Ted Danson

"The inconvenient truth about the impact of overfishing on the world’s oceans"
— The Economist


Sound the global alarm. Scientists predict that if we continue fishing at the curre...( read more  read more... )nt rate, the planet will run out of seafood by 2048 with catastrophic consequences. Based on the book by Charles Clover, and narrated by Ted Danson, THE END OF THE LINE explores the devastating effect that overfishing is having on fish stocks and the health of our oceans. With Clover as his guide, Sundance veteran Rupert Murray (Unknown White Male) crisscrosses the globe, examining what is causing the dilemma and what can be done to solve it. Industrial fishing began in the 1950s. High-tech fisheries now trawl the oceans with nets the size of football fields. Species cannot survive at the rate they are being removed from the sea. Add in cofactors of decades of bad science, corporate greed, small-minded governments, and escalating consumer demand, and we’re left with a crisis of epic proportions. Ninety percent of the big fish in our oceans are now gone. Murray interweaves glorious footage from both underwater and above with shocking scientific testimony to paint a vivid and alarming profile of the state of the sea. The ultimate power of THE END OF THE LINE is that it moves beyond doomsday rhetoric to proffer real solutions. Chillingly topical, THE END OF THE LINE drives home the message: the clock is ticking, and the time to act is now.

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78% liked it

36 critics

Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Rupert Murray

Release Date: June 19, 2009

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  • November 2, 2009
    Shocking, but it's not only a movie...
  • September 2, 2009
    " They are negotiating biology, and we dont like that...."
  • July 6, 2009
    would like to see....
  • July 6, 2009
    Doesnt sound like the most interesting film ever, but im up for learning something!
  • June 22, 2009
    Sigh. Another must see, unfortunately.
  • June 20, 2009
    This sounds like a timely documentary.
  • June 20, 2009
    ok if you are into the ecco thing
  • June 19, 2009
    Snore. Not that this movie would ever make it to the theatre where I live.
  • June 18, 2009
    THIS REALLY CONCERNZ MY LIFE AS A PERSON, FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND MOST OF ALL... MY INCOME

Critic Reviews


August 7, 2009
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

With commendable clarity, it lays out the data. full review

July 17, 2009
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Another day, another film about environmental collapse. full review

July 16, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The End of the Line documents what threatens to become an irreversible decline in aquatic populations within 40 years. full review

June 12, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times

Are we allowed to love what we plan to kill and eat? Perhaps we are. Or perhaps it is the cunning sentimentality of the filmmaker, hooking the viewer in with heartwarming pictures before throwing him ... full review

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