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The Age of Stupid
A red timeline leads from the past into a ruined city scape. The film title "The Age of Stupid" is shown on the upper right in block capital blue writing
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFranny Armstrong
Written byFranny Armstrong
Produced byLizzie Gillett
StarringPete Postlethwaite
Jehangir Wadia
Layefa Malin
Al Duvernay
Fernand Pareau
Jamila and Adnan Bayyoud
Piers Guy
Mark Lynas
Mohamed Nasheed
David King
George Monbiot
Richard Heinberg
Ed Miliband
Narrated byPete Postlethwaite
CinematographyFranny Armstrong
Edited byDavid G Hill
Music byChris Brierley
Production
company
Spanner Films
Distributed byDogwoof Pictures (UK)
Release date
  • 20 March 2009 (2009-03-20) (United Kingdom)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£450,000[1]

The Age of Stupid is a 2009 British docufiction film directed by Franny Armstrong, with first-time producer Lizzie Gillett. The executive producer is John Battsek. The film is a drama-documentary-animation hybrid. It combines documentary footage from 2008 with Pete Postlethwaite portraying a man living alone in a devastated world of 2055, who asks "Why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?"

The makers of The Age of Stupid were among the first to use the crowdfunding model and pioneered a new distribution system, Indie Screenings. It premiered simultaneously on 62 screens across the UK in March 2009, making it a record holder for the largest ever film premiere. Critical reception was generally positive, with reviews commending its message and format.

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