Basic Info
The Age of Stupid is a 90-minute film about climate change, set in the future, which will have its world premiere in London on March 15th 2009 and then be released in UK cinemas on March 20th 2009, followed by other countries.
SYNOPSIS
Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite (In The Name of the Father, Brassed Off) stars as a man living alone in the devasted world of 2055, looking back at “archive” footage from 2007 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?
FORMAT & LENGTH
Drama-documentary-animation.
92m25s. HD.
BRITISH BOARD OF FILM CLASSIFICATION RATING 
SUBJECT
Climate change, oil, war, politics, consumerism and human stupidity
STARRING
Pete Postlethwaite (drama)
Fernand Pareau, 82-year old French mountain guide (documentary)
Jeh Wadia, starting a low-cost airline in India (documentary)
Alvin DuVernay, Shell oil man who rescued 100 people after Hurricane Katrina (documentary)
Layefa Malemi, living in Shell’s most profitable oil region in Nigeria (documentary)
Jamila and Adnan Bayyoud, two Iraqi refugee kids trying to find their brother (documentary)
Piers Guy, a windfarm developer fighting the anti windfarm lobby in England (documentary)
FILMED ON LOCATION IN
America, UK, India, Nigeria, Iraq, Jordan, The Alps
CREW
Director: Franny Armstrong (McLibel, Drowned Out)
Producer: Lizzie Gillett
Exec Producer: John Battsek (One Day In September, In The Shadow of the Moon)
Editor: David G Hill (Game Over, McLibel)
Animation Directors: Martyn Pick & Jonathan Hodgson
Composer: Chris Brierley (McLibel, Drowned Out)
Featuring the music of: Radiohead, Depeche Mode, Boots Are Made For Walking
FUNDING & BUDGET
£450,000 raised by “crowd-funding” - selling shares to individuals and groups. Film is therefore completely independent.
KEY DATES
Nov '04 - Fundraising starts
Dec '04 -> May '08 – Production
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
