An Inconvenient Truth Wins Documentary Award

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It is good to see Mr. Gore supporting endeavors like this one that have so much more substance to it than GQ awards dinners .

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2006 PARE LORENTZ AWARD WINNER

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

Davis Guggenheim
Laurie David, Lawrence Bender, Scott Z. BurnsA Lawrence Bender/Laurie David Production, Participant Productions, Paramount Classics

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Mr. Gore at IDA Awards.
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With every award this movie receives more people hear about the warning of the climate crisis befalling us and hopefully see the hope in working together to mitigate it. This isn't about Al Gore winning. This isn't about running for President, and I believe Davis Guggenheim would say the same thing, as he also stated when the movie was released that Al Gore is not running for that. This is about a moral and spiritual crisis unlike what we have ever seen before that threatens mankind finally seeing the light of day.

And it will be the same should An Inconvenient Truth win the Oscar for best documentary. I don't know why so many see a political link to winning an Oscar in regards to announcing such a thing. Did they expect Michael Moore to announce he was running for anything when his movie Fahrenheit 911 won the award? I don't understand why some only root for it to win because they think Al Gore is going to announce he is running for President... And yes, some are doing that.

Firstly, he isn't up for an Oscar, the movie and the producers will be should it make the short list and be announced next month. Secondly, if anyone did do that it surely would go over their acceptance time limit and they would be drowned out by music and given the hook. Thirdly, it would be incredibly tacky to do it at that time. And lastly, for anyone to think Mr. Gore would use the acceptance time of his producers and this movie to talk about himself doesn't know him at all.

Frankly, all of this obsession with 2008 rather than the substance of it everytime this movie wins an award, or anytime Al Gore opens his mouth to talk about what he really wants to talk about now can kill momentum for discussing the real issue at hand here: The fate of our planet and what WE can and must do now to make sure our children have a sustainable planet on which to live. That is the message here.

Congratulations to all involved in An Inconvenient Truth. Any award this movie wins is well deserved, and Al Gore should be allowed to revel in that based on the merits of the movie without feeling any guilt otherwise. Let us also hope the message in it is seen in its pure form now without too much unsubstantiated political speculation decaying its message and hindering the progress we now must make on every level starting with our own lives. Our children are depending on us to hear that message now rather than all the noise trying to drown it out at this crucial time.

Other honors this important movie has received:

The Humanitas Prize
The Clarion Award
The Quill Award (book)
The Stanley Kramer Award
Al Gore and the producers were also honored recently by the California League of Conservation Voters.