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Larry Gelbart (written by)
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17 May 1997 (USA)
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Two media moguls get into a nasty power struggle for the ownership of a pro football team which takes a drastic effect on their personal and professional lives. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys.
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Outstanding - a must see film!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gabriel Byrne | ... | Lionel Powers |
 | Ben Kingsley | ... | Julian Messenger |
 | Mimi Rogers | ... | Ariel Powers (aka Alexi) |
 | Jeffrey Tambor | ... | Alan Blanchard |
 | Illeana Douglas | ... | Rita Pascoe |
 | Paul Mazursky | ... | Dr. Jonathon Cummings |
 | Chris Mulkey | ... | Jerry Pascoe |
 | R. Lee Ermey | ... | Billy Paxton |
| Caroline Aaron | ... | Robin Zimmer |
 | Jason Lee | ... | Phillip Messenger |
| Christina Pickles | ... | Mrs. Frieda Messinger |
 | Tom Wright | ... | Marvel Sears |
| Randall Arney | ... | Sen. Quentin Sayles |
 | Ben Bode | ... | Peter Messenger |
| L. Scott Caldwell | ... | Sen. Condon |
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Rated R for language, sexuality, and depiction of a suicide.
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100 min | Germany:92 min
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Apparently his rotten spying bastards are better than my rotten spying bastards!
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What Robert Altman did for Vietnam with M*A*S*H, Stephen Surjik (director)and Larry Gelbart (writer) do to modern media corporations with Weapons of Mass Distraction.
If anyone wants to know how the mega rich owners of big corporations are "screwing the little guy" and getting away with it, then you HAVE to watch this movie. The film uses biting satirical comic writing to deliver its message about how money and media power dominates the political process to the detriment of all but a very few people at the top. Imagine the screenplay being written by Voltaire or Jonathan Swift. Gabriel Byrne and Ben Kingsley's performances as the two greedy media moguls who will do anything, no matter how sleazy or illegal, to get their way, are brilliant. Jeffrey Tambor is fantastic as Byrne's personal assistant whose morals are as ambiguous as his sexuality.
A wonderful film, a savage attack on what happens when too much power is vested in the hands of too few. Watch it and wince.