Iraq for Sale (the movie) to debut

[biscotti]

Long article in the Washington Post about the "People Powered Film." This is the Howard Dean School of Film Funding, very Net-rooty, very social-networky, very now. It promises Hollywood dreams beyond the reach of the Man.
"Iraq for Sale" will open in a small number of theaters in September, including a special showing at the Wooly Mammoth Theater in Washington on Sept 18. But the theatrical release is mainly a strategy to attract critics, reviews and media coverage.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/18/AR2006081800210.html

[Eric J in MN]

1. First time money for a movie has been raised this way,

apparently:

"Gilliam and Greenwald say they know of no one who has ever raised hundreds of thousands of dollars on the Internet to make a movie."