He's certainly no movie star, but former US Vice President Al Gore was the center of attention at the Cannes Film festival this weekend, according to published reports.
His new documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, warns politicians and world leaders to take the issue of 'Global Warming' seriously.
The film's director, Davis Guggenheim, best known for the hit TV series 24, said: "I was not an environmentalist before I saw Al's slide show ... It blew my mind because I didn't understand what global warming was. My life has changed in a fundamental way. I've put solar panels on my roof, but more importantly I'm awake. I was asleep."
The former Presidential hopeful said that his family lives in a carbon neutral household and that he was "as surprised as anybody could be that my slide show is here in Cannes".
So the big question has to be, will President Bush take a gander at Al Gore's documentary about global warming?
"Doubt it," Bush said coolly Monday, reports the Los Angeles Times.
Bush and Gore are about as far apart as one can get about the environment and other issues. Bush defeated Gore, then the Democratic vice president, in a highly publicized and disputed presidential election that was finally settled by the Supreme Court in 2000.
Gore's documentary is said to chronicle his determination to raise awareness to the dangers of climatic change.
"New technologies will change how we live and how we drive our cars which all will have the beneficial effect of improving the environment," Bush said. "And in my judgment we need to set aside whether or not greenhouse gases have been caused by mankind or because of natural effects and focus on the technologies that will enable us to live better lives and at the same time protect the environment."
Gore's 'Slide show' debuted at last winter's Sundance Film Festival and opens in U.S. theaters on Wednesday.
-- Compiled from wire reports
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