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Stuart Townsend's Battle in Seattle
20 September 2008 Interview with Actor/Director Stuart Townsend - Interview
cinemablend.com
Though he's famous as an actor, Stuart Townsend is clearly also some kind of egghead. Who else would take it upon themselves to research the entire world's financial system, and then make a movie about it?...
Rich: How did you shoot the big riot scenes?
Townsend: My DP gave instructions to his cameramen that there were no mistakes. Don't be afraid to just find moments. The cameramen were just having a great time. People get into it. We'd say "Cut!" and no one would hear us. We'd have to actually do this police siren, so people knew then to stop. It was like "Action!" and everyone just went for it.
Rich: Does the timing feel particularly good, given this week's financial problems?
Townsend: I started the film in 2002. I thought I would have it finished by 2004. And every year it didn't get made, I thought I missed this amazing, serendipitous event that connected. And then it would happen again and again. There have been so many examples of this failed economic system. Almost every month there's another example. It's hard to connect the dots, but the WTO and globalization I still think are the most important issues. It's more important, and will outlast, wars and anything else. We're always going to trade.
Rich:What was it like bringing this to the Democratic and Republican conventions?
Townsend: People were very polite. I was actually hoping for a little debate-- particularly with the Republicans, who believe in free markets, deregulation, privatization. I was actually really wanting someone to debate me, but no one did. People liked it... In one sense I was surprised that there weren't more hard-hitting questions. And in another sense I was like "Good." It seemed to reach out further than I thought. It plays everywhere, because essentially it's a film about people. Katey Rich's interview here!
19 September 2008 EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW - Video interview
aflcio.org
The full DVD version includes interviews with AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, United Steelworkers (USW) President Leo Gerard, Machinists (IAM) President Tom Buffenbarger and Teamsters (IBT) President James Hoffa, all key figures in the 1999 march.
Townsend: We have to keep this film out there for the first two weeks [after it premiers Sept. 19]. If people go out to see the film in those first two weeks, then we get to go nationwide. There were documentaries done about this event and nobody saw them. But maybe someone loves Andre Benjamin's acting and they go to see the movie and learn about the WTO. Or someone is a fan of Charlize Theron or Woody Harrelson and they go to see the movie to see them on the screen and they learn about the WTO-about labor and about standing up and using your voice. That's what it's about. James Parks' interview here!
19 September 2008 Michelle Rodriguez Of Battle In Seattle - Interviewmovieweb.com
Stuart Townsend Exposes the WTO in Battle in Seattle and the greater issue of free trade's effect on the world poor.
View exclusive video interview here! -Link back up
19 September 2008 Film Review - Battle in Seattle - Review
cinemablend.com
...[Michelle] Rodriguez plays Lou, a veteran protester who fits right in with the actresses past "tough girl" roles. Unafraid to talk about pretty much anything, Rodriguez talked about the violence she saw growing up in Jersey City, her many lives "like a cat," and her own real-life protest experience...
Why did you decide to do this film?[Rodriguez:] I love people. And I really feel that America is a good place. And I feel that citizens in America are good people overall. I think that majority of people are just misinformed. Living in Los Angeles, and being an actress for 10 years, and traveling the world, has informed me so much about how we are looked at as citizens. how we are looked at as a major influence around the world. I felt that this movie captured that voice. Stuart Townsend captured that voice, the voice of the innocent and the voice of the culprits all in one. When I read the script, I didn't care if I was an extra in it. I wanted to be a part of it. I was like, "I haven't felt that good since Girlfight!" after reading the script... Katey Rich's full interview here!
Pictures of Michelle at the tribeca-grand-hotel here!
19 September 2008 Exclusive: Stuart Townsend's Battle in Seattle - Interviewkqed.org
It's refreshing, then, and simultaneously troubling to see an account of a massive street protest in Stuart Townsend's Battle in Seattle...The movie weaves together archival footage taken from the WTO protests with the fictional stories of four protestors, two riot cops, a newscaster and the mayor of Seattle...ultimately, Battle in Seattle delivers an inspirational message: activism can succeed...The movie reminds us that people can make a difference, that nonviolent protestors can make a stand for what they believe in, and can open the world's eyes to the important and troubling decisions being made behind closed doors.
View Jeffrey Gilliland's complete review here!
19 September 2008 Interview: Ray Liotta Of Battle In Seattle - Interview
comingsoon.net
Actor Stuart Townsend has starred in a number of different kinds of films over the years as well as the updated television version of "Night Stalker,"...ComingSoon.net sat down with Townsend to talk about how an actor from Ireland ended up directing one of the more impressive civil rights related non-doc films of the year....
CS: With a movie like this, and this is me being a cynical critic, you have to wonder who is going to want to go to movies on a Friday night and see a movie about riots. Obviously people who are kind of involved in this kind of thing might be interested in seeing this, but for everyone else?
Townsend: But don't they want to see Andre and Woody and Charlize and great acting and a really visual film? I definitely tried not to make this a boring film. I think the film moves at a really good pace. People have complained about certain things, but nobody's ever complained that it's a boring movie... Edward Douglas' full interview here!
19 September 2008 Stuart Townsend on 'Battle in Seattle' and Battling Hollywood - Interview
cinemablend.com
Ray Liotta thinks you're used to seeing him as a bad guy, or at least a thug. So when the movie Battle in Seattle came his way, offering him the chance to wear a suit and not have to punch anyone he took it.
Rich: Are there particular actors that you've been inspired by?
Liotta: When i first started it was DeNiro, Pacino, those kinds of guys. I never wanted to be an actor, and when I decided I did [in the 1970s], those were the movies that were happening. I was just becoming an actor. I was influenced by them. If anything, this movie probably belongs back then [in the 1970s].
Katey Rich's interview here!
19 September 2008 Channing Tatum's Role - Tatum newsnymag.com
...I really liked the movie, but this seems like kind of a nightmarish, huge-scale project to pick for your first time directing...
[Townsend:] I was definitely trying to make things as difficult as possible for myself. No, it certainly wasn't easy. Oftentimes I'd find myself thinking, God, I wish this was about two guys in a room. Like Dinner With Andre. That would have been easy. But this was a story I really wanted to tell. I was really passionate about it so I just had to go and do it. For six years. [Laughs.].... Sara Cardace's story here!
19 September 2008 Battle in Seattlew - Review
zimbio.com
In my last 'Battle in Seattle' post, I let you all know about the cool, free ringtone that the film created just for us here at Channing Tatum Unwrapped, and I promised there was more to come.
Now the movie has gone a step further and created a never-before-seen, exclusive video clip with Channing Tatum footage from the film just for CTU readers!!!
Tatum's the best! here Channing in Seattle stuff.
Film synopsis here Page geared for Channing supporters.
19 September 2008 Film revisits the Battle in Seattle - Minnesota Public Radiosfgate.com
Where were you when the four-day World Trade Organization street fight erupted in Seattle in 1999? I was in Prague at the time and had a limited understanding of the actual event, but I remember the blowback hitting the Czech Republic: Protesters smashed a window at McDonald's, and anti-corporate and WTO stickers and graffiti grew like kudzu over city walls...
The best parts of the film are the actual protests, re-created using archival footage. Like any good military battle scenes, they are infused with the thrill and fear of combat. "Battle in Seattle" also captures the aesthetics of the protesters. Bandanas, cargo pants, hoodies, stickers and patches galore, along with the street puppets and butterfly wings. Poor André Benjamin, who is something of a dandy in real life, has to wear a knit hat that looks like a piece of a bath mat. Reyhan Harmanci's story here!
19 September 2008 In Every Life We Have Some Trouble - Reviewminnesota.publicradio.org
... In 1999 the anti-globalization movement was huge and gaining strength. Tens of thousands of protesters traveled to Seattle to demonstrate against what they saw as a misuse of the World Trade Organization's powers. As the film shows, the media anticipated there would be trouble. Townsend says the popular image of the WTO protests is of anarchists smashing up downtown Seattle and the police responding. But he says what actually happened was very different.
Instead of random acts of violence, he found non-violent protesters carefully planned ways of preventing delegates from getting to the meetings. For example, protesters chained themselves together at key points throughout the city. "Their tactics were just so effective that they shut this conference down, and that was unacceptable to the authorities," he said. "And they responded with non-lethal weapons. They basically went for these protesters who were completely peaceful. Only after the fact did downtown start to get smashed up, and the response grew even stronger." The violence on the streets of Seattle played across the world's TV screens. Stuart Townsend says he believes in the importance of dissent, but he stresses what happened in Seattle was very complicated, and he tried to cover as many viewpoints as he could. .... Euan Kerr's story here!
popmatters.com
...It's a dazzling first image for the action of Battle in Seattle, Stuart Townsend's writing-and-directing debut, resonant with risk and hope, breathtaking beauty and corporate symbolism. It also follows a less poetic credits sequence that provides ideological ground for this heartfelt film, in the form of a short history of the WTO.... Cynthia Fuchs' story here!
NEW YORK PREMIERES
19th & 20th September 2008
(1)The Angelika Film Center, (2)The Lincoln Plaza
Friday & Saturday 09.19 - 09.20.08 New York - The Angelika Film Center Q & A with Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Martin Henderson and Dir. Stuart Townsend scheduled at the conclusion of Saturday's 8:00pm show along with a 10 minute Intro to the 10:35pm show.
Saturday 20th September 200809.20.08 New York - The Lincoln Plaza Q & A with Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Martin Henderson and Dir. Stuart Townsend scheduled at the conclusion of Saturday's 5:30pm show along with a 10 minute Intro to the 7:50pm show.
OPENING CINEMAS19-18-17 September 2008 Charlize Theron quotes (from "the things they say")
San Francisco, Ca at The Landmark, 1 Embarcadero Center Promenade Level
San Rafael, Ca at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Center, 1118 Fourth Street
Washington D.C. at The Landmark Ste 2, 555 11th St NW
Minneapolis, MN at Minneapolis Landmark's Uptown, 2906 Hennepin Ave.
New York, NY at Angelika, 18 W Houston St.
New York, NY at Lincoln Plaza Theaters, Broadway (btw. 62nd & 63rd)
Seattle, WA at Landmark Theaters Neptune, 1303 N.E. 45th at Brooklyn Ave.
Seattle, WA at AMC Lowes Uptown 3, 511 Queen Anne Ave N
and more!!!
18 September 2008 JUAN GONZALEZ & AMY GOODMAN interview STUART TOWNSEND & DAVID SOLNIT (Video/MP3 news)
..No matter what I say, people think I am biased because I sleep with him... He loved directing and I've never seen him so happy - which hurts my feelings as his girlfriend!"
.."I stumbled a few times by calling him baby in front of his crew, which he wasn't very pleased with." Charlize Theron on working with boyfriend Stuart Townsend on his directorial debut Battle In Seattle.
..(Charlize) became an American citizen in 2007, says, "Protesting is different because you can be videotaped and then get arrested and, when you've been arrested, it's harder to get citizenship. "I produced and financed a documentary, called East of Havana, in Cuba that was considered unpatriotic here in America and I got deported when I was 19, so I didn't want to push my luck."
..Charlize Theron, Rihanna, Anne Hathaway and Sarah Jessica Parker have joined U.S. First Lady wannabe Michelle Obama on People magazine's coveted 10 Best Dressed Stars list. Fergie, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Hudson also make the cut.
.."He gave me the script to read first, which is always nerve wracking because this is where the relationship could end. The good thing is it was amazing."
democracynow.org
...GOODMAN: Opening around the country?
TOWNSEND: No, it's a limited release in five cities. And then, if people go see it, then it gets to open nationwide.
GOODMAN: David Solnit, what are your hopes for this film?
SOLNIT: I'm hoping it will stimulate interest in people getting involved in change in the world. And, you know, we are in a more repressive time, but we have the examples of movements in places like Oaxaca or Bolivia or South Korea, who are in much more repressive environments. By doing smart, strategic organizing, people can overcome that. And if there's a time where it's needed, it's now. And I think the other thing is- Listen/watch Juan Gonzalez & Amy Goodman's interview here!
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18 September 2008 Andre Benjamin Featured In 'Battle In Seatle'
18 September 2008 The "Battle in Seattle" and Beyond - Article
blackvoices.com
...When I spoke to Andre Benjamin earlier this year for another film, he had mention that he had a featured role in the film.
Andre Benjamin: "I play a protestor named Django and his role is pretty much easy in a group of other protestors. They shut down this convention so that the WTO couldn't happen and it worked and this is based on true events. Even though it's serious, my character tries to keep everything light. Even we were getting arrested and gassed, I'm always making it fun." Wilson Morales' story here!
17 September 2008 Cinema Society and Dior Beautyalternet.org/movies
...One simple thing everyone can do to take action in the next few months would be to vote for an administration that might begin to listen to its citizens. The first thing it should do to make sure those voices are heard is to focus on dismantling the rampant media consolidation where four corporations own fifty percent of U.S. media. Maybe then the news might begin to cover the issues in depth and begin asking the questions that need to be so urgently answered... Stuart Townsend's story here!
17 September 2008 'Battle in Seattle' is Gripping and Intense from Start to Finish...
(pic 4 = Actor Martin Henderson, director Stuart Townsend,
actress Michelle Rodriguez, actress Charlize Theoron and actor Ray Liotta)Director Stuart Townsend attends the Cinema Society and Dior Beauty screening of 'Battle in Seattle' at the Tribeca Grand Screening Room on September 17, 2008 in New York City. Variety's Celebrity slideshow here!
Thanks Lisa H ! !
16 September 2008 E Video linkBattle in Seattle focuses on the event that made my friend want to join The Movement in the first place: The WTO protests in Seattle in 1999...His story punctuates the brutal lows and fleeting highs that the rest of the characters march through. It's a story arc where everyone is fighting for something they believe in - order, freedom, corporate responsibility, geopolitical disenfranchisement - but every voice is so loud, that no one is heard. It is frustrating, but it's a frustration to revel in, a world that Townsend and company dissolve you into in order to tell a story that's not easy to hear... View Dr. Cole Abaius' excellent review here.
16 September 2008 Battle in Seattle and Virtual JFK Ask Are We, or He, the People?H'wood power couple Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend open up about their passion project The Battle in Seattle. View E's video through here.
15 Sep 2008 Huffington Post's Brad Listi interviews Stuart Townsendvillagevoice.com
...Who makes history? Is it the great man, the great mass, or the great revolutionary vanguard?...Townsend has made no secret that Battle in Seattle aspires to be a contemporary version of Medium Cool-the 1970 drama that Haskell Wexler managed to set amid the 1968 Democratic convention....Battle in Seattle is too frantic to make more than a transitory impression, yet too responsibly hackneyed in its characterizations to achieve pure tabloid hysteria. In that sense, it's true to the actual event... J. Hoberman's story here!
15 Sep 2008 Exclusive Clip: 'Battle in Seattle'
We Are Winning:
...Recently I had a chance to sit down with the actor Stuart Townsend. A native of Ireland, Townsend has appeared in a variety of films and television shows, and he has now taken on his most ambitious project to date: writing, directing, and producing Battle in Seattle, a movie centered on the WTO riots of 1999. Battle makes its debut in select theaters on September 19th. New York magazine has called it "a triumph," and Jeffrey Lyons of NBC's Reel Talk has hailed it as "a compelling and impassioned film with powerful performances."
The film's large ensemble cast includes Woody Harrelson, Ray Liotta, Andre Benjamin, Connie Nielsen, Channing Tatum, Michelle Rodriguez, Martin Henderson, and Townsend's longtime girlfriend, Oscar-winner Charlize Theron.
...It started when I read a book by Anita Roddick called "Take It Personally," which is sort of a primer for anyone interested in the subject...And then I actually cut together a fifteen-minute film of actual documentary footage from the riots in rough chronological order as a sort of visual compendium, and that really changed things. People saw the drama. They saw the action. And that was how it got financed. Still, it was a pretty small budget for what we needed to do...Get prepared to have your ass handed to you. That's the way it goes. But it's understandable that celebrities would advocate. Celebrities are artists. Usually, artists are a product of their environment. They're able to distill something from contemporary life and communicate it in a unique way. So it's understandable that they would want to be patriotic and stand up for what they believe in. Look at a guy like Sean Penn. He's an American. As an American, I think it's his right to speak out. And he does. He goes to Iraq. He goes to New Orleans. And he understands the issues. He's not just an actor who's lending his name to a cause... View Brad's complete interview here.
15 Sep 2008 The Battle in Seattle - Special Advance Screeningcinematical.com
...In the clip, Woody Harrelson plays a SWAT officer who begins to take the taunting of protesters a little too personally. Check it out... View clip here!
4 Sep 2008The Washington Note and the New America Foundation
The Washington Note and the New America Foundation are hosting a film screening of "The Battle in Seattle"...It is directed by Stuart Townsend, who will be joining me tonight for a post-screening chat with a number of other labor rights advocates, including Lori Wallach of Public Citizen...And for others, I hope to get a couple of interviews taped to share with others on TWN... Steve Clemons' invitation here!
4 Sep 2008 Charlize Theron: Stuart Townsend has made me softer as a personWTO Photo Quiz by Kevin Sharp
Photographer Kevin Sharp paired his photos of the 1999 WTO event in Seattle with stills from the new film Battle in Seattle. View Kevin Sharp's photos here
3 Sep 2008
Story by: Lucy
...The couple of seven years refer to each other as husband and wife even though they've not married and have no intention of doing. She added: "I want to know that I wake up every morning with him because I want to, not because a piece of paper says so." View Lucy's story here
2 Sep 2008"Battle in Seattle" shows at DNC
Stuart Townsend remembers vividly watching the live reports out of Seattle, Washington in 1999..."Battle in Seattle" in one of the movies being shown during the 4-day Impact Film Festival at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions....
View the full 9News "Transcript" or "TV footage" here
1 Sep 2008 minnesota.publicradio.orgTear Gas And Dueling Pianos By Rachel Goslins
Never a dull moment here at the Impact Film Festival. Our opening film was Battle in Seattle, a narrative feature about the tumultuous events at the 1999 WTO meeting in Seattle, directed by Stuart Townsend. I finally got a chance to watch the whole thing, which includes a lot of well-done footage of the crazy spiraling violence during the protests....
www.digitalcity.com/2008/09/02/blogging-gop-live-tear-gas-and-dueling-pianos/ View Rachel's article + photos here
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1 Sep 2008 Andre 3000 Benjamin: Battle In Seattle Trailer - Trailer Release"Battle in Seattle" shows at DNC
It's apt that Stuart Townsend had to dodge the riot police in St Paul when he came to the MPR studios to talk about his new film "Battle in Seattle." It screened this morning as part of the Impact Film Festival at the Landmark Center in St Paul....
View MPR link here
1 Sep 2008 The Battle for Reality - Article
prohiphop.com
Andre 3000's not a major lead character in Battle In Seattle, due for a September 19th release, but it looks like a good role for him, even in the turtle outfit!...I also am quite curious to see how anarchists are portrayed since they're typically treated worse by the media than are rappers. ...
View Release here
31 August 2008 - Press Releaseby David Solnit
Yes Magazine, Fall 2008
...My stomach clenched the first time I heard that actor Stuart Townsend was making a mainstream movie about the 1999 shutdown of the WTO ministerial meetings, Battle in Seattle. I was an on-the-ground organizer in Seattle, and for me and many other activists, the event was a high point in our social change work. It was a moment when organized resistance became a genuine popular uprising, successfully shutting down the opening day of the WTO meeting, taking over the downtown core of a major American city, and contributing to the collapse of negotiations that would have increased poverty, destruction, and misery around the world...
...Two years ago, Stuart Townsend called me up. He had heard that I was involved in the organizing that led up to the Seattle protests...I asked to read the script and offer feedback. Townsend finally agreed just as he began filming in Vancouver, British Columbia. I pored over the script for three days in the back room of his production offices and was required to hand it back each day before I left. I circulated a summary for feedback to a group of activists I'd worked with in Seattle. I wrote up an analysis of problems we saw in the script, then met with Townsend and his assistant on the fourth day of filming...
...My attempt to engage with Townsend's movie helped me see how important it is for members of social movements to tell our own stories-not just about Seattle, but about all our struggles and victories-and to tell them loudly, publicly, and compellingly...
View David Solnit's story here or here.
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28 August 2008 people.comMRA The Alarmists Join Impact Film Festival/MySpace Impact
Minneapolis Recording Artist The Alarmists Join Impact Film Festival/MySpace Impact, Rock The Vote and Digg Party Saluting the Screen Actors Guild and Festival Filmmakers...IN ATTENDANCE: Stuart Townsend, Director of the Impact Film Festival's Opening Film will be on hand to welcome attendees....
View Press Release here
27 August 2008 washingtonpost.comCaught in the Act!
Democratic National Convention... The film was introduced by Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio....
View people.com story here
27 August 2008 Seattle Film Buff - BLOGHollywood's Own Party Agenda: 40 Bashes
Charlize Theron, long and lean in a flowy sundress and dark jacket, rested her chin on boyfriend Stuart Townsend's shoulder yesterday as the gorgeous duo basked in a senator's praise....
View Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts' story here (With slide show)
27 August 2008 redorbit.com - articleMovie Calender: Looking Forward to September
I was actually living outside the state in 1999 when the WTO riots erupted in the Emerald City, so I've never been quite sure exactly what happened. Fortunately, Battlepresents a way for me to learn about the events--hopefully accurately--without having to experience it all over again.....
View seattlefilmbuff blog here
27 August 2008Caught in the Act!
DENVER - Hollywood honey Charlize Theron was here in the Mile High City yesterday to help her S.O. Stuart Townsend stump for his indie flick "Battle In Seattle."...Hoffa said "Battle" is the "movie Hollywood doesn't want you to see" and Gerard urged the labor leaders in the audience to rent movie theaters and screen it for their members....
View Charlize Fights for Seattle Battle story here
26 August 2008 charlize-theron-denver-darling-206304Hollywood stars align in Denver
Stuart Townsend screened "Battle in Seattle" on Tuesday at the Starz Film Room, part of a weeklong series of screenings and panels organized by SeaChange Communications and the Impact Film Festival...
View variety.com story here
26 August 2008 Charlize Theron Cares About Labor
Story by: Gossip Girls
...new film 'Battle in Seattle' is the talk of the Impact Film Festival in Denver, Colorado, and Charlize Theron couldn't be happier.... View celebrity-gossip.net story here
26 August 2008 Charlize Theron, Stuart Townsend Promote "Battle in Seattle" at DNCPosted by: Michael Kraskin
Townsend just made a film called "Battle In Seattle" which documents the WTO riots in Seattle in 1999. Though happily critical of America, no actual Americans seem to have been used in getting this film to the silver screen. As Leo Gerard pointed out: "It took an Irishman with funding from Canada to make this film." Foreigners sure like telling us what's wrong with our country, eh?..... View Michael's post (with pics) here
15 Feb 2008 (this great link now added)Story by: Connie Wilson
...August 26, appearing at Riverfront Park at 1610 Little Raven Street to promote Townsend's directorial debut "Battle in Seattle,"...Along with Theron, the film stars Woody Harrelson, Ray Liotta and Connie Neilsen, and ... the Irish-born Townsend, who appeared in ... "Kolchak: the Night Stalker" on television. Also on the dais were labor-leader James Hoffa and Leo W. Girard, International President of the United Steelworkers ... because they were among the leaders of the 40,000 protesters against the WTO in Seattle that virtually shut down the city on November 30, 1999... View Connie's story (with pics) here
Stuart Townsend's Battle Cry7 Dec 2007
blackbookmag.com
In 1999, thousands of activists swarmed the streets of Seattle to protest the meeting of the World Trade Organization. What began as a peaceful demonstration devolved into five days of complete chaos, marking one of the most violent uprisings in American history. Now, almost ten years later, the actor-director most famous for his portrayal of Lestat in Queen of the Damned, takes us back to that time. As one would imagine, it's a riot.... click for Nick Haramis' full excellent interview
7-15 September 20072007
Bahamas International Film Festival
opening night - premiere film
movingpicturesmagazine.com
In-a-nutshell: In his debut directorial effort, Stuart Townsend has tenaciously taken his audience on a journey from which it will not soon recover.... click for Elliot V. Kotek's review
4/4/07: Here are some great links to get the latest news on Stuart's upcoming Battle for Seattle;2007
32nd Toronto International Film Festival
Special Presentation - Ryerson theatre
movingpicturesmagazine.com
Toronto International Film Festival video interviews withStuart Townsend
Michelle Rodriquez
André Benjamin
http://www.movieset.com/tt0010205 (either moved or took their link elsewhere)
nytimes.com movie.html?v_id=377586
http://teamsugar.com/group/146566/blog/150609 (moved or deleted link)
http://movies.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=223652 link is down
2 February 2007 Battle in Seattle now includes some snow scenes
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=28acbfba-3773-43c5-a823-b7cd8a8e99e9&k=15561
1 February 2007 Hollywood creates its own 'Battle in Seattle'
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/295450_battle11.html
11 December 2006 Images: On location - 'The Battle in Seattle' on-location photos
bigscreenlittlescreen.net
Pictures including; Andre Benjamin, Martin Henderson, and Michelle Rodriguez between takes...Jennifer Carpenter...more
(also has a link to 'Tamara' who snapped and posted more great on-the-scene shots via her blog and Flickr page) Ted Zee's story and pics
6 December 2006 WTO -- the movie, filming now in Seattle at night
There could be a few movie stars in town this week for filming on Hollywood's recreation of the 1999 WTO protests.
The movie, appropriately titled "Battle in Seattle," reportedly stars Charlize Theron and Woody Harrelson...Among the extras hired for the film are WTO veterans who took to the streets during the actual protests...The movie, itself, is drawing protests online from those skeptical of how Hollywood will portray the actions of protesters and Seattle police. Protesters accused police of brutality for using tear gas and physical force to crack down on the masses... Angelo Bruscas' story
10 November 2006 "Battle In Seattle" Vancouver Casting Call
kat14's post here
Casting Call
We are in search of volunteers to be extras in a film based on one of the most incendiary uprisings in a generation.
"Battle in Seattle" takes an in depth look at the five days that rocked the world in 1999 as tens of thousands of people took to the streets in protest of the World Trade Organization.
This will be a unique opportunity to participate in the production of an extraordinary film. The location will be in the Vancouver area and food will be provided throughout each day. This is a topical & controversial independent feature and our budget is low.
We are seeking activists with a passion for taking it to the streets when the cameras are rolling, who are willing to volunteer their time to be part of a film that will tell a story of profound global importance, a story the mass media suppressed and a story that is, in itself, a movement for human rights and environmental justice.
* Job location is Vancouver
* Compensation: all meals & an unforgettable experience
Stuart Townsend: When I first came across the story in 2002, I was reading this book called 'Take it Personally,' which is about globalization. There was an essay in there by 'Paul Hawkens' called 'The Battle in Seattle.' It was an essay on the event and there were a couple pictures along with it. Those pictures really grabbed me.