Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth Gets Oscar Nomination
Former Vice President Al Gore's film about global warming, An Inconvenient Truth, has been nominated for an Academy Award in both the Original Song and Best Documentary Feature categories. The Associated Press notes that director David Guggenheim is technically the nominee but also says that Al Gore is thrilled the film has received the nominations. Al Gore plans to attend the awards ceremony.
While he is not technically a nominee - the film's director, David Guggenheim, won the nod, as did singer Melissa Etheridge for the song "I Need to Wake Up" - Gore said he was "thrilled" that his movie was honored.
"The film ... has brought awareness of the climate crisis to people in the United States and all over the world," Gore said in an e-mail statement. "I am so grateful to the entire team and pleased that the Academy has recognized their work. This film proves that movies really can make a difference."
Aides say the former vice president plans to walk the red carpet with Hollywood's beautiful people at the Academy Awards ceremony next month.
"An Inconvenient Truth" has been a critical and box office success, bringing in more than $24 million to make it the third highest-grossing documentary in history. A companion book has been on national best-seller lists for months.
You can learn more about Al Gore's film here and at www.climatecrisis.net. Al Gore's film will be up against Deliver Us From Evil, Iraq in Fragments, Jesus Camp, and My Country, My Country in the Best Documentary category. A list of the rest of this year's Academy Award nominations can be found here.
Former Vice President Al Gore's film about global warming, 
