SPOTLIGHT ON ROVE - Documentary to hit Theaters starting in a few days

[dave29]

BUSH'S BRAIN
please keep this kicked if you can

Watch the trailor:

High Res Quicktime:
http://www.bushsbrain.com/images/trailers/BBTrailerHiRes.mov

Low Res Quicktime:
http://www.bushsbrain.com/images/trailers/BBTrailerLoRes.mov

Please get the word out as best you can - this film did not have the funding of F9/11 - or some of the other political documentaries that have come out this year - but it's message is just as important, if not more so... More than any of these other films, a light is shown where they least like it... on Karl Rove himself, and his all too often connection with shady events...

http://www.bushsbrain.com/

Bush's Brain will be opening in theaters in California and across the United States Starting in late August, early Sept. For a list of current schedules please check:

http://www.bushsbrain.com/coming.htm

By all accounts, "Bush's Brain" paints a disturbing portrait of the man behind Bush's political operation - Karl Rove. Based on author's Wayne Slater and James Moore's book - the Documentary pieces together the accounts of Democrats and Republicans alike whom have suffered after run-ins with Rove. Interviews include:

Max Cleland, the Georgia Democrat who lost three limbs in Vietnam - which didn't stop Republicans from running ads against him in 2002 portraying him as unpatriotic, pictured alongside Osama Bin Laden - for not supporting the Bush administrations version of the Homeland Security Bill.

Joseph Wilson - on the potentially treasonous attack which outed his wife as a counter-terrorism operative in the CIA

John Weaver - whose career has taken him from working with Rove in Texas politics, to against him as John McCain's political advisor, and now working for John Kerry.

Molly Ivans - who has covered Texas politics for years.

Wayne Slater and James Moore: whom have both followed Rove's career and that of George W. Bush's very closely.

Fred Pokorney's surviving friends and family - Fred Pokorney lost his life in the Iraq war, and their grief is tied to not knowing whether or not this honorable man died in a dishonorable war.

Also, coverage of the smearing of John McCain in the 2000 election, an ex Young Republican leader who was jilted by Rove, exploration of "the bugging incident" many believe Rove orchestrated in the Texas Governor's race between Mark White and Bill Clements, and the Agriculture Dept scandal which ruined the lives of two dept employees for no good reason whatsoever.

Throughout the film are featured the words of Karl Rove himself in a letter responding to the authors of the book - in which he displays an uncanny ability for revisionism.

If you are interested in getting the film screened in your town or at a venue you think is a good fit, please contact: [e-mail]

Reviews:

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=reviewsNews&storyID=5993661 (most recent)

http://www.bushsbrain.com/reviews.htm

I approved this ad, because I worked on the film - :) - and no, I'm not making any money posting this or hyping. The subject matter is too important.

-dave29

[dave29]

1. has anyone seen this yet?

It premiered at the SxSW film festival and has since gone on to screen at Tribeca and in the Market at Cannes - before being picked up for distribution both nationally and internationally.

[PDittie]

2. Wow! It's opening Friday here

in Houston, at the Angelika. I'll have to get a little group together to go...

[dave29]

3. Yes, I think it's great

they decided to play it in Houston - of all places! We're trying to get as many people together to go see it as possible.

[swag]

4. I've been waiting a long time for this one

Cinema 21 in Portland, Sept 10.

And I ordered my DVD!

‘BUSH’S BRAIN’ is not about being a Republican or a Democrat. It’s about living in a nation where the power may be in the hands of people with questionable intentions… it’s an absorbing documentary, a portrait of media in need of answers and a country in need of more questions.”


- Matt Dentler, SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST FILM FESTIVAL

[tridim]

5. Speaking of new documentaries..

Does anyone know what's up with that loser's movie, "Michael Moore Hates America"? Wasn't it supposed to be released by now? I'm guessing it's so bad that they can't even find a third-string distributor. That would make me giggle with joy. :)

[dave29]

6. kick

kick!!

[dave29]

7. kick

Opening in two days in many theaters

[in_cog_ni_to]

8. I can't WAIT to see this movie!

I ordered 2 copies. Thanks for posting this! :bounce:

[dave29]

12. excellent!

It's really something to put all of the Rovian shananigans in perspective, and see how they form over time a pretty obvious picture of a guy who does anything to win.

[AmerDem]

9. Excellent!

I can't wait! Thanks!:yourock:

[Mandate My Ass]

10. Jim Hightower is also a Rove casualty

Rove cooked up a non-existant investigation and leaked subpoenas with the help of an "anonymous" FBI agent when Hightower was running for re-election. The story broke on the day of the first debate. Hightower's opponent was well-known as a horrible debater but the smear worked and the repub won.

[dave29]

11. indeed

there is a segment about the whole Hightower "scandal". And how Rick Perry was recruited to leave the Texas Democrats and become a Republican... eventually becoming Governor.