I would assume that, too; but all reports are that EVERYBODY is staying away.
Redacted is Red Acted.............
Bombs away. In its opening weekend, “Redacted” earned $25,628 while “Beowulf” earned $27,515,871. Theaters earned $8,100 per screen for “Beowulf” while “Redacted” only earned $1,708 per screen. Subtitle: Mark Cuban watches his money circle the drain.
Is there any evidence that the events as portrayed in Redacted ever took place?
With the demise of the Studio powers-that-were, the stars became disproportionately powerful. Today, actors don't give a damn about impressing anyone but other actors...and you know where that leads.
Did anyone see the montage with Cuban's Dancing with the Stars footage and the American soldiers fighting on Fox news last night. I loved it.
Why does Dallas continue to support his team?
Brain De Palma should be forced to spend a week in the streets of Baghdad for producing this treasonous filth. See how the jihadis treat him....
How Hollywood “Supports” the troops...
Sorry folks for the visual, but apt as well I think as it is just disgusting and our honorable service men and women pay the price for a film that needs to be buried with lime in the sewer. Sounds as though it is already being buried by the American people though :-). Thank you for posting the article. It is right on!
Every Dallas Mavericks’ fan stabs an American soldier in the back when he gives his nickle to Mark Cuban.
Was surprised to see Redacted for sale for $20 on “On Demand” on my Verizon Fios last weekend.
They’re going out of their way to try and pipeline this crap to the masses.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929329/posts
War film’s portrayal of soldiers draws fire from GOP lawmaker
Nov. 22, 2007
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Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican, sent a scathing letter regarding Brian De Palma’s new film to MPAA Chairman Dan Glickman asking that he not forget that there are heroes who have sacrificed their lives for the United States and Iraqi people.
“Unfortunately, Brian De Palma’s new movie ‘Redacted,’ which opened in several theaters this week, portrays American service personnel in Iraq as uncontrollable misfits and criminals,” Mr. Hunter stated in his letter to Mr. Glickman. “While incidents of criminal behavior by members of our military should never be ignored, the isolated incident on which this film is based negatively portrays American service personnel and misrepresents their collective efforts in Iraq.”
Other military officials worry that the film could be used as propaganda against troops in the region and incite violence against them by Islamist group.....
“This incident, while tragic, demonstrates the goodness and generosity of our nation’s military, and its continued mission in Iraq,” Mr. Hunter said, reminding Mr. Glickman and Mr. De Palma of the continuing sacrifices U.S. troops have made.
“The film intentionally fails to show or give any indication of the more than 3 million inoculations administered by American forces, the construction of medical clinics and schools, as well as the construction of other important infrastructure,” the letter went on to state. “Additionally, the film’s negative depiction of our military blatantly ignores the many acts of heroism performed by our soldiers, Marines, airmen and sailors in Iraq.”
If nothing else, this tripe should serve as a clarion call to our Iraq era veterans as to what the left has in store for them given the opportunity. Vietnam Veterans have paid the price of ambivalence in the face of leftist activism and propaganda...right down to the historical narratives used to teach our children.
The “Iraq Veterans Legacy Foundation” doesn’t yet exist. Hopefully they won’t give the America haters another 30 year head start.
I’ve never heard of this movie. I doubt it’s going to get many viewers unless we give them free publicity by making a big stink.
I just hope we dont cause such a backlash that libs go to see it to bring numbers up...of course it will get nominated for the academy awards.
Robert McMahon has no cause to be upset- the film is a resounding flop. In many places, it only played for a week, including San Fransisco. The American people have rejected it by acclimation.
I heard that this piece of trash and others like it — Lions for Lambs, etc. — are being called war porn! How apt.
Maybe all the producers of this trash will go bankrupt making movies that no real American wants to go see. I’m not even going to watch it when it comes on ON DEMAND. And DePalma will never get a dime of my movie going dollar either, nor will Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise or Robert Redford, or anyone else who wants to make movies that put our men/women in uniform in bad light.
They just don’t get it. But maybe they’ll go broke instead.
So either they are terrible judges of the market, which is unlikely, or they are not really losing money on these projects.
To take the first possibility first, I don't think their judgement could be that bad. Sure, they release a stinker every now and then, but they hit the target much more often than they miss. For every Ishtar there are a dozen Chevy Chase movies that made back their investment and turned a tidy profit. But they have made horrendous losers eight times in a row here. There must be an explaination.
Which brings me to my second possibility. Perhaps they are not losing money. Perhaps they are getting paid to make these films by somebody other than ticket buyers at the box office. Perhaps there is some person, or a group of people, who want to influence American public opinion on the War, and are willing to funnel $100 Million to various Hollywood producers to make movies to make that happen.
It is a more plausible scenario than the supposition that eight different Producers and hundreds of other supporting personel suddenly forgot everything they had used to build up their businesses over a lifetime of work, and all had the same stupid idea at the same time. These movies are all deal with different aspects of the Iraq War, all portray the US unfavorably, all seek to sap our will to fight, and are coming out at roughly four-week intervals, right through the US Presidential election.
Under the current campaign financing rules, there is only so much money you can give to an anti-war candidate. So what is somebody with a Billion dollars sitting around who wants to influence US public opinion to do?
Of course, this scenario means that one person did make a really big mistake. The person who thought Hollywood had the power to dictate public opinion and that whatever clap-trap Hollywood threw up on the screen would be eagerly consumed by the US population made a major miscalculation. And for that mistake, he has thrown away his money and will receive nothing in return.
Which is not a bad result, when you get right down to it.
Just saw the trailer, and it stated; “Also Coming soon on Magnolia DVD”. DePalma wants to make sure his message gets out there.