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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-23-08 03:42 PMOriginal message Conservative GOP Nutbag 'Airplane!' director eyes Michael Moore Advertisements [?]A prediction: another big flop from the righthttp://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11959.html The comedy director who gave us such immortal movie lines as “Oh stewardess, I speak jive†and “Don’t call me Shirley†is now leveling his sights at documentary filmmaker Michael Moore.David Zucker, the director and writer who helped create “Airplane!†and “The Naked Gun†franchise has called on Hollywood’s tiny but tightly knit Republican A-list crowd to help him make a broad yet unusually right-leaning political satire titled “An American Carol.â€The low-budget indie co-stars Emmy winner Kelsey Grammer with Oscar-winner Jon Voight, cinema icon Dennis Hopper, model-heiress Paris Hilton and frequent Zucker stooge Leslie Nielsen in minor roles. Release is planned sometime by year’s end; the director suggested Friday, Sept. 12, to coincide with the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.-snipped-Zucker, who comes from a family of JFK Democrats, calls himself a “Sept. 11 Republican†who left his former party over national security issues. Since his own political turnaround, he has directed two enormously successful “Scary Movie†sequels and an Ashton Kutcher romantic comedy flop, in addition to a batch of unaired Republican National Committee ads and viral videos skewering Sen. John F. Kerry, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and the Iraq Study Group. The videos appeared on YouTube.com and conservative blogs.But Zucker has been mulling a big-screen mauling of Moore for years. He alluded obliquely to his movie project in a 2006 interview with conservative radio host Michael Medved and told the Los Angeles Jewish Journal around the same time, “You have people like Michael Moore going into foreign countries saying Americans are the stupidest people in the world. I want to tell the real America story, that America is a force for good.â€â€œAn American Carol†is being distributed by Mpower Pictures, a company co-founded by former Mel Gibson protégé Stephen McEveety, who produced “The Passion of the Christ†and “Braveheart,†among other films. The indie firm recently hired conservative public relations firm Creative Response Concepts to help spread word to friendly outlets, as CRC did earlier with Oliver Stone’s “World Trade Center†and Walden Media’s “Chronicles of Narnia.†Perhaps best known for handling the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign during the 2004 presidential race, CRC’s other clients have included the Republican National Committee, the Christian Coalition and “intelligent design†hub the Discovery Institute.MUCH MORE AT LINK
LSK (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-23-08 03:45 PMResponse to Original message 1. co-starring Paris Hilton???? Thats going to go over well, the right wing movie starring the embodiment of the spoiled rich. Excellent choice.
Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-23-08 03:45 PMResponse to Original message 2. That's too bad, did not know Zucker was a Repub. Oh well, still love his stuff.
Hydra (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-23-08 03:46 PMResponse to Original message 3. How much you want to bet That they make lots of fat jokes about Moore?I also can't wait to see things like that publicity event pulling down Saddam's statue.All in all, I suspect they'll simply wind up showing how wrong they really are
nels25 (560 posts) Wed Jul-23-08 05:23 PMResponse to Reply #8 17. As I run and duck for cover I take my life in my hands and point out that many of the so called anti troops or real truth about Iraq movies (you make the choice of which way you believe) made last fall fell flat on their financial faces.Rendition et-al made bupkiss.I have a hunch this film will do better than those.ANd rightly or wrongly Moore has made himself a tempting target to those on the right.Remember how bad The Passion of The Christ did (Sarc) somewhere west of 150 millions and counting if I remember correctly.We do not have a franchise on political outlook or political propaganda/movies and books.There is a reason that many middle of the road Americans have a certain amount of contempt for Hollywood.If it was wrong to blacklist liberal types in the 50's then it is wrong to do so now to conservatives with a view point that differs from the prescribed one.It is what we are doing we just refuse (in our arrogance) to admit it.
truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-23-08 04:34 PMResponse to Original message 16. “Sept. 11 Republican†= ***** Just like some others in H'wood that turned right after that day....If that is their SOLE reason for being a republican, conveniently ignoring everything else that fascist party stands for I for one say good ****ing riddance to you...
A source who has my trust and who worked on the Zucker film in a specific capacity emailed me with more details. According to this person, the movie is a “raucous, blistering, extremely funny, no-holds-barred, very un-PC attack on the American left.†Even better, there were many “long faces of some offended extras.†Additionally, “It’s also pretty low budget … so I think the suits are nervous….and should be. But take comfort in knowing that this movie will make comfortable people squirm.â€Comfort taken! Imagine a studio film made by talented people … for us. We had all better show up. Zucker’s out there. We had better support him in droves. And if this is a hit, who knows where it could lead… Films that don’t trash America and our troop- sorry, lost my head for a moment there.
Maybe it will turn into a conservative "cult" film, like Rocky Horror....LOL
