Product Details

• Actors: Pete Postlethwaite, Jeh Wadia, Alvin DuVernay, Layefa Malini, Jamila Bayyoud
• Directors: Franny Armstrong
• Writers: Franny Armstrong
• Producers: Andrew Ruhemann, Bruce Goodison, Emily James, John Battsek, Lizzie Gillett
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: New Video Group
• DVD Release Date: August 24, 2010
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003JYOFB4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #89,071 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Age of Stupid" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

The year is 2055. The Earth is devastated. One man (Oscar® nominee Pete Postlethwaite, The Usual Suspects, Clash of the Titans) remains in "The Global Archive," a vast storage facility protecting all of humanity's collective achievements. Based on mainstream scientific projections from the present day, THE AGE OF STUPID focuses on the archivist as he tries to work out why we didn't save ourselves while we still had the chance. He flips through a startling array of news clips, interviews and scientific reports from our current time, each its own warning sign of the destruction that is looming if we don't change our current consumption practices. From the director of McLibel and the producer of the Academy Award®-winning One Day in September, the fresh, fast-paced and often hilarious THE AGE OF STUPID continues to break all the rules of independent film distribution—including smashing the world record for the largest live film event when its global premiere reached over a million viewers in 63 countries.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This two-disc DVD set offers both an uncensored and a "bleeped" version of the movie, September 12, 2010

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Age of Stupid (DVD)

Featuring music from Radiohead and Depeche Mode, The Age of Stupid: Why Didn't We Save Ourselves When We Had the Chance? is a wry yet all-too-close to reality movie set in 2055, where climate change has brought about the end of the world as we know it. Pete Postlethwaite is a sole survivor looking back at old footage of seven people from contemporary times, and asking the question: why didn't they (and the rest of humanity) work to stop climate change and ecological devastation, back when they still could? An award-winning cautionary tale with an overwhelmingly critical message, The Age of Stupid deserves the highest recommendation. This two-disc DVD set offers both an uncensored and a "bleeped" version of the movie; extra features include extended interviews, deleted scenes, a 50-minute "making of" documentary, 8 short climate films, a crew commentary, and more. 89 minutes, 2 DVDs, subtitles in SDH English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, Chinese Mandarin, Dutch, Thai, and Vietnamese.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Powerful subject, slightly imperfect execution, April 10, 2011

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K. Gordon - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Age of Stupid (DVD)

Sometimes powerful documentary on global warming, it has two key problems.

First, it often comes close to feeling like it is overstating its case, presenting things in a very skewered, Michael Moore like way, but without the irony or humor. I'm a great believer in the science of global warming and the urgent need to do something, but- at least from what I've read - this film took some worst case scenarios and presented them as mainstream established fact. That can be unproductive, as it gives the nay-sayers the ability to accuse those of us who see this as a huge problem of exaggerating.

Also, for me, the linking device of Pete Postlewaite (an actor I loved) as a man in the future looking back at film clips to see where we all went wrong is dorky at first, then dorky, preachy and dull, Any film that ends with "The end?" is a little cute for me.

But the subject is important enough, that if this makes it accessible, say, for kids, that is a great, worthwhile thing.

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible Movie, January 19, 2012

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Eyepatch - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Age of Stupid (Amazon Instant Video)

While the information found in this movie is actually pretty interesting and definitely in support of stopping global warming, the way in which it is presented is not at all interesting and is in my opinion quite childish and boring. I wouldn't recommend it to anybody except to maybe a second grade class.