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Battle in Seattle 2007

Genre:Action ,Drama, Release: 7 May 2008 (France) Director: Stuart Townsend Stars:Andr‚ Benjamin|Jennifer Carpenter|Isaach De Bankol‚ Writer:Stuart Townsend, Songmaker:Dolby Digital,, IMDB | Views: 1266 rating :6.7

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Genre :Action|Drama|
Title :Battle in Seattle
Year :2007
Rating :6.7
Duration :99 min
Release :7 May 2008 (France)
Star:Andr‚ Benjamin,Jennifer Carpenter,Isaach De Bankol‚,Woody Harrelson,Martin Henderson,Joshua Jackson,Ray Liotta,Tzi Ma,Ivana Milicevic,Connie Nielsen
Director :Stuart Townsend
Writer:Stuart Townsend |
Country:Canada
Language:English
Moviescore:54/100
Movie Location:Filming Locations: Seattle, Washington, USA See more ¯
Picture Rating:MPAA
Movie Budget:Budget: $8,000,000 (estimated)
Movie Gross:Gross: $223,537 (USA) (5 December 2008)
Movie Company:Hyde Park Entertainment | Hyde Park Entertainment | Remstar Productions
Movie Sound : Dolby Digital,,
Battle in Seattle Tagline : Taglines: Hell on Earth is about to begin See more ¯

Battle in Seattle Description

Activists arrive in Seattle, Washington en masse to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization. Riots and chaos ensue as demonstrators successfully stop the WTO meetings.

Battle in Seattle Plot

Plot Keywords: tear gas | interracial romance | protest riot | world trade organization | riot | See All (116) ¯

Battle in Seattle Synopsis

In late November 1999, masses are descending upon Seattle for the World Trade Organization (WTO) Conference, the first ever held on American soil. Beyond the several delegates, career protesters are also coming to Seattle, they who believe the non-elected organization only exists to support corporate interests at the expense of the poor, working class and the environment among other things. Before the conference, the lead known protesters vow that their demonstrations will be peaceful, while Seattle Mayor Jim Tobin promises that if that be the case that no arrests will be made and no aggressive action, such as the use of tear gas, will be issued. On day one of the conference, tensions on both sides escalate the confrontation between police and protesters, with many innocent people caught in the crossfire. As such, what was promised ends up not happening during the remainder of the conference, where many on both sides work not for the greater good of their side, but rather for their ... Written by Huggo

Battle in Seattle Critics
"Labour itself is but a sorrowful song, The protest of the weak against the strong." Frederick William Faber As a liberal, I empathize with the protesters in the 1999 World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle. And I do empathize. The need for world organizations and big companies to consider the health of poorer countries before appropriating their resources is paramount. In Battle in Seattle, director Stuart Townsend uses the stock devices of the docudrama: smoothly inter-cutting between scenes of police and protesters and expertly interspersing authentic footage with the dramatized. The feel is as if the audience is participant; the dilemma of how far either side should go in keeping the peace or disturbing it is palpable. The drama is enhanced by fictionalizing the opposing forces through the lens of policeman Dale (Woody Harrelson) and his wife, Ella (Charlize Theron), both caught up in the escalating violence and too neatly tied to the issues of each side. The challenges of the protesters are also too deftly tied to a romance of the leader and a follower. This facile mixing of truth and fiction leaves me a bit cold, as if I were the victim of a fraud because the reality of the historic event seems trivialized by clich‚d romances and tragedies. I am always dismayed by the Michael-Moore-style loading of the left to the exclusion of the right's point of view: What are the purposes of the WTO? Has it been successful? How? These questions are rarely explored any more than the complicated motives and lives of the protesters. But the docudrama succeeds in illuminating the WTO and its critics. As history has written, little progress has been made during the intervening decade even though the talks were stopped in Seattle. But as one of the combatants points out, only by small steps and persistence can the battle be won. And so went the Battle in Seattle.

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