The guy should be President right now. Here's hoping that he will run for, and win, the Presidency in 2008.Al Gore Honored at Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Gore receives the Attenborough Award for Excellence in Filmmaking
By: Matt Cota
Friday, February 2, 2007
Gore receives the Attenborough Award for Excellence in Filmmaking
By: Matt Cota
Friday, February 2, 2007
The man perhaps most responsible for raising awareness about global warming was in Santa Barbara Friday night.
Nominated for both an Academy Award and a Nobel Peace Prize, former Vice President Al Gore picked up another honor Friday at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival: the Attenborough Award for Excellence in Filmmaking.
Action News reporter Matt Cota is live on State Street with the story.
Here at the Arlington Theater, those with a ticket to "An Inconvenient Truth" got a chance to hear from the two men who created the global warming documentary.
Actors Noah Wiley, Tim Matheson and director Jim Cameron were on hand as the Santa Barbara International Film Festival recognizes the two men behind "An Inconvenient Truth" -- former Vice President Al Gore and director Davis Guggenheim.
"This is a very special moment in my life right now," says Guggenheim. "Because not only did I get to make a wonderful movie, but it is having a phenomenal impact and it sort of caught on like wildfire."Based on Al Gore's lecture and slide show, the movie has grossed more than $40 million and has received two Academy Award nominations.
Still, if was almost never made.
David Guggenheim's wife -- Hollywood actress Elizabeth Shue -- says the idea was a tough sell."
Davis says that when he first heard about the concept of making a movie about a slide show and Al Gore together, he thought it might not work," says Shue.Even the former vice president had his doubts.
"I wish I were able to say I knew it all along," says Gore. "I was skeptical it could become a movie. But Davis Guggenheim proved me wrong. I am biased, but I think they have done a spectacular job."
And the world has noticed. Not only is Al Gore a box office success, this week, he was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Shaking hands with the crowd outside the theater, Al Gore acted more like a politician than a Hollywood star.
And, yes, the question was asked: with all this positive publicity, will he run for president?
His answer: he's not thinking about it at this time.
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