Crowd pleasers, fresh faces at Sundance

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Al Gore joined the independents at Sundance with the premiere of “An Inconvenient Truth,” a documentary on the former vice president’s global-warming campaign that presents a disturbing portrait of a planet on the brink.

Director Davis Guggenheim presents Gore conducting the engaging slideshow he does for live audiences to convince people that immediate action is needed to prevent global catastrophe from greenhouse gases causing Earth’s atmosphere to heat up.

Gore turned heads at film parties and received adoring applause at screenings, yet he was visibly uncomfortable when asked how he liked being a star of Sundance.

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“I am not going to accept that label,” Gore told The Associated Press.

But director Guggenheim noted how Gore overshadowed the entertainment celebrities at Sundance.

“Going to these parties, and Al arrives, it’s like a rock star coming in,” Guggenheim said. “All the actors and directors who are here with their movies, the sea just parts.”

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