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Battle In Seattle
Written and Directed by Irish actor Stuart Townsend, Battle In Seattle is a portrait of the 1999 WTO trade talks in Seattle, Washington. It covers five days in the end of November that literally changed the world. The peace talks were stalled by peaceful protesters and eventually forced to collapse as many of the developing countries witnessed through the chaos the fact that WTO had no interest in their needs.
The peaceful demonstration quickly turned into an all out riot as police and government officials were caught off guard as to the power and creativity of the protests and forced to use violent means. Townsend tells the story through the eyes of police officers, a non-violent group of protesters, the media, politicians, and regular people capturing each viewpoint and not being particularly biased though one does obviously feel for the protesters.
This is probably the best movie of 2008 but you'll never hear about it. It comes in the mold of The Painted Vale and Garden State, a couple of small studio movies which were largely ignored by mainstream studios and the Academy. The cast includes Ray Liotta, Charlize Theron, Martin Henderson, Channing Tatum, Michelle Rodriguez, Woody Harrelson and a great cameo appearance by Joshua Jackson.
I highly recommend this movie to anyone interested in good film.
Trailer:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/battleinseattle/
Written and Directed by Irish actor Stuart Townsend, Battle In Seattle is a portrait of the 1999 WTO trade talks in Seattle, Washington. It covers five days in the end of November that literally changed the world. The peace talks were stalled by peaceful protesters and eventually forced to collapse as many of the developing countries witnessed through the chaos the fact that WTO had no interest in their needs.
The peaceful demonstration quickly turned into an all out riot as police and government officials were caught off guard as to the power and creativity of the protests and forced to use violent means. Townsend tells the story through the eyes of police officers, a non-violent group of protesters, the media, politicians, and regular people capturing each viewpoint and not being particularly biased though one does obviously feel for the protesters.
This is probably the best movie of 2008 but you'll never hear about it. It comes in the mold of The Painted Vale and Garden State, a couple of small studio movies which were largely ignored by mainstream studios and the Academy. The cast includes Ray Liotta, Charlize Theron, Martin Henderson, Channing Tatum, Michelle Rodriguez, Woody Harrelson and a great cameo appearance by Joshua Jackson.
I highly recommend this movie to anyone interested in good film.
Trailer:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/battleinseattle/
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i should be watching L'Albero degli Zoccoli ze recommended it so i'm quite looking forward to it. ( toke 3 days to download Egyptian dsl
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I saw Rules of Attraction, which I'm guessing is required viewing in college these days. But it's a good movie with some brilliant scenes and a good soundtrack to boot. I mean, you've got The Wonder Years' drugged-out Fred Savage talking about his dick, and the best scenes of all from Dick himself (played by Russell Sams).
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