An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 documentary movie about global warming directed by Davis Guggenheim, presented by former United States Vice President Al Gore.[2] The movie was first shown at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. It opened in New York and Los Angeles on May 24, 2006. The movie was released on DVD on November 21, 2006. A companion book by Gore reached Number 1 on the paperback nonfiction New York Times bestseller list on July 2, 2006.[3] The movie won Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature and for Best Original Song.[4]
| An Inconvenient Truth | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Davis Guggenheim |
| Produced by | Lawrence Bender Scott Z. Burns Laurie David Lesley Chilcott (co-producer) |
| Starring | Al Gore |
| Music by | Michael Brook |
| Edited by | Jay Cassidy Dan Swietlik |
| Distributed by | Paramount Classics |
Release date | May 24, 2006 |
Running time | 94 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$+1,000,000[1] |
| Box office | US$49,047,567 (worldwide) |
An Inconvenient Truth is the story of Al Gore and his efforts to tell people about the climate change concerns. Gore says, "I've been trying to tell this story for a long time and I feel as if I've failed to get the message across." The movie closely follows a "slide show" presentation that Gore has shown throughout the world. It shows Gore's exploration of the global warming data, and predictions regarding climate change and its potential for disaster.
An Inconvenient Truth Media
The Pale Blue Dot, a Voyager 1 photo showing Earth (circled) as a single pixel from 4 billion miles (6.4 billion kilometres) away, is featured in the film. Al Gore points out that all of human history has happened on that pixel, which is the only planet where life has been discovered.
Gore gives a keynote address on sustainability at SapphireNow 2010 in May 2010
Gore presents his global warming slide show at the University of Miami
Gore presents the Keeling c*Curve, which shows a pattern of steadily increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere since 1958.
Google Trends data shows that, following the 2006 release of An Inconvenient Truth, there was an increase in the number of Google searches for the term climate crisis, which Gore often used instead of the more neutral climate change. Also graphed: searches for climate emergency.
The number of Google searches for the term "climate change" rose steadily following release of the film.
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References
- ↑ "On a Bender: A chat with Inconvenient Truth co-producer and Hollywood bigwig Lawrence Bender" Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine. Grist.org. Retrieved March 7, 2007.
- ↑ "Winner: Documentary Feature, An Inconvenient Truth". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. February 25, 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
- ↑ "New York Times Bestsellers: Paperback Nonfiction". The New York Times. 2006-07-02. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/02/books/bestseller/0702bestpapernonfiction.html?ex=1174363200&en=aa0e9c76ef010f5a&ei=5070. Retrieved 2007-03-17.
- ↑ "NY Times: An Inconvenient Truth". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
