The Age Of Stupid
- Genre: Documentary
- Film running length: 92 min
(excl trailers and advertisements) - UK release date: 20/3/2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Distributor: Dogwoof Pictures
Who´s in it?
Pete Postlethwaite
Pete Postlethwaite
What´s the plot?
Following this screening of The Age of Stupid, there will be a further 40 minute event featuring Kofi Annan, Gillian Anderson, Mary Robinson, the film's director Franny Armstrong, the star of the film Pete Postlethwaite and other leading thinkers, celebrities and political figures. All from a solar powered cinema tent in downtown New York with live music from Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, linked by satellite to 700 cinemas in 50+ countries!
On September 22nd, The Age of Stupid will be launched internationally at the biggest and greenest live film event the world has ever seen.
Arguably the most important documentary of 2009, THE AGE OF STUPID is the new climate change blockbuster from Franny Armstrong, director of McLibel and producer of the Oscar-winning One Day in September. Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the environmental wasteland of 2055, looking back at footage from 2008 and asking: why didn't we save ourselves when we had the chance?
Following this screening of The Age of Stupid, there will be a further 40 minute event featuring Kofi Annan, Gillian Anderson, Mary Robinson, the film's director Franny Armstrong, the star of the film Pete Postlethwaite and other leading thinkers, celebrities and political figures. All from a solar powered cinema tent in downtown New York with live music from Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, linked by satellite to 700 cinemas in 50+ countries!
On September 22nd, The Age of Stupid will be launched internationally at the biggest and greenest live film event the world has ever seen.
Arguably the most important documentary of 2009, THE AGE OF STUPID is the new climate change blockbuster from Franny Armstrong, director of McLibel and producer of the Oscar-winning One Day in September. Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the environmental wasteland of 2055, looking back at footage from 2008 and asking: why didn't we save ourselves when we had the chance?
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Contains bleeped strong language and reality footage of death and injury..
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Contains bleeped strong language and reality footage of death and injury..
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