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The Age of Stupid

  • 20092009
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  • 1h 32m
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The Age of Stupid (2009)
This documentary/drama/animation hybrid stars Pete Postlethwaite as an archivist in the devastated world of the future, asking the question: "Why didn't we stop climate change when we still had the chance?"
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A future archivist looks at old footage from the year 2008 to understand why humankind failed to address climate change.A future archivist looks at old footage from the year 2008 to understand why humankind failed to address climate change.A future archivist looks at old footage from the year 2008 to understand why humankind failed to address climate change.

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  • Stars
    • Pete Postlethwaite
    • Jehangir Wadia
    • Alvin DuVernay
    • Franny Armstrong
    • Franny Armstrong
  • Stars
    • Pete Postlethwaite
    • Jehangir Wadia
    • Alvin DuVernay
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    • 36Critic reviews
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    Pete Postlethwaite
    Pete Postlethwaite
    • The Archivist
    Jehangir Wadia
    • Self
    • (as Jeh Wadia)
    Alvin DuVernay
    • Self
    Layefa Malini
    • Self
    Jamila Bayyoud
    • Self
    Piers Guy
    • Self
    Lisa Guy
    • Self
    Fernand Pareau
    • Self
    Babou Ceesay
    Babou Ceesay
    • Self
    • (voice)
    Toyah Frantzen
    • Dutch
    Mark Lynas
    Mark Lynas
    • Self - Author, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet
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    • Trivia
      The film takes place in 2055.
    • Goofs
      At the end of a timeline depicting the disasters Earth has to endure thanks to man's effect on global warming, an image of Earth is shown. Despite all talk of melting ice caps and rising sea levels, Earth's land mass looks exactly as it does when the film was made.
    • Quotes

      Alvin DuVernay: In my opinion our use or misuse of resources the last 100 years or so, I'd probably rename that age, something like The Age of Ignorance, The Age of Stupid.

    • Connections
      Featured in Pauw & Witteman: Episode #4.11 (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Orchestral Score
      Written by Chris Brierley
      Produced by Paul Sampson & Chris Brierley
      Performed by Stupid Orchestra

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    10/10
    The best 2009. film, and in my top ten films ever
    As a scientist (biochemist) almost every day I feel deep pain in my heart when the news shows frustrating human impact on the nature. Maybe 10 years pass since I joined Greenpeace site, but political instability in my country (Serbia) didn't let me to join the Greenpeace world protests, but I plan to participate in the future. The plot of this movie is more than realistic, all scientific evidences predicts very black future if global emission of greenhouse gases doesn't rapidly decrease until 2015. So, plotted 2055. tower whit the Archivist wouldn't be SF... The film have strong green message, and I am 100% sure that I'll watch again and recommend the film to my friends.
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    • Nov 4, 2009

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      • August 19, 2009 (Australia)
      • United Kingdom
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      • Louisiana, USA
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      • Passion Pictures
      • Spanner Films
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    • 1 hour 32 minutes
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