Press Reviews

The Courier Mail Australia | Date 17 August 2009
Actor takes green message to the screen

TWICE in the career of celebrated actor Pete Postlethwaite a role has come along which meshed perfectly with his personal passions.

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Scoop Independent News NZ | Date 14 August 2009
Live Satellite Premiere: The Age of Stupid

Hoyts Sylvia Park will deliver a New Zealand first, and a truly thought-provoking night with the live satellite broadcast of the New Zealand & Australian premiere of The Age of Stupid eco-drama at 8.30pm Wednesday 19 August.

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The New York Times | Date 12 August 2009
Independent Filmmakers Distribute on Their Own

LOS ANGELES — Quentin Tarantino never had to go through this.

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Maldives News | Minivan News | Date 21 July 2009
President Praised by Climate Change Activist

Today President Nasheed received plaudits from a prominent climate change activist for the work that the Government of the Maldives is implementing to fight global warming.

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New York Times | Date 17 July 2009
An Alarm From 2055: Act Now to Save the Earth

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Los Angeles Times | Date 17 July 2009
'The Age of Stupid'

It could be the end of the world as we know it, at least according to U.K. filmmaker Franny Armstrong's inventive documentary "The Age of Stupid," which adds a futuristic, sci-fi twist to the vital issue of climate change.

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Variety | Date 23 June 2009
'Stupid' to launch worldwide in fall

Eco-documentary plans green U.S. premiere AMSTERDAM -- British eco-documentary "The Age of Stupid" goes global in September, launching in up to 40 territories worldwide.

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The Hollywood Reporter | Date 22 June 2009
Europe d-cinema rollout hung up on funding

AMSTERDAM -- Dithering over funding and other details has European theater operators as frustrated as U.S. exhibitors with the slow rollout of digital cinema.

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Inhabitat | Date 3 June 2009
The Age of Stupid: Film Charts the Future of Climate Change

Pitched to be this year’s most talked-about climate change film, The Age of Stupid is a new movie from director Franny Armstrong (of McLibel) and producer John Battsek (of One Day In September).

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The Times | Date 2 June 2009
It’s our health, stupid...

The need for medical voices in the climate change debate gathers pace following the Lancet/UCL Commission, Professor Sir Muir Gray’s call-to-arms in The Times, and letters to the paper from medical leaders.

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