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The Age of Stupid

Directed by Franny Armstrong

Synopsis

This climate blockbuster (UK box office No 1) stars Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, watching “archive” footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change while we had the chance?

About the director

• "Think 'An Inconvenient Truth' but with a personality"
  - LA Times
• “A Deeply Inconvenient Kick Up the Backside...
• you won’t see a more important film this year”
  - News of the World, UK
• "Bold, supremely provocative and hugely important... a cry from the heart as much as a roar for necessary change"
  - The Telegraph, UK

• Age of Stupid site
• The Making Of 50-min doc - free to watch online
• 10:10 official site
• The Guardian's 10:10 mini-site

More Information

Launched via satellite to 700 sites in 55+ countries on the 21st and 22nd September 2009, this climate blockbuster brought over one million people together to think about climate change, setting a new Guinness World Record for the largest live film ever event. Bigger even than Star Wars.

Produced over four years by 'McLibel' director Franny Armstrong, 'The Age of Stupid' stars Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking back at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?

The film led to the 10:10 campaign to cut 10% of emissions in 2010.

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