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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/02/movies/02film.html

Warner Brothers has decided not to distribute the director David O. Russell's new antiwar documentary when it re-releases his 1999 Gulf War movie, "Three Kings," this fall, judging it "totally inappropriate" to do so in a political season, a studio spokeswoman said.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Friday, 3 September 2004 21:57 (nineteen years ago) link

Then whats the fucking point of re-releasing it?

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Friday, 3 September 2004 22:25 (nineteen years ago) link

"This came out to be a documentary that condemns, basically, war," said the spokeswoman, Barbara Brogliatti. "This is supposed to be a special edition of 'Three Kings,' not a polemic about war."

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 3 September 2004 23:02 (nineteen years ago) link

Did Barb watch the movie or what?

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Friday, 3 September 2004 23:03 (nineteen years ago) link

no, there was a separate documentary to go with the re-release.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 3 September 2004 23:04 (nineteen years ago) link

i think bill meant "did barb watch THREE KINGS or not," cuz it condemns war too... uh right bill?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 3 September 2004 23:06 (nineteen years ago) link

Barbara Brogliatti ... wasn't she in "Spinal Tap"?

― sexyDancer, Friday, 3 September 2004 23:22 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah, if the documentary is unsavory because it condemns war, then why bother re-releasing the movie? For shits?

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Friday, 3 September 2004 23:41 (nineteen years ago) link

i don't know if the movie "condemns War" as such, but it certainly is skeptical toward the US's first war on iraq. although it could potentially be construed as a polemic in favor of having taken the war all the way to baghdad.

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Friday, 3 September 2004 23:44 (nineteen years ago) link

twelve years pass...

This movie is evergreen.

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 18:45 (six years ago) link

i wish spike jonze acted more, he's really good in this

― frankfurters take on new glamour in this gleaming aspic (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 18:47 (six years ago) link

is the 'Method Acting with Ice Cube' thing on the DVD as great as I hear it is?
― James Blount (James Blount), Monday, April 7, 2003 1:26 PM (fourteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it really is, james. you totally need to see it.
― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, April 7, 2003 2:08 PM (fourteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol I will still vouch for this.. there's a companion piece to it on the being john malkovitch dvd which is basically spike jonez throwing up

― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link

three years pass...

it's kind of a trip to realize what a gamble it was to cast Spike in this ($42M then, now $65M) budget film, you have to remember this was pre-Malkovich & pre-Jackass. At the time he was known mainly for directing skateboarding videos (esp. Video Days, one of the best skate videos ever) & music videos ("100%", "Cannonball", "Buddy Holly", "Sabotage", "Da Funk", etc.)

But here he was doing a legitimate stretch acting role in his Hollywood debut, and I'm pretty sure he did his own stunt when his car gets blown up.

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 06:47 (three years ago) link

There were probably lots of gen x cusps who didn't realize it was Spike in the "Praise You" video or who didn't really care either way. But by that point in history I figured he was kind of a counter culture celebrity.

― billstevejim, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 18:15 (three years ago) link

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