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DISNEY/MIRAMAX SET TO RELEASE FILM DEPICTING AMERICA MILITARY AS DRUG DEALERS, CRIMINALS
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| 7-13-03
Posted on 07/13/2003 2:52:14 PM PDT by Paul Atreides
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To: Paul Atreides
Well, this could be a $15 million loser for Miramax/Disney, or a money maker - in perhaps "Old Europe" where anti-Americanism is profitable politically and economically.
If it's a loser, teaches them a lesson. If it's a money maker in Europe, that brings $$$ out of Europe to the US.
That's a win-win.
If it makes money here, shame on us.
To: Mo1; justshe; glock rocks
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posted on
07/13/2003 3:43:24 PM PDT
by
Brad’s Gramma
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To: Paul Atreides
This movie was a big hit at the Sundance film festival. Here is their official review:
Gregor Jordan (Two Hands) returns to Sundance with Buffalo Soldiers, a high-pitched romp that teeters between drama and farce, delivering a welcome antidote to the onslaught of recent glorifications of all things military.
It is 1989 on an American base in Germany, just before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Special fourth class soldier Elwood (Joaquin Phoenix) and his gang of GI accomplices are heavy into a regular regime of pilfering supplies, haggling on the local black market and keeping a thriving drug business by cooking up drugs right under the base commander's (Ed Harris) nose. When they accidentally stumble onto two truckloads of highly sophisticated weaponry worth millions, the opportunity is too good to pass up. The only fly in the ointment is the new top sergeant (Scott Glenn), who takes one look at the flashy Rolex a soldier sports and decides to kick butt. Elwood, in return, takes one look at the sergeant's hot daughter and decides to fight back.
Jordan has crafted a brilliant piece of subversion with clever, robust characterizations that are nailed by the distinguished cast. Phoenix and Glenn are wildly entertaining as adversaries, but it is Harris who turns in an amazing performance that epitomizes military ineptitude and career torpor.
This movie was made in 2001, but put on the shelf after Sept. 11. If the reviewer for the Sundance festival loved it, you know the movie is crap.
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posted on
07/13/2003 3:44:49 PM PDT
by
ao98
To: Paul Atreides
I'll bet you hit it on the head - it will be a homosexual or a rapper or someone Disney considers mainstream and worthy of respect. Certainly our typical white male soldier would not fit into Disney's idea of who should be accorded respect and indeed grateful thanks.
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posted on
07/13/2003 3:46:12 PM PDT
by
Peach
To: Brad's Gramma
Gee, ain't that just special
I'd say I'll boycott it ... but I've already been that
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posted on
07/13/2003 3:46:48 PM PDT
by
Mo1
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Where are Jesse Jackson and the NAACP now!? Huh? Anyone with even an ounce of common sense of history knows of the nobility and patriotism of the black buffalo soldiers of old. And how that particular platoon lives on in today's US Army, with a recent deployment to Iraq.
The one time that Jesse Jackson SHOULD be raising his voice, he's silent.
Is it because he's in bed with Disney? Is it because the NAACP receives significant money from Disney?
When you think the notion of "Hollyweird" could sink no lower...
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posted on
07/13/2003 3:51:38 PM PDT
by
mhking
To: ao98
Thanks for the review. I'll definitely boycott it. The Hollywood liberals just can't stand any stories positive about the military.
To: Paul Atreides
The military was getting too popular with the American people you see? They had to be busted down a couple of notches. Else we might derail Mr Marx's plans.
To: ao98
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Harris who turns in an amazing performance that epitomizes military ineptitude and career torpor..."
Amazing that our military can STILL kick the ass of anyone on earth! What does that say about the others?
To: ao98
Ed harris makes me want to puke....i would love to crack that dude between the eyes and swell them shut...he thinks his poop doesn't stink.
To: Paul Atreides
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!" Apparently following in his illustrious older brother's footsteps, at least in attitude. S**t, why would anyone be offended by a movie that depicts tne military as a dishonest gang of sleazy drugtaking thieves? I guess sleazy drugtaking thieves wouldn't.
The moral relativist leftists who rule the media want to subvert and pervert everything that is honorable and decent. This is just another example.
To: mhking
This is thoroughly disgusting. I retired from Fort Huachuca, home of the real Buffalo Soldiers. Local icons and probably the most recognizable symbol of this area.
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posted on
07/13/2003 4:06:09 PM PDT
by
JackelopeBreeder
(Proud to be a loco gringo armed vigilante terrorist cucaracha!)
To: chasio649
Ed Harris is also a big supporter of Planned Parenthood. He got an award from them, and during his speech he thanked his wife for making him pro-abortion.
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posted on
07/13/2003 4:07:57 PM PDT
by
ao98
To: ao98
It is 1989 on an American base in Germany1989? Oh so Hollywood, that would be Bill & Hill "don't ask don't tell" military you on the left were hoping for
To: Paul Atreides
I bet that the only redeeming character will be a homosexual. Funny you said that. I was just thinking the other day about the old BBC's documentary of Hillary Clinton and some female friends from college. They showed them when they were in college and up to the time Clinton became the First Lady. It showed how unhappy they all were except for one.The only happy one was the Lesbian that 'came out' of the closet. The other ones stayed miserable and in need of a shrink. Anyone remember that?
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posted on
07/13/2003 4:25:46 PM PDT
by
shiva
To: mhking
I'll say.
Frederic Remington immortalized the brave, hard-working, unsung Buffalo Soldiers.
To use the name on this movie is highly insulting.
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posted on
07/13/2003 4:30:57 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . there is nothing new under the sun.)
To: Dont Mention the War
LOL...I still remember the Siren and red letters about the terrorists about to attack Pearl Harbor month's ago. It just happened to be an hour before his radio show.
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posted on
07/13/2003 4:31:54 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(If they sneak in throw em out on their chin!!)
To: mhking
I wouldn't be surprised if jesse's staff is too dumb to know what Buffalo Soldiers means, and so no one has brought it to his attention.
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posted on
07/13/2003 4:36:50 PM PDT
by
KneelBeforeZod
(If God hadn't meant for them to be sheared, he wouldn't have made them sheep.)
To: mhking
Completely dishonorable on Disney's Part.
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posted on
07/13/2003 4:38:53 PM PDT
by
Arkinsaw
To: mhking; Kip Lange
Won't go to see that movie...
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posted on
07/13/2003 4:47:38 PM PDT
by
hchutch
(The National League needs to adopt the designated hitter rule.)
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