Spielberg Aids Film Version of Kerry's Life

[struggle4progress]

By JIM RUTENBERG
Published: July 29, 2004

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Early in the film there is footage of soldiers rushing a hill in World War II as the narrator, the actor Morgan Freeman, recounts how Mr. Kerry was born when the nation was at war. As the film details Mr. Kerry's own war service, in Vietnam, it shows the grainy film that Mr. Kerry brought back, mixed with archival footage of the war. It combines into a montage of explosions in the jungle and the water as Mr. Kerry commands his Swift boat through it all.

But the film also attempts to humanize Mr. Kerry by showing his lighter side - he laughs as he reminisces about his high school band, the Electras. "It was a great way to meet girls," he says. When he speaks about his daughters, he said, "I cried like a baby when they were born."

Mr. Moll said he was given very little direction from the campaign, which let him have free rein to make his own film. "Like in all my feature documentaries, I wanted to portray my perception of the truth," he said. Mr. Moll said Mr. Spielberg assisted him, mostly in helping edit the film, which tells Mr. Kerry's entire life story in nine and a half minutes.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/29/politics/campaign/29bio.html

[Democat]

1. Is there a web link to see the film?

Anyone know if it's on the web?

[Judi Lynn]

2. This should help. It's the final paragraph of the article:

The question is how many people will see it? It is expected to run just before 10 o'clock Thursday night when the major networks will not yet be televising the convention.

Glad we found out about this in time to be able to see it THURSDAY NIGHT!

Thanks to struggle4progress, for the information.

[Snellius]

3. This convention could have used much more filmed segments

TV audiences don't usually pay much attention to rehearsed speeches and those parasitic TV pundits just talk over them, commenting on superficial style statements, without listening to a word. In general, despite some great addresses, the production value of this convention has been very cheesy and dull. The DNC really needs a media consultant that's more up to date.