there's been a bunch of press, and i'll put up links at some point, but this review from the political folks at ABC caught my eye. See what you think.

2004: Kerry-Edwards, the movie:
The cinematic Lloyd Grove has already called Steve Rosenbaum's new access-aided "Inside the Bubble" "a potentially devastating behind-the-scenes look at the Massachusetts senator's failed presidential campaign."

And a press release claims the movie "turns a harsh but deeply revealing mirror on the campaign . . . a disorganized, contentious, self-absorbed team that thought they could win by 'not making mistakes,' and keeping their candidate in the public eye without clarifying a position on anything."

The film premieres tonight at 6pm as a Special Screening at the New York Television Festival www.NYTVF.com .

The Note had its own "special screening" this week (using retro analogue technology!!!), and provides this review:

On the upside, there are almost no boring scenes in this film, and even political reporters and most Note readers will see things they have never seen ‹ stuff such as inside the staff van (surprise: they are on their mobile phones and BlackBerries a LOT, and everyone is tired).

With all due respect to Ben Smith, the scenes involving John Kerry are actually quite revealing. There's one involving the Boston Globe, C-SPAN, and the Senator's legislative record that still has us reeling.

On the downside, watching the film is going to subject you to a lot of ungainly behavior.

And we predict right now that the Bush campaign staff and high command ‹ in watching said behavior and seeing the spartan make up of the Kerry campaign's election night boiler room ‹ are going to wonder how they ended up in such a close race.

The things you will likely find most memorable:

Jim Loftus and David Morehouse show as much maturity as (but less cuteness than) Morehouse's adorable son. And Loftus' use of profanity is mind-bogglingly repetitive ‹particularly a certain Anglo-Saxon verb (over and over and over, and sometimes as a noun, an adjective, or a gerund).

Joe Biden using a curse word with the press, while he behaves just the way Norm likes it.

Glen Johnson being stymied by the candidate.

An awesome Hillary Clinton eye-roll in the direction of Terry McAuliffe at the St. Louis debate. Marty Slutsky LINK at the walk-through with Kerry is pure poetry.

Mark Mellman on camera giving the results of the insta-poll after the final debate is enticing. Mike McCurry has an extended cameo as Mike McCurry.

Mary and James make an appearance via a Kerry campaign bus screening of "The War Room." John Sasso is tough.

Watching John Glenn and Bruce Springsteen hug is delightful.