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Alec Baldwin to Star in ‘Kent State,’ About 1970 Vietnam War Protest Shootings
Hollywood Reporter ^ | May 17, 2023 | Alex Ritman

Posted on 05/17/2023 11:04:04 AM PDT by EdnaMode

Alec Baldwin has lined up another project, joining the cast of the upcoming feature film Kent State.

The film is set to bring to life the violent and tragic events of May 4, 1970, when four students were shot and killed by the National Guard during a campus protest against the Vietnam War. Baldwin will play Kent State president Robert I. White.

(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...


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KEYWORDS: alecbaldwin; baldwin; banglist; hollywood; kentstate; movies
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1 posted on 05/17/2023 11:04:04 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

Alec is good with a gun.


2 posted on 05/17/2023 11:05:24 AM PDT by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: EdnaMode

Just make sure those are blanks in the National Guard rifles.


3 posted on 05/17/2023 11:05:26 AM PDT by I-ambush (We watched the moment of defeat, played back over on the video screen. )
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To: I-ambush

Baldwin will be shooting and later claim it was the gun that did it.


4 posted on 05/17/2023 11:09:41 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: EdnaMode

So, he’s going to play one of the national guardsmen?


5 posted on 05/17/2023 11:09:44 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: EdnaMode
What a dreadful idea for a movie.

6 posted on 05/17/2023 11:10:33 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: EdnaMode
I will Comment, should have been 70 more Commies.
7 posted on 05/17/2023 11:10:49 AM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST1 DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM!)
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To: EdnaMode

alec is racist for playing a white guy... named white...


8 posted on 05/17/2023 11:11:16 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: EdnaMode

this is too easy


9 posted on 05/17/2023 11:12:40 AM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: Boogieman

Didn’t some claim that there was s pistol shot fired, that prompted the NG to open fire?


10 posted on 05/17/2023 11:13:37 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: EdnaMode

I wonder how many production assistants are going to kamikaze themselves for this one.


11 posted on 05/17/2023 11:13:55 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: EdnaMode

He’s gonna get typecast...


12 posted on 05/17/2023 11:17:15 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: alstewartfan

The National Guard Commander.


13 posted on 05/17/2023 11:17:49 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: EdnaMode

Well...Kent State will be another historical fiction or probably hysterical fiction movie, I will not be seeing.


14 posted on 05/17/2023 11:17:58 AM PDT by Tupelo (A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand)
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To: EdnaMode

Can I be the set “armorer”?


15 posted on 05/17/2023 11:18:28 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

The public needs to be reminded that this bunch in charge will shoot you too. An infomercial. It may be ANTIFA or BLM behind the triggers, but they are just sub contractors to our federal government.


16 posted on 05/17/2023 11:18:51 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) We're all Women now.)
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To: EdnaMode

Hi.

Methinks Alec and guns together is a lethal combination.

5.56mm


17 posted on 05/17/2023 11:19:18 AM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go)
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To: EdnaMode

Oh, the irony...


18 posted on 05/17/2023 11:19:38 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: EdnaMode
The film is set to bring to life the violent and tragic events of May 4, 1970, when four students were shot and killed by the National Guard

The film is set to bring to life the violent and tragic events of May 4, 1970, when two cameramen were shot and killed by Baldwin

19 posted on 05/17/2023 11:21:05 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: EdnaMode

Is he already been released from prison?


20 posted on 05/17/2023 11:21:31 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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