In Turkish Movie, Americans Kill Innocents

AP ^ | 020206 | BENJAMIN HARVEY

[VU4G10]

ISTANBUL, Turkey (Feb. 2) - In the most expensive Turkish movie ever made, American soldiers in Iraq crash a wedding and pump a little boy full of lead in front of his mother.

[winner3000]

How is that movie different from what Hollywood produced during the Vietnam era?

[spintreebob]

Just trying to win an American Oscar, no doubt

[Gefreiter]

I just read the whole article. What a bizarre idea for a film. And a dumb one, too.

Funny how something like 70% of Turks polled considered Americans "violent", but didn't pause to consider that their capital has had other names, and that the Hagia Sophia didn't start its life as a mosque.

Weird world.

[dfwgator]

Why did Constantinople get the works
That's no one's business but the Turks.

[trebb]

To stop Turk moviemakers from putting trash out would be even more ludicrous than forcing Hollywood to put out decent stuff. Not worth the effort to worry about it. The only reason to be overly sensitive would be if one actually bought into it. In other words, the Left and MSM will love it, but the Right shouldn't bother to blink.

[Shermy]

Let's slam Turkish boards with "Free Kurdistan!"

[Blzbba]

"We also destroy baby milk factories and day care centers. aspirin factories with cruise missiles."

There. Fixed it.

[TheSpottedOwl]

When the yearly commemoration of the Armenian massacre comes up, all we hear are *crickets*. Gee we wouldn't want to offend our good buddies in the ME, would we?

Of course, we shouldn't probably make too much out of this particular movie, but they have some nerve....

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

This one ought to be a hit at Sundance.

[elhombrelibre]

This just shows how easily duped the Turks are. They buy into a big lie and want to believe the worst of the US just because some Hollywood type of insanity chic creeps take a camera and make up a lie. The Middle East and Central Asia seem determined to blame others for their backwardness even when they know it's all a lie.

[DesignerChick]

"There they find a rogue group of U.S. soldiers led by officer Sam William Marshall - played by Zane. In the bloodfest that ensues, the small band of Turks bonds with the people of Iraq and eventually ends American atrocities there, killing Zane and his men in the final scene."

Only in a movie could they project their hypocrisy, conspiratorial theories and impotence so clearly.

"The scenario is great," Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbas told The Associated Press after the film was shown at a posh opening gala Tuesday night. "It was very successful. ... a soldier's honor must never be damaged."

That part of the world needs to get a grip on this whole "honor" thing. I don't recall so much blood vengeance in the name of 'honor'. They murder their own family members to cleanse their perceived honor. (i.e.'honor killings')

[VOA]

bump

[0siris]

"where a Jewish doctor cuts out their organs, which he sells to rich people in New York, London and Tel Aviv."

Geez, why not just film the Protocols of Zion? Get some other washed up worthless actors, like Ted Dansen or Pete Coyote, and just go for it. If this type of Anti-American/Anti-Jewish conspiracy crap is fair game for Billy Zane and Gary Busey, why not take the next step? Maybe an Arab adaptation of Mein Kampf, starrin Jake Gyllenhaal.

[pabianice]

Gary Busey plays the evil Jewish doctor??

[Tokra]

"Everyone knows that Americans have a good side."

But - can the same be said about Muslims?

[Dallas59]

I guess I could step on the Turkish flag....

[orionblamblam]

>Movies produced in Turkey are produced by the Turkish government?

Nope. By the United Federation of Planets.

[Gefreiter]

"A soldier's honor must never be damaged"

Um, it seems the lynchpin of the film is that American soldiers are murderous lunatics.

Or did he mean only Turkish soldiers' honor must never be damaged...?

[SegFault]

Maybe it's a joke, I don't know anyone who takes Busey seriously.. Maybe it's like those zombie B movies of the 80's? So over the top its funny?

[F16Fighter]

"Payback for Midnight Express?"

Heh!

I felt the same way about Turkey after seeing that movie, as I did about Kansas after watching the 'Wizard of Oz.'