An Inconvenient Truth offers a passionate and inspirational look at one man's fervent crusade to halt global warming's deadly progress in its tracks by exposing the myths and misconceptions that surround it. That man is former Vice President Al Gore, who, in the wake of defeat in the 2000 election, re-set the course of his life to focus on an all-out effort to help save the planet from irrevocable change. In this eye-opening portrait of his "traveling global warming show," Gore proves himself to be one of the most misunderstood characters in modern American public life. Here he is seen as never before in the media- funny, engaging, and open about getting the surprisingly stirring truth about what he calls our "planetary emergency" out to ordinary citizens before it's too late.