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>De: Franny Armstrong
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>Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:41:32 +0000
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>Sujet: [Age-of-Stupid] A lot of words from a lot of mouths
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>Morning all,
>
>A massive cheer from Team Stupid to everyone who helped spread the 
>word about the premiere. The Film Council (who lent us a few quid for 
>the event) carried out an official survey at three of the cinemas and 
>were totally bowled over by the results, which are way, way better 
>than for a normal film: 98% of viewers liked the film (56%: excellent, 
>31%: very good, 11%: good, 2%: fair, 0%: poor), 98% said they would 
>recommend it to their friends and.... wait for it.... 75% of them had 
>heard about the film from word of mouth (as opposed to our non-
>existent advertising, reviews etc). Hats off to all you word-of-
>mouthers. What a team effort.
>
>Yes, the cinema release starts today. No, we still haven't got our act 
>together compiling all the details. 15 extra cinemas came onboard 
>after the premiere - which is of course fantastic news, but meant we 
>had to scrap all our artwork/flyers/webpages and start again, so we 
>got a bit behind. But I'll break our own rules by sending another 
>message later this morning with all the final screening/speaker 
>details for you to pass on, if you would be so kind. Everyone from Ed 
>Miliband, Nick Stern & Ken Livingstone to Pete Postlethwaite, Jason 
>Isaacs & Jeremy Hardy will be attending screenings over the coming week.
>
>Apologies for the five repeat messages last time (our server can't 
>cope with how big this mailing list got - we're moving soon) and also 
>for not writing earlier: complete exhaustion set in the second the 
>lights went down at the premiere. Speaking for myself, that is - I 
>couldn't even stand - but the young 'uns managed to party for 14 hours 
>straight.
>
>Even bigger apologies to everyone who was trying to watch on the 
>webstream, which was the only element of the whole event which didn't 
>work. Well, that and the Eden project link-up, which was part of the 
>same non-functioning web operation. Oh well, we tried our best. (And 
>you can watch the Eden video here.)
>
>Premiere Videos
>Maldives message: http://vimeo.com/3661849
>Postlethwaite vs Miliband: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5RCHXLW93E
>Eden Project: http://vimeo.com/3668540
>Kids Premiere: http://vimeo.com/3698238
>Franny's Dad's report:  http://www.oneclimate.net/2009/03/17/th … -premiere/
>Eco-Tube report: http://www.eco-tube.com/v/NEWS/Age_of_S … miere.aspx
>BBC news: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7945283.stm
>Channel 4 news: http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/a … re/3032062
>New Zealand news: http://www.3news.co.nz/Video/CampbellLi … aspx#video
>Sky News: here
>
>Premiere Photos
>All of them: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ageofstupid/
>Ed and Franny make up: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ageofstupid/3362941402/
>
>Premiere Feedback
>We've had over 1000 responses, which Katie is busy compiling for the 
>website. (I broke my personal record yesterday morning while trying to 
>sort through my own 2652 outstanding emails: 300 outgoing emails sent 
>by 11am. Previous record: 4pm). Here's a few quotes to give you a 
>flavour:
>
> >> A big massive well done on the biggest climate change event in the 
>UK ever!!!!!!
> >> The youth premiere was blazing
> >> Your film changed my life completely, it's hard and scary but I've 
>been converted to full on activist status!
> >> My fifteen year old twin sons watched the film at The Fulham Vue 
>for the first time and were both totally blown away.  They're now 
>going to try and persuade their school to hold a viewing for all the 
>pupils.
> >>  It was amazing and inspiring to come from organising with people 
>in their sitting rooms, church halls, community centres and climate 
>camp to be then organising with 260 people in a massive cinema linked 
>up to about 14,000 to 16,000 people UK wide! and the President of the 
>Maldives of course.
> >> Just wanted to say a massive WELL DONE! I was at Greenwich Odeon 
>and the film went down a storm. It was great being linked up to events 
>in town and you got lots of cheers and claps. I was with some none 
>politically active friends who pledged there and then to march in 
>December and to come to climate camp in a few weeks time – brilliant 
>result!
> >> I just want to say a massive thank you for offering me the 
>opportunity to be part of something so massively powerful. You have 
>created a movement that has brought people together in a way that no 
>one else in the climate movement has done before. Despite the general 
>message of doom about climate change, you have created a massively 
>inspiring, positive energy around this film and the campaign. And it’s 
>because you have worked with 100% honesty and integrity, an ability to 
>see a “no” as a challenge not an end, and you have followed your dreams.
> >> What a massive impact that has had on me. I work for a large 
>Corporate so I went back into the workplace on Monday filled with 
>passion to make a difference and have set up a host of meetings to do 
>just that.
> >> The only drawback -  I spent so much time discussing it on the 
>'phone on Monday I didn't have time to do my French homework for my 
>class that night BUT, my teacher at City Uni told all the students to 
>go and see it this weekend so we can discuss it at our next lesson.
> >> A very very welcome boost forward for the debate in this country. 
>Now let's get on the streets!
> >> The build up before the film with the satellite links and 
>attempting to take blurry camera-phone photos beforehand gave us in 
>the audience a real sense of coalition and purpose.
> >> What a goosepimply great night! I had seen previews and the Making 
>Of mini-film beforehand, and there was already a buzz in the air that 
>this was going to be a really important moment in film history. It 
>felt important to be part of it. Nothing else has ever made the issue 
>clearer, the solutions more obvious, and the urgency more acute. 
>Nothing else has ever shouted more loudly. I challenge anyone to watch 
>this film and not feel compelled to take action.
> >> I'm ecstatic; have already emailed my son's school (City of 
>London) to say they MUST show it to the pupils
> >> It was a fantastically great evening and well worth the journey 
>through most of Cheshire to get to Cheshire Oaks.
> >> Having listened to all the incredible speakers in the second 
>satellite broadcast, seen the fear on Ed Miliband’s face, and the 
>passion in Pete Postlethwaite’s, I abandoned my carefully rehearsed 
>script on the night (papers went on the floor!) and went for a more 
>personal heartfelt talk...about feeling afraid but positive and 
>confident we can as a group take action. As Ashok Sinha said at the NW 
>FoE meeting in Preston, “they can’t ignore all of us!”
> >>  Last night was amazing. You made a staggeringly powerful message.
> >>  I gathered my 9 friends at Vue Islington to watch the premiere 
>this evening and we had a great time - everyone was impressed and 
>moved.  Bottom line - it starts with individual action and you have 
>provided a perfect example of how to take something personal (i.e. 
>your enthusiasm to spread the word about climate change) and make it 
>contagious!  I hope I (and all your supporters) can do the same!
> >>  Everyone was fully attentive and reacting appropriately from time 
>to time with applause or groans or laughter.
> >> If I were the Queen I'd have the young women who made it in the 
>Honours List [Hmmm, did they miss the bit where Pete said he'd give 
>back his OBE?]
> >> We thoroughly enjoyed an admittedly extra-cinematic experience 
>here in Newcastle-Under-Lyme. It was like a three-course meal and 
>perhaps can be done more often, with live link ups both to London and 
>the Maldives!
> >> The other day a young chap wrote to us out of the blue saying he 
>really wanted to help organize local support for wind farms. He said 
>he realised he had to get involved after seeing your film.
> >> I went to your premiere in Bath. It's great to see people 
>conveying a real sense of urgency about climate change and I loved 
>watching Ed Miliband be put on the spot!
> >> Mum brought me tea this morning and burst into tears on my bed. 
>She had been up since 5am thinking about the film, and how we live, 
>and getting upset.  She and P were going to go to Nepal in a week, but 
>Mum has decided not to go [non-refundable tickets and all]. The 
>atmosphere in the house this morning feels a bit like we have all been 
>to a funeral. And it IS a bit like that - I really think Mum and P 
>have watched their lifestyle, preconceptions and framework for 
>understanding their world, die. And as their daughter, it is 
>unsettlingly like observing the loss of innocence that I imagine a 
>parent experiences when they watch their children growing up. It is 
>happy but also sad at the same time. But we aren't feeling (too) 
>overwhelmed, but quite empowered. I think this film has acted as a 
>tipping point. I have been banging on about this for years (quite 
>ineffectively I now realise), but the film acted to distill, and make 
>stark, the totally misplaced and confused framework through which we 
>value things. So I think there will be quite a few positive changes 
>around here. So, all of that is just me wanting to let you know that 
>it really hit the soul of this household.
> >> In this world where the forces against good are phenomenal, we 
>need a great many more people to follow your example.
> >> I was full of admiration for you both in leading the whole thing, 
>and the way you pinned down Ed Milliband in a non aggressive but very 
>forceful way.
> >> I was at the Aberdeen showing and there was a definate  buzz about 
>it's hoped success.  Many of the attendees were local activists which 
>was a brilliant opportunity for people to all get together and have a 
>bit of a chin-wag.
> >> You left us normally loquacious lot speechless. It was BRILLIANT. 
>The whole team worked like a smooth flowing super-efficient bunch of 
>genii – at least that’s what it looked like! How DID you all do it?
> >> We were in Wimbledon, and saw every second of the live feed from 
>Leicester Square – and apart from some quite novel SciFi feedback FX 
>of the like I’ve never heard live before (looked like you were hearing 
>it too), it all worked brilliantly. The session after the film was 
>riveting, especially putting Ed Milliband on the spot.
> >> Saw it at The Light (Leeds) one of the sold-out cinemas. It was 
>great to be "with you" at Leicester Square, and afterwards.
> >> Now I've run out of superlatives. Simply, an unforgettable 
>evening. I was awake half the night thinking about it.
> >> The folks I took to Exeter were suitably moved and left the 
>screening wanting to change their lives. Even go on the march in 
>December! These were decent 'ordinary' people, not converted activists.
> >> Thought you might enjoy hearing about our little Tuesday morning 
>action... www.soilassociation.org/todaysnews.... Partly inspired by 
>our viewing of the People's Premier of The Age of Stupid on Sunday in 
>Bristol!
> >> The world seems a little different today, in the lovely spring 
>sunshine.
>
>
>More Reviews
> >> Entertaining one from Taiwan attached. God knows what it says.
> >> News of the World - FOUR STARS - "A Deeply Inconvenient Kick Up 
>the Backside... you won't see a more important film this year"
> >> Financial Times - FOUR STARS - "lectures us sternly and pitilessly 
>- but also intelligently and provokingly"
> >> The Times - FOUR STARS - "the most imaginative and dramatic 
>assault on the institutional complacency shrouding the issue"
> >> The Telegraph  - FOUR STARS - "Bold, supremely provocative, and 
>hugely important.... a cry from the heart as much as a roar for 
>necessary change."
>
>Newboy Matt is doing his best trying to get all the reviews onto the 
>site: http://www.ageofstupid.net/press_reviews
>
>
>Help Needed Today
>Rhiannon needs volunteers to help pack more activist packs in London 
>today. Anyone free? Contact rhiannon@ageofstupid.net
>
>
>The Amusements Continue
> >> Some very naughty people calling themselves the Clever Crew have 
>been up to all sorts of photogenic shenanigans involving petrol 
>stations, RBS, train stations and wind turbines: http://clevercrew.wordpress.com/
> >> Four publishers have contacted us wanting to publish the Book Of 
>The Film. We're definitely going to take one of them up on the offer 
>(though where I'm going to find a spare three months to write a book 
>before July, I'm not quite sure)
> >> Martin Durkin (Great Global Warming Swindle filmmaker) and I 
>traded blows for Newsnight yesterday.  Surprisingly, no actual 
>fisticuffs were involved, even when I gave him the first ever Stupid 
>Certificate. Watch on Newsnight Review, 11pm tonight, BBC2. (Alongside 
>the Pet Shop Boys, my favourite ever band - yahey)
>
>See you
>Franny
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