Michael Moore Hosts Q&A at New York Premiere of ‘The Tillman Story’ (Part 1)
Michael Moore discusses ‘The Tillman Story’ with (L-R) Actor Josh Brolin, former soldier Russell Baer, producer John Battsek and director Amir Bar-Lev following a special screening at AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 on August 11, 2010 in New York City.
‘The Tillman Story’ opens Friday, August 20th in New York and Los Angeles. Don’t miss it: http://www.tillmanstory.com/
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you work with you that part of thatprocess of recanting and you knowyou're making this movie it's it's a
story that's thata few years ago icm obama got elected
while you guys weremaking thisand he said well my movies can be
thinking about against any moreconsultant you knowtwelve-year my ofthe film came aboutbecauseback home in london i was i mean i
remember reading the story that pat lefthis n_f_l_ contracts and join the
military namaludicrous to excessive sports fan all
sports i was kind of amazed by thatnightand it registered with me inand then you know subsequently armreading the next story which is the
terrible story of his death and justimmediatelyfortresses whatever you know always been
a conspiracy theory hispanicimmediately just sowhatever about to read another's going
to be somethingfishy about it it's not it's going to beversion of the story that is going to be
real anayaso i was that i was very intrigued and
at the time was making another filmworking with the company over here in
new york and and and one of the guys whoever had worked with marie tillman at
yes canand so ii'm i'm talking from a rebound this is
an idea of the film you know we thoughtit would be inching to kiss you so i a mi asked the skies maybe he could
organize for us to have a conversationwith maureen we knew that she told
calderantaand that was the beginning a process
that was uh... you know we had a so verytentative conversation with her and she
wasbasically totally disinterested in
concept of a document you make the shevery graciously creatures coming to new
york's agreed to meet with us and we hadwe had our first meeting with her in
that meeting went well and she agreed towe sit with flashlights and spend a
couple weeks there in which you candecrease of workshop our ideas together
with her so she get a sense of what iswe're trying to doand a and actuallyi think the basis of up pitcher fits
right where it was was was anne what wefelt was thesomeone's going to make this story has
its own remarkable and shocking storyabuses extra me gone and i felt likeyou know that someone said she was sick
of wake up one day and turn the t_v_ ona more sample fallsdocumented at some of the made without
one about pat but would horrify the nodoubt be completely inaccuratethey could work with these people with
artists who track record of making youknow for the most partqualityfeature documentaries which was arooted in the truthand be part of that processand zenand i think you know marierelatively swiftly seven decided that
that was that was you know a good ideaand that we were right and someone would
make that someone they would rather bepart of it and not be part of itcarries out that we were aided by by
uh... other filmmakerswho had actually gone forward andmayen written scriptsand put them on her deskyou know in hopes that she would approve
blend and hand over the life rightand we actually shot a scenethere because a comic relief scenic and
making the film immediately dvd extrawhere weekly asked her to read the
script imageit's reallythere's a scene where patuh... it's just after nine eleven and
he's watching on television and hestarts throwing chairs all around the
room anne gets on a harley and justdrives destruction of the sense that you
knowand she's really amazing stormyet www there were no chairsand they get even funny actually there's
a scene wherepat senior leads the family in prayerthe people just i mean reallyits troop john instead like somebody's
candidates it wasn't so much that we'vesung espy is selling that we want themso josh calmwhat what brought you into this project
that westestimates are you your wife ishindi melittle statue and reaffirming the real
booed off the stagehad i was one of the our taxes are going
to want greater in that give you heremailbobbyat basically is a is a friend and john's
brother daniel that sick or no from frommiramaxyes and no country i'm called and said
would you like to be a part of thisand i just said i can't busy i had too
much stuff going oni was here working and they sent me andvds to set as a favor we watched and
some of my newthe basic story but i didn't know the
depths of the at alland what i like aboutthat i mean i was extremely moved but so
basically i'm representative from themismanaged you guys how do you guys in
the same as you goin washington is extremely moved by ithomo were or from the same area in the
same mentality and i like that it didn'treally get intoyou know partisanship didn't get into in
on itthere things about pat past life and
also about an area that i grew up inpencils california which is also central
coastfor a republican areabaatis so bucolic producing stream of
personal and that's what i love aboutpast life not sort of about his familyis it's it doesn't leave either way it's
not a more mature deeperto in of the to their own prominence
pretty much iteven though you know he'd get the most
incredible thing and sacrifice andwanting to look back on his own legacywith some peace the mustard which arehave a lot of respect for
I Wrote this song for our fighting men and their families.
I do NOT support the wars.
I DO support our Brothers and Sons who fight them!
On this night I dedicated this song to Pat Tillman. At the time I had no idea of the lies that had been told.
We are just starting to learn the truth about what really happened to Pat.
On HBO's Inside the NFL, Peter King interviewed Denver QB Jake Plummer about the horrific treatment the Tillman family have received over Pat's death. There have been four investigations into what really happened to him and now a fifth one is getting close to being completed. How reprehensible has this been for the Tillman family? Pat is killed and they were repeatedly lied to. The family is not speaking out, but Plummer is. Good for him. Somebody has to.
For more on this, see:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/09/25/MNGD7ETMNM1.DTL
Kevin Tillman joined the Army with his brother Pat in 2002, and they served together in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pat was killed in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004. Kevin, who was discharged in 2005, has written a powerful, must-read document.
See: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/200601019_after_pats_birthday/
This ESPN Sports Century biography on Pat Tillman is divided into six parts. I think this aired in 2005. For updated information, read "Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman" by Mary Tillman http://www.amazon.com/Boots-Ground-Dusk-Tribute-Tillman/dp/1594868808 and "Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman" by Jon Krakauer http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385522266/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1594868808&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1R1ZC333SDPTXNBP09RW
After great concerns that the Hoover Dam could be a target of muslim terrorists several of America's most important pieces of infrastructure were re-designed or re-built. The new Hoover Dam Bridge, repalcing the old dam-top roadway is the latest project to be completed.
Tiffany, Chrissy and Jack all ran in the 8th annual Pat's Run in Tempe, AZ. Then Bryce and Mason ran their hearts out in the Kid's Run shortly after. After a quick pit stop at home we were back out for some more fun. Bryce and his little league team joined hundreds of other little leaguers as they walked around the field at Chase Field. Then we watched as the Arizona Diamondbacks lost to the Atlanta Braves for the third straight night. And lastly I head to my brother's house for some dinner and fun but find myself in a little trouble.
Day 21 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix8oNJb0n4c
Day 23 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fShQaj58vMA
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The Oversight Committee holds a hearing, "The Tillman Fratricide: What the Leadership of the Defense Department Knew." The hearing is part of an ongoing investigation and follows a previous hearing held in April. Witnesses will include former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Former Commander of U.S. Central Command Gen. John P. Abizaid (Retired), Former Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers (Retired), Former Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command Gen. Bryan Douglas Brown (Retired). Gen. Kensinger has been served with a subpoena, but has not been able to be located over the past several days and will not appear. Rep. Elijah Cummings questions witnesses.
Pat Tillman was a professional football player with the Arizona Cardinals.
In response to the September 11, 2001 incident, he passed up a $3.6 million contract and joined the Army. His sacrifice became made him a symbol of patriotism and a poster child for Army recruiters.
Pat Tillman came to his senses and turned against the wars. Through friends and family, he made contact with anti-war icon Noam Chomsky.
Perhaps Tillman was ready to make a public statement of opposition to the wars, which would have been a public relations catastrophe for the Army. We will never know. Perhaps the Army knew he was going to go public with a statement of opposition. We will never know.
Pat Tillman took three bullets through the head on April 22, 2004. He was shot at close range by his own men while on paatrol in Afghanistan.
A massive coverup followed, in which the public was told that Tillman had been killed by hostile fire. He was awarded the Silver star. The conspiracy to deceive Tillman's grieving family and the public went to the highest levels of the Army, and centered on one Lt. General Stanley McChrystal.
Eventually, the fraud was exposed, and a half-hearted congressional investigation followed.
Pat Tillman is still dead. His mother, Mary Tillman, still grieves. Lt. General Stanley McChrystal was promoted to supreme commander of the Afghan theater.
New Hoover Dam Bridge - Initially, I thought they were building a suspension bridge with the very high towers on both side installed and managing and installing all those expensive high quality cables, but no. In my opinon, they choose the most EXPENSIVE and unnecessary lengthy and WASTAGE way to build this bridge. Surely, it's another way to "skin a cat" - the US Bridge Authority?
The Oversight Committee holds a hearing, "The Tillman Fratricide: What the Leadership of the Defense Department Knew." The hearing is part of an ongoing investigation and follows a previous hearing held in April. Witnesses will include former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Former Commander of U.S. Central Command Gen. John P. Abizaid (Retired), Former Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers (Retired), Former Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command Gen. Bryan Douglas Brown (Retired). Gen. Kensinger has been served with a subpoena, but has not been able to be located over the past several days and will not appear. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton questions Secretary Rumsfeld on apparent gaps in his preparation to testify.
Keith Olbermann asks Wes Clark about the cover-up of Tillman's murder. Clark says orders for such a whitewash would have to come from "the very top." The Rabbit Hole on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/rabbitholenews
The Oversight Committee holds a hearing, "The Tillman Fratricide: What the Leadership of the Defense Department Knew." The hearing is part of an ongoing investigation and follows a previous hearing held in April. Witnesses will include former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Former Commander of U.S. Central Command Gen. John P. Abizaid (Retired), Former Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers (Retired), Former Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command Gen. Bryan Douglas Brown (Retired). Gen. Kensinger has been served with a subpoena, but has not been able to be located over the past several days and will not appear. Rep. John Tierney questions witnesses on why nobody informed the White House that it was likely a case of fratricide.
