Product Details

• Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis
• Directors: Bill Benenson, Gene Rosow
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: DOCURAMA
• DVD Release Date: April 6, 2010
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00366E1AK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,808 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Dirt! The Movie" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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DIRT THE MOVIE - DVD Movie

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37 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring!, April 5, 2010

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betty black (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dirt! The Movie (DVD)

I saw this film during Docuweeks in Los Angeles about a year ago. It inspired me beyond words, into action.

I found this film to have a broad range of views on varying topics having to do with dirt: natural building, tree planting, edible schoolyards (and after watching Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, I am convinced that EVERY school needs a garden program!), mountaintop removal, mycology, energy, food, water, farming, composting, gardening....

I have since seen this film NUMEROUS times and I highly recommend it. While it does touch on some serious topics, it is not a heavy documentary that requires a barf bag (thanks, Cove) or a prescription for Lexapro. It is informative, general, entertaining and inspiring. AND it has a great soundtrack from KCRW's highly acclaimed Tom Schnabel.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not just playing in the dirt, June 4, 2010

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Stuart B. Rich "amateur agronomer" (nj) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dirt! The Movie (DVD)

The movie is adapted from Bill Logan's essays collected under the title "Dirt: the Ecstatic Skin of the Earth." In three parts, it explains the miraculous nature of soil, illustrates humanity's mismanagement of soil, and shows some hopeful approaches to better management. The talking heads are varied and interesting, and the photography wonderful. I found the coverage of soil mismanagement a little difficult to follow, even though it's not new to me. I'm planning to show my copy to a youth group at our church and will have to pause it there and explain things. By the end the movie gets a little redundant but the cumulative impact is very good.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dirt! Review, May 18, 2010

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R. Daye - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dirt! The Movie (DVD)

Dirt! The movie takes a look at the importance of dirt in sustaining human life. In this era where we think a lot about water, it is good to also be looking at our impact on dirt.