See STEAL THIS MOVIE by Robert Greenwald if you can...

[cyberpj]

Just saw Robert Greenwald's STEAL THIS MOVIE about Abbie Hoffman. HBO-Signature channel has been showing it and my Tivo caught it but I checked, and it's also available on Netflix.

I highly recommend it! It's a great reminder of just how similar our Iraq situation is to the Vietnam era, reinforces the extent to which Presidents using CIA and FBI will go to extinguish dissent, has good music, good actors and a good message to today's youth at the end - and is just a darn good movie.

Vincent D'Onofrio .... Abbie Hoffman
Janeane Garofalo .... Anita Hoffman
Jeanne Tripplehorn .... Johanna Lawrenson
Kevin Pollak .... Gerry Lefcourt
Donal Logue .... Stew Albert
Kevin Corrigan .... Jerry Rubin

You may remember Robert Greenwald's other efforts such as:
Unconstitutional (2004) aka Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties
Plain Truth (2004)
Uncovered: The War on Iraq (2004)
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (2003)
Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War (2003)
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election (2002)

He's also now working on The Walmart Movie
http://www.walmartmovie.com/index.php

One review:
Steal This Movie is an engaging and illuminating trip into the not so distant past and the stormy life of a generation brave enough to question their government and fight for their Constitutional rights. As Abbie put it eloquently, poignantly, and sadly in some of his speeches after remerging from his underground exile: "We stopped a war." Whatever one might think of him and his sometimes bizarre methods of protest, he did indeed lead a movement that led to the end of the Vietnam conflict.

http://www.cinemasense.com/Reviews/steal_this_movie.htm

[laststeamtrain]

1. Yeah, it's on my 'see someday' list. Stew Albert's page is here:

Stew Albert's Yippie Reading Room-
http://members.aol.com/stewa/stew.html

He lives in Portland last I heard and the film was premiered there with Stew in attendence. I lived there then but didn't go. Probably missed something cool. Oh well...

[cyberpj]

3. Cool. And welcome to DU!

:hi:

[EC]

2. Have seen it several times

good movie. Vincent D'Onofrio did a really good job and so did Jeanne. It also shows what will be needed...another Abbie Hoffman. Or at least makes you realize how far we will more than likely have to go, there will have to be arrests that are seen - Abbie made sure the public saw what the government would do to protesters and decenters...He thought of each demonstration as a performance...

[cyberpj]

4. Yep. Really reminded me there's no one of his caliber around today...

And that we could really use someone like that again.

Then again, either they kill you or frame you and jail you so I understand why there aren't a lot of applicants. Too bad though.

D'Onofrio was excellent.

[bigluckyfeet]

5. Sounds Good

I will order it from Netflix.

[cyberpj]

6. Friends watching with us noted Patriot Act makes today even worse.

And they're right.