John Kerry film (going upriver) can now be downloaded!

[DougieZero]

It seems director George Butler is allowing the film to be downloaded for free.

http://www.thekerrymovie.com

[Florida_Geek]

1. How many Megs is it

TIA

[DougieZero]

2. 618mb...nt.

[apnu]

3. gonna leave my bittorrent for this up until Nov 3! n/t

[mzmolly]

4. Are we sure there is "permission" from the director?

:shrug:

[DougieZero]

6. The letter Aint It Cool News got

We are providing this movie, GOING UPRIVER: THE LONG WAR OF JOHN KERRY, to you free of charge for many reasons. George Butler, the director, made a star of Arnold Schwarzenegger with PUMPING IRON, and now has illuminated critical turning points in the life of John Kerry.

GOING UPRIVER: THE LONG WAR OF JOHN KERRY, was being edited and almost finished before the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth started their character assassination of John Kerry and his war record. We believe that you deserve more than thirty-second attack commercials before you make up your mind about John Kerry’s war record, his courage under fire, leadership of his men, and about a whole generation of people and heroic soldiers who made the difficult decision to oppose the unjust and unwinnable Vietnam War. They believed that the most patriotic thing to do was to end the war soon and bring our troops home.

We need your help. After you see GOING UPRIVER: THE LONG WAR OF JOHN KERRY, please visit the movie’s website www.goingupriver.com or if you forget, www.kerrymovie.com

At the www.goingupriver.com website, a lot of information and reviews about the movie and a list of theatres across the USA where it is now playing are posted. Please forward the website to your friends with a personal note from you asking them to see the movie in theaters right away so it can continue to play there and it can expand to more theaters.

You can order DVDs of the movie on the website. They will be shipped Oct. 19.

It has been reported in the media that there was a survey of people who have seen this movie, who were neither Bush nor Kerry supporters, and 79% of them, 4 out of 5, said they were profoundly moved, and changed their minds about John Kerry’s character, ability to lead, and that they would definitely recommend GOING UPRIVER: THE LONG WAR OF JOHN KERRY to a friend.

You can order DVDs now and send them to people you think would like to learn more about John Kerry. If you were about to enter into an important relationship, wouldn’t you want to know more about the most critical period of that person’s life, the period that helped shape him?

It will be easier for some people to watch the DVD at home than go to a theatre. So please order the DVD for a friend, a neighbor, or a house party.

You can make a big difference! We need your help. Think of what we can all do as a team working together. Or as John Lennon said: Imagine.

The Freedom of Information Action Faction now presents:

George Butler’s GOING UPRIVER: THE LONG WAR OF JOHN KERRY

[mzmolly]

7. Great thanks!

:hi:

[silverweb]

5. Fantastic!

:bounce:

[killbotfactory]

8. Awesome

I just finished downloading it!

[crickets]

9. Go, George Butler!

:wow:

Thankyouthankyouthankyou.

[InfoMinister]

10. The FTP Server Choked On Me

I had 200 megs of it. Now, I'm on Bittorrent and it's getting a pretty good connection.

http://www.thekerrymovie.com/goingupriver.mov.torrent

[briang5000]

11. I got my bittorrent running at about 145kb/s

I'll leave my connection up overnight and through the day tomorrow.

Currently connected to 54 peers and it's humming along nicely.

I've got about 360MB already downloaded.

:-)

[Eric J in MN]

12. Does it play full-screen or in a little box?

Also, can it be burned to a cd-rom?

[briang5000]

14. it's a medium sized box... 360 x 240

360 x 240 millions of colors

stereo 44100 hz

23.98 frames per second

it looks very good....

it's not DVD quality but for a web download it's not bad.
I can't wait until I have time to actually watch the film.

[Eikon]

13. Do your part and upload this to every torrent site you know

[Inulro]

15. Wow Hope

This is a must see for everyone on this site. If Kerry is the same man he was we are going to get a great president. Possibly the best yet. Kerry fought so passionately to end the mistake that was Vietnam. Surely he will do the same in Iraq with the power of the presidency. After watching this film it seems like destiny is a work here. This is exactly who we need at this moment in history. I must say I am no longer just voting against Bush. Kerry rules.

[jonnyblitz]

16. I am now watching this film on my computer! Thanks

for posting this!! :thumbsup:

[Cha]

17. Wow! Thank you! I was just telling a kid at the video

store today about this doc.

Suppose to come out on DVD, Oct 19..I must tell him about the downloading..

I was there to rent F9/11 and "Saved"..

He saw my Kerry/Edwards pin and we started talking politics..he saw the "debate" last night and the first one..he's the lone Dem in a family of bush lovers.

[JohnKleeb]

18. Great

I dont have sound still but its still gonna be nice to have.

[Booster]

19. Kerry and the DNC should somehow get this on national

TV the week before the election. If it can be downloaded free, I assume the producers would be glad for the national attention.

[Cha]

21. Great idea!

[IkeWarnedUs]

20. Can this cyberly challenged DU'er get some advice?

I went to the link (http://www.thekerrymovie.com/) and I don't understand what the heck they are saying.

A few weeks ago I tried downloading QuickTime to my PC and after talking to support from QuickTime twice and my cable modem provider once, I still didn't work right (no picture).

I have no idea what mplayer, MooVId, MP4, eDonkey2000, BitTorrent, Kazaa and Direct Connect are. I hesitate to keep trying to add programs to my pc if I don't know what I am doing.

I already have Real Player (free version) and Windows Media Player.

I don't mind paying for the movie, I would just like to start showing this to some people ASAP and they won't ship until the 19th which means it will probably be the 22nd or even 25th before it would be here.

[IkeWarnedUs]

22. kick

:kick:

[pacalo]

23. kick -- from a similarly cyber-challenged DUer. :)

[jonnyblitz]

24. I guess I am lucky the quicktime option worked for me

Though it took quite a few hours to download (off one of those links that begins with ftp). I , also, am cyber-challenged(BIGTIME) and would KILL to figure out how to use Bit Torrent(it's over my head or I am just thick). I believe the other options are "peer to peer" that require you to download their software.

[pacalo]

36. Thanks, jb! I checked Kaaza, but my search for the movie came up short.

I'll try Quicktime or Bit Torrent. :)

[diabhal]

25. Use Bit Torrent

It's quite easy and nothing to be intimidated by. You download a Bit Torrent program (of which there are a few to choose from) and then you download the .torrent file from the website and open it up in the program.

The BT client I use and favour is called ABC - you can get it here:

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/p2p_software/p2p_applications/abc.cfm

[Lefta Dissenter]

33. HEY, THANKS!!!

your post and link made me brave enough to try it - it's currently downloading, pretty slowly at about 50 kB/s, but I'm on my way to bed anyway... I hope to have it there for me in the morning!

Thanks again :hi:

[SammyWinstonJack]

35. Thanks!

I tried your suggestion and it downloaded for me in about an hour. Just finished watching it. Powerful movie! John Kerry was and is an amazing man!

[pacalo]

38. Thanks! I'm feeling adventurous & will give it a try.

A big welcome to DU, diabhal! :)

[diabhal]

42. No problem :)

Glad it all worked for you.

Now of course you'll have to fight the temptation to start downloading millions of things :)

[jonnyblitz]

39. yup. on second look I got it (Bit Torrent) to work for me.

downloading other stuff now. I don't know what my problem was the first time I tried.

[kaitykaity]

26. downloading now.

it's going to take 36 hours or some shit.

damn.

[Longhorn]

27. Downloading now.

I'm on cable and it says 6 to 8 minutes. Hope that's true! :D

[Longhorn]

31. BTW, it did only take about six months with cable connection. n/t

[Eric J in MN]

28. Does it fit on one cd-rom to lend to people? nt

nt

[ikojo]

46. You can make a data disc and

give it to people. They can then move the data from the CD to their hard drive. With Quick Time (available for free) they can watch the movie.

No encoding involved.

Of course making only a data CD will mean it cannot be played on a home DVD player and must be played on a computer.

[onecitizen]

29. Stupid question here.......

how do I know if my player accepts mp4's? I have Realplayer and Windows Media player, and MusicMatch. Can anyone help me out here? Pretty Please?

[Chovexani]

30. BT users, please seed this as long as you can

I'm gonna try seeding this until Election Day.

[ikojo]

45. I'm not home right now but I will leave my Mac

up and running BT once I get back home to my own Internets connection. The more people seeding on Bit Torrent the faster the download, even for dial up users.

[milkyway]

32. I saw it in a theater. It's fantastic.

[WLKjr]

34. 198mb into mine now

SmartFTP is a great program, and I think it is free.

[flying_blind]

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[TrogL]

40. I've got my bittorrent going again

I'll leave it up all night. I've got it wide open on a cable modem.

[gee double you bee]

41. I downloaded it the other night, I'm actually going to watch it right

now. :)

[Nile]

43. Is he headed up that well known river without a paddle?

:P

[danm8r]

44. Great film!

I downloaded it overnight and watched it this morning. Amazing film. Should be required viewing for everyone.

I have been working the phones finding undecideds for the DNC in my community. I'll be making some dubs today and dropping off a few gifts this week.

Thanks for the scoop!

[crickets]

47. Kick

!