[Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: Nader Movie
JamBoi
jamboi at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 8 08:45:21 PST 2007
I actually don't see much in the way of 'divisions' in the Green
Parties. All across the nation, Greens are united in wanting to
support Green Parties, home grown, promoted from within candidates that
will support and grow the Green Parties to where we are a viable and
vital opposition party.
The reason I think its such a great idea is more because just
connecting with other Greens, other leaning Greens (or even just
Naderites whether they be Greens or no), is super important and that is
largely where our growth will come from. It also gives us a sense of a
portion of our history. Legacy is important. One must understand
where we've been in order to learn and move forward.
Impeach for Peace!
Drew
--- Andrea Dorey <andid at cagreens.org> wrote:
> I think it could be very useful and it would give up a close-up view
>
> of how and what others in the party are thinking. It might help us
> overcome some of the divisions. Who knows?
> Andrea
>
> On Mar 8, 2007, at 1:16 AM, JamBoi wrote:
>
> > 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
___________________
JamBoi
Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer
"Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon)
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