Fuck The War : The Movie is coming to DVD and torrents in November, 2010.
In 2003, during anti-War On Iraq protests, the Australian prime minister was kidnapped by an activist and interrogated for 24 hours. The disappearance of the prime minister was officially covered up as an "unexpected visit to the hospital", but a documentary maker, shooting interviews during the largest anti-war protests in Australian history, captured most of the interrogation on camera. Now, seven years later, the footage is being made public for the first time.
In 2003, during anti-War On Iraq protests, the Australian prime minister was kidnapped by an activist and interrogated for 24 hours. The disappearance of the prime minister was officially covered up as an "unexpected visit to the hospital", but a documentary maker, shooting interviews during the largest anti-war protests in Australian history, captured most of the interrogation on camera. Now, seven years later, that footage is being made public for the first time.
I'll be adding a new clip or two from FTW to the channel each week, leading up to the launch and the first screenings. Eventually, the whole movie will go up on this channel.
The launch of FTW : The Movie, that is the first time it will be screened online and be available on DVD and download, will happen in November.
No doubt my frustrations, fury, despair at trying to get an unknown movie in front of hundreds of millions of people (go big, or go home) will provide some entertainment between regular links to new photos, two or three clips a week, plus a whole bunch of other stuff.
It's been a bit quiet around here for the past few weeks or so because I've been finishing off a movie. It's a documentary/hostage thriller set during the Sydney Student Protests against the Iraq War in early 2003.
The basic plot : The prime minister is giving a speech at Sydney's Town Hall after the start of the War On Iraq. An anti-war protest outside turns violent, and during a scuffle the prime minister is separated from his security. One of the protesters manages to kidnap the prime minister. He lashes him to a chair in the cellar of an empty house and interrogates him over the deceptions and lies that led Australia into the War On Iraq.
The movie is called FTW, or :
'F..k The War' stars Dave Gleeson, lead singer with the legendary Australian rock band The Screaming Jets. Gleeson ripped into the role of hostage taker like a professional, found plenty of laughs where there would have been none without him, and generally pulled the gold from a way too long script and made it shine.
The movie will also include extraordinary documentary footage shot at the massive student protests in Sydney, before the start of the Iraq War, when school kids opened up about their fears of the war to come. They were closer to the truth than anyone in the White House, or Whitehall.
I'll get some longer clips up on YouTube soon. But here's a first taste :
'F..k The War' will be out on DVD and digital download in late October. At least one version of the documentary will go up for free on torrent sharing sites.
But if it sells 500 copies, F..k The War will be one of the few Australian movies of 2010 to turn a profit.
If it sells a few thousand copies, we get started on another movie.
