The Planet (2006)

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Original title	The Planet
Swedish release title	The Planet
International title	The Planet
Title for Swedish TV release	Planeten
Working title	The Planet 2050

Director	Michael Stenberg Johan Söderberg Linus Torell
Story	Magnus Enquist
Producer	Jonas Kellagher Michael Stenberg
Production Manager	Ulla Fluur Malin Fornander
Director of Photography	Jan Röed
Music	Johan Söderberg David Österberg
Film Editor	Johan Söderberg
Production Mixer	Jonas Goldmann Tor Vadseth Ragnar Samuelsson Bjørn Eivind Aarskog Jan Alvermark Per Moseid Lu Zheng Li
Sound Design	Magnus Andersson Mattias Eklund Mikael Lundh
Animation	Jonas Hummelstrand (geografisk)
Second Unit Director	Miki Dedijer Fredrik Sperling Kristian Petri Karin Tötterman Erik Eger Emil Marczak Claes Löfgren
Research	Torvald Jacobsson (research editor) Karin Åström (research editor) Rolf Almström Hanna Kastner Mårten Svanberg Cecilia Ingvarsson
Co-producer	Ingemar Persson (SVT) Kjell Eriksen (Videomaker)
Production Coordinator	Rupesh Kumar (Indien)
Production Assistant	Mats Bigård (Portugal) Karin Tötterman (Kina) Osama Badran (Jordan) Siw Hermenstad (USA) Abdul Hussein (Kenya) Anette Kischinowsky (USA) Nilesh Kumar (Indien) Matthew Lane (UK) George Ngeta Temsamani Said (Marocko) Eitan Simanor (Israel) Cheng Yun Qiang (Kina) Rook Randle (UK)
Production Accountant	Britt-Marie Holmberg Lotta Moberg
Film Commissioner	Niklas Rådström (Svenska Filminstitutet) Per Nielsen (Svenska Filminstitutet)
Post Production Supervisor	Ulla Fluur
Additional Photography	Håvard Jenssen Nick Hughes Anders Bohman Victor Davidson Torben Forsberg Paul Myburgh Julián Elizalde Harald Paalgard Noah Weinzweig John Rosenlund Marek Wiser Håkan Persson Johan Palm
Lab Coordinator	Margaretha Wiechel
Scanner	Janne Lundqvist
On-line Editing	Martin Malm Erik Andersson
Digital Editing	Simon Afshar
Digital Grading	Janne Lundqvist
Musician	Jakob Ruthberg Leo Svensson Goran Kajfes Johan Söderberg
Assistant Film Editor	Jonas Goldmann
Re-recording Mixer	Magnus Andersson
Translation	Torunn Algrim Klingspor Mats Bigård Dominika Daubenbüchel Erik Eger Roger Eriksson Claudia Lisboa Sofia von Malmborg Rawia Morra Aditi Phans Kaustubh Phanse Jacilda Paulo da Silva
Other Crew	Magnus Enquist (vetenskaplig expert) Ayo Bello Halldór Gunnarsson Elena Nordström Katherine Richardson (intro voice over) Niki Bergman
Archive	Jonas Goldmann My Lindberg

Gretchen C. Daily
Herman E. Daly
Jill Jäger
William L. Steffen
George Monbiot
Lester R. Brown
Jared M. Diamond
Katherine Richardson
Mathis Wackernagel
Norman Myers

Production Company	Charon Film AB
Copyright	Charon Film AB	2006
	Sveriges Television AB	2006
Co-Production Company	Sveriges Television AB		(Dokumentär)
	Videomaker AS
	Fox Media
	Norsk Rikskringkasting
	Yleisradio Ab/Finlands Svenska Television
Advance allocations	Forskningsrådet för miljö, areella näringar och samhällsbyggande (Formas)
	Norsk Filmfond
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2004-12-02
	Vetenskapsrådet
	MEDIA Programme of the European Community
	Nordisk Film & TV Fond
	Stiftelsen Riksbankens Jubileumsfond
	Undervisningsministeriet
	MISTRA (Stiftelsen för Miljöstrategisk Forskning)
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Svensk Filmindustri	2006
Recording Studio	Riviera Music Sound & Post
Sales	SF International Sales

The Planet is a hot from the oven attempt to find answers about the truths and untruths of the alarming global changes that many claim are already in motion.

The visual style will unlock the alienated attitude many people have built up in relation to the subject: ”Please, not another bloody Climate Doomsday film!” The Planet is about much more than climate change - its about the Earth as a whole, it's about the overall global changes we are experiencing right now.

The challenge have been to create a new, fresh style to convey our story about a subject of which most people are more or less unaware - even though they certainly need to be more aware of it. The visual tone will from the very beginning turn the audience away from old perspectives on the problems in question. We are therefore using a lot of humour, visually provocative material, new rhythms, imaginative twists and turns, animation, short inserts conveyed with the help of the aesthetic of advertising, new and old archive material and our own striking nature photography.

Is it true that the Earth is a system disrupted beyond its normal limits? Are people the underlying cause of the changes? Can our activities really affect the Earth's systems? Is it really true that temperatures have risen and will continue to rise? That we should expect abrupt changes in the system? That natural disasters will become ever more frequent and dangerous? That the climate refugee will become the most common of all refugees? And if all this is true, what will the world look like in the future? Can we affect developments, or should we just adapt ourselves to this new world?

To find these answers we have been seeking out some of the world's leading experts in areas of interest. We have traveled to the places on Earth where the signs of global change are most apparent, and where supposedly proof may be found. We have also been into contact with people, who in one way or another can provide some tangible ideas about an imagined future - those who have been affected or will be affected.

Censorship number	143391
Date	2006-08-29
Classification	Allowed from age 7
Original length	2177 meters
Notes	Aktindelning: 573-528-464-217-395 = 2177 m - 80 minuter. Aktlängder: 573, 528, 464, 217, 395.
Grounds for decision	Inslag av döda apor med avhuggna händer och människor på flykt undan naturkatastrofer.

Aspect ratio	1.85:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Dolby Digital
Colour type	Colour
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2177 meter
Length in minutes	80 min
Reels	5 reels

Release in Sweden	2006-09-01	Filmstaden Downtown	Gothenburg	Sweden	80 min
	2006-09-01	Saga	Stockholm	Sweden	80 min
TV showing	2006-11-09	SVT1		Sweden	52 min	(del 1)
	2006-11-16	SVT1		Sweden	58 min	(del 2)
	2006-11-23	SVT1		Sweden	58 min	(del 3)
	2006-11-30	SVT1		Sweden	58 min	(del 4)
Festival showing	2007-03-25	Cinema Nouveau	Johannesburg	South Africa		(Swedish Film Week)
	2007-03-28	Cinema Nouveau	Johannesburg	South Africa		(Swedish Film Week)
	2007-09-18	Idun	Umeå	Sweden	79 min	Internationella filmfestivalen i Umeå.
	2007-09-21	Idun	Umeå	Sweden	79 min	Internationella filmfestivalen i Umeå.
TV showing	2008-06-15	SVT2		Sweden	79 min

Festival Award	Paris	2008			(Bästa film/best picture vid Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival i Paris, Frankrike)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Low contrast print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2302

Element type	Digital intermediate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	The planet. Dialoglista.
Extent	17 s. + 6 s. för- och eftertext samt musiklista i ex. 1.
Language	English

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	The planet
Extent	12 s.
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English