DISNEY/MIRAMAX SET TO RELEASE FILM DEPICTING AMERICA MILITARY AS DRUG DEALERS, CRIMINALS

drudgereport.com ^ | 7-13-03

[Paul Atreides]

"Here in the UK no one gets upset, but over there, where the President is fighting these military campaigns in the name of democracy, the first casualty seems to be freedom of speech, the cornerstone of any democracy." - BUFFALO SOLDIERS Director Gregor Jordan

The WALT DISNEY CO. is set for maximum controversy when it releases a "warts-and-all" portrait of U.S. Army life with the fuss-film BUFFALO SOLDIERS.

As American men and women put their lives on the line in Iraq and other locations throughout the world, DISNEY and its subsidiary MIRAMAX have set a July 25 opening for the story of enlisted man running a profitable drugs and stolen goods business out of an Army base!

[A promo snap for the film -- "Steal all that you can steal," a riff on the US Army's own pseudo-empowering "Be all that you can be" slogan, while below actor Joaquin Phoenix stands before an American flag -- comes just days after TIME magazine alleged in a cover story that American troops looted and vandalized the Baghdad airport after it was secured.]

The film's director Gregor Jordan describes SOLDIERS a robust satire illustrating the corruption, drug use and violence that goes on in US Army bases.

At the film's open, a painted US flag is on the ground and is stepped on by marching soldiers.

The film features an excessive amount of profanity by senior officers, suggestive sex [oral sex in bed, sex in a car, sex in a swimming pool], theft of government property, and rampant drug use by soldiers.

Actor Phoenix explains, "I don't know why anyone would be offended. It wasn't a movie that was intended to offend. And if we don't show things as they really happen, then what's that about? Censorship!"

The movie studio has been receiving complaints from military insiders, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

One letter written by a retired Army Colonel warns of the film's racial overtones.

"Scenes show MP's, who are black, committing acts of violence and engaging in corruption," writes Col. Franklin J. Henderson. "These scenes, intentionally or unintentionally, provide a bad image of black soldiers and degrade the sterling service of the real 'Buffalo Soldiers' who were mostly black men."

Director Jordan was so concerned by the mood of the country during the most recent military activity in Iraq that he asked for the movie's release to be delayed.

"I thought, This is not the time to be putting this movie out. If we leave it a couple of months, the war'll be over and off all the front pages. Then we'll go."

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[MizSterious]

Just when you think Disney can sink no lower...

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[Husker24]

The film features an excessive amount of profanity by senior officers, suggestive sex [oral sex in bed, sex in a car, sex in a swimming pool], theft of government property, and rampant drug use by soldiers.
if we don't show things as they really happen, then what's that about? Censorship!"

What a crock of sh!t.

[dts32041]

Haven't we come along way from when the Mouse supported our efforts in WWII.

[Paul Atreides]

This is Disney's consolation prize for giving up the Michael Moore schlockumentary.

[BOBTHENAILER]

The movie studio has been receiving complaints from military insiders, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

Another one destined for almost instant video release. Don't they understand, as France does, that we vote with our wallets as well?

[thinktwice]

Down with Disney -- Boycott anything and everything associated with Disney.

[AF68]

Despite the denials, this movie was intended to be offensive and discredit the U.S. military. It'll be a hit in anti-American Europe, though, where Michael Moore's and Hitlery's screeds are selling very well.

[DPB101]

Thank you Michael Eisner. Bet you make tons of money distributing this in the Islamic world. Who is distributing it for you? Hamas? Islamic Jihad?

[Dont Mention the War]

*checks watch*

Ah yes, just a couple of hours before the show. Time for Matt's regular Sunday Evening Sh*t-Stirring.

[Paul Atreides]

I guess we can expect John McCain to form another investigating committee that will find that Americans have no right to vote with out wallets.

[Peach]

Disney has sunk even lower than I ever thought possible.

[Paul Atreides]

I bet that the only redeeming character will be a homosexual. Disney is big on homosexuals.

[petitfour]

Speaking from personal experience, there are indeed folks like those described in this article within the US Army and other military branches. Then again, the folks I knew who are/were like this were quietly given the boot and are no longer in the military. They were never prosecuted. I don't see why anyone would want to go see a movie about such people unless, of course, the good guys within the military expose the derelicts in the end. There are many good guys in the military. And then there are others.

[RonDog]

From www.drudgereport.com/bufsol.htm:

[Salem]

Just another example of the moral bankruptcy of this organization, living off of the momentum of their past foundation in the principles of truth and virtue, while stuggling to maintain their smothering stranglehold on American pop culture. We don't spend a dime on anything even remotely connected to Disney in our household, for reasons such as this, and educate and encourage or family and friends to do the same.

Don't get me started on their over-rated, over-priced, and over-crowded parks, the dissatisfied "guests," with empty wallets, running from ride to ride desperately trying to convince themselves they are having fun, being ambushed by Disney sponsered PC thuggery such as "Gay Days." Movies like this are just another example of Disney's covert "progressive" social activism.

Ultimately, they only understand this one thing, their bottom line. Not a dime more from us.

[tonyinv]

"I thought, This is not the time to be putting this movie out. If we leave it a couple of months, the war'll be over and off all the front pages. Then we'll go." But the money shouldn't offend anyone..right?

[tonyinv]

money = movie

[prophetic]

Down with Disney -- Boycott anything and everything associated with Disney.

Gee, I am years ahead of you on that.
On my Dish Network systems I use only the favorites list I've created and none of the listings I made has anything Disney related on them.