Home (2009/I)

Director:

Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Writers:

Isabelle Delannoy (written by) &
Yann Arthus-Bertrand (written by) ...

Release Date:

5 June 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

A Stunning Visual Portrayal of Earth

Plot:

With aerial footage from 54 countries, Home is a depiction of how the Earth's problems are all interlinked. |

Plot Keywords:

Earth | Greenhouse | Soy | Environmental | Dubai

Cast

Yann Arthus-Bertrand	...	Narrator (voice)
Glenn Close	...	Narrator (voice: English version)
Jacques Gamblin	...	Narrator (voice)

Also Known As:

Boomerang (France) (working title)

Runtime:

95 min (edited version) | USA:118 min (DVD) | Portugal:114 min (DVD) | 120 min (long version) | Canada:120 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | English | Russian | Spanish | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | South Korea:All | Hong Kong:I | Portugal:M/6 (Qualidade) | Singapore:G | Czech Republic:U | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Elzévir Films

Trivia:

Released worldwide on June 5th, 2009 - World Environment Day - simultaneously in cinemas, on television, on DVD and on the Internet.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the closing credits, Chile is spelled Chili.

Soundtrack:

Cum Dederit

Where are we going?

Home is a documentary about Earth, humanity, nature, where we're going and what we've been. Shot in 54 countries with aerial footage it's a combination of all the navel-gazing movies we've seen lately like Planet Earth and Baraka. Like a guilty abusive adult, we're now taking a closer look at ourselves, what we've done to the planet and what we've to ourselves.

That's in large part what the first 3/4 of the movie is about. Showing different locations on Earth, the stunning gliding shots of our planet's more beautiful locations as well as the terrible damage we've caused. In that way it's much different than Baraka and Planet Earth, the two films I compared this to. This movie talks about humans, not just their achievements but the economic chaos we've wrought on each other.

The vast differences in class structure in the west from the east. The vast amounts of wealth owned by 2% of the population. Starvation, disease, war, are all covered in this documentary. It's not just about the nature but the capitalist system which has destroyed the planet and brought humanity to its knees.

Many of these changes have occurred in the past 50-100 years. Vast change which is increasing to the point where urbanization is epidemic all over the planet. The melting icecaps are also covered in very nice detail. The consequences are of course very grim. Some of this information I knew but it's good to be reminded how we live in the western world which is rapidly destroying the planet and taking all the innocent passengers along with us.

The movie was released on the internet, television and internet on the same day. It's on YouTube in its entirety, but I downloaded a high quality version from One Big Torrent which was very nice to watch.

Probably one of the best movies of 2009 and one of the best documentaries of the year as well. I highly recommend it.