The Age of Stupid – World Premiere London 15 March 2009

Climate change film premiere will break record

Mar 9th, 2009

Pete Postlethwaite

The Age of Stupid, a 90-minute film about climate change, is due to premiere on 15 March in a solar cinema tent in the park in Leicester Square – and simultaneously at more than 60 other venues.

With a capacity of over 16,000, the Guinness Book of Records should soon confirm The Age of Stupid as the largest ever film premiere. The event is supported by the UK FIlm Council.

This is an INclusive, rather than EXclusive, premiere, so the public can buy tickets to their local cinema and watch the green carpet arrivals and post-film Q&A live by satellite link-up from London.

The star of the film, Pete Postlethwaite, will arrive by solar car before posing for the paparazzi on the green carpet. Other celebs will come on foot, bicycle, bike rickshaw, public transport or biodiesel cars.

Every part of the event – from power sources, to food, to transport, to ink, to clothing – is genuinely green, as opposed to greenwashed.

The film has a 12A rating.

Find out more at www.info@wecan.uk.com

Eden Project Premiere. Transition Towns founder Rob Hopkins will introduce the Eden event and host the Q&A afterwards.

Youth Premiere.The Fulham Vue cinema will host an event for under 18s, organised by WeCAN, with young speakers and action packs to take away. Running Order (all cinemas, inc Eden and Youth)
5.00pm Green carpet arrivals (London only)
5.15pm Doors open at cinemas
5.40pm Intro from local host in each venue
5.45pm LIVE satellite link-up from green carpet and solar tent
6.00pm The Age of Stupid (90 mins)
7.30pm LIVE satellite link-up from solar tent: Q&A with filmmakers & special guests. Pete Postlethwaite launches Not Stupid
8.00pm Local speakers in each venue
8.15pm ENDS

Participating cinemas: Aberdeen, Bath, Birmingham, Blackburn, Braehead, Bristol, Bury, Cambridge, Cardiff, Carlisle, Cheshire, Clones, Cornwall (Eden Project), Croydon, Edinburgh, Enniskillen, Exeter, Glasgow, Guilford, Harrow, Hartlepool, Hatfield, Hull, Inverness, Kingston, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, Liverpool, Livingston, London (8 locations), Maidenhead, Manchester, Milford Haven, Naul, Newcastle, Newcastle West, Norwich, Oxford, Plymouth, Portlaoise, Portsmouth, Preston, Reading, Romford, Scunthorpe, Southport, Staines, Swindon, Tinahely, Tunbridge Wells, Watford, Wigan and York.

List of venues & booking info: www.ageofstupid.net/premiere.

A full eco-audit of the film will be available soon on ageofstupid.net/ecoaudit

Key dates
March 15 ’09 – Premiere
March 20 ’09 – UK cinema release
April ’09 – USA release (TBC)
May ’09 – UK Indie Screenings start (TBC)
June ’09 – UK DVD released (TBC)
December ’09 – Copenhagen UN Climate Summit

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