The only thing missing from al Gore's eco-film, an Inconvenient Truth, is a starring role for The Terminator. But while savvy Gore started the ball rolling on his film about global warming back at last January's Sundance Film Festival, arnie Schwarzenegger only got hip about global warming on Earth Day this year.
"Man has created global warming," arnie solemnly announced, sounding very much like Earth Mother Maurice Strong sans the sexy accent.
Gore, who is taking his Chicken-Little-Sky-is-Falling environmental campaign to the silver screen, will be in Toronto next week promoting his film. Schwarzenegger kicked off California Earth Day by issuing a global warming warning for all, and by extolling the virtues of fuel-efficient vehicles. arnie wants all of his Hollywood friends to stop just talking the talk and to give up on their gas- guzzling SUVs. (This means you too, Chevy Chase).
For those who think that Gore's film debut is doomed to the same yawns his homilies get at the Big apple's Cathedral Church of St. John The Divine, Clinton's one time Veep did net a sustained standing ovation when an Inconvenient Truth was unveiled at Sundance.
While some Hollywood cowboy flicks are promoted with gunslingers capable of chasing New York out of town, Gore's film is touted as a "passionate and inspirational look at one man's fervent crusade to halt global warming's deadly progress."
With the Hollywood crowd, most members of which are more interested in politicking than acting, Gore's film is destined for a far better fate than Brokeback Mountain, which was "crashed" in a surprise envelope opening on Oscar night.
Gore's is a feel good, political film bound to take Best Feature Documentary Oscar come March 2007. George Clooney can feel it is his toes. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s blow-dried hair is standing up.
Conscience-stricken Hollywood types need to feel good about something, maybe anything and global warming is it. Global warming is the phenomenon that all the UN global "Wisdom keepers" keep warning us about. While the sheeple only have to worry about global warming melting their Sunday afternoon ice cream cones, for Tinseltown types there's a fortune in plastic surgery to worry about melting.
With nothing much to do after whining about George W. Bush, al Gore and filmmaking were bound to meet up. Think about all the mischief Michael Moore found in film.
If Toronto's lefty population only knew that Gore was coming next week, they'd bake him a cake, only one made with organic ingredients, of course. Bro' Robert F. Kennedy's already been here. The environmentalist was called for when Socialist David Miller was running for the mayoral election almost three years ago. Miller's campaign leaned heavily on no expansion for the Toronto Island airport. Kennedy must have been in a hurry because he flew back to the U.S. from the same Miller-banned airport.
Gore has other Canuck connections. Participant Productions, the film company behind an Inconvenient Truth, was founded by Canadian eBay heavy Jeff Skoll.
While the presidency may have proven elusive to save-the-world al Gore, the golden statuette on next Oscar night will not.
Thus far, the only fly still buzzing in the ointment, competition wise, is Michael Moore of dwindling Fahrenheit 9/11 fame.
Moore has another picture in the works, Sicko. Sicko isn't Moore's slick autobiography, but an in-depth look at the ailing U.S. health system, coming our way in September.
Meanwhile, it's too bad arnie hadn't waited until Earth Day 2006 to notice, "Man has created global warming". He could have been a star in a film of real political substance and then never have had to warn anyone ever again that: "I'll be back."
Canada Free Press founding editor Most recent by Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years experience in the print media. Her work has appeared on Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com, Glenn Beck. Judi can be reached at: judi@canadafreepress.com
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