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2004-07-29 Home Front: Politix

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KERRY FILM DIRECTOR: THE BULLETS IN THE WATER WERE NOT FROM THE ACTUAL EVENT
The official convention video introducing John Kerry tonight, directed by Steven Spielberg protÃ©gÃ© James Moll, incorporates homemade film footage shot by Kerry in Vietnam. "I would have used archival footage," Moll tells the NEW YORK OBSERVER's Joe Hagan, "but it was a pleasant surprise that he had taken his own footage while in Vietnam."

That's why he filmed himself back in the day.

"When Army Green Beret Jim Rassman is talking about how John Kerry saved his life," he said, "I'm using some of that footage. It shows the swift boat and various shots of the swift boat, and some firing like you see in the water. Bullets in the water." Entering controversy, director Moll explains how the bullets in the water were not from the actual event. "It's just illustrative."

Why do you think Kerry hired someone from DreamWorks? "It's the Special Effects, Stupid!"

Moll mixes in the homemade Kerry film with stirring strings and a french horn soundtrack.

A "French Horn" soundtrack, you really can't make this stuff up.

Moll is said to manipulate the speed of some of the film. One moving scene shows Kerry in slow motion, in full gear, walking with his gun through the paddies.

"Dude, where's my boat?"

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Kerry's homemade films are at the center of a growing controversy in Boston.
A new bombshell book written by the man who took over John Kerry's Swift Boat charges: Kerry reenacted combat scenes for film while in Vietnam! "Kerry carried a home movie camera to record his exploits for later viewing," charges a naval officer in the upcoming book UNFIT FOR COMMAND.
"Kerry would revisit ambush locations for reenacting combat scenes where he would portray the hero, catching it all on film. Kerry would take movies of himself walking around in combat gear, sometimes dressed as an infantryman walking resolutely through the terrain. He even filmed mock interviews of himself narrating his exploits. A joke circulated among Swiftees was that Kerry left Vietnam early not because he received three Purple Hearts, but because he had recorded enough film of himself to take home for his planned political campaigns."

Developing...

I've got to watch this.

Posted by Steve 2004-07-29 11:39:36 AM|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I hope there's a scene in it where he screams, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" in slow motion while shit blows up behind him. That'd be original.
BTW, who's going to play him in it?

Posted by tu3031 2004-07-29 12:08:57 PM|| 2004-07-29 12:08:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Herman Munster, natch...

Posted by Raj 2004-07-29 1:10:51 PM|| 2004-07-29 1:10:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I hope there's a scene in it where he screams, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" in slow motion while shit blows up behind him.

He has to jump off a little trampoline first, though, for the FULL effect.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-07-29 1:53:15 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-07-29 1:53:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Will he be the one striding through the jungle, t-shirt torn and tattered from his battles (showing his broad, muscular, bare chest for all the ladies), a machine gun in each hand blasting away and yelling like a Dean-ster?

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-07-29 2:02:34 PM|| 2004-07-29 2:02:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Will we see the action scenes where he earns his three purple hearts (the hangnail, the blister, and the paper cut injuries). I heard he got a bunion, too, but he was out of theater then unfortunately.

Posted by Dar 2004-07-29 2:39:27 PM|| 2004-07-29 2:39:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 How about Richard "Jaws" Kiel as John Kerry?

Posted by eLarson 2004-07-29 3:49:38 PM|| 2004-07-29 3:49:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I am curious as to how a dude that traveled through the Nam with an M-16 in one hand and a Super 8 in the other failed to capture a single war crime on film. The crimes were happening every day and dramatically affected him emotionally. Why, instead, did he waste all his film on his narcissistic fantasies of heroism? It's as if his swift boat crew were passing the time in an incredibly involved roll-playing game where Kerry called JFK.
If the crimes were so horrific that he had to betray all his fellow soldiers, why not collect some evidence?

Posted by Super Hose 2004-07-29 5:19:36 PM|| 2004-07-29 5:19:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Somewhere I saw some of these clips, mebbe after a beer or three. Anyway, the brave Lt was charging right-to-left about 20 feet away. As I recall, he was NOT wearing a flight jacket. I guess we will see tonight!

Posted by Brett_the_Quarkian 2004-07-29 5:30:59 PM|| 2004-07-29 5:30:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 SH - very good point...

Posted by Bulldog 2004-07-29 6:59:34 PM|| 2004-07-29 6:59:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 SHâ¦excellent point!!

Posted by B 2004-07-30 12:26:54 AM|| 2004-07-30 12:26:54 AM|| Front Page Top

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