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Unity (film)

Field	Value
name	Unity
image	Unity_Film_Poster.jpg
caption	Promotional poster
director	Shaun Monson
producer	{{Plainlist
* Melissa Danis<ref name	Variety /
writer	Shaun Monson
narrator	Various
music	Yuko Sonoda
editing	Shaun Monson
studio	Nation Earth
distributor	{{Plainlist
* Fathom Events<ref name	PRN
* SpectiCast<ref name	Variety /
released
runtime	99 minutes
country	United States
language	English

Melissa Danis
Shaun Monson}}
Fathom Events
SpectiCast
The Orchard}} Unity is a 2015 American documentary film written, directed and produced by Shaun Monson, and the sequel to the 2005 film Earthlings. The film is narrated by one hundred actors, artists, athletes, authors, businessmen, entertainers, filmmakers, military personnel and musicians. The film was released worldwide on August 12, 2015. This is Ryan O'Neal's final film role before his retirement from acting in 2017 and his subsequent death in 2023.

Premise

The title "Unity signifies the intention of the content. It's not so much to entertain, like a pastime, but rather turn something "on" inside you that has been suppressed or forgotten by the mask that society or tradition puts upon us. But more than that the film also helps relate us to the mystery of existence, to all of existence, of which we are merely a part.|--Shaun Monson}}

Unity is a documentary that explores humanity's transformation, presented in five chapters: "Cosmic", "Mind", "Body", "Heart" and "Soul".

Narrators

Reference:

Casey Affleck
Dianna Agron
Malin Åkerman
Rick Allen
Pamela Anderson
Jennifer Aniston
Michael Beckwith
Kristen Bell
Eve Best
Fan Bingbing
Brandon Boyd
Ellen Burstyn
Rose Byrne
Jesse Carmichael
Jessica Chastain
Deepak Chopra
Gregory Colbert
Common
David Copperfield
Marion Cotillard
Portia de Rossi
Ellen DeGeneres
John Paul DeJoria
David DeLuise
Emily Deschanel
Phil Donahue
Dr. Dre
Minnie Driver
Alison Eastwood
Joel Edgerton
Claire Forlani
Arian Foster
Jorja Fox
Kathy Freston
Michael Gambon
Balthazar Getty
Jeff Goldblum
Selena Gomez
Caroline Goodall
Maggie Grace
Adrian Grenier
Marcia Gay Harden
Beth Hart
Rutger Hauer
Tony Hawk
Lena Headey
Mariel Hemingway
Tom Hiddleston
Missy Higgins
Anjelica Huston
Famke Janssen
January Jones
Tony Kanal
Ben Kingsley
David LaChapelle
Cloris Leachman
Adam Levine
Isabel Lucas
Damien Mander
Arlene Martel
Tim McIlrath
Leighton Meester
Helen Mirren
Moby
Matthew Modine
Carrie-Anne Moss
Jason Mraz
Olivia Munn
Edward James Olmos
Ryan O'Neal
Julia Ormond
Aaron Paul
Joe Perry
Joaquin Phoenix
Freida Pinto
Maggie Q
Matthieu Ricard
Michelle Rodriguez
Geoffrey Rush
Zoe Saldana
Susan Sarandon
Liev Schreiber
Nestor Serrano
Amanda Seyfried
Martin Sheen
Russell Simmons
Sam Simon
Amy Smart
Kevin Spacey
Mark Strong
Catherine Tate
Larenz Tate
Jennifer Tilly
Shaun Toub
Paul Watson
Ben Whishaw
Persia White
Kristen Wiig
Olivia Wilde
Marianne Williamson
Anton Yelchin

Production

On June 26, 2013, Shaun Monson started a Kickstarter campaign to complete and market the film, with the goal of reaching "a minimum of $800,000 to complete post-production and release the film within a year", but the fundraising was unsuccessful. Funding was instead secured with the help the film's Executive Producers: Dieter Paulmann, Alec Pedersen, and Babak Cyrus Razi. After Monson's first installment, Earthlings (2005), he spent roughly seven years developing, writing and producing Unity.

Release

The film is produced by Monson and Melissa Danis with Nation Earth and was distributed by SpectiCast and Fathom Events.

The film was also recorded as an audiobook read by Monson. The audiobook is an unabridged version of the Unity script and is about five hours long.

References

(April 22, 2015). "100 Celebrity Narrators, 7 Years In The Making ..."Unity" To Screen In Cinemas Worldwide Beginning August 12". [[PR Newswire]].
(June 17, 2015). "''UNITY'' (15)". [[British Board of Film Classification]].
(April 22, 2015). "Documentary 'Unity' Set for Aug. 12 Release with 100 Star Narrators". [[Variety (magazine).
"About - Unity". Unity the Movement.
McCartney, Anthony. (December 8, 2023). "Actor Ryan O'Neal, star of 'Love Story,' 'Paper Moon' and 'Barry Lyndon,' dies at 82".
(June 26, 2013). "UNITY THE MOVIE by Shaun Monson — Kickstarter". Kickstarter.
"Unity (2015) Poster Unity (2015) Full Cast & Crew".
(1 July 2009). "New Audiobook 'Unity' explores Consciousness and Connection". Edge Magazine.
(23 July 2013). "Shaun Monson - Unity Interview". Vegan Publishers.
(12 July 2012). "Film Unity". Yuko Sonoda Official Site.

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