Skip to comments.
Al Gore, Sundance's Leading Man
Washington Post ^
| Thursday, January 26, 2006
| William Booth
Posted on 01/27/2006 5:32:54 PM PST by presidio9
Has ever a little indie film faced a greater hurdle? Imagine this sales pitch: Babe, it's a movie about global warming. Starring Al Gore. Doing a slide show.
With charts.
Hours before the filming of "An Inconvenient Truth," former vice president Al Gore works with a team to choose the best from among 400 slides and animations from his environmental show. (Participant Productions)
Improbable? Perhaps. So it's all the more amazing that "An Inconvenient Truth" had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Tuesday night before an enthusiastic audience that gave the former vice president and his movie a big standing O.
Among the film's lessons: Earth's glaciers are melting, the polar bears are screwed, each year sets new heat records. Al Gore sometimes flies coach. He also schleps his own bags.
The morning after his debut as leading man, Gore pronounces this whole Sundance thing "a most excellent time." He is wearing earth tones again. He seems jolly . He brought Tipper and the kids. He is attending parties and posing for pictures with his fans and enjoying macaroni and cheese at the Discovery Channel soiree. He's palling around with Larry David of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," who says, "Al is a funny guy." But he is also a very serious guy who believes humans may have only 10 years left to save the planet from turning into a total frying pan.
The core of the film is a one-man, ever-evolving multimedia slide show that Gore assembled himself. A little-known fact: Since his defeat by George W. Bush in 2000, Gore has traveled the globe with his bar graphs, staging event after event for small, invited audiences. Free of charge. And he's presented one version or another of this slide show, by his own estimation, a thousand
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: algore; filmfestival; hollywoodleft; sundance
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-24 next last
1
posted on
01/27/2006 5:32:55 PM PST
by
presidio9
To: presidio9
"Al is a funny guy." But he is also a very serious guy who believes humans may have only 10 years left to save the planet from turning into a total frying pan Fortunately the Kool-Aid will still be cold.
2
posted on
01/27/2006 5:35:27 PM PST
by
Argus
To: presidio9
At some point the 2008 Democrat primary will be completely indistinguishable from a Barnum and Bailey side show.
3
posted on
01/27/2006 5:36:45 PM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
(It is easy to call for a pi$$ing contest when you aren't going to be in the line of fire.)
To: Argus
I can't believe they ACTUALLY cited THAT.....ROFL! Talk about CHICKEN LITTLE!!!
4
posted on
01/27/2006 5:37:14 PM PST
by
goodnesswins
(Seahawks headin' to the Superbowl for first time in 30 years....FINALLY!)
To: presidio9
It's kind of ironic but I think that Gore's legacy will be creating Current TV with its user driven and generated content - I bet it's going to be much more significant that his political legacy...
5
posted on
01/27/2006 5:40:11 PM PST
by
gondramB
(Democracy: two wolves and a lamb voting on lunch. Liberty: a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.)
To: presidio9
Babe, it's a movie about global warming. Starring Al Gore.
To: presidio9
........."Al is a funny guy." But he is also a very serious guy who believes humans may have only 10 years left to save the planet from turning into a total frying pan.
Click the Pic J
Presented as a Public Service
Certain FReepers may need this
Click the Pic
7
posted on
01/27/2006 5:41:08 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Tagline Repair Service. Let us fix those broken Taglines. Inquire within(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: presidio9
8
posted on
01/27/2006 5:42:58 PM PST
by
Fintan
(One day we'll look back on this and plow into a parked car.)
To: presidio9
So, the ComPost is campaigning for the Return of Albert Gore?
9
posted on
01/27/2006 5:43:54 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: hole_n_one
10
posted on
01/27/2006 5:50:10 PM PST
by
Fintan
(One day we'll look back on this and plow into a parked car.)
To: Fintan
To: presidio9
Does anyone know if there is a slide of Al and Tipper in the staged canoe trip?
12
posted on
01/27/2006 5:59:44 PM PST
by
momf
(Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all . T Roosevelt)
To: presidio9
13
posted on
01/27/2006 6:00:39 PM PST
by
bad company
(A foolproof plan fails to take in to account the Ingenuity of fools.)
To: presidio9
He's palling around with Larry David of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," who says, "Al is a funny guy." Now that is the most bald-faced lie I've heard all week!
14
posted on
01/27/2006 6:01:39 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: momf
Al, it's time.
Let me help you and the Tipster off the stage.
Here! here's a front row seat on the bus to the dog track.
Here, let me clip this nameplate to your shirt so's you don't get lost..
Have a nice day! Have a nice life! Good-by!
15
posted on
01/27/2006 6:06:45 PM PST
by
aShepard
To: presidio9
Ewwww, Al Gore is in Utah? Ick.
To: presidio9
BTW, what ever happened to that cable channel for yutes that algore started?
To: presidio9
18
posted on
01/27/2006 6:11:39 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: hole_n_one
19
posted on
01/27/2006 6:13:12 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: presidio9
20
posted on
01/27/2006 6:14:14 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-24 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
