Celebrities, World Leaders and Newsmakers Join Global Cinema Audiences for Eco Premiere of 'THE AGE OF STUPID' and Climate Change Panel During Climate Week

Celebrities, World Leaders and Newsmakers Join Global Cinema Audiences for Eco Premiere of 'THE AGE OF STUPID' and Climate Change Panel During Climate Week

Guests Arrive Via Boats, Bikes and Solar Cars to Green Carpet Premiere featuring Bicycle Powered DJ Performance by Moby and Panel Discussion with Kofi Annan PREMIERE SPANNING SIX CONTINENTS, MORE THAN 60 COUNTRIES AND UNITING NEARLY ONE MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE REFORM

WHO: Newsmakers, world leaders and climate change campaigners including: Kofi Annan, President Global Humanitarian Forum, former Secretary General of the United Nations; Heather Graham (The Hangover); Gillian Anderson (X-Files); Pete Postlethwaite (The Age of Stupid, Usual Suspects); Musicians Moby and Thom Yorke (Radiohead); Director Franny Armstrong (The Age of Stupid, McLibel), Producer Lizzie Gillett (The Age of Stupid); Host Gideon Yago (MTV/Current TV) and others... World and environmental leaders: Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, UK; Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, former President of Ireland; Mohammed Nasheed, President of the Maldives; Mr. Jean Charest, Premier of Quebec; Rachmat Witoelar, Minister of the Environment, Indonesia; Kumi Naidoo, Chair, Global Campaign for Climate Action, Phil Radford, Executive Director, Greenpeace USA, and others...

WHAT: An unprecedented global film event, the eco-premiere of documentary THE AGE OF STUPID will be broadcast live to more than 700 locations in over 60 countries simultaneously (including 350 U.S. cities as well as cinemas in Hong Kong, Berlin, Tokyo, Paris, Buenos Aires, Tehran and Lebanon), uniting nearly one million people for climate change reform during Climate Week NYC, setting a new Guinness World Record for the largest single screen shared audience experience ever. Premiere guests will arrive by bicycle, solar car, rickshaw and sailboats. Electricity will be provided from renewable energy and all food and drink will be organic and locally sourced. An installation of 1,500 plastic water bottles will hang from the solar tent cinema, representing the amount of bottles consumed every second. The event will kick off with a green carpet bicycle-powered performance by Moby and will culminate with an acoustic act from Radiohead's Thom Yorke.

WHERE: World Financial Center - Winter Garden / 220 Vesey Street, NYC 10281

WHEN: Monday, September 21, 2009 5:30 pm -Check-in / 6:30pm -Arrivals begin / 7:50pm - screening begins

MEDIA CONTACTS: RSVP required

Joanne Schioppi / jschioppi@rogersandcowan.com / 917 853 7484 (m) Meghan Gamber / mgamber@rogersandcowan.com / 323 875 5593 (m)

/PRNewswire/ -- Sept. 18

Source: Spanner Films

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