'TRUTH' BE TOLD ACADEMY HEARS AL GORE'S PLEA.Byline: Valerie Kuklenski Staff Writer "I've been trying to tell this story a long time," former Vice President Al Gore Noun 1. Al Gore - Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948) Albert Gore Jr., Gore says near the beginning of "An Inconvenient in·con·ven·ient adj. Not convenient, especially: a. Not accessible; hard to reach. b. Not suited to one's comfort, purpose, or needs: inconvenient to have no phone in the kitchen. Truth." "I feel that if I fail to get the message across ..." Hollywood showed it has heard him loud and clear. Director Davis Guggenheim's film about Gore's long commitment to environmentalism environmentalism, movement to protect the quality and continuity of life through conservation of natural resources, prevention of pollution, and control of land use. and his traveling slide show about global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. was named best documentary feature Sunday at the 79th annual Academy Awards. Guggenheim jumped to his feet and waved Gore to get up with him as he bounded toward the stage. "I made this movie for my children," Guggenheim said, adding that everyone involved in making it "did so because we were moved to act by this man." Although the prize belongs to the filmmakers, Gore, its star who took no producer credit, clearly savored the win and used the moment to spread his message a little further. "My fellow Americans, people of the world, we need to solve the climate crisis," he said. "An Inconvenient Truth" centers on Gore presenting his PowerPoint-augmented lecture on the effects of fossil fuel fossil fuel: see energy, sources of; fuel. fossil fuel Any of a class of materials of biologic origin occurring within the Earth's crust that can be used as a source of energy. Fossil fuels include coal, petroleum, and natural gas. consumption on everything from shrimp populations to the price of property insurance. The film also picked up the best original song award its closing number, Melissa Etheridge's "I Need to Wake Up." The award presentation was Gore's second moment on the Oscars stage, having earlier appeared with Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11 1974[1]) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor who garnered world wide fame for his role as Jack Dawson in Titanic. to announce that this was the first Academy Awards ceremony to be "green," meaning its organizers made ecologically sound choices in energy use, food products, disposable goods, recycling and other aspects of production. Gore, who ran for president in the close race of 2000, has more or less denied he would run for president again in 2008, but he was game to toy with his audience on the subject. When DiCaprio asked him whether he had anything he wished to announce, Gore teased tease v. teased, teas·ing, teas·es v.tr. 1. To annoy or pester; vex. 2. To make fun of; mock playfully. 3. the possibility of another presidential bid with "My fellow Americans" -- and then acted surprised when the orchestra washed over his unfinished words. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Al Gore and Davis Guggenheim share the glory for "An Inconvenient Truth's" win as best documentary. David Sprague/Staff Photographer |
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