“Who says politics is show business for ugly people? ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ Al Gore’s film on the perils of global warming, scored two Oscar nominations Tuesday for best documentary feature and best original song,” Beth Fouhy reports for The Associated Press.
Fouhy reports, “While he is not technically a nominee _ the film’s director, David Guggenheim, won the nod, as did singer Melissa Etheridge for the song ‘I Need to Wake Up’ – Gore said he was ‘thrilled’ that his movie was honored.”
“Gore narrowly lost the 2000 presidential contest to Republican George W. Bush in a disputed election. He has said he’s not planning to run for president again but also has not ruled it out,” Fouhy reports.
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Note: Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth,” the highest-grossing documentary of 2006, features copious use of Apple’s Keynote presentation software, even though many reviewers of the film continue to incorrectly describe it as a “PowerPoint” presentation. Gore joined Apple’s Board of Directors on March 19, 2003.
Apple Keynote use in Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” here: http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2006/05/inconvenienttruth/
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Before the political rants begin:
Keynote wipes the floor with PowerPoint.
Congrats Al.
Regardless of the number of Macs used to create the movie, you can see the guy obviously has a heart and brain.
I wonder what Greenpeace think about the movie, considering the relationship to Apple
Hillary is The Next President of the United States of The Moroons + bush B – Apple Inc. California
Let the political slams begins… although, it’s just nice to see a Keynote presentation used and this has nothing to do with politics… I’m betting a top five for this thread in a matter of hours.
so why can’t i buy it on itunes?
Love that Mac dominates Windows, KeyNote dominates PowerPoint…don’t like that Al Gore is an employee of Apple. Like it or not, political values influence decisions, and this affects mine. Global Warming is just like the Oscars…bunch of CRAP.
Politics aside, I have not seen it. Probably won’t. But I had no idea that he used Keynote to create it.
Now for my rant, yes, there is global warming, but it has more to do with the sun and the earths core and anything humans are doing with their cars. Our Earth goes through huge cycles, as does the sun and our journey through our galaxy has it own unique cycles too.
Deleting comments now, MDN? Hilarious.
Loosen up your Birkenstocks. I thought we Republicans were the big bad nazis?
RMN
Keynote and Al’s Powerbook are huge in this movie. Keynote really shines in this. I also think everyone should see it as well. It might change some minds. I’m an Environmental Science major and only concerned with the cold hard facts.
Here’s an another inconvenient truth: Dumb ass couldn’t carry his OWN state in 2000 which would have made him president. No, instead we got the chimp.
MDN’s comment should have stopped with “Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient truth.'”
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Hope Apple survives his tenure
“Our Earth goes through huge cycles, as does the sun and our journey through our galaxy has it own unique cycles too.”
And so do species. We’re headed for premature extinction (along with all the other critters) if we don’t use our heads and cut carbon emmissions — which are not a natural cycle.
More power to Gore — and congrats on the Oscar nominations.
“Global Warming is just like the Oscars…bunch of CRAP.”-Frank
Hey frank, I hope you live near the water.
Ooohhhh! Slideshows! Give it an Oscar!!!
MegaMe, are you my alter ego?
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Keynote RULES!!!
“An Inconvenient Truth” is bullsh-t propaganda.
Global warming is cyclical — always has been.
Speaking of has-beens, that’s Gore.
Mr. Internet is an A-Hole.
A disputed election?
How did the court case go?
Did anyone get put in jail?
Was there a big settlement?
Best Fiction?
Take a breath everyone. It is POSSIBLE to recognize the reality of climate change without putting the blame on humanity or turning it into a partisan issue. For every scientist that wants to lay the blame of warming on human activity you will find 10 that will tell you that Gore’s data does not support his conclusions.
I recommend the following book: “Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1500 Years” by Dennis T. Avery and S. Fred Singer. You can find here at Amazon
Guess what folks: there’s a reason Greenland is named such. The Earth regularly goes through these cycles. A volcano like Mt St Helens spews more CO2 in a day than humans generate in a century. It’s estimated that humans are responsible for <3% of CO2 output.
You can read about the author’s credentials on Wikipedia
It’s okay to be concerned about climate change and think about how we are going to handle it, but I don’t think that we are going to be able do much about it—even if every factory and auto were shut down tomorrow. The last thing that help is to scream at each other. Just a lot of hot air.
Thank god, he didn’t use an iPhone.
Spark:
Get your facts straight. Greenland was named that for a reason and it has nothing to do with global warming:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland
I cannot help but think for a moment on how different a place our nation and world would be if the Supreme Court would have stayed out of the fray and let the statewide Florida recount, as ordered by the Florida Supreme Court, proceed. Audits clearly show that under the statewide recount Gore won Florida. The fratboy was appointed by a G.O.P appointed Supreme Court and we have been suffering ever since.
As to the oft repeated charge about Gore not winning Tennessee I answer you with this:
That says more about Tennessee than it does about Al Gore.
Living less than 6 miles from the Tennessee state line, I can assure you that is an informed opinion.
Whatever happened to Ampar? I want his take on this one.
Wonder how much coal to took to run the computers that made is documentary.
Or how much CO2 was emitted by combustion-powered vehicles used during production. Much less the jumbo jets Gore uses to tour and campaign…
“Let he who is without sin…”
The same people who are in denial over global warming are in denial over Apple losing pc market share.