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An Inconvenient Truth (2006) -- A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.
An Inconvenient Truth (2006) -- "An Inconvenient Truth" may be shown in schools, says a British judge, as long as teachers explain it is only a movie. Richard Roth reports.
An Inconvenient Truth (2006) -- A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.
An Inconvenient Truth (2006) -- A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.
An Inconvenient Truth (2006) -- A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.

Overview

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Director:
Davis Guggenheim
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Release Date:
31 August 2006 (Thailand) more
Genre:
Documentary more
Tagline:
A Global Warning more
Plot:
A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(86 articles)
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User Comments:
"You owe it to yourself to see this film ... more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Al Gore ... Himself
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Billy West ... (voice)
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for mild thematic elements.
Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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Trivia:
The cartoon clip that Al Gore shows to help explain global warming is from the "Futurama" (1999) episode "Crimes of the Hot." Al Gore (whose daughter Kristin was a writer for the series) guest starred as himself in the episode, claiming to be the inventor of the environment and the author of Balance of the Earth, and the more popular Harry Potter and the Balance of the Earth. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: When Gore shows the slide of the ice core graph at the beginning of the movie (about 20 minutes in), the numbers on the y-axis are wrong -- the average is at 0.5, and the negative numbers are flipped. This graph is correct in the book; the slide is wrong and therefore misleading. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Al Gore: You look at that river gently flowing by. You notice the leaves rustling with the wind. You hear the birds; you hear the tree frogs. In the distance you hear a cow. You feel the grass. The mud gives a little bit on the river bank. It's quiet; it's peaceful. And all of a sudden, it's a gear shift inside you. And it's like taking a deep breath and going, "Oh yeah, I forgot about this."
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Gilmore Girls: Introducing Lorelai Planetarium (#7.8)" (2006) more
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FAQ

What can the everyday person, such as myself, do right now to help stop global warming?
Do volcanoes emit more CO2 than man?
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284 out of 444 people found the following comment useful:-
"You owe it to yourself to see this film ..., 5 June 2006
10/10
Author: Doug Leigh from Long Beach, CA

... If you do not, and you have grandchildren, you should explain to them why you decided not to." - Roger Ebert

After the closing credits to An Inconvenient Truth rolled, I walked out to my car in the theater's parking lot. LA's infamous haze hung low, crimson in the twilight. In the foreground a solitary grasshopper pump drew up oil that had laid dormant for hundreds of millions of years. If Supersize Me made the prospect of a Big Mac and fries a little less appealing, imagine the feeling of slipping into a six cylinder car for a three mile trip home.

Just the same, An Inconvenient Truth is not about blame. It's also not only about the problems that global warming poses. Instead, it sets aside the matter of "who's fault is it" and leaves the viewer with the desire to ask and answer the question of "what can I do?" The film (and companion website) does not fail to deliver: both offer practicable steps to take regarding the literal sea change facing the planet.

The movie presents evidence that, to me, was quite compelling. Is it incontrovertible? Not being an environmental scientist, I couldn't say. But it's telling that out of almost 1000 peer reviewed scientific journals the film examines on the topic of global warming, the matter was not questioned by one (though doubted in more than half of the popular literature written during the same time). It's also worth mentioning that while Al Gore hosts the film, this movie is not about him. And while he may have showed up for some six years ago as stiff and stodgy, in this context he is masterful in blending the informative with the entertaining.

Go see the film for yourself. Bring a friend. Trust me, you'll be glad to have carpooled.

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