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The End of the World as We Know It
Nick Hornby, UK, documentary, 77 min., 2004
Canadian Premiere
 Presenter and writer Marcel Theroux (son of Paul) presents himself as the Everyman who treks across the planet with the “why worry” question towards global warming. After visiting Chernobyl - described as the nuclear Pompeii - the melting ice caps of Alaska and West Bengal in India, his anxiety over the unrelenting evidence of climate change and its impact on the future of this planet peaks to nuclear levels. Theroux talks to scientists, environmentalists, economists and even the ex-chairman of the British department of Shell Oil – the prognosis is scary and the lesson learned irrefutable. This is an irresistible doc that presents scientific details in a forthcoming and lucid manner. And if it weren’t so frighteningly real, the sheer drama would grab Hollywood billboards. – M.S.L
Nick Hornby lives in London with his wife and two kids. He is not the hugely successful author of the same name and one day will probably have to change his name. Nick didn't know that the world as we know it was going to end, until he made this film.
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