The Age of Stupid
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Afternoon tea with the FT: Mohamed Nasheed...been waiting patiently for a photo shoot scheduled to start 45 minutes ago. The photographer wants Nasheed, in a play on the film The Age of Stupid, which forecast environmental apocalypse, to hold up a handwritten sign, which declares in... In this article: Mohamed Nasheed, India, Maldives, Democracy, Climate change, Carbon, Global warming, Islam, and Carbon dioxide |
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Guardian | November 18, 2009
Stoke-on-Trent: Britain's first green city
Because whatever's important, nothing's more important than this." Guardian Deputy Editor, Ian Katz, and the director of the Age of Stupid, Franny Armstrong, guide us through the launch of 10:10 campaign The 10:10 campaign launches...
In this article: Joan Walley, Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent, Port Vale, Climate change, and Carbon
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The News Record | November 17, 2009
Film jump-starts climate talks
The movie, The Age of Stupid, served as the segway into a week-long climate talks event. The Student Sustainability Coalition hosted a showing of "The Age of Stupid," the first of a three-part event during the week of Nov. 16, as an...
In this article: Pete Postlethwaite, Copenhagen, Climate change, Global warming, and UN
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Guardian | November 11, 2009
Have-a-go heroes should be protected from prosecution, says Boris Johnson
...the law. Johnson received public acclaim earlier this month when it emerged he had come to the rescue of Franny Armstrong, the director of The Age of Stupid. He was cycling past and saw her surrounded by a gang of girls brandishing an iron...
In this article: Boris Johnson, London, Franny Armstrong, Ian Blair, Ken Livingstone, Baltimore, Metropolitan Police, Paul Stephenson, and Labour
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Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | November 04, 2009
The Age of Stupid DVD review
Simplistic graphics undermine the case for climate change in 'The Age of Stupid'. Rating: * * Climate change usually features in the movies either as the subject of earnest documentaries (Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth), or as the context...
In this article: Climate change, Pete Postlethwaite, Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, and The Day After Tomorrow
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Sydney Morning Herald - Top Headlines | November 03, 2009
London mayor rescues filmmaker from gang
...said. He returned to walk Ms Armstrong home. "He was my knight on a shining bicycle," she said. Ms Armstrong directed a film titled The Age of Stupid, and is founder of the 10:10 campaign, which aims to cut 10 per cent of carbon...
In this article: Franny Armstrong, Boris Johnson, London, Ken Livingstone, London Times, Daily Mail, and Carbon
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Times Online | November 03, 2009
Boris Johnson rides to woman's rescue
..."oiks". He returned and insisted on walking her home. "He was my knight on a shining bicycle," she said. Ms Armstrong directed the film Age of Stupid and is the founder of the 10:10 campaign, which aims to cut 10 per cent of carbon...
In this article: Boris Johnson, Franny Armstrong, Ken Livingstone, Age of Stupid, Carbon, and London
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scotsman.com - Politics | November 03, 2009
Mayor Boris Johnson is a 'knight on shining bicycle'
He stopped and chased the girls down the street, calling them "oiks", according to Ms Armstrong. Ms Armstrong directed the film Age of Stupid and is the founder of the 10:10 campaign, which aims to cut 10 per cent of carbon emissions...
In this article: Boris Johnson, Franny Armstrong, London, Age of Stupid, 2012 Olympics, Climate change, Carbon, and Ken Livingstone
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Independent.co.uk - UK | November 03, 2009
Boris Johnson to the rescue as Mayor chases off 'oiks'
...Ms Armstrong, who praised the Mayor's intervention. Mr Johnson returned and insisted on walking her home. Ms Armstrong directed the film Age of Stupid and is the founder of the 10:10 campaign, which aims to cut 10% of carbon emissions in...
In this article: Boris Johnson, Franny Armstrong, Ken Livingstone, Age of Stupid, Climate change, Carbon, and London
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Guardian Unlimited | November 03, 2009
Boris Johnson saves filmmaker from attack
Boris Johnson saves filmmaker Franny Armstrong from attack Age of Stupid director rescued by 'knight on shining bicycle' Boris Johnson came to the rescue of a high profile climate change activist and filmmaker who was being attacked by a...
In this article: Franny Armstrong, Climate change, Pete Postlethwaite, London, JavaScript, Carbon, and Shropshire
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BBC News | November 03, 2009
Mayor Boris saves woman from 'oiks'
...girls and cycled after them." She said the mayor returned a few minutes later and walked her home. Ms Armstrong directed the film Age of Stupid and is the founder of the 10:10 campaign, which aims to cut carbon emissions by 10% in 2010.
In this article: Boris Johnson, Franny Armstrong, Ken Livingstone, London, Age of Stupid, Climate change, and Carbon
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Description from Wikipedia:
The Age of Stupid is a film by Franny Armstrong, director of McLibel, and John Battsek, producer of One Day in September. The film is a drama-documentary-animation hybrid which stars Pete Postlethwaite as an old man living in the devastated world of 2055, watching archive footage from 2008 and asking: why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?
The film's UK premiere was on 15 March 2009 in a solar-powered cinema tent in London's Leicester Square.
The Age of Stupid was released in Australia and New Zealand on Wednesday 19 August with simultaneous green carpet premieres in Auckland and Sydney, linked by satellite to cinemas in the two countries.
The film will be released internationally on September 21st and 22nd at the "Global Premiere". A green carpet, solar-powered cinema tent in New York will be linked by satellite to 442 cinemas across America and to more than 200 cinemas in 45+ other countries. Special guests include Kofi Annan, Pete Postlethwaite and Gillian Anderson and Thom Yorke from Radiohead will sing live.
- Name:
- The Age of Stupid
- Release Date:
- January 01, 2009
- Directed By:
- Franny Armstrong
- Produced by:
- John Battsek
- Written By:
- Franny Armstrong
- Editor:
- David G Hill
- Starring:
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- Pete Postlethwaite
- Al Duvernay
- Fernand Pareau
- Jamila and Adnan Bayyoud
- Piers Guy
- Mark Lynas
- George Monbiot
- David King
- Layefa Malin
- Jeh Wadia
- Cinematography:
- Franny Armstrong
- Music By:
- Chris Brierley
- Length:
- 89 min.
- Language:
- English
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