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"Home" presented worldwide, June 5, 2009
The global premier of the stunning documentary, Home, directed by celebrated French photographer, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, whose book, Earth From Above is a multi-million copy best-seller, will make history being released simultaneously worldwide, in all formats on June 5, 2009.
Screened as an open air event; a private showing; in theaters; on television; on the Internet and available on DVD, it is a distribution fete never before accomplished, covering more than 127 countries, and timed to bring much needed ecological awareness on World Environment Day.
HOME, shot in high definition, captures breathtaking aerial views of 120 locations in 54 countries, and juxtaposes the wonders of our planet and the wounds that mankind has afflicted upon it, primarily in the last 50 years of our species’ 200,000-year existence.
The one hour and 30 minute documentary is produced by Academy Award winner, Luc Besson, and is narrated in English by Golden Globe/Emmy winner and five-time Academy Award nominee, Glenn Close. Also narrating the film in Spanish will be Academy Award nominee/Daytime Emmy winner, Salma Hayek.
Arthus-Bertrand, who is a noted documentary filmmaker in addition to authoring more than 40 other books, has had his photographs appear in such prestigious publications as: National Geographic, Life, GEO and Sierra Magazine.
Recently honored by French President Nicolas Sarkozy for his advocacy work for the environment, Arthus-Bertrand is the chairman of GoodPlanet, a nonprofit association for the promotion of sustainable development, and he has been designated the Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Program.
The worldwide June 5 screening of Home will be available free, through the support of the 88,000 employees of the high-end retail consortium, PPR.
Home can be viewed on the National Geographic Channel , at 9:00 p.m. EDT/PDT; on-line in partnership with YouTube and Google (broadcast in both English and Spanish); at an open-air screening in New York’s Central Park (Central Park at Cedar Hill – 5th Avenue at 79th Street ,at 8:30 p.m., and at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston (free tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis at the admissions desk starting at 6:00 p.m.)
Elsewhere, the film will be available at theaters worldwide, at reduced ticket prices and available for purchase on DVD.
Home is designed to pack powerful punch on those who see it. It is a wake-up call to the interconnectedness of all nature, and it was Arthus-Bertrand’s two-year obsession and labor of love, so that mankind takes action to save our world.
On June 5th we all have a date with the planet, will you be there, and be watching?
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