD)
Mike Roesler	...	Himself - Rapid City Firefighter (as Battalion Chief Mike Roesler)
Michael Shara	...	Himself - Astrophysicist, American Museum of Natural History (as Michael Shara, PhD)
Brian Toon	...	Himself - Atmospheric Scientist (as Brian Toon, PhD)
Neil Tyson	...	Himself - Astrophysicist - American Museum of Natural History (as Neil deGrasse Tyson, PhD)
Elizabeth Vargas	...	Herself - Anchor
Kevin Warwick	...	Himself - Professor of Cybernetics, University of Reading (as Kevin Warwick, PhD)

Runtime:

USA:80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Company:

ABC News 20/20

Very entertaining and enlightening

This doc is by far more revealing and enlightening than END DAY. Although it may start as outrageous, little by little the tension starts to built up and draws you in so raw and so real it's just daunting. The fact that we can avoid the number one in that list and we are doing almost nothing about its just scaring the hell out of me.

Quote: "I think the greatest tragedy in the universe would be to realize that we have enough intellect and enough technology to save ourselves from a killer asteroid but not enough intellect to save us from ourselves"

Go on, watch it, be entertained.