Enviroment

= Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth =

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//**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, 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 Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature and for Best Original Song. The film also earned $49 million at the box office worldwide, becoming the fifth-highest-grossing documentary film to date in the United States. The idea to document his efforts came from Laurine 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 Lawrence Bender, met with Guggenheim to adapt the presentation into a film. Since the documentary's release, //An Inconvenient Truth //  has been credited for raising international public awareness of climate change and reenergizing the environmental movement.