An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate citizens about global warming via a comprehensive slide show that, by his own estimate made in the film, he has given more than a thousand times. Premiering at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and opening in New York City and Los Angeles on May 24, 2006, the documentary was a critical and box-office success, winning 2 Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature and Best Original Song. The film earned $49 million at the box office worldwide,... becoming the sixth-highest-grossing documentary film to date in the United States. The idea to document his efforts came from producer Laurie David who saw his presentation at a town-hall meeting on global warming which coincided with the opening of The Day After Tomorrow. David was so inspired by Gore's slide show that she, with producer Lawrence Bender, met with Guggenheim to adapt the presentation into a film. Since the film's release, An Inconvenient Truth has been credited for raising international public awareness of climate change and reenergizing the environmental movement.
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| Release date: | May 24, 2006 |
| Directed by: | Davis Guggenheim |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 94 Minutes |
| Producer: | Laurie David, Lawrence Bender, Al Gore |
| Editor: | Jay Cassidy, Dan Swietlik |
| Music by: | Michael Brook |
| Cinematography: | Davis Guggenheim, Robert Richman |
| Estimated budget: | $1,000,000 |
| Genre: | Biography |