After the announcement that An Inconvenient Truth had won for Best Documentary, director Davis Guggenheim made his way to the stage along with Al Gore, Laurie David, and others amidst a standing ovation from the crowd.

Here's what Guggenheim said:

I made this movie for my children ... All of us who made this film -- Laurie, Scott, and Leslie -- we did so because we were moved to act by this man [gesturing toward Gore] ... All of us were inspired by his fight for 30 years to tell this truth to all of us ...

Then he gave the mic to Gore:

Thank you. I want to thank Tipper and my family. I want to thank the Academy and everyone on this amazing team.

My fellow Americans ... [audience laughs]

People all over the world, we need to solve the climate crisis. It's not a political issue; it's a moral issue. We have everything we need to get started, with the possible exception of the will to act. That's a renewable resource -- let's renew it.