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Noah Scape
Big-budget, zero-carbon comedy Evan Almighty opens today |
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22 Jun 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Noah Scape Big-budget, zero-carbon comedy Evan Almighty opens today Today marks the debut of a movie that is, depending whom you ask, either a shining star in the eco-entertainment pantheon or a crass manifestation of green gone bad. Evan Almighty, with Steve Carell as a latter-day Noah, bills itself as "the first major motion picture comedy to zero out its [carbon] footprint." Its producers have launched a $ ... |
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| Topics: climate, green living, movies, news (all these topics) |
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Plus, He Made That Boat Sink
Leonardo DiCaprio brings climate-change film to Cannes |
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21 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Plus, He Made That Boat Sink Leonardo DiCaprio brings climate-change film to Cannes A year ago, Al Gore spread the climate-change message at the Cannes Film Festival. Now it's Leonardo DiCaprio's turn. The former boy wonder produced, co-wrote, and narrated The 11th Hour, a documentary that explores how industrial society screwed itself and how it can fix the problem. Relyi ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, climate, David Suzuki, green living, Leonardo DiCaprio, movies, news (all these topics) |
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Martin Who?
An Inconvenient Truth wins Oscars, Al Gore wins affection |
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26 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Martin Who? An Inconvenient Truth wins Oscars, Al Gore wins affection Rock star. Superhero. Visionary. That pre-Oscar hype paled next to last night's event, which saw Al Gore -- looking blissfully bloated in a Ralph Lauren tux -- take home an award for Best Documentary Feature and Best Original Song. OK, technically the Goracle himself didn't win either of the statuettes for An Inconve ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, climate, green living, movies, news (all these topics) |
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Frosty the No Man
Washington school board puts a moratorium on An Inconvenient Truth |
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11 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Frosty the No Man Washington school board puts a moratorium on An Inconvenient Truth First sex, now science? What will they tell the kids about next? The parents of a high-schooler in Federal Way, Wash., have complained to the district's school board about a teacher's plan to screen Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, and the board has put a moratorium on the film. "Co ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, climate, education, green living, movies, news, Washington (all these topics) |
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The Truth Is Out There
An Inconvenient Truth opens nationwide today |
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02 Jun 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| The Truth Is Out There An Inconvenient Truth opens nationwide today Having proved a hit in its limited run, An Inconvenient Truth -- the documentary about Al Gore's quest to raise public consciousness of global warming -- opens in wide release today. For better or worse, the nation's chattering classes will view the movie's reception as a barometer of public interest in the issue. We're just say ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, climate, green living, movies, news (all these topics) |
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Al's Well That Pens Well
Al Gore to publish new book on global warming |
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25 Jan 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Al's Well That Pens Well Al Gore to publish new book on global warming The self-proclaimed "former next president of the United States" -- currently at the Sundance Film Festival (and, may we point out, looking quite natty) to promote his new documentary about global warming, An Inconvenient Truth -- has announced that he'll soon be coming out with a new book on th ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, climate, green living, movies, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Catch Him if You Can
Leonardo DiCaprio to produce documentary about global warming |
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07 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Catch Him if You Can Leonardo DiCaprio to produce documentary about global warming Eco-minded actor Leonardo DiCaprio -- who tools around L.A. in a Prius and has been outspoken about issues like worldwide access to potable water -- is now bringing a tree-hugging message to film. According to spokesdude Ken "Walkin' on" Sunshine (we made that middle part up), DiCaprio has starte ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, climate, green living, Leonardo DiCaprio, movies, news (all these topics) |
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