Product Details

• Actors: Henry Hyde, Barney Frank, Maxine Waters, Bob Barr (II), Ken Starr
• Directors: Bart Everly
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: FIRST RUN FEATURES
• DVD Release Date: September 19, 2006
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000GFLEEU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #226,935 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Let's Get Frank" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Massachussetts Representative Barney Frank is ambitious and inspiring in Bart Everly's documentary, Let's Get Frank, as he fights against right-wing Republican conservativism in Congress. Concerned with more than opposing anti-gay agendas, Frank has publicly admitted his homosexuality to prove that right wing conservatives are against any difference related to sexual preference, race, or gender, by noting that discrimination gays experience is the same kind other groups have fought against in Civil Rights and Feminism movements. Having been forced to resign as a Congressman for his sexual escapades, Frank afterward became one of Clinton's key supporters in the Starr hearings preceding Clinton's impeachment, arguing that sex is irrelevant to a politician's success in office. Filmed over a period of 24 months, Everly follows Frank into the Monica Lewinsky committee hearings, to a vigil for a young gay student killed by his peers, and to a congressional meeting to speak against the Defense of Marriage Act. Many well-respected journalists and politicians such as Cokie Roberts, Kay Longcope, and Maxine Waters, are interviewed in praise of Frank. Footage of conservative decision-making in action via Henry Hyde, Kevin Starr, and Trent Lott alarm the viewer into realizing that, as Frank states repeatedly, although there are many like-minded liberals protesting conservative strong-arming in the HOP and in Congress, there is currently a severe threat to our personal freedoms, culminating as a lack of tolerance among our government representatives. Let's Get Frank, though it focuses on one man's struggle to enact change where needed, mostly calls on the viewer for political action. —Trinie Dalton

Product Description

LET’S GET FRANK is the story of one of America’s most well loved and outspoken politicians. It’s also a hilarious and insightful movie about modern politics, gay life and political hypocrisy.Filmmaker Bart Everly spent 24 months following Representative Barney Frank (D-Mass.), one of the nation’s few openly gay politicians. With unlimited access to both his professional and personal life, Everly captured Frank doing what he does best - being frank! From Capitol Hill to Fire Island, Frank’s sharp wit, outspoken views and down home understanding of politics have made him popular and respected - on both sides of the political fence. After surviving his own sex scandal, Frank became one of President Clinton’s staunchest and most effective defenders.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not so Gay, June 2, 2009

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T. Brown "revtombrown" (Fayetteville, Arkansas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let's Get Frank (DVD)

Greetings,

Barney Frank, like Harvey Milk, is a true patriot of our time.

If you want to know what a real patriot is, get this movie.

One Love revtombrown

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars But is he a bear!?, November 21, 2007

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Jeffery Mingo (Homewood, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let's Get Frank (DVD)

This dude works with my boss, so I can't employ my critical diva skills to this documentary. I wanna keep muh job. That aside, here are some thoughts.
When I saw a documentary on Senator Daniel Inouye, I thought, "Gosh! This work would be inspirational for many Japanese-American youth!" This work on Congressman Frank would also be a wonderful resource to gay male and lesbian youth. Still, some may be upset that the Congressman frequently curses.
This documentary has very diverse interviewees in terms of race, gender, and sexuality. If you loved seeing Congresswoman Maxine Waters speak in the gay documentary "Tying the Knot," you'll love seeing her here as well. Too often, people try to act like homophobia does not exist, or that it's a pass'e issue. In this work, you see elected officials and everyday people being just as bigoted as they can be. Thus, it underlines Congressman Frank's importance.
This work may feel dated. It focuses upon the Lewinsky scandal that happened approximately a decade ago. Bill Clinton is no longer in office and Henry Hyde has retired. Hey, Ellen D. broke up with Anne Heche and is now with Portia de Rossi. Then again, as ENDA has finally passed the House, the work may attract many more viewers. Congressman Frank is still in office and this work may give viewers the misperception that his only role was as a Bill Clinton defender.
Do you remember that Homer Simpson loved watching "When Dinosaurs Get Drunk" but screamed, "People will watch anything!" when a channel showed Members of Congress speaking on the House Floor? Well, this documentary spends much time on a committee hearing and apolitical viewers may be bored to tears by it. Still, Congressman Frank isn't paid to be gay; he's paid to perform work like what is shown here.
After Richard Hatch won the first "Survivor," a member of the gay press asked him, "Do you identify as a bear?" Congressman Frank is a chubby, gay guy, so it frustrated me that he never mentions whether he's bear-identified. The work shows him eating a doughnut and swapping a recipe with staff members. Remember how Adam Sandler's character is asked if he is a chubby chaser in "Chuck and Larry" due to Kevin James' chunkiness? Well, is Congressman Frank down?
With all due respect, viewers may be irritated by Congressman Frank's voice. That's not a Boston accent; he just doesn't enunciate like most Americans. Many people love playwright Harvey Fierstein, but don't care for his gravelly voice. Congressman Frank has a lot to say, but you may miss it given how he pronounces "s" like "sh," etc.
It is admirable that an openly gay man can obtain and keep House membership, but I do wish someone would make a documentary about Congresswoman Baldwin. It must be especially hard to be gay and a woman among the 435 members of that club. There's a problem called "lesbian invisibility." It occurs when people focus on gay men and straight women and practically pretend like lesbians don't exist. Congresswoman Baldwin is a brave individual too, yet I bet only a fraction of people who recognize Congressman Frank would recognize her.