The Age of Stupid Trailer March 20th VSn 2009 HD (Bleeped) from Age of Stupid on Vimeo.

The Age of Stupid stars Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite (In The Name of the Father, Usual Suspects) as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking back at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we save ourselves when we had the chance?

It was written and directed by Franny Armstrong (McLibel, Drowned Out)and exec-produced by John Battsek (Oscar-winning One Day in September). Crowd-Funding.The £450,000 budget for the 90 minute film was raised by the filmmaker’s innovative “crowd-funding” model. 228 ordinary people invested between £500 and £35,000 and each own a percentage of profits. As do the crew, who worked at drastically reduced fees to keep costs down and deliver a big-budget film on the (relatively speaking) tiny budget.

Not Stupid and Copenhagen.

All profits from the premiere will go to the new Not Stupid climate action campaign, which Pete Postlethwaite will launch by starting a giant countdown marking the remaining days, hours & minutes till the Copenhagen Climate Summit in December.

Copenhagen is being called “The most important meeting in human history” as it is where the successor to the Kyoto Treaty will be finalised. Not Stupid is supported by all the key climate NGOs, including Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and Stop Climate Chaos. The ambitious aim is to turn 250 million viewers of the film into climate activists, all focused on Copenhagen.

The DVD will be released next month and can be pre-ordered on the website.

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