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An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 835 Fresh: 700  Rotten:135 Average Rating: 7.3/10
 
Consensus: While global warming is a hotly-debated subject, what everyone on both sides can agree upon is that, if real, it's a very bad thing. Since losing the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush, former Vice President Al Gore has busied himself by being an outspoken figure against this potential environmental disaster. As much about the man as about greenhouse gases, this candid, powerful and informative documentary illuminates some of the myths surrounding both of its subjects equally well.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Theatrical Release: May 24, 2006 Limited

Box Office: $23,727,472

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... 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 [More]

Genre: Education/General Interest

Starring: Al Gore

Director: Davis Guggenheim
Producer: Lawrence Bender, Scott Burns, Laurie Lennard
Composer: Michael Brook

DVD Info

Release:

Nov 21, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Surround Sound 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital Stereo - English
  • Subtitles - English - Closed Captioned
  • Subtitles - French, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentaries - 1. Davis Guggenheim - Director
  • 2. Laurie David, Lawrence Bender, Scott Z. Burns, Lesley Chilcott - Producers
  • Behind the Scenes - "The Making Of AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH"
  • Featurettes - "An Update with Former Vice-President Al Gore"
  • Music Video - Melissa Etheridge - "I Need to Wake Up"

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