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Weapons of Mass Distraction

  • टीवी फ़िल्म
  • 1997
  • R
  • 1 घं 40 मि
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Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997)
अपराधकॉमेडीड्रामाव्यंग्य

अपनी भाषा में प्लॉट जोड़ेंTwo media moguls get into a nasty power struggle for the ownership of a pro football team, which causes drastic effects on their personal and professional lives.Two media moguls get into a nasty power struggle for the ownership of a pro football team, which causes drastic effects on their personal and professional lives.Two media moguls get into a nasty power struggle for the ownership of a pro football team, which causes drastic effects on their personal and professional lives.

  • निर्देशक
    • Stephen Surjik
  • लेखक
    • Larry Gelbart
  • स्टार
    • Gabriel Byrne
    • Ben Kingsley
    • Mimi Rogers
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    • निर्देशक
      • Stephen Surjik
    • लेखक
      • Larry Gelbart
    • स्टार
      • Gabriel Byrne
      • Ben Kingsley
      • Mimi Rogers
    • 12यूज़र समीक्षाएं
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    बदलाव करें
    Gabriel Byrne
    Gabriel Byrne
    • Lionel Powers
    Ben Kingsley
    Ben Kingsley
    • Julian Messenger
    Mimi Rogers
    Mimi Rogers
    • Ariel Powers (aka Alexi)
    Jeffrey Tambor
    Jeffrey Tambor
    • Alan Blanchard
    Illeana Douglas
    Illeana Douglas
    • Rita Pascoe
    Paul Mazursky
    Paul Mazursky
    • Dr. Jonathon Cummings
    Chris Mulkey
    Chris Mulkey
    • Jerry Pascoe
    R. Lee Ermey
    R. Lee Ermey
    • Billy Paxton
    Caroline Aaron
    Caroline Aaron
    • Robin Zimmer
    Jason Lee
    Jason Lee
    • Phillip Messenger
    Christina Pickles
    Christina Pickles
    • Mrs. Frieda Messinger
    Tom Wright
    Tom Wright
    • Marvel Sears
    Randall Arney
    • Sen. Quentin Sayles
    Ben Bode
    Ben Bode
    • Peter Messenger
    L. Scott Caldwell
    L. Scott Caldwell
    • Sen. Condon
    Patrick Fabian
    Patrick Fabian
    • Brandon Joyner
    Alex Kingston
    Alex Kingston
    • Verity Graham
    Jordan Ladd
    Jordan Ladd
    • Letitia
    • निर्देशक
      • Stephen Surjik
    • लेखक
      • Larry Gelbart
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    manuel-pestalozzi

    About a New Renaissance

    This movie has a brilliant, intelligent script (starting with the title!) which makes a very interesting connection between the famous Renaissance Princes and present day Media Moghuls. I will check out other movies based on scripts by Larry Gelbard as soon as I can!

    Remember the Borgias, the Medicis, the Viscontis, the Sforzas and all those other guys who came from nowhere and rose up to seats of great power and founded lasting dynasties in Renaissance Italy? Those so called Condottieri were brutal and ruthless, yes, but they also furthered the arts and sciences. Maybe they did it solely for their own glory, but in the end the larger community could profit from the result. This came to my mind when I watched Weapons of Mass Distraction.

    Lionel Powers and Julian Messenger are two testosterone driven characters who rose out of the gutter to establish international media empires. In the movie they are contesting for the ownership of a football team. They both don't really need it, they just have this constant urge to confirm their potency to themselves. A game of power and betrayal unfolds which becomes more wicked as it reaches deeper an deeper in to the hidden corners of different people's biographies. The electronic media is used to discredit and destroy anyone who could stand in the way of the «big boys». And no quarter is given.

    Despite of all the modern gadgets, it becomes quite clear that it is a timeless story that is told here. Almost every character seems to be a reflection of court life in past centuries: there are crown princes, jesters, courtisans etc. etc. Thanks to the mass media these characters zap through real and virtual space until it is impossible to tell the one from the other and truths multiply - but all remains profoundly human.

    There are direct references to the Renaissance age - to me it seems I detected gestures and postures who come out of paintings of the period. Then there is Powers' family crypt, where the big man retires to in times of distress ... The two big guys are contrasted by a small guy, a «peasant» who is at the mercy of those who wield power. His outlook on life is in its entirety conditioned by TV - but whose is not? - and you feel that Weapons of Mass Distraction is a movie about a post democratic society.

    Gabriel Byrne and even more so Ben Kingsley are fabulous in the leading parts, so is Chris Mulkey who plays the «peasant» very convincingly. Also memorable are Jeffrey Tambor as the really sleazy adjutant and Paul Mazursky as the owner of a potency clinic. Ladies play second fiddle throughout but several of them are very pretty. The jokes are generally coarse but intelligent and well placed in the story. The most memorable moment is the the owner of the potency clinic explaining the different kinds of enlargments he has to offer for the male sexual organ - it's very detalled and really not very appetizing!

    Friends of Architecture watch out. It seemed to me that Julian Messenger's office was installed in Louis I. Kahn's famous Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. If my guess is right, they did not use those wonderful spaces very well.
    7marlowe_is_dead

    funny

    I liked the fact that this satire became more and more outlandish & soap opera-esque as it continued - reading one of the other user comments, it would appear not everyone got this...

    7.5/10
    10jd110

    Outstanding - a must see film!

    What Robert Altman did for Vietnam with M*A*S*H, Stephen Surjik (director)and Larry Gelbart (writer) do to modern media corporations with Weapons of Mass Distraction.

    If anyone wants to know how the mega rich owners of big corporations are "screwing the little guy" and getting away with it, then you HAVE to watch this movie. The film uses biting satirical comic writing to deliver its message about how money and media power dominates the political process to the detriment of all but a very few people at the top. Imagine the screenplay being written by Voltaire or Jonathan Swift. Gabriel Byrne and Ben Kingsley's performances as the two greedy media moguls who will do anything, no matter how sleazy or illegal, to get their way, are brilliant. Jeffrey Tambor is fantastic as Byrne's personal assistant whose morals are as ambiguous as his sexuality.

    A wonderful film, a savage attack on what happens when too much power is vested in the hands of too few. Watch it and wince.
    9victorpaskow

    a memorable film.

    just because i had my caps lock on doesn't mean i'm shouting! this movie is great. it's one of a kind. i first saw it when i was a young teenager. the film has stuck with me since. it's dark, funny and i enjoyed the all star cast. check this one out if you think your life isn't going the way you want it to.its also not a well known picture, so if you can get your hands on it, i would advise you to do so. these other people don't know what they are talking about. i also think that a ten line minimum is too much. you start talking about nothing just to get your 3 line comment in. any ways keep up the good work you IMDb. you are doing a great job.
    10JKpplger

    Very well done satire

    A great story about the "silent" (if you count out the use of their media) attacks that two television tycoons carry on each other; all to determine who will be the owner of an important football team. While the two are "having fun" in destroying one another, the middle class is living through (and watching) the consequences.

    It deserves at least 7 out of 10.

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    • ट्रिविया
      Elea Oberon's debut.
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      Lionel Powers: Apparently his rotten spying bastards are better than my rotten spying bastards!

    • कनेक्शन
      Featured in The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1997)
    • साउंडट्रैक
      A - You're Adorable
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