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corksean Donating Member (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 10:34 PM
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Film planned about the battle for Falluja to star Harrison Ford
http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,12589,1375731,00.html

They don't hang about, do they, these Hollywood types!
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Sannum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 10:35 PM
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1. Is he still with Calista Flockhart?
Or did he break her?

As for the movie, :eyes:
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Mira Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 10:37 PM
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3. Will Napalm be featured? n/t
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russian33 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 10:39 PM
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7. she will play one of the starved citizens of fallujah
they're going to have to fatten her up a bit for the part though

;)
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Padme Amidala Donating Member (401 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:29 AM
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13. Will the Fallujahans be the heroes and the Americans the villians
That would be an accurate movie.
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gordianot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 10:36 PM
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2. Is it really over? If over who won?
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 10:37 PM
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4. Maybe they should wait a few years to get some perspective
(and the truth) before making the inevitable Bush-war movies.
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President Jesus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 10:37 PM
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5. based on his campaign donations, I would hope this is not some...
...rah rah movie. Harrison is on our side.
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DeaconBlues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:22 AM
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23. Yeah, with a name like "No True Glory" and Harrison's politics,
I don't think the movie will be a modern day "Green Berets."
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 10:38 PM
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6. This is just appaling. Change his name to Mr. Hugh Bris.
Edited on Thu Dec-16-04 10:39 PM by autorank
I used to like this guy, not as an actor, but as a semi-tolerable celebrity. What on earth is he thinking of. Just amazing how stupid some people are. I'm sure this one will play real well overseas, not.
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dreamcollector Donating Member (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 10:50 PM
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8. TRUST HOLLYWOOD
to whitewash and glamorize American atrocities. Throw up now. Here's one Canadian who won't be seeing it. It's a completely immoral illegal war. Sheesh!
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MileHiStealth Donating Member (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 11:09 PM
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9. How does it end ...
with the Iraquis taking it back and kicking
the US out ?
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Rapcw Donating Member (567 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 11:13 PM
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10. Ugh
:puke: :puke: :puke:
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 12:48 AM
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11. Sneak preview of the script.....shhh.....don't tell a soul.

OK, so Ford is driving along an Iraqi highway in a cool Humvee with a really hot Iraqi chick. His car does a Bond thing and turns into this amazing star fighter and the Iraqi chick is all of a sudden covered with fur. He swoops over the desert at amazing speeds and lands in Falluja right in the middle of main street. He hops out, armed to the teeth and announces "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubble gum and I'm all out of bubble gum. Where are those fucking Saddam droids? Bring 'em on!" Running through the streets of a neon festooned, post modern Falluja, he begins a hunt for the Holy Grail of WMD. There are none to be found but he's on point and finds one of those Falluja hash markets run by Iraqi drug lords. He quickly dispatches all of them with "extreme prejudice"; pausing for a moment to think of all the lives he saved in the Homeland. A little Iraqi boy, one of Wolfie's Marsh Arabs, witnesses the hit and fears for his life. Ford takes him under his arm and hides him away for safe keeping. Ford hauls out his satellite radio and calls the President who is flying overhead in Air Force One. They engage on monosyllabic banter and its back to business. Intent on finding the WMD, Ford's kicking in doors, blowing up homes, and generally flattening the city. All of a sudden he realizes that he's doing this all alone. Well, one riot, one ranger, WTF he says. Bye the time Ford's finished, the regular troops arrive and help him mop up, so to speak. With the city saved for democracy, Ford hustles back to his star fighter, grabs the boy and the furry girl and takes off never to be seen again (until the sequel).

Audiences all of the world greet the film as another example of those gruff but lovable Americans and their wacky entertainment.
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arewenotdemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:27 AM
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12. who plays the love interest?
you've got me on the edge...
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:29 AM
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14. It's a subtletihng...either the furry Iraqi chick or the kid. Have to
see the movie.
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 09:42 AM
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21. Evan Rachel Hunter
is probably about the right age to play a current love interest for a 60ish male star.
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soup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:18 AM
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22. Author! Author!
(oh, wait, that would be you...)

throwing roses at the screen and nominating for medal of freedom excellence in reality award
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Miami Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:33 AM
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15. WTF?
:shrug:
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bklyncowgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 06:56 AM
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16. Does Ford play some 50 year old reservist called up in a skills draft?
Or does Indiana Jones try to rescue the treasure of Gilgamesh from the evil forces of Al Queda?
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Algorem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 07:05 AM
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17. Private Oldy Olsen
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 08:51 AM
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19. 50?
He must be pushing 60. Grampa Goes to Iraq. A heartwarming comedy.
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 09:38 AM
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20. LOL.
My thoughts exactly. I mean, just how old is this General Mattis? Sheesh.
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TyeDye75 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 08:37 AM
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18. I wonderd how long we would have to wait for an Iraq film
:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:
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