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An inconvenient truth / Paramount Classics and Participant Productions ; a Lawrence Bender/Laurie David production ; a Carbon Neutral production ; directed by Davis Guggenheim ; produced by Laurie David, Lawrence Bender, Scott Z. Burns ; executive producers, Jeff Skoll [and others] ; co-producer, Leslie Chilcott.

Bender, Lawrence. (Added Author). Burns, Scott Z. (Added Author). Cassidy, Jay. (Added Author). Chilcott, Lesley. (Added Author). David, Laurie. (Added Author). Gore, Albert, 1948- (Added Author). Guggenheim, Davis. (Added Author). Richman, Bob. (Added Author). Skoll, Jeff. (Added Author). Swietlik, Dan. (Added Author). Carbon Neutral Productions. (Added Author). Criterion-on-Demand (Firm), (film distributor.). Paramount Pictures Corporation, (production company.). Participant Productions. (Added Author).

Summary:

Former Vice President Al Gore explains the facts of global warming, presents arguments that the dangers of global warning have reached the level of crisis, and addresses the efforts of certain interests to discredit the anti-global warming cause. Between lecture segments, Gore discusses his personal commitment to the environment, sharing anecdotes from his experiences.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (100 min.) : digital, sound, color
  • Publisher: Hollywood, California : Paramount Pictures, [2013]
  • Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]

Content descriptions

General Note:
CatMonthString:april.21
Multi-User.
Originally released as a motion picture by Paramount Pictures, 2006.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to subscribers.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Cinematographers, Bob Richman, Davis Guggenheim ; editors, Jay Lash Cassidy, Dan Swietlik ; music, Michael Brook.
Participant or Performer Note:
Presenter, Al Gore.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:
Streaming video.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG (for mild thematic elements).
System Details Note:
Content available as a streaming video.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
Access may be limited to affiliated libraries.
Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Issuing Body Note:
Made available online by publisher.
Awards Note:
Cannes film Festival, official selection; Sundance Film Festival, official selection
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's web site (viewed January 21, 2015).

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Subject: Gore, Albert, 1948-
Environmental policy > United States.
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Global warming > Government policy > United States.
Global warming.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric > Government policy > United States.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Human ecology.
Risk perception.
Genre: Streaming video.
Documentary films.
Educational films.
Films for the hearing impaired.

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