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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

Contact:

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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:
(129 articles)

Gore Urged To Go Veggie For 30 Days
 (From WENN. 11 November 2009, 5:41 PM, PST)

'9/11' Tops 'Telegraph' Movies of the Decade List
 (From Get The Big Picture. 7 November 2009, 1:11 AM, PST)

User Comments:

"You owe it to yourself to see this film ... more (481 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
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

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The DVD case, in which the film is packaged, is made from 100% recycled cardboard. 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 "Getaway: (#16.37)" (2007) more

Soundtrack:

Blocks 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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286 out of 439 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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