[Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: Nader Movie
JamBoi
jamboi at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 8 01:16:22 PST 2007
Oooh! I especially like your idea Andie of discussion groups for
post-movie viewing dinner fellowship!
Impeach for Peace!
Drew
--- Andrea Dorey <andid at cagreens.org> wrote:
> I sent an email to camera12 enquiring about times;
> I also called Ron Regalia, the office manager, at his office
> 408-998-3022 x10;
> and from that I obtained his cell phone and called that 408-786-7323.
> No contact yet, but left messages that asked if any times had been
> set yet, and thanked them for showing the movie.
>
> We could start a flurry right now just by queries and by letting them
>
> know that each of us is from a group that wants to go as a group.
> So if you call the general number first to leave a message to that
> effect first, you will give the impression that they are going to be
>
> swamped!!!
> Good luck, all.
> And thanks for taking this up.
>
> Even is Nader isn't your favorite politician (for whatever reason), I
>
> think this movie is going to be very interesting!
> I'm in favor of setting a group date and time and then set another
> for those who couldn't go to the first one.
> Maybe a discussion group to compare notes over dinner? Lunch?
> Andrea
>
> On Mar 7, 2007, at 12:14 PM, JamBoi wrote:
>
> > 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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>
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> >>>
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> > ___________________
> >
> > JamBoi
> > Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer
> >
> > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon)
> > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
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