The Future Is Now!

The Future Is Now! (2011)


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  • Release Date: 2011-06-24
  • User Rating: 10/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 31min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Burns Film Ltd.
  • Production Country: Canada
  • Directors: Jim Brown, Gary Burns.
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Summary

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?

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  • Paul Ahmarani

    as Man Of Today

  • Liane Balaban

    as Woman Of Tomorrow

  • Alain de Botton

    as The Philosopher

  • Shigeru Ban

    as The Architect

  • Christian Bök

    as The Poet

  • Marlene Dumas

    as The Artist

  • Frances Dupuis-Déri

    as The Anarchist

  • Rivka Galchen

    as The Author

  • Richard Dawkins

    as The Scientist

  • J. Craig Venter

    as The Scientist

  • Jean-Paul Sartre

    as The Existentialist

  • Dan Beirne

    as Young Man

  • Elysa Chan

    as Receptionist

  • Vanessa Matsui

    as Grad Student Activist
Directing Jim Brown Director
Directing Gary Burns Director
Writing Jim Brown Writer
Writing Gary Burns Writer
Production George Baptist Producer
Production Bonnie Thompson Producer
Production Shirley Vercruysse Producer
Sound John Abram Original Music Composer
Camera Patrick McLaughlin Director of Photography
Editing Paul Mortimer Editor
Production Rhonda Fisekci Casting
Costume & Make-Up Jenna Wright Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Lizane La Salle Makeup Artist

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