An Inconvenient Truth
2006 · Movie · PG · 100 min · ★ 7.0 · 84% critics
This documentary follows Al Gore’s campaign to get global warming recognized worldwide as a real problem. It pairs his presentation with evidence and examples meant to explain how climate change affects the world and why action matters.
Also known as An Inconvenient Truth: A Global Warning
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Details
- Years
- 2006
- Release date
- 2006-05-24
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (974 votes)
- Budget
- $1,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a crowd-pleasing, message-driven climate presentation with memorable visuals; Not for you if you dislike politically charged documentaries like Chasing Ice or Food, Inc.
Pros: educational climate overview; charts explain clearly; urgent environmental message | Cons: one-sided accusations; questioned data claims; lecture-heavy format
Themes
- politics
- self-destruction
- truth
- climate
- climate change
- greenhouse effect
- crisis
- earth
- global warming
- destruction of planet
- nature
- environment
- +12 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Original Song · 2007
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 2007
- American Cinema Editors Award — Best Edited Documentary Film · 2007
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award — Best Documentary Film · 2007
- Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award — Best Documentary · 2007
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- Producers Guild Stanley Kramer Award · 2007
- Chicago Film Critics Association Award — Best Documentary · 2006
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award — Best Documentary · 2006
- Florida Film Critics Circle Award — Best Non-Fiction Film · 2006
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 2007 · nominated
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award — Best Song · 2007 · nominated
- Grammy Award — Best Song Written for Visual Media · 2007 · nominated
- Gotham Award — Best Documentary · 2006 · nominated
Cast & crew
Al Gore
as Self
Billy West
as Various (voice)
Ronald Reagan
as Self (archive footage)
George W. Bush
as Self (archive footage)
George H. W. Bush
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by Davis Guggenheim