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An
Inconvenient Truth
(PG) Limited Release
 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
Starring:
Al Gore
Director(s): Davis Guggenheim
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