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"The first successful dramatization of climate change to hit the big screen" Trailers http://www.ageofstupid.net/video/trailer Hi res: https://www.ageofstupid.net.s3.amazonaws.com/AoS_trailer.mov he Age of Stupid is a 90-minute film about climate change, set in the future, which will have its world premiere in London on March 15th 2009 and then be released in UK cinemas on March 20th 2009, followed by other countries. SYNOPSIS Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite (In The Name of the Father, Brassed Off) stars as a man living alone in the devasted world of 2055, looking back at “archive” footage from 2007 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance? FORMAT & LENGTH Drama-documentary-animation. 92m25s. HD. SUBJECT Climate change, oil, war, politics, consumerism and human stupidity STARRING Pete Postlethwaite (drama) Fernand Pareau, 82-year old French mountain guide (documentary) Jeh Wadia, starting a low-cost airline in India (documentary) Alvin DuVernay, Shell oil man who rescued 100 people after Hurricane Katrina (documentary) Layefa Malemi, living in Shell’s most profitable oil region in Nigeria (documentary) Jamila and Adnan Bayyoud, two Iraqi refugee kids trying to find their brother (documentary) Piers Guy, a windfarm developer fighting the anti windfarm lobby in England (documentary) FILMED ON LOCATION IN America, UK, India, Nigeria, Iraq, Jordan, The Alps CREW Director: Franny Armstrong (McLibel, Drowned Out) Producer: Lizzie Gillett Exec Producer: John Battsek (One Day In September, In The Shadow of the Moon) Editor: David G Hill (Game Over, McLibel) Animation Directors: Martyn Pick & Jonathan Hodgson Composer: Chris Brierley (McLibel, Drowned Out) Featuring the music of: Radiohead, Depeche Mode, Boots Are Made For Walking FUNDING & BUDGET £450,000 raised by “crowd-funding” - selling shares to individuals and groups. Film is therefore completely independent. KEY DATES Nov '04 - Fundraising starts Dec '04 -> May '08 – Production March 20 '09 - UK cinema release April '09 - USA release (TBC) May '09 – UK Indie Screenings start (TBC) June '09 – UK DVD released (TBC) December '09 - Copenhagen UN Climate Summit --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
