Posted on 06/27/2011 10:34:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The director admits he didn't invite his "right-wing" friends such as Jon Voight and Dennis Miller, while the media scrambles for seats.
PELLA, IOWA -- Reporters from around the country that have descended upon tiny Pella, Iowa for the premiere of the Sarah Palin documentary The Undefeated on Tuesday night were in for a rude awakening: So scarce are the tickets that there’s no room in the theater for journalists.
The town, in fact, has been filling up rapidly since Palin confirmed she’d attend the premiere with her husband, Todd. Police notified residents that the streets around the venue, the 111-year-old Pella Opera House, would be shut down beginning 13 hours prior to show time.
On Monday, organizers were still divvying up tickets to the massively oversubscribed event, and reporters – some who travelled more than 1,000 miles -- were given the word that they didn’t make the cut.
Organizers were scrambling Monday, though, trying to arrange a separate screening for journalists, but there were no guarantees given.
The Undefeated, from writer-director Steve Bannon, is one of two documentaries about the controversial former vice presidential candidate. The other – a less flattering look at Palin -- is an untitled film from Nick Broomfield that is seeking a distributor.
Bannon has opted for a low-key premiere – “the hard, worn bricks of the Pella Opera House is all the red carpet I need,” he said Monday – though road closures and media trucks have dictated otherwise. Bannon, a U.S. Navy veteran, also enlisted some retired Navy SEALs for security detail.
Most of the 340 tickets went to Iowans and some of the commentators featured in the film, like Tammy Bruce and Sonnie Johnson. The most controversial cast member – not including Palin herself – is Andrew Breitbart, who is expected to be a last-minute arrival on Tuesday.
“I didn’t invite all my right-wing Hollywood friends,” Bannon said. “Jon Voight, Dennis Miller, I’ll have a screening for those guys later. I’d actually like them to buy a ticket, but they’re so tight… And you can quote me on that,” he joked.”
Pella is a religiously and politically conservative town of 10,000 people that boasts three dozen churches. With those sensibilities in mind, and because the Palins will be in the audience, Bannon and company will screen the version of the film with the less offensive opening.
The Undefeated begins with celebrities – David Letterman, Matt Damon, Howard Stern, Madonna, Louis C.K. and others – thoroughly trashing Palin, though Tuesday’s audience will be treated to bleeps instead of the more hardcore profanity used by some of the entertainers. Either way, it’s an intense opening made all the more menacing by the choice of music and the inclusion of a Bible verse.
The premiere includes a barbecue for 1,000 guests – no media – where Palin intends on mingling, though it wasn’t determined yet whether she’d make any public remarks.
THAT is just great!!! It’s the only possible explanation.
>>She is not in charge of the guest list and if the media want to see the production, I am sure they can pay for a showing after the opening at the multiplex. <<
Good to see she chose not to enter this small town. The idea of doing so must be in the hands of her handlers.
Congratulations for proving my assertions!
How is it childish? Are you sad your little buddies in the media can’t be there?
Petty and childish? Are you aware that it isn’t her movie? She didn’t make it, didn’t decide where to premiere it, and probably is attending at the invitation of Bannon. Petty and childish can be found in your nearest mirror... IMHO.
Heck, JA, I just re-read my post and it looks pretty bad.
I mean it sincerely.
You seem rational and smart and reasonable.
And if you come back to me, should Gov. Palin choose (which I think she will not) to run for POTUS, I will listen/read to/from you.
I was not being sarcastic.
I think sharp folk like you will be the people she will need.
And if she wins the GOP nomination, I will a) let everyone on every Gov. Palin throw rocks at me; and b) will work as hard as a human being can to get her elected (and should that happen, I hope my guy Cain is VP! — that gives us 16 years of Conservatives!)
LOL!! I need say nothing more. Thanks!!!
You do realize that the filmmaker has absolutely nothing to do with Governor Sarah Palin, other than making a documentary about her? This is Mr. Bannon and his film company putting on this premier. How is this different than paying police in Hollywood or New York City to provide security at an opening? Because Pella is small and they are big? Maybe that’s the point. Maybe Mr. Bannon wants to highlight middle America. He hasn’t phoned or e-mailed me to explain his business plan, so I’m just spitballing here. And do you think the taxpayers in fiscally conservative Pella, Iowa (home of Pella Windows, Vermeer and Ditch Witch) would allow their city to pay the freight for a private event? Then you don’t know anything about rural Iowa.
freedumb2003 is a troll, this is what he does.
>>How is it childish? Are you sad your little buddies in the media can’t be there?<<
Big event, small town, MSM churlishly ex-vited.
*DOH*
What was I thinking? This is a “Sarah” thread (since I don’t know her, I use the proper “Gov. Palin”).
Suggestions she is human are NOT allowed!
Thanks for the reminder. Your Todd/2012 calendar is in the mail I am sure.
Don’t start that homosexual stuff again, why don’t you just lay off the trolling and the nonsense?
>>Then you don’t know anything about rural Iowa.<<
There were many alternatives. Rural Iowa as a venue for this is merely provocative.
And a bit ham-fisted.
>>Don’t start that homosexual stuff again, why don’t you just lay off the trolling and the nonsense?<<
Hey, you are the stalker. I assume it is you who wants something from me.
Okay, we’re FRiends.
One of the things I try to avoid, is predicting what Mrs. Palin will do or not do. So far, she has been surprising, competent, and frankly, she makes me smile.
I was upset with the treatment she got from the “lamestream media” and I am very happy to see her give them figurative wedgies. It’s what they deserve, and she does it so well...
So, having seen her manage her detractors into idiocy, and having enjoyed the spectacle, I’m just sitting back waiting and watching. I have a feeling she will delight all of us. I support her, and look forward to all the others who join in, because she is just about irresistable.
She is an autodidact in many respects, and that’s wonderful, because she has kept her own ideals and fit what she has learned into them, instead of uncritically accepting others’ PC fables.
My opinion only.
Although, in the spirit of sportsmanship, she would likely spot him two teleprompters, and half her brain tied behind her back, a la Rush Limbaugh...
the infowarrior
No one is stalking you, it is you that stalks the Palin threads, when you become an anti-Palin troll and hit all her threads, you are going to see the same Palin supporters on most of them.
The question is not why I’m on a Palin thread, it is why are you trolling on them?
You’re being churlish and posting your assumptions and biases as fact. Here’s a hint..........you neither know nor understand anything at all about Governor Palin.
Whoopsie! I read a few more of your posts, and I take back the FRiends thing.
Calm down. Laugh a little. FRee advice, worth what you paid for it.
LOL, have fun trying to reach that guy, it is impossible.
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