Live Earth (2007) (TV)

Directors:

Chel White
Michael Dempsey

Writers:

David Handelman (writer)
Stephen Pouliot (writer)

Release Date:

7 July 2007 (Canada)

Genre:

Short | Music

Plot Keywords:

TV Special | Environmental Issues | Live Concert | Live Broadcast | Global Warming

Cast

Ayaka	...	Herself
David Baddiel	...	Himself
John Barrowman	...	Himself
Beastie Boys	...	Themselves
The Black Eyed Peas	...	Themselves
Bloc Party	...	Themselves
James Blunt	...	Himself
Edith Bowman	...	Herself - Presenter
Russell Brand	...	Himself
Neve Campbell	...	Herself
Alan Carr	...	Himself
Jimmy Carr	...	Himself
Cocco	...	Herself
Jon Culshaw	...	Himself
Jamie Lee Curtis	...	Herself
Les Dennis	...	Himself
Duran Duran	...	Themselves
Jeremy Edwards	...	Himself
Melissa Etheridge	...	Herself
Foo Fighters	...	Themselves
Genesis	...	Themselves
Genki Rockets	...	Themselves
Ricky Gervais	...	Himself
Al Gore	...	Himself
David Gray	...	Himself
Christopher Guest	...	Nigel Tufnel
Geri Halliwell	...	Herself
Davey Havok	...	Himself / AFI
Erin Hill	...	Herself - Harpist for Kanye West
Haruomi Hosono	...	Himself (as Yellow Magic Orchestra)
Eugene Hutz	...	Himself
Kasabian	...	Themselves
Keane	...	Himself
Kumi Koda	...	Herself
John Legend	...	Himself
Fedde Le Grand	...	Himself
Linkin Park	...	Herself
Madonna	...	Herself
Rachael Markarian	...	Dancer
Dave Matthews	...	Himself
Michael McKean	...	David St. Hubbins
Xuxa Meneghel	...	Herself
Stephen Merchant	...	Himself
Metallica	...	Themselves
Chris Moyles	...	Himself
Terra Naomi	...	Herself
Thandie Newton	...	Herself
Graham Norton	...	Himself - Presenter
Paolo Nutini	...	Himself
Michael Nyman	...	Himself
Jack Osbourne	...	Himself
Ai Otsuka	...	Herself
The Police	...	Themselves
The Pussycat Dolls	...	Themselves
Corinne Bailey Rae	...	Herself
Razorlight	...	Themselves
Red Hot Chili Peppers	...	Themselves
Rob Reiner	...	Marty DiBergi
Damien Rice	...	Himself
Rihanna	...	Herself
Ashley Roberts	...	Herself (as The Pussycat Dolls)
Chris Rock	...	Himself
Jonathan Ross	...	Himself - Presenter
Ryûichi Sakamoto	...	Himself (as Yellow Magic Orchestra)
June Sarpong	...	Herself
Harry Shearer	...	Derek Smalls
Kate Silverton	...	Herself
Samantha Sitek	...	Ocarina Player
Rip Slyme	...	Themselves
Snow Patrol	...	Themselves
Terence Stamp	...	Himself
Cat Stevens	...	Yusuf Islam
Yukihiro Takahashi	...	Himself (as Yellow Magic Orchestra)
David Tennant	...	Himself
Ua	...	Herself
Ken Watanabe	...	Himself
Kanye West	...	Himself

Also Known As:

Live Earth 7.7.07 (International: English title) (poster title)
Live Earth Alert (Netherlands) (festival title)
Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis (International: English title)
SOS: The Movement for a Climate in Crisis (International: English title) (poster title)

Runtime:

1320 min

Country:

USA | UK | South Africa | Netherlands | Japan | Israel | Germany | China | Brazil | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Aussie Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Bob Bain Productions

Trivia:

In the Netherlands, they have held a concert called "Live Earth Alert" in Westerpark, Amsterdam - which was an addition to the "Live Earth" event (also held on the same day as "Live Earth"). The event covered the concert in Amsterdam, as well as the concerts from the main seven continents with Dutch correspondents reporting there. Also, some coverage from the Dutch concert were included in the official Live Earth streams and broadcast worldwide.

Movie Connections:

Spin off from Live Aid (1985) (TV)

Three-hour Live Earth on NBC had mostly enjoyable musical performances

Just finished watching the Live Earth three-hour concert version that I taped from NBC last weekend. Performance highlights include: John Mayer's "We Keep Waiting for the World to Change", a reunited Genesis' "Land of Confusion", Alicia Keys' "Mercy, Mercy, Me" which blended into Corrine Bailey Rae's version in the middle of the song, Kelly Clarkson's "Since You've Been Gone", Roger Waters' version of his group Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" (though I was surprised at it's inclusion) and the recently reunited Police's "Message in a Bottle". There were also good performances from Madonna, Bon Jovi, Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks, The Dave Matthews Band, The Black-Eyed Peas, and Duran Duran. Additionally, they showed snippets of musical acts in China, Japan, and Australia (which showed an edited version of Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over" that I was disappointed with). All that plus hosts Ann Curry and Carson Daly interviewing public figures like Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Al Gore (Curry) and musicians like Keys and Matthews and actors like Rosario Dawson and Cameron Diaz (Daly). All in all, a mostly enjoyable concert with important pro-environmental messages spread throughout ending with a clip of James Blunt singing "What a Wonderful World".