An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

Director:

Davis Guggenheim

Release Date:

31 August 2006 (Thailand)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

A Global Warning

Plot:

A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.

Plot Keywords:

Carbon Dioxide | Ecosystem | Air Pollution | Patagonia | Neutrality

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 5 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Aug. 31

8:00 AM

TMC

Cast

Al Gore	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Billy West	...	(voice)

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild thematic elements.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:G | Hong Kong:I | Brazil:Livre | France:U | Sweden:Btl | South Korea:All | Netherlands:MG6 | Portugal:M/6 | USA:PG (certificate #42438) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Finland:K-3 | Iceland:L | Ireland:G | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | Norway:A | UK:U | Malaysia:U | Germany:o.Al. | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva)

Company:

Lawrence Bender Productions

Trivia:

First documentary to win two Academy Awards.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the shot of the ocean's current is on screen, the tail of the arrow resets from a pointed end to flat repeatedly when it overlaps the other line.

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."

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Smagsdommerne: (#4.4)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Can't Sleep

Fact-laden, straightforward documentary with some comic insertions

This is an aspect of Environmental Science 101 that everyone should learn. If you aren't big into charts and graphs, you may have a hard time sitting still by the end of the film, but that's the point. Cold, hard facts.

Overall, a documentary worth seeing. The bits of animation are cute and eye-catching, and Gore's humor is appropriately dispersed throughout. I could have done without the Melissa Etheridge song at the end.

This isn't some platform Gore picked up in the last few years; this is something he has been fighting for his whole life, which gives him a credible and reliable voice in this issue and documentary. The best thing about Gore in this film is that he's straightforward without being blatantly alarmist, which is a welcome change from Moore.