Yann-Arthus Bertrand's "Home" - MUST SEE Free Film on why we only have a decade to save the Earth

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home"Home" by Yann-Arthus Bertrand is a visually stunning and thought-provoking documentary about the damage humans have inflicted on the planet Earth. It is a collection of amazing aerial photos and videos from 54 countries all over the world, showcasing the vast beauty as well as the terrible scars that we left our home during the development of our civilization in the past 200,000 years. The impact of homo sapiens - wise humans - is nearing the critical point when it cannot be reversed anymore. "Home" shows us what we've done and what we stand to lose.

The film was shot from a helicopter using an HD camera. It took 217 days of shooting and 488 hours of footage to create the documentary. The movie is the first one of its kind to be released simultaneously to five continents across the world in different formats: DVD, television, and YouTube. It broke the world record for the biggest film release of all time as it opened in 181 countries on June 5, 2009. PPR, a multinational company based in France, sponsored "Home".

Equipped with a well-written script and persuasive storytelling, the message of the documentary is clear: now is not the time to be a pessimist and give up on our planet. There is still time, even though it's running out, to fix things. Bertrand suggests ways on how to reverse or at least slow the damage, such as turning to renewable energy, building of more national parks, fostering international cooperation between states, and providing more education on the problem. Bertrand quotes Theodore Monod, "We've tried everything, except love." It's about time.

The film is carbon offset, meaning all the C02 emissions produced in making it is offset by equivalent sums of money to be spent on providing clean energy to people who don't have it. All of Yann-Arthus Bertrand's works in the past decade has been carbon offset, which says a lot about his dedication to his own cause.


Message from Yann Arthus-Bertrand

We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth's climate.

The stakes are high for us and our children. Everyone should take part in the effort, and HOME has been conceived to take a message of mobilization out to every human being.

For this purpose, HOME needs to be free. A patron, the PPR Group, made this possible. EuropaCorp, the distributor, also pledged not to make any profit because Home is a non-profit film.

HOME has been made for you : share it! And act for the planet.

Wikipedia reports that "Home" has "received a large response upon release, receiving over 400,000 combined views within the first 24 hours on YouTube. It was shown to high ratings on channels around the world including the international network National Geographic. France débuted the film to over 8.3 million viewers in France alone. In India, Home was shown exclusively via the STAR World cable network."

It seems like all download links have been taken off the internet by the producers and the recommended place to watch it is YouTube, but believe me - still worth your time!

Related Links:
Home Website
Home on National Geographic
Home on Wikipedia
Home on YouTube
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  • turu

    Hallo again, your savior turu's here !

    After seeing several comments about slow download speed for this film on Frostwire, I'm wondering now that actually how many people here know about THIS FILM IS AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE IN HD FORMAT ??

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU

    This is official upload from the project, so you don't have to worry about sudden delete by youtube. Additionally, if you want to keep it on your hdd, then you can download it through this kind service.

    http://keep-tube.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DjqxENMKaeCU

    just chose preferable format from downside, and click the button.
    you can download it w good buffer hosted by youtube, so it took 30min w my T1 connection for example. now, case soloved Brandon ?

  • tam

    The file downloaded as a WMPFile that wont play on my windows media player, how can I play the movie?

  • tam

    The file downloaded as a WMPFile that wont play on my windows media player, how can I play the movie?

  • Brandon

    @turu: You should actually use FrostWire more. If you weren't using FrostWire, you would not have known about this movie anytime soon, and then there would be only 8-9 years. This would make it harder for people to adjust to an economically friendly way of life. Also, you would have had to buy it on a Digital Video Disc (DVD), which would have used up plastic, and making plastic requires oil. The oil would have to be mined out of the ground and used up valuable resources. To mine the oil, energy would have to be used, and this energy could have been electricity from a power plant which pollutes the environment and causes more global warming. That would have left us a bit less time to save the planet, and made it even harder for us to change our ways. If you think about it, every small thing WILL turn into something big. An example:(This is based on oceanic oil mining) The first person that discovered the mine-able oil started the oil-mining business. This caused pollution because ships were needed to transport the equipment out to that spot. The exhaust caused pollution of the air and also caused global warming. Just from that one person, millions of arctic animals started suffering from the unintended heat. Is that enough information or do you want more?

  • Brandon

    @turu: You should actually use FrostWire more. If you weren't using FrostWire, you would not have known about this movie anytime soon, and then there would be only 8-9 years. This would make it harder for people to adjust to an economically friendly way of life. Also, you would have had to buy it on a Digital Video Disc (DVD), which would have used up plastic, and making plastic requires oil. The oil would have to be mined out of the ground and used up valuable resources. To mine the oil, energy would have to be used, and this energy could have been electricity from a power plant which pollutes the environment and causes more global warming. That would have left us a bit less time to save the planet, and made it even harder for us to change our ways. If you think about it, every small thing WILL turn into something big. An example:(This is based on oceanic oil mining) The first person that discovered the mine-able oil started the oil-mining business. This caused pollution because ships were needed to transport the equipment out to that spot. The exhaust caused pollution of the air and also caused global warming. Just from that one person, millions of arctic animals started suffering from the unintended heat. Is that enough information or do you want more?

  • Brandon

    @Glacius: Like I said to "turu", you're right.

  • Brandon

    @Glacius: Like I said to "turu", you're right.

  • GayLene

    I think all should switch over to Frostwire.

  • GayLene

    I think all should switch over to Frostwire.

  • Shawn

    to the ones that are so negative and so cut throat the film is to open your eyes and make you think. If that is at all possible for you to see past your nimrodded mind set. You are the ones that just shrug your sholders, "too late know" woo is me. If we put in one tenth the effort that you all who put such a negative review the world would change for the better. I know it won't happen over night. It took me a year to convince my own father to recycle his cardboard, and now he has one thenth the waste bill that he had before Instead of poking fun at the doomsday people look in at your self as just see what you can acomplish instead of poking fun at other peoples expence. I would like to see any one come up with a better idea. If you can't put up, then shut up it's that simple. duh and those of you that can't figure out how to down load need to sell your computer and get a passifier.:)

  • http://noclue Shawn

    to the ones that are so negative and so cut throat the film is to open your eyes and make you think. If that is at all possible for you to see past your nimrodded mind set. You are the ones that just shrug your sholders, "too late know" woo is me. If we put in one tenth the effort that you all who put such a negative review the world would change for the better. I know it won't happen over night. It took me a year to convince my own father to recycle his cardboard, and now he has one thenth the waste bill that he had before Instead of poking fun at the doomsday people look in at your self as just see what you can acomplish instead of poking fun at other peoples expence. I would like to see any one come up with a better idea. If you can't put up, then shut up it's that simple. duh and those of you that can't figure out how to down load need to sell your computer and get a passifier.:)

  • Hunter

    yeah evolution is a lie. the earth is only 6000-7000 years old

  • Hunter

    yeah evolution is a lie. the earth is only 6000-7000 years old

  • D

    I cant download this? the torrent download is only at 3 percent after days.

    Cant we just download the movie file from the web somewhere?

  • D

    I cant download this? the torrent download is only at 3 percent after days.

    Cant we just download the movie file from the web somewhere?

  • Brandon

    @turu: Yes. I'm downloading it here. 3 hours UNinterrupted.

    Thank you very much.

    FrostWire is not the beat at downloading videos, but impressive at music. Thnak you again

  • Brandon

    @turu: Yes. I'm downloading it here. 3 hours UNinterrupted.

    Thank you very much.

    FrostWire is not the beat at downloading videos, but impressive at music. Thnak you again

  • jared

    downloaded video took almost all day and it only has audio no video any ideas what went wrong and what i need to do to fix

  • jared

    downloaded video took almost all day and it only has audio no video any ideas what went wrong and what i need to do to fix

  • tam

    @tam: I was able to burn the movie to a DVD using DVD Flicks, I can now watch it on my TV;)

  • tam

    @tam: I was able to burn the movie to a DVD using DVD Flicks, I can now watch it on my TV;)

  • Cookie cutter critic

    I am going to believe David & that other beef lover, whatever his name is, above empirical evidence. Yes, they are right.

    Praise God! I welcome the apocalypse because my soul is saved! I am strong because I say so and the weak shall perish!

    ~ The typical Criticism of this film in a nutshell

  • Cookie cutter critic

    I am going to believe David & that other beef lover, whatever his name is, above empirical evidence. Yes, they are right.

    Praise God! I welcome the apocalypse because my soul is saved! I am strong because I say so and the weak shall perish!

    ~ The typical Criticism of this film in a nutshell

  • turu

    Errr...Brandon, so think about an order of comments, you criticized me before watching actual film ?!

    Anyway, if you faced slow connection issue when you download contents from legaltorrents.com, then it's probably not problems of lack of enough seeders, but problem on client itself.

    Try wellknown bittorrent client, such as utorrent. Legaltorrents.com offer decent connection for their contents, and it took about 10min to download 1GB content from there w utorrent for me.

  • turu

    Errr...Brandon, so think about an order of comments, you criticized me before watching actual film ?!

    Anyway, if you faced slow connection issue when you download contents from legaltorrents.com, then it's probably not problems of lack of enough seeders, but problem on client itself.

    Try wellknown bittorrent client, such as utorrent. Legaltorrents.com offer decent connection for their contents, and it took about 10min to download 1GB content from there w utorrent for me.

  • Abraham

    @Hunter: Hunter, dont be making up crap, earth is way older than 6k, cause if it was, then we would be under developed humans wit dinosaurs roaming around still ontop of a mass of lava that cooloed down and eventually became the only planet with water we call EARTH. GOT IT PUNK! OR DO I HAVE TO PUT A CAP IN YOU!? lol jk, but yeah, earth is WAYYYY older

  • Abraham

    @Hunter: Hunter, dont be making up crap, earth is way older than 6k, cause if it was, then we would be under developed humans wit dinosaurs roaming around still ontop of a mass of lava that cooloed down and eventually became the only planet with water we call EARTH. GOT IT PUNK! OR DO I HAVE TO PUT A CAP IN YOU!? lol jk, but yeah, earth is WAYYYY older

  • Jonathan

    @Brandon:

    I can not wait to view this film/video, but I started downloading this yesterday. I work at a local ISP and I am doing this on my laptop on there network. I have had as much as 17 host and right now I am doing 13 hosts and my average rate is 4Kb/s. Something is wrong here...hmmmm Can someone host this on a site so that the dl speed will be better. I will be downloading this when thanksgiving rolls around.

  • Jonathan

    @Brandon:

    I can not wait to view this film/video, but I started downloading this yesterday. I work at a local ISP and I am doing this on my laptop on there network. I have had as much as 17 host and right now I am doing 13 hosts and my average rate is 4Kb/s. Something is wrong here...hmmmm Can someone host this on a site so that the dl speed will be better. I will be downloading this when thanksgiving rolls around.

  • Jonathan

    @Abraham:
    "Hunter, dont be making up crap, earth is way older than 6k, cause if it was, then we would be under developed humans wit dinosaurs roaming around still ontop of a mass of lava that cooloed down and eventually became the only planet with water we call EARTH. GOT IT PUNK! OR DO I HAVE TO PUT A CAP IN YOU!? lol jk, but yeah, earth is WAYYYY older"

    Hey, don't worry about it. He was only off by 5 plus Billion years. Maybe he is one of those religious nuts. LOL/jk about the nuts part. Or to paraphrase a woman's joke about

  • Jonathan

    @Abraham:
    "Hunter, dont be making up crap, earth is way older than 6k, cause if it was, then we would be under developed humans wit dinosaurs roaming around still ontop of a mass of lava that cooloed down and eventually became the only planet with water we call EARTH. GOT IT PUNK! OR DO I HAVE TO PUT A CAP IN YOU!? lol jk, but yeah, earth is WAYYYY older"

    Hey, don't worry about it. He was only off by 5 plus Billion years. Maybe he is one of those religious nuts. LOL/jk about the nuts part. Or to paraphrase a woman's joke about

  • Jonathan

    Opp. hit the send button to quick.

    Or to paraphrase a woman's joke about guys. Maybe he counts Billion years like we count inches. A thousand years equals a Billion.

  • Jonathan

    Opp. hit the send button to quick.

    Or to paraphrase a woman's joke about guys. Maybe he counts Billion years like we count inches. A thousand years equals a Billion.

  • turu
  • turu
  • Brandon

    ********************************** WOW IM DOWNLOADING AT 215 KB/s STEADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Brandon

    ********************************** WOW IM DOWNLOADING AT 215 KB/s STEADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Brandon

    Now i'm at 71%. I donloaded the non-HD to see if its any good, it's great so now im getting the HD to burn to DVD

  • Brandon

    Now i'm at 71%. I donloaded the non-HD to see if its any good, it's great so now im getting the HD to burn to DVD

  • Brandon

    81%

  • Brandon

    81%

  • Brandon

    83% - 102 Hosts - 128 KB/s

    Thank You!

  • Brandon

    83% - 102 Hosts - 128 KB/s

    Thank You!

  • jotfdan

    Beautiful film full of stunning images and a well-written narrative. Thanks to everyone involved in the making of this film!

  • jotfdan

    Beautiful film full of stunning images and a well-written narrative. Thanks to everyone involved in the making of this film!

  • Abraham

    lol got that right

  • Abraham

    lol got that right

  • Abraham

    lol

  • Abraham

    lol

  • Brandon

    EEEK! I'm at 99%!
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