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Orwell Rolls in His Grave

Charles Lewis (Actor), Robert McChesney (Actor) Rated: Unrated Format: DVD
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The chilling documentary film "Orwell Rolls in His Grave" examines the relationship between the media, corporate America, and government. In a country where the "top 1% control 90% of the wealth", the film argues that the media system is nothing but a "subsidiary of corporate America." It's a stunning fact that the media received 1 billion dollars in campaign ads for the last election. Large corporations own the television networks, and the sheer number of stations/channels available gives the public the "illusion of choice." Yes, there are tons of channels to chose from, but this "ostensible diversity conceals an actual uniformity."

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  • Actors: Charles Lewis, Robert McChesney, Mark Crispin Miller, Bernie Sanders, Danny Schechter
  • Directors: Robert Kane Pappas
  • Writers: Robert Kane Pappas, Tom Blackburn
  • Producers: Robert Kane Pappas, Terri Needham
  • Format: Color, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: Unrated
  • Studio: Go Kart Films
  • DVD Release Date: June 7, 2005
  • Run Time: 84 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0008237AA
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #131,037 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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264 of 267 people found the following review helpful
"How can I get one of these vegged-out populations?"
By Folantin HALL OF FAME on June 22, 2005
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The chilling documentary film "Orwell Rolls in His Grave" examines the relationship between the media, corporate America, and government. In a country where the "top 1% control 90% of the wealth", the film argues that the media system is nothing but a "subsidiary of corporate America." It's a stunning fact that the media received 1 billion dollars in campaign ads for the last election. Large corporations own the television networks, and the sheer number of stations/channels available gives the public the "illusion of choice." Yes, there are tons of channels to chose from, but this "ostensible diversity conceals an actual uniformity."

"Orwell Rolls in his Grave" gives the big picture of the media system in America and asks why some important stories are not covered by the mainstream news and remain invisible. Other stories appear and sink rapidly--while some stories are repeated over and over. Using references to George Orwell's masterpiece "1984" the filmmakers establish the idea that "1984" isn't just fiction any more. The premise of Orwell's novel is that language is redesigned and history rewritten to control people's thoughts. According to the filmmakers, the American media system at best--filters the news to the populace, and at worst--is the mouthpiece of its corporate and political masters.

This information packed film examines the ties between media, corporations and the government using facts and figures--as well as a number of news stories. The film focuses on media coverage of the 2000 election, and the juicy detail of the purging of Florida voter rolls.Read more ›
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94 of 98 people found the following review helpful
A Slow Spin in the Porcelain
By D. Brouillard on March 7, 2006
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I'll make this short and sweet. I used to work in spin. I did advance, which is creating media events for politicians. In other words, for a time I was one of those people that manipulated public thought by the way in which we delivered information.

I'll let others speak to the eerie connections to Orwell's foresight. I'll let others write about how effectively the film makers make the case.

That which is represented in this piece is true. The observations are astute. The prognosis is grim.

I wholeheartedly recommend this film to anyone who clings to the belief in the ideas of the founding fathers. Buy it. Watch it. Watch it again. Share it with friends.
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165 of 177 people found the following review helpful
The Illusion of Choice
By Sunshine Greeny on June 12, 2005
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"They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality...and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening."

This quote from Orwell's "1984" is used in the opening sequence of this film, and sums up America's media structure frighteningly well. Media shapes and alters human consciousness, collectively, it shapes and effects the collective reality.
This film serves as a WARNING: the U.S. media is an ANTI-democratic force, a weapon of "doublespeak,", a subsidiary of corporate America which shapes and determines the legality, constitutionality, and 'facts' of democratically newsworthy events and issues from official, inside sources, instead of(and quite OPPOSED TO, in fact) true journalism, or even any vague sense of it. Specific, essential words/language are not used, not permitted, within our media, in order to reduce cognition. In America, truth is staged and 'managed' to that extent, the pattern with which stories and events are covered, dropped, spun or omitted, is strategically deceptive.

When you consider just how many people either don't understand that, or flat out don't care, or actually believe that we have a free, 'liberal' media....the mind boggles, yet you can't help but marvel at it's efficacy.

As Mark Crispin Miller makes the illustration with a quote from Nazi Joseph Goebbels: "What you want in a media system is ostensible diversity that conceals an actual uniformity.Read more ›
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41 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Outstanding
By Mr Murray on February 4, 2006
Format: DVD
This film is unbelievably good. I DVR'd it on Free Speech TV, and I have watched parts of it again and again.

At every turn you will be blown away by the revelations in this film, if you, like me, had never thought much about who controls mainstream media. The first time I watched it I kept having to stop the tape and just cringe, letting the import of the facts sink in.

The talking heads are people you may never have encountered, but whom you are unlikely to forget. Write their names down. Check into their books. Even if you don't buy the film look at the list of people in it and get their books.

Particularly incisive are the inquiries into the most recent Presidential elections. You were there, I was there, but Lewis shows us the ugly underside that the media can't afford to let us see. This is scary, take-to-the-streets stuff.

Finally, Pappas deserves to be more well-known as a documentarian. If you are put off by Michael Moore's whininess and slightly embarassing approach, you may find a new friend in Robert Kane Pappas.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

Orwell would roll if he saw this film.

Good title, but it quickly becomes apparent that this "documentary" is guilty of practicing exactly what the title rails against. Read more

Published 3 months ago by hockman225
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Published 3 months ago by Clive L. Madden
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Published on September 27, 2011 by R. Tippens
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Published on August 20, 2008 by Erik North
Not perfect as a movie, but perfectly valid concerns - watch it free...

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Published on July 11, 2008 by Emily in Boulder
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If you are looking for what is really happening in this country or how the world is being manipulated by corporations, this is the beginning of the truth. Read more

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Exposing the illusion of diversity concealing a uniform deception

Since there are already some very comprehensive and accurate reviews on this 5-Star documentary (based on content instead of glitz and cinematography), I would just like to... Read more

Published on November 28, 2007 by SnoopDopeyDogg
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