The Future Is Now! (2011)

ALL 06/24/2011 (en) 91 Min
  • Release
    06/24/2011
  • Production
    Burns Film Ltd., ONF | NFB
  • Rotten tomato
    100%
  • Original title
    The Future Is Now!
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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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?

  1. Story

  2. Paul Mortimer

    Editor



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  1. Paul Ahmarani

    Man Of Today

  2. Liane Balaban

    Woman Of Tomorrow

  3. Alain de Botton

    The Philosopher

  4. Shigeru Ban

    The Architect

  5. Christian Bök

    The Poet

  6. Marlene Dumas

    The Artist

  7. Frances Dupuis-Déri

    The Anarchist

  8. Rivka Galchen

    The Author

  9. Richard Dawkins

    The Scientist

  10. J. Craig Venter

    The Scientist

  11. Jean-Paul Sartre

    The Existentialist

  12. Dan Beirne

    Young Man

  13. Elysa Chan

    Receptionist

  14. Vanessa Matsui

    Grad Student Activist

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Casts : 14 , Crews : 13

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The Future Is Now! (2011) 91 Min

ALL 06/24/2011 (en)
  • Release 06/24/2011
  • Production
    Burns Film Ltd., ONF | NFB
  • Original title The Future Is Now!
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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?

  1. Jim Brown, Gary Burns

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Paul Mortimer

    Editor

  4. George Baptist, Bonnie Thompson, Shirley Vercruysse

    Producer