Posted on 07/25/2007 7:45:05 PM PDT by topher
PLOT OUTLINE:
Back home in Texas after fighting in Iraq, a soldier refuses to return to battle despite the government mandate requiring him to do so.
RELEASE DATE:
28 March 2008 (USA)
Status Updated:15 May 2007
Note:Because this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change; some data could be removed completely.
I wonder if there should be Freeper/Veterans activities outside the theaters on the release date to give Americans a better picture of Iraq (rather than an Oliver Stone, Martin Sheen, or elitist Hollywood view...
There are a bunch of these movies coming out. I would like so see some kind of backlash
Thanks...
Dennis Griffee, a wounded veteran who is national commander of the Iraq War Veterans Organization, said he turned down a request to become involved with the film after learning that Susan Sarandon, a vocal opponent of the war, had a prominent role.
“At the very least it is offensive,” Mr. Griffee said of what he sees as a widespread refusal to acknowledge the troops’ pride at achievements in Iraq. He added that virtually every member of his platoon wound up in college, not jail, on return.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/26/movies/26movi.html?hp
Kenny Rogers’ song ‘Coward of the County’ is on the soundtrack.
This movie should be repudiated by every veteran. When I joined up in 1975 the terms of my service was clear.
Stop Loss is an important military personnel tool that prevents military members from leaving in the middle of
a war.
Her only major credit is as writer/director of the excrable “Boys Don’t Cry” and she also directed an epsiode of the “L Word.” So, I think I can guess what part of her problem is...
go see this instead:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431197/
The Kingdom (2007)
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431197/trailers-screenplay-E32688-10-2
I think since this is 7 months away, if theaters in cities/town intend to show this picture, they could be singled out as sites of boycotts -- prior to the picture showing. That would reduce (possibly) the number of scenes/places that this movie would be shown...
In other words, use this movie as an activism event where people can show support for our troops and realize the true nature of the beast known as liberal Hollywood...
So this movie is about cowards eh? How can they glorify cowards? Un-American jerk-wads.
In that movie (and the book/real life), Lt. Colonel Hal Moore touched on Stop Loss because he was saddened that LBJ did not make the Vietnam War a war, and retain his veteran officers.
The true story of the green lieutenant leds his platoon into harms way chasing an NVA soldier. The veteran officers would not have made that mistake, and a considerable number of casulties were sustained by that platoon.
In the movie, it is just treated as a scene at a party where the veteran officers are leaving the service (scheduled beforehand).
Do you have any more information on Stop Loss and now Retired Lt. General Hal Moore's thoughts on that for Vietnam?
If you go the IMDB web page (see link at top of article), you will see the cast.
There is a US Army Captain who is also listed as a dancer.
The cast includes other peoples that alludes to portraying our soldiers not as heros but as bums (I believe the cast has a homeless veteran as one what one actor portrays...
Why?
The movie The Best Years of Our Lives, though bittersweet throughout, is very upbeat at the end about how the soldiers/sailors were able to adjust.
The New York Times article leaves an important movie about Vietnam Veterans that I really liked: Heroes, which had Henry Winkler (aka "The Fonz") and an early film for Harrison Ford.
For Veterans of the Vietnam War, they had a lot of trouble adjusting on returning home. Part of it is how other Americans (liberals) treated them.
One of the better explanations of that treatment is found in the movie Hamburger Hill, in which Senator Ted Kennedy is saying the 101st Airborne will never make it up this hill. When asked why this one person re-upped for Vietnam, the soldier tells the story of a father, whose son died in Vietnam, and his sons body was badly disfigured (closed coffin case). This poor man would receives call late at night/early in the morning from people calling to say that his son was a baby killer, etc.
With all the problems the Vietnam War posed for our Vietnams, many of them did not feel that they were ever welcomed home. But then the Gulf War of 1990/91 happened, and many of these Vietnam Vets were given parades to honor them...
Pierce was initially inspired to make a documentary by her brother's own experience in the military (he was called back to battle shortly after returning from a year in Fallujah); after shooting a few interviews, she and writing partner Mark Richard decided to turn the project into a narrative script. Paramount snatched their spec script up after watching five minutes of Pierce's initial interviews.
The trade is contextualizing the film as part of a "controversial" streak of projects in the works at the new, Brad Grey-led Paramount, following, as it does, the studio's launch into production on Oliver Stone's 9/11 pic.
Brad Grey (Paramount) produced the ABC nightly talk show Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher.
In 2002, Grey formed Plan B with Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. After Pitt and Aniston separated, Grey and Pitt moved the company to Paramount Pictures, where Grey had become CEO after Sherry Lansing left.
The New York Times exploded with a Page One story for Monday about Brad Grey’s alleged ties to Anthony Pellicano, target of that heated-up U.S. Attorney wiretapping investigation and catalyst for the breaking and increasingly broad scandal rocking Hollywood and L.A.’s high-profile legal community.
Brad had long and close ties to Pellicano, longer and closer than anyone thought. (But Grey issued a statement to the NYT that he was “casually acquainted” with Pellicano and had “no ‘relationship’” until the PI was hired by Fields in the Shandling lawsuit.)
It's going to be fun to watch it.
Ah, where's the fairness doctrine now? And where's Campaign Finance Reform "getting the money out of politics"?
Just saw a commercial for this movie watching House.
Made me want to puke!
I HATE those bastards in Hollywood!
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