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xtc
10-26-2006, 11:31 AM
http://imdb.com/title/tt0853096/

http://www.deathofapresident.com/

I was curious who here will be seeing this film?
CrystalTears
10-26-2006, 11:38 AM
I'll probably skip it like I do other political "documentaries".
Sean of the Thread
10-26-2006, 11:41 AM
Doesn't look like anything I'd be interested in.
Gan
10-26-2006, 11:42 AM
I hear there controversy as to who will advertise for it as well as who will actually show it in theaters.
xtc
10-26-2006, 11:52 AM
I hear there controversy as to who will advertise for it as well as who will actually show it in theaters.

Yes CNN won't air ads for it and think other major US networks are passing as well. They are running ads in Canada for the film.
Gan
10-26-2006, 12:39 PM
I heard NPR wont run ads either. They only intend to cover it as a news story. Which sounds more like trying to make something like this sound more 'news worthy' than it really is.
StrayRogue
10-26-2006, 02:04 PM
Seeing it? It was on a while ago.
Sean of the Thread
10-26-2006, 02:06 PM
I heard NPR wont run ads either. They only intend to cover it as a news story. Which sounds more like trying to make something like this sound more 'news worthy' than it really is.

You expect something more from the NPR?
CrystalTears
10-26-2006, 02:09 PM
Seeing it? It was on a while ago.
It's being released in the USA tomorrow.
Gan
10-26-2006, 02:32 PM
You expect something more from the NPR?

I do when they actually report the news rather than attempt to tell me what my opinion should be. This occurrance is becomming less and less I'm afraid. And now I'm seeing more and more exclusionary methods of swaying public opinion by decided which stories get airtme and which do not.

Its like a backhanded way of influencing opinion by not giving out both sides of the issue. I would blame the writers, but I feel fault must be given greater weight with the editors who determine the actual formatting of the news. :(
xtc
10-26-2006, 02:43 PM
Seeing it? It was on a while ago.

It was showed at the Toronto Film Festival in early September but that was one viewing. We are now talking about it's general release.
StrayRogue
10-26-2006, 02:46 PM
Yeah and I'm saying it was shown on TV a while back.
xtc
10-26-2006, 02:51 PM
Yeah and I'm saying it was shown on TV a while back.

I just looked it up. It aired on British television but didn't air in Canada or the US.
Kranar
10-26-2006, 05:17 PM
I saw it, it was pretty bad actually.