War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
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| War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death | |
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| Directed by | Loretta Alper, Jeremy Earp |
| Produced by | Loretta Alper |
| Narrated by | Sean Penn |
| Music by | Leigh Phillips, John Van Eps |
| Editing by | Andrew Killoy |
| Release date(s) |  May 14, 2007 September 29, 2007 |
| Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | USD$100 000 |
War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death is an American documentary film that was produced and released in 2007. The film is narrated by Sean Penn and is adapted from the book of the same name[1], authored by Norman Solomon
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[edit] Synopsis
The film attempts to expose how the American government over 50 years has tried to strum up war effort using the media as a tool. "War Made Easy gives special attention to parallels between the Vietnam war and the war in Iraq.[2]"
[edit] Reception
War Made Easy currently is rated 88% on Rotten Tomatoes[3]. V.A. Musetto of the New York Post gave a negative review of the film which he called "conventional and one-sided"[4].
[edit] References
- ^ Goodm an, Amy. "War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death". Democracy Now. http://www.democracynow.org/2007/5/29/war_made_easy_how_presidents_pundits. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ "War Made Easy Synposis". http://www.warmadeeasythemovie.org/synopsis.html. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ "War Made Easy - Rotten Tomatoes". Flixster. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/war_made_easy/. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ VA, Musetto. "WAR MADE EASY". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/item_ymGml2ZBcyn5tLQfuLvCJP;jsessionid=B5D126266314C65A9C841B5533A444AA. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
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