Going Up River... New Kerry Documentary

[newsguyatl]

check it out: http://www.goingupriver.com/

[mzmolly]

1. Wow! This movie is showing all over!

http://www.goingupriver.com/john_kerry_theater_list.html

[Cha]

4. Thanks, I see it's playing in Albany where..

my friend and I saw "Farhenheit 9/11" on opening day.

It's playing at 3 theaters in New York City..

In Colorado, Virgina, Ohio, Tennessee, Arizona..

NO Florida? What, is jebby keeping it out?!

[mzmolly]

6. Yes, we need to get this to Florida and Pennsylvania

all the swing states! :hi:

[mzmolly]

2. Watch the trailer here:

http://www.goingupriver.com/trailer_lo.html Low bandwith
http://www.goingupriver.com/trailer_hi.html High bandwith

This is great news newsguy!

[Cha]

3. This makes me feel better!

And will be all the more priceless when Kerry becomes President!

[codegreen]

5. holy shit this looks cool!!!

that trailer is great!!!

[A_Possum]

7. Yay it's in Santa Fe!

I'd definitely like to see this.

[Hamlette]

8. Scheduled release on DVD October 19, 2004.

I'm going to see it in the theater and buy a couple of copies if it's good. There are some people at work who I think I can convince to vote for Kerry if they see this and F9/11. I also have Outfoxed and Uncovered and will buy 3 copies of f9/11. I'll put together a "library" and hope they watch them.

[mzmolly]

9. Wow, that's quick!

:toast:

[Cha]

13. Here's a review that

I got from LiviaOlivia in "Editorials and Articles"..
<snip>
When I received the tape of GOING UPRIVER: THE LONG WAR OF JOHN KERRY, I wasn’t really certain what to make of it. I assumed it would begin with his early life, take me through his Vietnam experiences, the protest movement against that war and finally his political life as a Senator. I figured, this would be a campaign film.

Instead, what director GEORGE BUTLER has made is a fascinating documentary about a transformation in a man caught by the Kennedy dream of “ask what you can do for your country,” signed up to fight the communists in Vietnam, began to see the truth of that war and felt that his duty to his country and fellow soldiers was to try and help end the war. Basically – that’s what this documentary is about.

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http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=18470

[mzmolly]

14. Sounds great ... can't wait to see it!

:hi:

[gauguin57]

10. Entertainment Weekly said this of the screening at Toronto

Film Festival of "Going Upriver":

The film "shined a positive light on the Democratic presidential nominee's service in Vietnam."

[Cha]

12. As opposed to the

dark slime the smearboatliars are attempting to do.

I'm going to tell everyone about this "Going Upriver"!

[discopants]

11. kick

[LittleClarkie]

15. Woo hoo!

Three theaters in Milwaukee!

It's good to be a swinger!

[discopants]

16. double kick

an important film that needs to get some attention!

[mzmolly]

17. Indeed.

;)

[cheshire]

18. There is a photography book out also. By a friend.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

19. Anybody else having trouble seeing the trailer

on this movie? I have tried for two days and can't get it to play. Usually have no problem with videos - have a DSL connection - but I select the highband connection, computer starts doing its thing and just never starts playing. Have even tried to lowband width just to view the thing. Still no luck. I'm in Kentucky - you think the GOT freepers have somehow issued a statewide blackout of anything truthful about Kerry?:eyes:

[Chiyo-chichi]

20. Trailer

I had a little trouble getting the trailer to play. Make sure you disable any pop-up blocker for the site & then try downloading the most updated version of Quicktime. Worked for me.
I'm looking forward t seeing the film in a couple of weeks when it comes to my town.

[gauguin57]

21. Here's the "A" review of the film from Entertainment Weekly:

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/movie/0,6115,700810_1_0_,00.html

snip:

"Did Kerry face enemy fire when he pulled Jim Rassmann out of the water? Going Upriver addresses the controversy over that fateful moment by underscoring, as Butler documents, that Kerry and his crew faced the shredding of enemy gunfire every single day. That was the entire suicide-squad nature of the Swift boat mission: They were deployed as targets, the men on board as human bait, all meant to lure the Vietcong out from the safety of their jungles. (What a cushy assignment!) In the film's powerful second half, the veterans of Vietnam -- honorable, stricken, yet unbroken men -- gather tentatively in 1971, almost as a kind of postwar recovery group, and find themselves politicized, day by day. ..."

"... part of what makes Going Upriver so moving is the tremulous sight of how close these protesters felt to all the soldiers still at war. Their ritual tossing away of ribbons and medals becomes a moment of overwhelming American tragedy and pride. As for Kerry's congressional testimony, seen in far more sizable excerpts than we've been privy to, it reveals a conviction that is memorable in its plainspoken eloquence. Anyone who sees Going Upriver will find it hard to argue that what happened close to 35 years ago no longer matters in America today."

[irancontra]

22. bumppity bump

spread the word people... it looks like this could really work in our favor.

[jsw_81]

23. Thanks

I was wondering when this film was going to come out. I think I'll take my dad to see it (he's leaning toward Bush at this point -- this film could change that).

[Clinton Crusader]

24. WOW! KICK!!!!

:kick: