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| director = Shayne Edwards
| producer = Phil Valentine
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| starring = Phil Valentine
| music = Michael Thomas Benoit
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| distributor = Rocky Mountain Pictures
| released = January 27, 2012<!-- {{Film date|Year|Month|Day|Location}} -->
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'''''An Inconsistent Truth''''' is a 2012 documentary film written, produced, and featuring, nationally syndicated conservative talk radio host [[Biography:Phil Valentine|Phil Valentine]] and directed by Shayne Edwards.<ref name=IMDb.com>{{cite web|last=IMDb.com|title=An Inconsistent Truth|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1806777/combined|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=19 May 2012}}</ref> Valentine, who disagrees with the scientific consensus on [[Earth:Global warming|global warming]], interviewed scientists about the validity of [[Biography:Al Gore|Al Gore]]'s film ''An Inconvenient Truth'' and the facts presented within. The scientists he interviews deny that there is a consensus on the issue of global warming or climate change. The film argues that global warming proponents keep changing its label, basing their argument on what Valentine says is shaky scientific ground.

==Synopsis==
''An Inconsistent Truth'' is Valentine's investigation into man-made global warming. The title alludes to [[Biography:Al Gore|Al Gore's]] documentary ''An Inconvenient Truth''. Valentine talks with scientists and politicians who reject the [[Earth:Scientific consensus on climate change|scientific consensus on climate change]], and explores the culture of the global warming movement; often in a satirical way. <ref>{{cite web|title=An Inconsistent Truth Plot Summary|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1806777/plotsummary|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=19 May 2012}}</ref>

The topics covered include {{CO2}} being called a pollutant, Gore's contention that polar bears are dying off and the global ice is melting, among others. Valentine also delves into the motivation behind the movement.

==Production==
The film features a 1985 Mercedes 300D, named Bennie the BioBenz, Valentine bought with the purpose of running it on [[Chemistry:Biodiesel|biodiesel]]. Valentine makes his own biodiesel by collecting used vegetable oil and running it through a machine called the Fuelmeister. Bennie the BioBenz underwent a facelift prior to its close-ups in the movie from Vogely & Todd Paint and Body Shop in Nashville, TN. When Valentine bought Bennie it had a crushed right front fender, and then the car delivery service damaged Bennie's hood. Valentine purchased a used fender from a junk dealer in Memphis, and the hood was replaced.<ref name="Bennie">{{cite web|title=Bennie the BioBenz|url=http://valentinebiofuels.com/Bennie.html|publisher=ValentineBioFuels|accessdate=19 May 2012}}</ref>  The car was stripped down to the metal and repainted as well as having its interior restored. Additionally, the famous Mercedes "Turbo Diesel" badging on the car was replaced with a custom "Biodiesel" badge.<ref name="Bennie"/> Bennie can be seen throughout the movie and can be seen on some of the movie's posters.

==Theatrical release==
''An Inconsistent Truth'' held its world premiere in Nashville at the Regal Hollywood 27 Theaters on January 26, 2012. It opened to the public the next night and was the top-grossing movie per screen in the country for its first two weeks, grossing a total of US$20,733 on the one screen it played on.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/01/31/phil-valentines-an-inconsistent-truth-no-1-movie-in-america-by-per-screen-average | title=Phil Valentine's An Inconsistent Truth No. 1 Movie in America by Per-Screen Average | work=Nashville Scene | date=January 31, 2012 | accessdate=May 23, 2012 | author=Ridley, Jim}}</ref> When it closed {{as of|2012|3|15|lc=y}}, it had made a total of $69,394.<ref>{{cite web|title=An Inconsistent Truth (2012)|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=aninconsistenttruth.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=21 May 2012}}</ref>

On September 23, 2013, the film was released on DVD. {{As of|2020|01}}, it is the 27th top-grossing English-language nature documentary of all time at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top-grossing Nature Documentaries|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=naturedoc.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=May 29, 2014}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
The movie score was written and performed by Michael Thomas Benoit.

The soundtrack features original music from Pacific Heat, Willie B. Green, Chadwick Station, and Phil Valentine & The Heartthrobs. Green's "Dirt People" plays as the end credits roll.

==People appearing in the film==
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* [[Biography:Phil Valentine|Phil Valentine]], narrator
* Newt Gingrich
* Jim DeMint
* James Inhofe
* [[Biography:Fred Singer|Fred Singer]]
* John Christy
* [[Biography:Roy Spencer (scientist)|Roy Spencer]]
* Ken Green
* Greg Walden
* Steven Milloy
* Drew Johnson
{{div col end}}

==Reception==
John Beifuss, writing in ''The Commercial Appeal'' noted the tiny release of the film, but still found the opening box office to be "extraordinarily impressive." He observed similarities between the film's producer, Phil Valentine, and another documentary filmmaker, Michael Moore, particularly the way in which Valentine hounds Al Gore for an interview.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/feb/17/movie-industry-takes-notice-of-02/ | title=Movie industry takes notice of 'Inconsistent Truth' | work=The Commercial Appeal | date=February 17, 2012 | accessdate=May 23, 2012 | author=Beifuss, John}}</ref>

Film critic Prairie Miller was skeptical of the film's premise: that Al Gore's environmental activism is motivated by a desire for money and power. She criticized the direction of Shayne Edwards, writing that it's "really a case of wagging the dog with smug narrator Phil Valentine calling the shots." She also faults Valentine for not disclosing his affiliations with conservative causes.<ref>[http://newsblaze.com/story/20120220124509mill.nb/topstory.html An Inconsistent Truth Movie Review: Tea Party Tirade Gores Al<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==See also==
* ''[[Earth:An Inconvenient Truth...Or Convenient Fiction?|An Inconvenient Truth...Or Convenient Fiction?]]''
* [[Earth:Global warming controversy|Global warming controversy]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.westernjournalism.com/an-inconsistent-truth-premieres-in-nashville-today-climate-change-agenda-is-toast/ | title=‘An Inconsistent Truth’ Premieres In Nashville Today – Climate Change Agenda Is Toast | publisher=The Western Center for Journalism | date=January 27, 2012 | accessdate=May 23, 2012 | author=York, Frank | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510221947/http://www.westernjournalism.com/an-inconsistent-truth-premieres-in-nashville-today-climate-change-agenda-is-toast/ | archive-date=May 10, 2012 | url-status=dead }}
* {{cite web | url=http://www.scpr.org/blogs/environment/2012/01/24/4389/inconsistent-truth/ | title="An Inconsistent Truth" features Newt Gingrich (but probably not Gingrich's inconsistent global warming truth) | publisher=Southern California Public Radio (KPCC Radio) | date=January 24, 2012 | accessdate=May 23, 2012 | author=Peterson, Molly}}

==External links==
* [http://www.aninconsistenttruth.com/ Official website]
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1806777/?ref_=ttmd_md_nm ''An Inconsistent Truth'' on Imdb]

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