Inflammatory Anti-Muslim “Movie” May Not Be A Real Movie

[warrior1]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/inflammatory-anti-muslim-movie-may-not-be-a-real


Posted Sep 12, 2012 3:50pm EDT

The anti-Muslim "movie" that served as the spark or pretext for a wave of violent unrest in Egypt and Libya may not be a movie at all.

As the video above — cut from the YouTube video tied to a global controversy — shows, nearly all of the names in the movie's "trailer" are overdubbed. The video is a compilation of the most clumsily overdubbed moments from what is in reality an incoherent, haphazardly-edited set of scenes. Among the overdubbed words is "Mohammed," suggesting that the footage was taken from a film about something else entirely. The footage also suggests multiple video sources — there are obvious and jarring discrepancies among actors and locations.

However, CNN has reported that the cast and crew disavowed the movie, and the overdubbing could also have been to conceal the content from the cast itself.

As The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg reported today, the supposed filmmaker, "Sam Bacile," appears not to be a real person — or at least not the director of the movie. A consultant to the movie, Steve Klein, told Goldberg that he didn't know Bacile's real name and that he wasn't Israeli as reported.


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This shit is getting weirder.

[The Magistrate]

1. True, Sir, it is

Spit on a griddle, and clearly something the Justice department ought to look into....

[Warpy]

2. Weirder and weirder and smellier and smellier

I'm all for giving this one the 72 hour sniff test. By then we should know a lot more about what kind of scumbags made this amateurish piece o crap and why.

It might be a real movie but it didn't cost any 5 million to shoot and it is on the same competence level as a lot of stuff that's shown to revival crowds and Jesus camp kids.

If you haven't seen it, think "1955 health and hygiene film."

That's about its level, although the characters are even more cartoonish.

My question is the same one I asked this morning, why would anyone in Benghazi know about it when nobody in the US did? I think that might be the thread to pull that unravels the whole thing.

[aquart]

6. That's a very good question indeed.

I read a suggestion here that this is a traditional right wing election trick with billionaire bucks behind it.

But is it possible neither Americans nor Isrselis had anything to do with it?

[cali]

8. much, much more amateurish than 1955 health and hygiene films

makes those look like fine movie making. it's beyond belief bad.

[randome]

10. Which is why the name James O'Keefe comes to mind.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Don't know why, but I tried watching it.

Got through about half of it, then said the hell with it.

When I first heard the story, I was expecting it to be something way more artful yet controversial. Something along the lines of "The Last Temptation of Christ."

What I found instead looked like a cross between a bad Saturday Night Live skit and a C+ graded high school film class project.

It was horrible. And yes, it was offensive. Not that anything can excuse the deaths that resulted from it, but the message that it sent--a movie with American actors mocking the foundation of Islam--that cannot be good for our image abroad.

[hifiguy]

4. Wanna bet Sheldon Adelson is involved in this

in some indirect, plausibly deniable way? I would.

[Frustratedlady]

9. He was one of my first 4 names that popped up.

This also reminds me of the Carter election when Reagan played games with the hostages. I think all those millions were spent on more than ads.

[gollygee]

5. I eagerly await the true backstory here

I wonder who is behind it.

[fishwax]

7. definitely curious n/t

[Whovian]

11. I watched it and certainly agree.

It was a hodge podge of poorly filmed and acted scenes.

[chowder66]

12. Didn't the actors meet this guy?

If they did maybe they should tell us more about him.

[tanyev]

13. Anyone know what James O'Keefe has been up to lately?

[beac]

14. "Sam Bacile"

Every time I see it all I can think is "Imbecile."