The acclaimed filmmaker is aiming to bring attention to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals reaching the halfway mark.
Richard Curtis has said he turned to Al Pacino’s locker room speech from his film Any Given Sunday for his new project as he feels the world needs the “greatest half-time talk” to get back on track to achieve its goals on the environment and inequality.
However, only 15% of the goals are on track to be met by the deadline due to the impact of Covid, conflict and the climate crisis delaying progress, according to campaigners. He explained that after contacting Pacino, the Hollywood star agreed for the speech to be used and recorded a new introduction for the project.
“And then we move, as it were, across the chain. We’re asking people in business, we’re asking people in finance, we’re asking everyone in politics. It’s a partnership between the average citizen, who can make a difference.” “The UK still has a strong position. It is one of the governors of the World Bank, so one of them is to use that.
He added that the UK has a “epic tradition of international responsibility”, having been the birthplace of charities such as Oxfam and Save The Children, and that the campaign calls on the country to “re-strength and recommit” at this halfway stage.
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