Kerry Film Free To Download

chef616 writes "Ain't It Cool News is reporting that the John Kerry Documentary, Going Upriver is now available as a free legal download for all. It can be downloaded at thekerrymovie.com. Links are available for direct download and via BitTorrent and eDonkey."

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The Green Berets

[b-baggins]

Is a better war movie. Better acting, better casting, and historically more accurate.

Oh the punnery..

[sporty]

A democrat film on eDonkey. I am slayed. :)

Followed quickly by the Bush movie in November

[EnronHaliburton2004]

There's a movie being regarding Bush which is being released in early November:

It's called Going Down.

(Laugh, it's meant to be a joke!)

Re:Followed quickly by the Bush movie in November

[Experiment 626]

With a title like that is sounds like it should be an inside look at the Clinton White House...

Re:Followed quickly by the Bush movie in November

[Daniel Dvorkin]

One of the best Onion headlines ever: "Jenna Bush's Federally Protected Wetlands Now Open For Public Drilling."

[shrug] Personally I don't see it, but then, I'm not much of a fan of plastic spoiled rich girls generally -- a Bush twins porn film would inspire in me the same reaction as the Paris Hilton tapes, which is to say, not much.

In fact, now that I think about it, are there any hot political families right now? None come to mind.

Re:Followed quickly by the Bush movie in November

[mjackson14609]

Actually, "the Bush movie" is already out. It's a piece of religious right hagiography, if the New York Times is to be believed. I suspect that making this available for downloading by those not in its target audience would be a great service to the Kerry campaign - not that I'm encouraging copyright violation or anything. . .
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National Lampoons Christmas Vacation

[millahtime]

Is a better war movie. Better acting, better casting, and historically more accurate.

Bittorrent and eDonkey/eMule links for the lazy

[EnronHaliburton2004]

For those too lazy to read the article: Bittorrent eDonkey / eMule Go ahead, knock down my karma.

Riiiiight

[Wylfing]

Going Upriver is now available as a free legal download for all.

Everybody knows downloading movies is theft. I'm not falling for your honeypot, MPAA.

Re:Going upriver?

[Doc Ruby]

You're not the only one who thinks going to Vietnam was "going up shit creek". Now in Iraq, shitcreek budgets are sending a new generation, without a paddle.

Kerry's own book is free now

[Rayonic]

John Kerry's first book, "A New Soldier", has been bought out by a 527 group and is now freely available online.

Re:Going upriver?

[dykofone]

I enjoyed the original version of this movie. Martin Sheen's portrayal of Kerry was spot-on and heart felt, though Brando's vision of Bush was a little over acted.

Kerry: "They told me that you had gone totally insane, and that your methods were unsound."
Bush: "Are my methods unsound?"
Kerry: "I don't see any method at all, sir."

George Butler

[krs-one]

This is done by the same director of the famous documentary, Pumping Iron about a very famous Republican. Pumping Iron was later admitted to being a docu-drama (Arnold admitted this himself).

-Vic

/Voting for Badnarik

Other political information movies:

[Futurepower(R)]

1. Uncovered: The Whole Truth about the Iraq War by Producer/ Director Robert Greenwald, 2003, 56 minutes. Independent film by the Producer. Web site: Uncovered. Reviews: Powell's (out of stock, no reviews) Barnes & Noble Amazon

   This documentary shows the actual video of Bush administration officials justifying the war in Iraq. The overall effect is powerful.

   Quotes:

   • "... it is a federal felony, it's a crime, to mislead and distort information and present it to the Congress." -- 23:14 minutes into the movie.

   • "... the administration has not been honest..."

   • "... very disturbing ... intervention by people particularly from Vice President Cheney's office and Vice President Cheney himself ... to produce precisely the language which would allow them ... to support the decision to go into Iraq." -- Dr. David C. MacMichael, former CIA analyst. Page 7 of the transcript, 7:32 minutes in the movie.

   • "It is somewhat puzzling, I think, that you can have a hundred percent certainty about the weapons of mass destruction's existence, and zero certainty about where they are." -- Hans Blix, chief weapons inspector, referring to the administration's statements, at 34:44 minutes into the movie.

   This work is available several in several forms, some of which are free:

   • A transcript of the movie is available online. NOTE: Both forms of the transcript contain errors. The errors I've seen are minor. The quotes here have been checked against the movie.

   • The transcript is also available as a downloadable Adobe Acrobat PDF file. The Acrobat PDF Reader software needed to view the transcript is a free download for all computers.

   • You can buy the DVD online for $9.95 from Amazon or Barnes & Noble or from CafeShops.com, at a Cafe Shops online store that is inappropriately titled Disinformation. The store originally sold items connected with a humorous TV show called Disinformation.

   • The DVD is available on loan through Netflix.

   • Make your own copies: Kate McArdle, one of the producers, told me that they encourage people to make copies of the DVD and give them to friends (but not sell them, of course). Also, they encourage people to play the movie for groups of people, without extra payment.

2. Unprecedented - 2000 Presidential Election by Richard Ray Perez, Joan Sekler, and Robert Greenwald, 2002, reissued 2004. Web site: Unprecedented. Reviews: Barnes & Noble Amazon, DVD Amazon, VHS IMDB

   From a

Re:Other political information movies:

[Rayonic]

Fahrenheit 9/11 uses several psychological techniques commonly used in propoganda. It takes advantage of "bugs" in the human cognitive "hardware", if you will. This isn't a partisan attack, and you can read a rather interesting analysis on the subject here.

(Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Thats...thats just great

[Tyndmyr]

Im really stretching for something to post here. Ive got three more hours of "work" ahead, and Im outta stuff to read on /. This is new, and I love politics, but it just aint doin it.

Its not just the website, which didn't exactly exude professionalism. Im used to less than perfect web design.... I do work for the government after all. It's not even the obvious promotion of a canidate that looses my intrest. Ive grown used to the crazy stuff that happens every four years here.

Its the sheer emptiness of it all. He fought in Vietnam. Great. Lots of people did, and while Im not trying to put down what they did, and hes done far more than Bush, we've all heard about it already. But really, who cares? Its nice that he did that, but it doesnt distinguish him as a leader from among the number of men who've also risked their lives.

I want interesting debate, non-evasive comments, and a lot less pointless "image-building", dammit. Bah, theres no room in society for intelligent people any more...

This bitter diatribe brought to you by Tyndmyr

Re:Thats...thats just great

[mooredav]

I saw Going Upriver in the theatre last week. I didn't know what to expect going in. I came out with a lot on my mind. This is not a boring film.

The story is larger than just Kerry. It's about Vietnam Veterans Against the War, a group that Kerry organized. Before I saw the movie, I didn't know that their protests were so difficult and so significant. I had heard about some things before: Kerry's testimony before Congress, and the veterans throwing away their medals. I just shrugged them off until this film gave me the context to appreciate those events.

It's a not-so-subtle reminder that we should consider the lessons of Vietnam in our current affairs. Do not dismiss Going Upriver as just an "image-building" piece for Kerry.

Keep It Going

[hprotagonist0]

Check out Keep It Going, a site dedicated to getting people to go see this movie. We're signing up volunteers to host screenings on a national screening day.

So come to the site and read through our blog or sign up to host a screening. More info on the site.