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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.

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Release Date:
31 August 2006 (Thailand) more
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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
User Comments:
Good, but flawed more (482 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification)
Al Gore ... Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Billy West ... (voice)
George Bush ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

George W. Bush ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ronald Reagan ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Davis Guggenheim 
 
Produced by
Lawrence Bender .... producer
Scott Z. Burns .... producer
Lesley Chilcott .... co-producer
Lesley Chilcott .... line producer
Davis Guggenheim .... executive producer
Jeffrey D. Ivers .... executive producer (as Jeff Ivers)
Laurie Lennard .... producer (as Laurie David)
Jeff Skoll .... executive producer
Ricky Strauss .... executive producer
Diane Weyermann .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Michael Brook 
 
Cinematography by
Davis Guggenheim 
Bob Richman 
 
Film Editing by
Jay Cassidy 
Dan Swietlik 
 
Production Management
Gregory Bartlett .... production manager
Lesley Chilcott .... unit production manager
Beau J. Genot .... post-production supervisor
Trevor Herrick .... production manager: New York
Steven M. Rood .... production supervisor (as Steve Rood)
Michelle Wilker .... production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John Stewart .... second assistant director
Jonathan X .... first assistant director (as JJ Jonathan Jackson)
 
Sound Department
Tom Bergin .... additional sound: New York
George Berndt .... adr editor
George Berndt .... dialogue editor
Lesley Chilcott .... additional sound: Beijing
Joel Dougherty .... sound effects editor
Alan Freedman .... adr mixer
Dan Gleich .... additional sound: San Francisco
Terry Hillman .... additional sound: Nashville
P.K. Hooker .... sound effects editor
Daniel Kent .... additional sound: Los Angeles
Steve LeSieur .... assistant sound editor
Skip Lievsay .... sound re-recording mixer
Skip Lievsay .... supervising sound editor
Daniel S. McCoy .... sound
Eddie O'Connor .... additional sound: New York
Mark A. Rozett .... sound re-recording mixer
Jan Schulte .... additional sound: Los Angeles
Paul Trautman .... sound
Paul Wittman .... p.a. mixer
Lu Xuelei .... additional sound: Beijing
 
Visual Effects by
Brian Fisher .... sea-level effects
Brian George .... digital film colorist
Brian George .... digital intermediate colorist
Kevin Prendiville .... Flame artist
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Joaquín Baca-Asay .... additional cinematographer
Ulli Bonnekamp .... additional cinematographer
Faith Brewer .... camera operator
Curtis Clark .... additional cinematographer
Jiebin Fan .... additional cinematographer (as Jae Fan)
Davis Guggenheim .... camera operator
D.J. Harder .... first assistant camera
Darren Langer .... gaffer
Eric Lee .... still photographer
Dave Pritchett .... camera operator
Carrie Richard .... camera operator
Bob Richman .... camera operator
Michael J. Schwartz .... camera operator
John Snedden .... camera operator
Chuck Weiss .... tape operator: HDTV studio segments
 
Animation Department
Brent Chambers .... animator: Hornet
 
Editorial Department
Javier Alvarez .... additional editor
Kenny Becker .... color timer
Owen Edinger .... assistant editor
Larry Ferguson Jr. .... post-production consultant
Bob Fernley .... digital intermediate producer
Asim Matin .... first assistant editor
Thomas Han Ul Park .... assistant editor
Troy Rackley .... assistant editor
Rebecca Weigold .... first assistant editor
 
Music Department
Sharon Smith .... music editor
 
Other crew
Claire Bernard .... production assistant
Susan Bradley .... title designer: opening titles
Daniel J. Brewster .... technical coordinator: Apple Keynote
Thom Buckley .... on-set medic
Gwen Cassidy .... researcher
Dayna E. Clark .... production assistant
Heather Coker .... production assistant
Patricia DeQuaker .... rights and clearances coordinator (as Patti DeQuaker)
Ilana Gordon .... creative executive
Ally Hawkins .... assistant: Mr. Guggenheim
Andrew Isaacson .... producer: Hornet
Elena Jacobson .... assistant to producer
Matthew Klipper .... production accountant
Drew Langer .... production assistant
Michael J. Linowes .... legal counsel
Eric Matthews .... production assistant
Evan Matthews .... production assistant
Michael McDermott .... line producer: China
Dawn Oliver .... assistant: Mr. Bender
Jill Ragan .... production assistant (as Jill Pauletich-Ragan)
Ryan Robertson .... main title producer
John Snedden .... archive footage: b-roll
Katie Taylor .... production assistant
Amber Thompson .... production assistant
Melissa A. Wong .... script supervisor
Marianna Yarovskaya .... head of research
Garson Yu .... title designer
Jim McCarthy .... accountant (uncredited)
Noel Davis Poyner .... publicity intern (uncredited)
 
Thanks
Tal Fiala .... special thanks
Robert Messinger .... special thanks
Robert Redford .... special thanks
Carl Sagan .... special thanks
Tim Sassoon .... special thanks
Ada Shen .... thanks
John Williams .... thanks
David Zucker .... thanks
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Eine unbequeme Wahrheit (Austria) (Germany) [de]
En obekväm sanning (Finland: Swedish title) (Sweden) [sv]
Une vérité qui dérange (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
An Inconvenient Truth (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
En ubekvem sandhed (Denmark) [da]
Epämiellyttävä totuus (Finland) [fi]
La verdad incómoda (Colombia) [es]
La verdad incómoda - Una advertencia global (Argentina) [es]
Mia avoli alitheia (Greece) (TV title) [el]
Mia enohlitiki alitheia (Greece) [el]
Neprijatna istina (Serbia) [sr]
Uma Verdade Inconveniente (Brazil) (festival title) [pt]
Una scomoda verità (Italy) [it]
Una verdad incómoda (Spain) [es]
Uygunsuz gerçek (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
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MPAA:
Rated PG for mild thematic elements.
Runtime:
100 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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This is the first carbon-neutral documentary. NativeEnergy, which works with individuals and organizations to help them compensate for their contributions to global warming, calculated the "carbon footprint" from producing the film, including all travel, office, and accommodations related emissions. The company then offset emissions through renewable energy credits or "green tags from new renewable energy projects. Paramount Classics and Participant will split the cost of these tags; the funds will go towards helping build new Native American, Alaskan Native Village, and farmer-owned renewable energy projects, creating sustainable economies for communities in need and diversifying our energy supply. As Participant founder Jeff Skoll explains: "It would be ironic, not to mention wrong, if we added to the global warming that Al Gore warns about in his film. Plus, these renewable energy projects offer options that will decrease our demand for fossil fuels and otherwise would likely not happen without these kinds of investments." Participant, NativeEnergy and Warner Bros. partnered in a similar way on Stephen Gaghan's film, Syriana (2005), where 100% of the carbon dioxide emissions generated by the production were translated into investments into renewable energy. This follows on from the first "carbon neutral" film The Day After Tomorrow (2004), which director Roland Emmerich paid for out of his own pocket. 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:
Spoofed in An Inconvenient Penguin (2008) (V) more
Soundtrack:
I Need to Wake Up more

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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168 out of 289 people found the following comment useful.
Good, but flawed, 21 June 2006
7/10
Author: jmeans-3 from United States

Before seeing this movie I thought that it might sway the debate on global warming. I assumed that the entire movie was going to be about global warming, and if it had been it would have been much more effective. While about two-thirds of it is about global warming, the other third is a promo for Al Gore--including footage of the contentious 2000 presidential election. As someone who is deeply concerned about the issue of global warming, I am disappointed because I think this diversion from the ostensible subject of the movie makes it much less effective as rhetoric. It has the immediate effect of alienating any republicans that may be in the audience, and global warming should not be seen as a partisan issue, or nothing will ever get done. I'm afraid that because of this the movie will mostly be "preaching to the choir." It still may be an effective tool for educating democrats that were previously uninformed on global warming. As a doctoral student in climate science, I can say that Gore mostly gets the science right, although he weakens the presentation by not pointing out which things are still open to debate.

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