The Last Mountain

PG

Released Jun 3, 2011

1h 35m

Documentary

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81%

42 Reviews

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83%

500+ Ratings

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Activists try to prevent Massey Energy from utilizing the environmentally hazardous method of mountaintop removal to extract coal from Coal River Mountain.

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Alarming and infuriating! A must see for anyone who uses electricity. This is the price of convenience.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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An extremely important film. Though slow at times, it offers many different opinions and a lot of striking imagery.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Eye-opening documentary about the coal industry's practice of mountaintop removal that pollutes the environment and eliminates many jobs. This threatens the entire Appalachian Mountain range! The "clean" energy electric ads have a new meaning for me now. I am angry about how these large corporations can get away with ignoring environmental laws and have total disregard for innocent landowners who are impacted.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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It tears my heart to see the place where my ancestors thrived being destroyed.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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You can't help but feel you're witnessing an American tragedy.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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I really enjoyed this documentary. Its very thorough and presents a lot of different reasons why the mining makes no sense. Best of all it offers good alternatives at the end. If you had any doubt that the entire American political system is bought and sold this movie is good evidence of how corrupt and owned every politician is. Some day some student is going to be in history class and put up his or her hand and say 'wait a minute teacher... what do you mean they poisoned themselves, destroyed the planet, refused to try and develop better technologies, and allowed a handful of people to become billionaires in the process???

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Bill Haney

Director

William Sadler

Narrator

Bill Haney

Screenwriter

Peter Rhodes

Screenwriter

Tim Disney

Executive Producer

Timothy Rockwood

Executive Producer

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Bill Goodykoontz

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Rated: 4/5

Aug 12, 2011

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Jennie Punter

Globe and Mail

[A] thoughtful and elegantly made documentary.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 22, 2011

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Bruce DeMara

Toronto Star

The picture is as grim as the wasteland that remains after the "mountain top removal" process undertaken by coal companies to reveal the rich seams of coals that lie underneath.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 22, 2011

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

It's a refreshing approach to documentary filmmaking whose even tempered presentation might actually create real change.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 6, 2019

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Jay Antani

Cinema Writer

trenchant, impassioned

Rated: 3.5/4

Jan 27, 2012

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Rob Thomas

Capital Times (Madison, WI)

You can't look at those manmade scars and not feel your blood boil, and that anger flows throughout Bill Haney's fiery documentary "The Last Mountain."

Rated: 3/4

Sep 9, 2011

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Synopsis

Activists try to prevent Massey Energy from utilizing the environmentally hazardous method of mountaintop removal to extract coal from Coal River Mountain.

Director: Bill Haney
Producer: Tim Disney, Timothy Rockwood
Screenwriter: Bill Haney, Peter Rhodes
Distributor: Dada Films
Rating: PG (Brief Language|Some Thematic Material)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 3, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 23, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $119.7K
Runtime: 1h 35m

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