The Future Is Now!
movie
Released June 24, 2011
Overview
A journalist meets “Man of Today” who, while a responsible citizen, is disengaged from greater society. He believes once he’s dead nothing more matters. As an experiment to see if she can turn his pessimistic view around, the journalist sends him on a journey of enlightenment to prove that the future does matter. Travelling the globe, he finds himself in surprising encounters with great minds in the arts and sciences. Starting with an unexpected poetry reading and conversation with experimental poet Christian Bök, Man of Today engages with architect Shigeru Ban, activist Francis Dupuis-Déri, philosopher Alain de Botton, artist Marlene Dumas, novelist Rivka Galchen, leading scientists and a ghost. Will the journalist succeed in turning a cynic into an optimist? Will it matter? What can one person do?
Cast
Paul Ahmarani
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Man Of Today
Liane Balaban
as
Woman Of Tomorrow
Alain de Botton
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The Philosopher
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Shigeru Ban
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The Architect
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Christian Bök
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The Poet
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Marlene Dumas
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The Artist
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Frances Dupuis-Déri
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The Anarchist
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Rivka Galchen
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The Author
Richard Dawkins
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The Scientist
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J. Craig Venter
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The Scientist
Jean-Paul Sartre
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The Existentialist
Dan Beirne
as
Young Man
Crew
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Jim Brown
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Director
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Jim Brown
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Writer
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Gary Burns
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Director
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Gary Burns
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Writer
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Bonnie Thompson
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Producer
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Shirley Vercruysse
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Producer
Rhonda Fisekci
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Casting
Patrick McLaughlin
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Director of Photography
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Lizane La Salle
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Makeup Artist
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Jenna Wright
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Costume Design
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Paul Mortimer
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Editor
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George Baptist
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Producer