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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 01:41 AM
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Must see movie: The Yes Men
Make sure you see this movie if and when it comes to your town. I just saw it at the Wisconsin Film Fest in Madison and it was a riot!

http://www.theyesmen.org/movie/

From the site:

The story begins with Andy and Mike setting up a website that looks just like that of the World Trade Organization. Some visitors don’t notice the site is a fake, and send e-mail invitations meant for the real WTO. Mike and Andy play along with the ruse and soon find themselves attending important functions as WTO representatives.

Delighted to speak as the organization they oppose, Andy and Mike don thrift-store suits and set out to shock their unwitting audiences with darkly comic satires on global free trade. Weirdly, the experts don’t notice the joke and seem to agree with every terrible idea the two can come up with.

Exhausted by their failed attempts to shock, Mike and Andy change their strategy completely, and take a whole new approach for one final lecture.

The Yes Men is directed by Dan Olman, Sarah Price, and Chris Smith, whose previous credits include the 1999 Sundance Winner “American Movie.” It is being released by United Artists in the summer of 2004.
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