Michael moore has a new movie called slacker uprising out and hes giving it away for free. Warsaw uprising, the film official website dedicated to. Michael moore to release slacker uprising for free online wired. Everett the average movie fan has been quick to embrace the convenience of streaming films from netflix, itunes, and. It was released on 4 august 2009 as the lead single from the bands fifth studio album, the resistance 2009. Oct 03, 2018 michael moore has a new movie called slacker uprising out and hes giving it away for free. Uprising records philippines independent hiphop label. Slacker radio is an androidbased application which is a customizable radio preloaded with more than 100 genre station wherien you can listen to different radio stations on your mobile phone. Slacker uprising, which documents moores 62city tour through swing states during the 2004.
Slacker 1991 is an independent film by director richard linklater. He wants to show us a certain strata of campus life at the present time a group of people he calls slackers, although anyone who has ever lived in a campus town will also recognize them under such older names as beatniks, hippies, bohemians. But, most people probably dont know about bridges work to end world hunger. Download michael moores slacker uprising for free georgia. If you will do this my slacker friends, i will give you a full days supply of the sustenance of slackers every where raman noodles. The film, called slacker uprising trailer embedded, documents the. Not just a great slacker film, a great film full stop, and arguably the coen brothers best although o brother where for art thou. Slacker uprising 2008 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Keep up with the conversation with our apps for ios, android, mac, windows and linux. Tweetemail tweetemailthese movies are the great films that shaped our slackers of today and will shape the slackers of our future.
If you see the film and you dont enjoy it, you might consider a visit to the burg next time youre in texas. Stream tracks and playlists from slacker on your desktop or mobile device. Thats when my youtube player stopped being able to download more of the file. Slacker uprising, which documents moores 62city tour through swing states during the 2004 u. Some of our favorite characters in film are brave adventurers, but not these guys. Slacker uprising traces michael moores 62city tour of the swing states during. The film is a reedited version of captain mike across america, which played at. Michael moore offers free download of his latest documentary. His second film, slacker 1991, is a narrativefree piece that meanders across mostly unconnected vignettes featuring austin bohemians over the course of a single day. I am waiting impatiently to see the warsaw uprising. Aka captain mike across america, this documentary charts michael moores 60city tour of college campuses and other venues during the 2004 election in an effort to persuade young people to vote.
Not rated 1h 42min documentary 23 september 2008 usa slacker uprising poster. Download slack for free for mobile devices and desktop. Slacker uprising 2007 letterboxd your life in film. Michael moore has decided to make his new film, slacker uprising. The film is a reedited version of captain mike across america, which played at the toronto international film festival in 2007. The verdict on michael moores slacker uprising live. The song was written by band member matt bellamy, produced by the band, and mixed by spike stent. Writerdirector richard linklater had exhausted family members from which to borrow money, maxed out his credit cards, and at one point didnt even have enough funds to pay the cod charges on a shipment of prints. The film is described as a road trip documentary based on the 2004 film election about michael moore.
His first film to premiere for free on the internet, slacker uprising, aka captain mike across america, documents michael moores attempt to influence the 2004 presidential election. Slacker is a movie with an appeal almost impossible to describe, although the method of the director, richard linklater, is as clear as day. Slacker uprising is a documentary about michael moores tour of colleges in swing states. Moores latest slab of agitprop was released as a free download this morning but only if you live in the us or canada. His first film to premiere for free on the internet, slacker uprising, aka captain mike across america, documents michael moores attempt to influence the 2004.
Sep 23, 2008 the verdict on michael moores slacker uprising live. Uprising provides a behindthe scenes view of a revolution instigated by social media and one of the most dramatic events of our generation, telling the story from the perspective of those who participated. After bands offering albums for free download on their web sites, michael moore has followed suit. Its a characterbased fiction, structured with many individual scenes forming a feature film without an apparent narrative. The movie, slated to launch on the internet for free tuesday, follows moore on his tour of swing states during the 2004 presidential election. Idfa catalogue 2012 by idfa international documentary film. Starting out in elk rapids, michigan, in front of an audience of 400. Based on the mary poppins stories by pl travers hosted by. The first featurelength film by a major director to make its official premiere for free on the internet, slacker uprising finds moore giving up any hope for making a profit on the film which. The more i think back on past experiencesor the more i talk with new peoplethe more real this film becomes for me. For about a year and a half now ive been losing motivation for youtube and uploading videos due to the support, however my love for recording has keep that going. No matter what your opinion of him is, you have to admit that free movies are awesome. All films and projects of the international documentary film festival.
Michael moore screens slacker uprising at michigan theater. It was a filmfestival hit and helped launch the american independent cinema renaissance of the 1990s. See more ideas about pacific rim, movies and streaming movies. The first featurelength film by a major director to make its official premiere for free on the internet, slacker uprising finds moore. Slacker is a 1990 american independent comedydrama film written and directed by richard linklater, who also appears in the film. Uninspired by senator kerry and the democrats, he went on a 62city tour to persuade nonvoters to do their civic duty. Since the start of the bahraini uprising on february 14, 2011, more. I feel like i can compare the characters in slacker with people ive met and interacted with in my own life.
Slacker geography, 25 years later the end of austin. Heinleins 1966 scifi novel centers on about a lunar colonys revolt against rule from earth. I ranked these on their over all slackerness yeah i made that word up. Hollywood film and politics in the bushcheney era douglas kellner. This movie shows how one man him, invigorated the youth vote a hard to. Sep 05, 2008 michael moore plans netonly film premiere. The film is portraying bits of everyday life of several eccentric people in austin, texas. Slacker was nominated for the grand jury prize dramatic at the sundance film festival in 1991. The films charms are substantial, but what makes slack bay so original and enticing is also what makes it fairly alienating.
Michael moores latest film, slacker uprising is now available as a free download us and canada only unfortunately, although its reported to be available as a torrent at a certain pirate bay on the intertubes. Rent slacker uprising 2007 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. The novel was nominated for the 1966 nebula award honoring the best scifi. The film was also made available free for online viewing and download on the lycos cinema platform as well as itunes and. This groundbreaking and influential indie classic from richard linklater is a day in the life of austin, among its social outcasts and misfits. Bender is a slacker degenerate, but as he and the rest of the. Slackers 2002 dave devon sawa, sam jason segel and jeff michael maronna are about to graduate from holden university with honors in lying, cheating and scheming. Screw it, i am too lazy to figure out a better word 10. Thank you guys so much for watching my 4th mcsg montage and i hope you enjoyed. Listen to slacker soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create 8 followers.
Stefan baginski, a cameraman from the film department of the information and propaganda bureau of the home army, standing in the middle of jasna street while filming a burning building on swietokrzyska 38. We take a look at the greatest slacker films of the nineties. Download press book download film stills download trailer. Warsaw uprising, the film official website dedicated to the. With every rewatch, a new piece of dialogue sticks out to me in some interesting way. Aka captain mike across america, this documentary charts michael moores 60 city tour of college campuses and other venues during the. Bushera america with this effort shot during moores 60city college campus tour in the months leading up to the 2004 election.
He is helped in this film by appearances from viggo mortenson, roseanne barr and joan baez. Another filmmaker purposely releases film online for free. Slacker uprising is a documentary about michael moores tour of colleges in swing states during the 2004 election, with a goal to encourage 18 to 29yearolds to vote, and the response it received. These are the 8 greatest slacker films of the 90s fatsaloon. The pace of the film is what the film truly is as it brings an authentic feel of the people in austin and probably many other places in the world. Much of slacker uprising consists of watching moore receive standing ovations or being lauded by his fans or cursed by his foes. Michael moore says he will release his next movie free online, the first major major film to be released in such a way, according to. Slacker uprising is empty as protest satire goes, and it lends a cudgel to those who think moore does what he does for the sheer sake of ego and power. Slacker uprising is a solid film but, as a document of record it doesnt have a core documentary draft to keep the audience engaged and overlooking faults.
It tells the story of the warsaw uprising of 1944 through the eyes of a us airman, escaper from the nazi stalag camp and two young reporters, cameramen for the bureau of. Dont get me wrong i found it interesting but i really wish that someone had taken moore in hand and said, this is not about what we did it is about why we did it, what we were asking. Aka captain mike across america, this documentary charts michael moores 60city tour of college campuses and other venues during the. Filmmaker michael moore premiered his film, slacker uprising, at the michigan theater last night, saying he hoped it would inspire audience members to get involved in the political process. Linklater does a marvelous job catching the pulse of austin in 24 frames per second through the 16 mm camera that he was using during the filming of slacker. Uprising is the new feature length documentary on the egyptian revolution of 2011. Opinionated documentary filmmaker michael moore takes an upclose look at the political leanings of college students in george w. Moores goal was to convince millions of nonvoting slackers mostly between the ages of 1829 to give voting a try. In this 2007 production, slacker uprising, moore joins the campaign trail in order to boost the awareness of the usa populace to the inadequacies and incompetencies of the george w. Slacker uprising traces michael moores 62city tour of the swing states during the 2004 presidential election and records the thrilling and frightening response he received across the country. Rent slacker uprising 2007 starring michael moore and eddie vedder on dvd and bluray.
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