Plastic Planet (2009)

Director:

Werner Boote

Writer:

Werner Boote (screenplay)

Release Date:

18 September 2009 (Austria)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Werner Boote presents an up-close and personal view of the controversial and fascinating material that...

Plot Keywords:

Plastic | Health | Interview | Planet | Environmentalism

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Werner Boote	...	Himself
John Taylor	...	Himself
Peter Lieberzeit	...	Himself
Marques Brown	...	Himself
Othman Ilyassa	...	Himself
Klaus Rhomberg	...	Himself
Beatrice Bortolozzo	...	Herself
Felice Casson	...	Herself
Manfred Zahora	...	Himself
Frederic H. Corbin	...	Himself (as Frederick Corbin)
Robin Tharaldson	...	Herself
Hermann Bicherl	...	Himself
Vicky Zhang	...	Herself
Theo Colborn	...	Herself
Kurt Scheidl	...	Himself
Rupsha Raghuram	...	Herself
Charles Moore	...	Himself
Susan Jobling	...	Herself
Scott Belcher	...	Himself
Patricia Hunt	...	Herself
Gunther von Hagens	...	Himself
Badru Oikidi	...	Himself
Hiroshi Sagae	...	Himself
Jeff Harris	...	Himself
Fred vom Saal	...	Himself
Craig Halgreen	...	Himself
Peter Frigo	...	Himself
Guido Brosius	...	Himself
Alessandra Desauvage	...	Herself
Stefano Facco	...	Himself
Catia Bastioli	...	Herself
Ray Hammond	...	Himself
Margot Wallström	...	Herself
Elfriede Boote	...	Herself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Nathan	...	Himself (voice)

Directed by
Werner Boote

Writing credits
Werner Boote		(screenplay)

Produced by
Thomas Bogner	....	producer
Ilann Girard	....	executive producer
Tom Gläser	....	executive producer
Daniel Zuta	....	co-producer

Original Music by
The Orb

Cinematography by
Thomas Kirschner

Film Editing by
Ilana Goldschmidt
Jack Moik		(on-line editor)
Tom Pohanka
Cordula Werner

Production Management
Florian Brandt	....	production manager
Elisabeth Krimbacher	....	unit manager
Henning Kröger	....	production manager
Katharina List	....	unit manager
Julia Irene Peters	....	unit manager
Silvia Vollmeier	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tom Pohanka	....	assistant director

Art Department
Zhivko Zhelyazkov	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Ekkehart Baumung	....	sound recordist
Stephan Becker	....	sound designer
Max Biro	....	assistant sound recordist
Florian Glöckel	....	assistant sound recordist
Harald Guhn	....	sound mixer
Eick Hoemann	....	production sound mixer
Sascha Koellnreiter	....	assistant sound recordist
Jens Ludwig	....	sound recordist
Stefan Maitz	....	assistant sound recordist
Josef Mittendorfer	....	assistant sound recordist
Michael Spitzl	....	assistant sound recordist
Dominik Spritzendorfer	....	assistant sound recordist

Visual Effects by
Richard Bergeron	....	digital artist
Peter Höhsl	....	visual effects supervisor
Thomas Maier	....	colorist

Stunts
Othman Ilyassa	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Dave Arnold	....	additional camera (as David Arnold)
Dave Arnold	....	aerial photographer (as David Arnold)
Max Biro	....	assistant camera
Werner Boote	....	additional camera
David Gibbs	....	aerial photographer
Florian Glöckel	....	assistant camera
Florian Glöckler	....	assistant camera
Sascha Koellnreiter	....	assistant camera
Stefan Maitz	....	assistant camera
Josef Mittendorfer	....	first assistant camera
Michael Riebl	....	additional camera
Martin Schiessl	....	aerial photographer
Michael Spitzl	....	assistant camera
Dominik Spritzendorfer	....	additional camera
Dominik Spritzendorfer	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
Enrico Corsano	....	assistant editor
Alex Düsterberg	....	assistant editor
Alexandra Guggenberger	....	assistant editor
Henning Kröger	....	post-production coordinator
Tanja Lesowsky	....	additional editing
Klaus Müller	....	assistant editor
Michaela Müllner	....	additional editing
Julia Irene Peters	....	post-production coordinator
Jörg Stefke	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Andreas Lucas	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
Seywan Abbasi	....	driver
Nermin Adanalic	....	driver
Wieslaw Bakala	....	driver
Dan Hatherley-Hurford	....	driver
Mario Mayer	....	driver

Other crew
Werner Boote	....	researcher
Stewart Booth	....	narrator
Katrin Deller	....	production assistant
Bob Hewis	....	script consultant
Konstanze Hodina	....	production secretary
Axel Mertes	....	technical coordinator
Lynn Moore	....	production assistant
Nina Mühlberger	....	production secretary
Rolf Orthel	....	script consultant
Michael Rogers	....	consultant
Michael Rogers	....	voice over
Petra Roschek	....	production assistant
Maria Senn	....	production assistant
Joy Weihua	....	production assistant

Thanks
Robert Halmi Sr.	....	thanks
Paul Lowin	....	thanks
Nigel Marchant	....	thanks
Cedric Proust	....	thanks
Philipp G. Steffens	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Brandstorm Entertainment
• Cine Cartoon Filmproduktion
• Neue Sentimental Film Entertainment GmbH
• Zuta Filmproduktion

Distributors

• Farbfilm-Verleih (2010) (Germany) (theatrical)
• First Run Features (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Praesens-Film (2010) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Thim Film (2009) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Zootrope Films (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2009) (Belgium) (all media)
• Doc & Film International (2009) (worldwide) (all media)
• EuroVideo (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Telepool (2009) (Germany) (TV)

Special Effects

• Cine Cartoon Filmproduktion
• SVC

Other Companies

• Magna Mana Productions  post-production
• LISTO Videofilm  film recording and digital cinema mastering

Also Known As:

Runtime:

Argentina:95 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | Germany:95 min (European Film Market) | USA:95 min

Country:

Austria | Germany

Language:

English | German | Italian | Dutch | French | Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Austria

Company:

Brandstorm Entertainment

Trivia:

After watching the film a family in Styria decided to live without plastics.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #1.9" (2011)

needs more credibility

Watching this inspires horror in normal people. The beaches in Japan the junk dredged from sea water. You feel like we are burying the planet in garbage. (Something that anyone with eyes in their heads already knows.)

Where the documentary fails is when it starts asserting things like the sperm count in humans is down 40% from a generation ago. This sort of unbelievable comment adds a lunatic fringe element to this horrible problem. It is quite enough that we are ruining habitats there is absolutely no need to add this sort of unbelievable nonsense.

The experts cited are unknowns from minor institutions--reproductive biologists from Spokane State etc... This further weakens these unneeded arguments. If they had used Harvard or MIT or NIH experts it would have made a difference. Finally the film drags on too long it needs editing.

I hate the use of plastic and this documentary should have stuck to the polluting and harming of animals it would have been much more effective. Also making multi national evil boogie men is too cliché 60s stuff and marks it politically which alienates a lot of people.

I did like its breathless style where it transitions instantly from Shanghai to Colorado that was impressive.

It is pity it comes off overall as boring and weak because we are burying the planet in harmful waste not just plastics...heavy metals...glass..pharmaceutical waste..electronic debris... old furniture concrete GARBAGE PERIOD on and on and on...A product of there being just too many people.

And there is no solution except maybe a catastrophic ice age or some such thing. I actually hope for that to save the planet and all the other life that lives here.