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Humanity is
sitting on a
ticking 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.
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 fervent
crusade to halt
global warming's
deadly progress
in its tracks by
exposing the
myths and
misconceptions
that surround
it. 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
a last-ditch,
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 also
proves himself
to be one of the
most
misunderstood
characters in
modern American
public life.
Here he is seen
as never before
in the media -
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 may be
reaching 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
important cause
of his life -
convinced that
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 the
biggest moral
challenges
facing our
global
civilization.
Paramount
Classics and
Participant
Productions
present a film
directed by
Davis
Guggenheim, AN
INCONVENIENT
TRUTH. Featuring
Al Gore, the
film is produced
by Laurie David,
Lawrence Bender
and Scott Z.
Burns. Jeff
Skoll and Davis
Guggenheim are
the executive
producers and
the co-producer
is Leslie
Chilcott.
For more
information,
please visit
http://www.climatecrisis.net/
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