Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 05/24/06 (Limited) 06/09/06 (St. Louis) Home Video 11/21/06 MPAA Rating Rated PG for mild thematic elements Running Time 1 hour 40 minutes Genre Documentary Director Davis Guggenheim Writer NA Cast Al Gore Studio Paramount Classics |
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
SYNOPSIS
Humanity is sitting on a time bomb. If the vast
majority of the world?s scientists are right, we
have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that
could send our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic
destruction involving extreme weather, floods,
droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond
anything we have ever experienced. A catastrophe
we have helped create. If that sounds like a recipe
for serious gloom and doom -- think again. From
director Davis Guggenheim comes the Sundance
Film Festival hit, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, which
offers a passionate and inspirational look at one
man?s commitment to expose the myths and
misconceptions that surround global warming.
That man is former Vice President Al Gore, who, in
the wake of defeat in the 2000 election, re-set the
course of his life to focus on an all-out effort to help
save the planet from irrevocable change. In this
eye-opening and poignant portrait of Gore and his
?traveling global warming show,? Gore is funny,
engaging, open and downright on fire about getting
the surprisingly stirring truth about what he calls
our ?planetary emergency? out to ordinary citizens
before it?s too late. With 2005, the worst storm
season ever experienced in America just behind
us, it seems we have reached a tipping point ? and
Gore pulls no punches in explaining the dire
situation. Interspersed with the bracing facts and
Humanity is sitting on a time bomb. If the vast
majority of the world?s scientists are right, we
have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that
could send our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic
destruction involving extreme weather, floods,
droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond
anything we have ever experienced. A catastrophe
we have helped create. If that sounds like a recipe
for serious gloom and doom -- think again. From
director Davis Guggenheim comes the Sundance
Film Festival hit, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, which
offers a passionate and inspirational look at one
man?s commitment to expose the myths and
misconceptions that surround global warming.
That man is former Vice President Al Gore, who, in
the wake of defeat in the 2000 election, re-set the
course of his life to focus on an all-out effort to help
save the planet from irrevocable change. In this
eye-opening and poignant portrait of Gore and his
?traveling global warming show,? Gore is funny,
engaging, open and downright on fire about getting
the surprisingly stirring truth about what he calls
our ?planetary emergency? out to ordinary citizens
before it?s too late. With 2005, the worst storm
season ever experienced in America just behind
us, it seems we have reached a tipping point ? and
Gore pulls no punches in explaining the dire
situation. Interspersed with the bracing facts and
future predictions is the story of Gore?s personal journey: from an idealistic college student who first
saw a massive environmental crisis looming; to a young Senator facing a harrowing family tragedy that
altered his perspective; to the man who almost became President but instead returned to the most
impassioned cause of his entire life ? believing there is still time to make a difference. With wit, smarts
and hope, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH ultimately brings home Gore?s persuasive argument that we can no
longer afford to view global warming as a political issue ? rather, it is simply one of the biggest moral
challenges facing every person in our times. -- © Paramount Classics
saw a massive environmental crisis looming; to a young Senator facing a harrowing family tragedy that
altered his perspective; to the man who almost became President but instead returned to the most
impassioned cause of his entire life ? believing there is still time to make a difference. With wit, smarts
and hope, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH ultimately brings home Gore?s persuasive argument that we can no
longer afford to view global warming as a political issue ? rather, it is simply one of the biggest moral
challenges facing every person in our times. -- © Paramount Classics
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