June 23, 2004
summer movies - part I

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- full list
- docs (soo many)
- not-docs
- coming soon
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* full list *
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The Corporation
Fahrenheit 9/11
Super Size Me
The Hunting of the President
Bukowski: Born into This
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Control Room
Shrek 2
Young Adam
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

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* docs *
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"The Corporation" (release date June 30th) by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott, Joel Bakan
One hundred and fifty years ago, the corporation was a relatively insignificant entity. Today, it is a vivid, dramatic and pervasive presence in all our lives. Like the Church, the Monarchy and the Communist Party in other times and places, the corporation is today’s dominant institution. But history humbles dominant institutions. All have been crushed, belittled or absorbed into some new order. The corporation is unlikely to be the first to defy history.
http://www.thecorporation.com
http://www.thecorporation.tv/trailer/

"Fahrenheit 9/11" (release date June 25th) by Michael Moore
Michael Moore's latest documentary traces why the U.S. has become a target for hatred and terrorism. It will also depict alleged dealings between two generations of the Bush and bin Laden clans that led to George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden becoming mortal enemies.
http://www.fahrenheit911.com
http://www.f911tix.com
http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/fahrenheit_911/f911_large.html

"Super Size Me" by Morgan Spurlock
Morgan Spurlock documents his month of eating nothing but McDonald's food. He has to try everything on the menu at least once, and he must super-size his order if asked.
http://www.supersizeme.com

"The Hunting of the President" by Gene Lyons, Joe Conason
In interviews, Hillary Clinton once warned of the "vast right wing conspiracy" out to destroy Bill Clinton's presidency. This documentary tracks the anti-Clinton financiers, right-wing pundits, lawyers, and the one independent counsel who allegedly constituted this conspiracy.
http://www.thehuntingofthepresident.com

"Bukowski: Born into This" by John Dullaghan
This documentary looks at the life of poet and author Charles Bukowski (1920-1994), whose bibliography includes "Notes of a Dirty Old Man", "Love is a Dog from Hell", as well as the screenplay for Barfly. Bukowski earned a cult following attracted to his graphic and brutal stories of a life (often his own) lived amidst alcoholism, poverty and violence.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/BukowskiBornIntoThis-1131878/

"The Story of the Weeping Camel" by Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni
Springtime in the Gobi Desert, South Mongolia. A family of nomadic shepherds assists the births of their camel herd. One of the camels has an excruciatingly difficult delivery but, with help from the family, out comes a rare white colt. Despite the efforts of the shepherds, the mother rejects the newborn, refusing it her milk and her motherly love.
http://www.kamelfilm.de

"Control Room" by Jehane Noujaim
A chronicle which provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet. Roundly criticized by Cabinet members and Pentagon officials for reporting with a pro-Iraqi bias, and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian causalities as well as footage of American POWs, the station has revealed (and continues to show the world) everything about the Iraq War that the Bush administration did not want it to see.
http://www.controlroommovie.com/site/01.html

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"Shrek 2" by Andrew Adamson, Conrad Vernon, Kelly Asbury
Shrek and Fiona pay a post-honeymoon visit to her parents in a distant kingdom named Far Far Away. But the new in-laws are expecting to meet a handsome prince, so they're in for a surprise when Fiona introduces them to a giant green ogre and his wise-cracking donkey pal.
http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/shrek2/

"Young Adam" by David Mackenzie
The corpse of a young woman is found floating in a canal by a drifter working on a barge traveling between Glasgow and Edinburgh. His relationship with the dead woman gradually unfolds as claustrophobic tensions develop between him and the couple with whom he shares the cramped barge.
http://www.hanwayfilms.com/h_films/youngadam_films/young_adam_films.html

"Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring" by Kim Ki-Duk
Nobody escapes the changes in the seasons which give rhythm to our existence, from birth to death. Two monks who share their hermitage, surrounded by mountains, do not escape this either. Every moment of their lives is experienced with an intensity which leads them towards greater spirituality, and a terrible tragedy. Observed by the elder, the younger monk experiences the seasons.
http://www.sonyclassics.com/spring/

"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" by Alfonso Cuaron
Starting during the summer before Harry's third year at Hogwarts, this is the adventure that happens when he has to go on the run after an incident where he was unable to control his anger... getting on a bus, he hears about Sirius Black, a renegade wizard who was a Prisoner at Azkaban. What Harry doesn't suspect is that Black escaped to look for... him.
http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/main/homepage/intro.html

"Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" by Rawson Marshall Thurber
A small local gym is threatened with extinction by a gleaming sports and fitness palace unless a group of social rejects can rise to victory in the ultimate dodgeball competition.
http://www.dodgeballmovie.com

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* coming soon *
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Riding Giants
Maria Full of Grace
Donnie Darko: Director's Cut

Posted to movies by thereelroundtable at 12:59AM on Jun 23, 2004