Michael Moore Hosts Q&A at New York Premiere of ‘The Tillman Story’ (Part 2)
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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have her questions now you've donesomething where you'd you've been
looking at we all like we want to see amoviethat will go on something we're going to
take a someplace where we haven't doneokay feel something info and even on
this if you had a hard time sense 'causewe sort of million dean of this filmbut but then you you showed us multiple
endings multiple beginnings and all thestuff in between that none of us do
about that and uh... i don't know if iwas fairly well read about this subject
and uh...ida sat there just like you know my job
wondered she'smonopoly think that's it's reallyit's it's good investigative journalism
and has real hard and i hope it goeswellteam hefirst question for john to prolongit's about timelet's split in the senate yes corporate
over what to thinkthe script for making such an amazing
filmand then telling acting with more
described as just a fantastic fuckingstory alden and uh... and i think it did
it is a very important one performedtheater bring out the study of the west
side of to see itall my question a few questions one iskevin till thenwith a couple of very minor exceptions
his testimonyfor the congress against there at the
endis not uppart of the story now from the film
obviously cannot be treated with thestory be wasn't since you've heard the
film in temperatures not thati was it wasn't pets brother kevin
financially repeat alexandria matrixfucking outand what's whatmatt welch kevin was umwe got involved right around at that
first congressional hearingand that was right when kevin hadcompromisesfirm decision not to be a public figureand it was a humiliating you know
pointless exercise formuh... and so by the time we really set
out for mejust not goodyou do that againbut he helped us a lot on background
russ bear never would have spokeaggressivethat everybodywho we tried to speak withcall other danny or kevin to find out is
ok including by the way kansianyou know that's the power that this
family has that phil kenzie who's in asomewhat adversarial role with the
family called the dannysay are these guys okayenso kevin kevin helped us a lot put us
in touch of people but he didn't want tobe on camera and you know it doesyou knowthey have a healthy sense of their
privacy of what's public much privatesomething we really admire about them in
you know as richard richard also by theway turned us downand we finished the film without his
participationand then we showed it to him and he saidgosh you know i'm sorry i turned it down
i wish i hadn't done that and we said wecan get on a ratherand we put them on a plane and open all
film up and put them in therebut when we are interviewing richard we
asked him about kevin and he saidsomething likekevin it was an under packing rock you
know i mean kevin talked with his friendto talk to his family he just doesn't
want tobecome a celebrity based on this tragedy
and he anne also you know they don'ti mean the family time and time againrefused to let us drift internally
a_t_r_ referred innovative wantsmurray for instance one let us ask her
about their life together at all thoseon the ground rules she didn't want to
see their memories turned into thesekind of like cheap sound biteswhich he already seen done you know in
and countless you know mainstreamoutletskevin same thing i think is a way for
them to kinda hold onto their memoriesto not filter them back throughthis very public arena you know and i
think they they they wanted they sawthere was some utility in doing it for
themselvesyou know other dangers andand we collaborated with them to try and
navigate through thatand animated ultimatelyan absolutely huge moment as i'm sure
you can imagine when we then she showedus the family the film which for us wasanimus soul they might not have liked it
alotdifferentlysummoning kept away from any and all and
it wastotally overwhelminguniform and to say to us the pathwould love this film was likeunusually mementosalmost more like an deal with hisit was gives us an extraordinary was
very gratifying because they put theirtrust in us kevin included and andit was it was a huge number one the
email so they thought we could catch upbut you are there when josh in accent
from the putting makeslester astonishing and for the first
time and i wasso ready for the sharp blow to the back
of the headif he didn't like it or aniston stands i
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MARY TILLMAN: The documentary in part is to try to present Pat as a human being and not this caricature that was created. But the biggest reason for this documentary is to point out the horrible way that he was used. His death was lied about by the military, by the government. But he's not an isolated incident. This happens on a regular basis. It's a systemic problem. It's not isolated to the Bush Administration. It's happened for years. And it's tolerated.
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This is an amazing bridge. The 1,900-foot engineering wonder perched 890 feet above the Colorado River bridges 2 states, Nevada and Arizona. It took five years and 21,000 workers to build the dam, and it cost $240 million. The Mike O'Callaghan and Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge is the longest bridge built with concrete arches in the western hemisphere, according to the Transportation Department. The arches measure 1,060 feet.
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BAR-LEV: There's a sense that this is a story that is over. That this is something we look back on about the Bush administration. In fact, this is a story that continues to this day. Nobody's ever been called to account for their actions...This was a deliberate attempt to cover up the facts.
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My ReThink Interview with Amir Bar-Lev, the director of the documentary THE TILLMAN STORY, which tells the story of pro football player Pat Tillman, who quit the NFL to join the Army Rangers and the cover-up that ensued when Tillman was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan.
In this interview, Amir talks about why he wanted to tell Pat Tillman's story, why there was not more public outrage when it was revealed that the military's stories about Tillman and Jessica Lynch were lies, why America seems to crave a "sanitized" version of war, and what Amir's favorite movie is.
For more about THE TILLMAN STORY, visit http://www.tillmanstory.com/
For more ReThink Interviews and Reviews, visit http://rethinkreviews.net/
A tribute video to the late Pat Tillman, former defensive player for Arizona State and the Arizona Cardinals, who gave his life in service to our country in the fight on terror in Afghanistan.
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/
August 1, 2007, Congressional Hearing of the death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman, who died due to friendly fire. However, the family of the fallen soldier and the American people were not told this information until a month after. In this clip, Rumsfeld apologizes for the situation being poorly handled.
Through remarks and conversation with Tillman Military Scholars from the Harvard community, Marie shared her own story, and offered insight on how to translate moments of personal tragedy, adversity, and reflection into catalysts for positive social change.
Professional football player Pat Tillman joined the Army after 9/11 and was killed in Afghanistan by friendly fire during a gun battle. But as Erica Hill reports, the story told by the government was quite different.
