[Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: Nader Movie
JamBoi
jamboi at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 7 12:14:16 PST 2007
So it opens on Friday March 16th, and the Camera 12 downtown SJ web
site (details about the movie from their web site below) do not state a
time yet. Could someone call them and see if they have a time set?
As regards the 16th that might not be my first choice because we have
our weekly Friday night impeachment vigil happening at 5:30-7 and on
the 16th Christian Witness for Peace will have a special service over
at Sunnyvale Presbyterian in honor of the third anniversary of the
martyrdom of Rachel Corrie who was killed in Gaza Palestine by an
Israeli bulldozer driver.
Silicon Valley Impeachment Coalition's Weekly Impeachment Vigil
5:30-7P
Location: Castro and El Camino
Christian Witness for Peace
Time: Friday, March 16, 2007 @ 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Sunnyvale Presbyterian,
728 W. Fremont Ave, Sunnyvale CA 94087, Building 300
Phone: 408/739-1892
Coming Soon
An Unreasonable Man
Opens 3/16/2007
Coming to: Camera 12 Downtown
Director: Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan
Synopsis: Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan trace the life of career
of famed consumer advocate Ralph Nader, from the General Motors smear
campaign that launched his fame in 1966, to the 2000 presidential
election, where his independent candidacy was blamed by many for
putting George W. Bush in the White House. Without ever holding public
office, Nader has built a legislative record that is the rival of any
contemporary president, having been responsible for such innovations as
seat belts, airbags and product labeling. "Thoughtful and smoothly
edited, this is an absorbing chronicle of an extraordinary
career."--Variety.
Running Time: 122 Minutes
(plus 8-10 minutes of trailers)
Official Web Site:
http://www.anunreasonableman.com/
MPAA Rating: NR
No Free Passes, But Discount Cards O.K.
Reviews: Smooth and Balanced Profile
By Sura Wood
PARK CITY -- A heroic crusader to some and the spoiler who betrayed the
Democratic Party to others, Ralph Nader emerges as a dedicated,
controversial and flawed figure in the documentary, "An Unreasonable
Man."
Filmmakers Henriette Mantel, who once worked for Nader, and Steve
Skrovan, smoothly integrate reams of material, dozens of insightful
interviews as well as archival news footage and, without the use of a
narrator, present a coherent, balanced picture of a lightning rod in
the political arena.
The film starts in 1966 when Nader is launched to prominence after he
riles General Motors with his attacks on car safety. He accused the
automobile industry of selling "psychosexual dreamboats."
Mantel and Skrovan showcase Nader's tireless, forceful advocacy for the
rights of the little guy and his own causes, which ranged from
transportation safety to drug labeling and clean air. He fought the big
boys and usually won. The list of organizations he founded or sponsored
and the legislation he was instrumental in passing are impressive.
There are nagging questions about Nader's personal life -- by all
accounts he doesn't have one -- and they aren't addressed till later in
the film. Even then, little time is spent on the subject. Colleagues
say he's married to his work, driven by a sense of injustice and a
"never give up, never give in" ethos, a form of absolutism that has
made him difficult to work for and harder to leave. Former employees
say he was hostile to anyone who stopped working for him.
The film primarily focuses on how and why Nader's bid for the
presidency in 2000 antagonized even his most ardent admirers. Many
interviewed here are still angry.
What makes this doc so successful is the willingness to present a wide
variety of opinions of Nader, a man who inspires intense emotions on
both sides of the aisle. Todd Gitlin, Dean of the Columbia Journalism
School, makes an impassioned case against Nader's misstep in 2000 and
again in 2004. Of the former Nader's Raiders, some kept the faith; some
are disillusioned, even bitter. There's a bit of levity, too. James
Fallows recalls Nader's attack on hot dogs, which were labeled
"missiles of death.' Clips from a "Saturday Night Live" show that Nader
hosted are, for lack of a better word, surprising.
Editors Alexis Provost and Beth Gallagher cut back and forth between
the talking heads so deftly that you have the illusion that Nader is
answering his critics in real time in a very lively debate.
Copyright 2007 Hollywood Reporter
Thoughtful Chronicle of Extraordinary Man
By Dennis Harvey
Crusading consumer advocate Ralph Nader's extraordinary career -- and
the recent Presidential campaigns that cast a pall over it -- are
thoughtfully chronicled in "An Unreasonable Man." A basically admiring
if critical portrait, docu by Henriette Mantel and Stephen Skrovan
(strangely, both standup comics and TV comedy writer-producers) finds
more than enough absorbing material to hold interest through nearly
three-hour runtime. Straightforward PBS-style effort will be most at
home on the small screen.
Hewing mostly to a chronological structure, pic at first jumps around a
bit, glimpsing Nader's controversial last few years, skipping back to
his first whistle-blowing triumphs in the early- to mid-1960s, then
rewinding all the way to his small-town Connecticut upbringing under
the wing of a father who imbued his children with the problem-solving,
community-minded assurance that "you can fight City Hall." Resulting
activist strain was visible in Ralph early on.
After graduating from Harvard Law School, a friend's near-fatal car
wreck led him toward investigation of the U.S. auto industry. Nader
recognized that cost-cutting design flaws and lack of safety equipment
were the true culprit in many traffic accidents. When his book "Unsafe
at Any Speed" came out in 1965, it caused a public furor that had
immediate effect, drastically improvingauto safety.
Hoping to discredit him, General Motors had Nader spied on and
harassed, even trying sexual entrapment. (Unfortunately for them, Nader
is a workaholic whose love life remains a mystery -- if it exists at
all -- to even his closest allies.) A subsequent $425,000
invasion-of-privacy settlement ironically provided him seed money for
even more sweeping investigations of corporate and governmental
malfeasance.
While Nader's accomplishments are many, his is a personality that turns
away personal glory while tempting accusations of megalomania. Many
collegiate "Nader's Raiders" who cut their teeth under his leadership
then moved on to public office felt the sting of his criticism when
their attempts to stir positive change within the compromise-driven
cronyism of D.C. politics failed to meet his exacting standards.
Feeling the two-party system had turned into a one-sided monopoly,
Nader ran for president in 1996, 2000 and 2004. When Al Gore lost to
George W. Bush in the bitterly contested 2000 election, much rage was
directed toward Nader for "stealing" votes that might otherwise have
gone to the Demos. Four years later, when Nader ran again, few liberals
still bought his notion that changing the overall party system trumped
choosing the lesser evil.
While the overall portrait is of a man whose unbending sense of moral
imperative can be both admirable and exasperating, the filmmakers
clearly hope Nader's rep and accomplishments can re-emerge from the
ill-will his political campaigns have generated. (Co-helmer Mantel
worked with Nader in the late 1970s.)
Mix of archival footage and contemporary interviews is given a smooth
editorial shape; other contribs are pro if undistinguished.
Copyright 2006 Variety
--- Gerry Gras <gerrygras at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> I want to go ASAP in this area. Which means Friday, March 16th.
>
> NOTE: Remember the anti war rally is March 17th.
>
> And for those who may want to inform others of where the movie
> is showing, around the United States:
>
> http://www.anunreasonableman.com/calendar.cfm
>
> I am somewhat unhappy that it seems to be showing in not very
> many places. We should encourage as many as possible to see
> it as soon as possible, so that might encourage others to go
> see it and other theatres to show it.
>
> Gerry
>
>
>
> Andrea Dorey wrote:
>
> > We're fools if we don't support this.
> >
> > If we gang up on Nader and show that we progressives are divided so
>
> > badly, the bad guys need never fear us. We'll never do anything
> > important or at the national level because we can't do teamwork.
> >
> > This is our chance to show a united front. Remember "divided we
> fall"?
> > An old truth.
> >
> > Andrea
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> >
> >> From: "A. Wodin-Schwartz" <anunreasonableman.ca at gmail.com
> >> <mailto:anunreasonableman.ca at gmail.com>>
> >>
> >> Date: March 6, 2007 1:11:36 PM PST
> >>
> >> To: "Andrea Dorey" <andid at cagreens.org
> <mailto:andid at cagreens.org>>
> >>
> >> Cc: "Cameron L. Spitzer" <cls at truffula.sj.ca.us
> >> <mailto:cls at truffula.sj.ca.us>>, "Cameron Spitzer" <cls at greens.org
>
> >> <mailto:cls at greens.org>>
> >>
> >> Subject: Re: Nader Movie & Book, California Appearances
> >>
> >>
> >> Great news! It is playing in San Jose. It will open on March 16 at
>
> >> Camera 12 Cinemas <http://www.cameracinemas.com/index.shtml>,
> located
> >> at 201 South Second Street. Show times and advanced tickets are
> >> available online
> >> <http://www.cameracinemas.com/cgi-bin/movies.cgi?cmd=bt&f=c12>or
> by
> >> phone at 408-998-3300.
> >>
> >> On 2/18/07, Andrea Dorey <andid at cagreens.org
> >> <mailto:andid at cagreens.org>> wrote:
> >>
> >> San Jose has a million people. Why waste THREE visits to San
> >> Francisco when one of those could be here in San Jose, right
> next
> >> to the Sunnyvale/Palo Alto heart of Silicon Valley?
> >>
> >> One of the best gifts Nader could give the concept of third
> >> parties is that of debunking the "spoiler" myth. We have a
> young
> >> computer guru here in San Jose who gives the best analysis
> I've
> >> ever heard of why Nader did NOT spoil the votes in 2000. I'm
> sure
> >> there are other voices out there who would concur with such an
> >> analysis for that election and others. Maybe you folks could
> get
> >> together and design a strategy? No one could slam dunk the
> idea
> >> (over and over again) better than Nader! It would free the
> Green
> >> Party (and Nader himself) from lingering animosity.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Andrea Dorey
> >>
> >> (408) 306-1900 (cell for messages)
> >>
> >>
> >> On Feb 7, 2007, at 5:30 PM, A. Wodin-Schwartz wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Dear Ralph Nader supporters of California:
> >>>
> >>> You are invited to the California showings of the new Ralph
> Nader
> >>> documentary An Unreasonable Man, and to see Ralph Nader
> during
> >>> the California tour for his new book The Seventeen
> Traditions.
> >>> See schedule below.
> >>>
> >>> An Unreasonable Man taps rare archival footage and more than
> >>> forty on-camera interviews to paint a complex portrait of one
> of
> >>> the most unique, important, and controversial political
> figures
> >>> of the past fifty years. This two-hour film (which has
> garnered
> >>> wide critical acclaim in recent weeks) uses Nader's harshest
> >>> critics and most eloquent supporters to create a compelling
> and
> >>> inspirational interpretation of Nader's life and of our
> times.
> >>> Movie information, a preview, and downloadable flyers are
> >>> available on the website www.anunreasonableman.com
> >>> <http://www.anunreasonableman.com/>. See below for how to
> help
> >>> promote the film.
> >>>
> >>> The Seventeen Traditions
> <http://www.seventeentraditions.com/> is
> >>> an unexpected and extraordinary book by Ralph Nader that
> looks
> >>> back to the earliest days of his life, to his serene and
> >>> enriching childhood in bucolic Winsted, Connecticut. From
> >>> listening to learning, from patriotism to argument, Nader
> >>> revisits seventeen key traditions he absorbed from his
> parents,
> >>> his siblings, and the people in his community, and draws from
> >>> them inspiring lessons for today's society.
> >>>
> >>> An Unreasonable Man makes its California debut on Friday,
> >>> February 9 at Los Angeles' Nuart Theater located at 11272
> Santa
> >>> Monica Blvd. February 9 to February 16, there will be three
> >>> showings daily: 4:30, 7:15, and 9:55, with a 1:45 pm weekend
> >>> matinee. On Friday and Saturday, Ralph Nader will do Q&A
> >>> following the 4:30 and 7:15 showings, and introduce the 9:55
> show
> >>> on Friday only. Tickets are available at the Landmark Nuart
> >>>
> <http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/LosAngeles/NuartTheatre.htm>,
> >>> or by phone at 310-281-8223.
> >>>
> >>> After Los Angeles, An Unreasonable Man has the following
> premiere
> >>> dates:
> >>>
> >>> * Pasadena, February 16 at Laemmle's One Colorado
> >>> <http://www.laemmle.com/viewtheatre.php?thid=9>.
> >>> * San Francisco, March 9 at the Landmark Lumiere Theater
> >>>
>
<http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/SanFrancisco/LumiereTheatre.htm>.
> >>> * Berkeley, March 9 at the Landmark Shattuck
> >>>
>
<http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/SanFranciscoEastBay/ShattuckCinemas.htm>.
> >>> * Santa Cruz, March 16 at the Nickelodeon Theater
> >>> <http://www.thenick.com/>.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The book tour for The Seventeen Traditions will make the
> >>> following stops:
> >>>
> >>> * Thursday, February 8 at 7 pm: Dutton's Brentwood
> Bookstore
> >>> <http://www.duttonsbrentwood.com/> in Los Angeles.
> >>> * Saturday, February 10 at 2 pm: Barnes & Noble
> >>>
>
<http://storelocator.barnesandnoble.com/storedetail.do;jsessionid=1DAE157FD82CCA89106D112D95212F6F?store=2583>
> >>> in Encino.
> >>> * Thursday, February 15 at 12 pm: Commonwealth Club
> >>> <http://www.commonwealthclub.org/index.php> in San
> Francisco.
> >>> * Thursday, February 15 at 7 pm: Dominican University
> >>>
>
<http://www.dominican.edu/events/lectures_ics/2007-aacmpy-1585586/index.html>
> >>> in San Rafael.
> >>> * Friday, February 16 at 7 pm: Books Inc
> >>>
>
<http://www.booksinc.net/NASApp/store/IndexJsp?page=266537&s=storeinfo&>.
> >>> at 601 Van Ness Ave. in San Francisco.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> How to help:
> >>>
> >>> Promoting the film is a major grassroots effort and we need
> many
> >>> committed volunteers to make it successful by:
> >>>
> >>> * Phone banking potential movie-goers
> >>>
> >>> * Selling tickets to your friends
> >>>
> >>> * Flyering/postering campuses/communities
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Can you help us out?
> >>>
> >>> Contact Aaron Wodin-Schwartz at Aaron.WodinSchwartz at gmail.com
> >>> <mailto:Aaron.WodinSchwartz at gmail.com>.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> PLEASE Forward Widely
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
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