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Cold Wank Mountain
Are we SURPRISED at wank coming out of the imdb boards anymore?

So, on the board for Cold Mountain (a civil war romance film which I must admit I only saw due to my killer crush on Mr. Jack White...pretty indie boys will be the death of me.) J'Ennui calls for a boycott of the flick. Why?


"Cold Mountain" is the latest in a too-long line of "runaway productions" (movies, TV series and commercials shot outside their country of origin -- specifically, the U.S.). The financiers and other above-the-line interests who are responsible for "Cold Mountain" chose to make this could-not-be-more-American-themed movie in ROMANIA (other than a few weeks of exteriors in the U.S.), merely because they were too selfish and short-sighted to re-consider the hypocritical greed they were expressing, undermining their artistic expression. By shooting in a very low-wage country, exploiting the local workforce, they displaced the myriad U.S. film craftspersons who could have and should have worked on this project. As a film industry worker, I will be amongst those boycotting this movie.

Far too many U.S.-located and -generated productions have left the U.S., bribed away by various governments' "incentives" (tax breaks, low wages, lax worker and environmental laws, etc.). Hollywood is far too rich to justify such taxpayer-supported subsidies, from any nation. Canada has been the main culprit in this scam ("Elf", "Honey", "Chicago" [Zellweger again!], "Paycheck", the "Scooby Doo" sequel, both "X-Men" movies, "Freddy Vs. Jason", "Titanic", "The Score", "Undercover Brother", "Along Came a Spider", "Shanghai Noon", "Texas Rangers", "Mission to Mars", "Josie & the Pussycats", "Snake Eyes", "Reindeer Games", "Get Carter", "Driven", "Affliction", "Antitrust", "Waking the Dead", "Mother Night", "Dick", "Detroit Rock City", "Lake Placid", "Snow Falling On Cedars", "Final Destination", etc. -- along with most TV movies, many TV series and commercials -- were partly or completely shot there). Meanwhile, Australia, New Zealand, the Czech Republic, Romania and others are catching up.

Please join me in boycotting "Cold Mountain" and exposing it for the sham it really is.

Pass this message along to everyone you know.

Sincerely,

John


This idea goes over QUITE well, as you might imagine.


by - celinedion (Sun Dec 7 18:12:25)

You are an idiot indeed. Worrying about such trivial matters when you could be spending your time ranting about other IMPORTANT issues such as poverty, famine, malnutrition. You remind me of some bitter laid off worker who blames his misfortune on immigrants ie Latinos, Asians and African Americans.
The US film industry is so incredibly huge, it wont hurt to let a few projects leave to cheaper territories. It costs a fortune to shoot in the US, whereas labor in Canada is cheaper yet skilled and capable. Deal with it and take your whiny ass somewhere else.

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SLCUT2222 15 hours ago (Sun Dec 28 17:01:28)

Whine! Whine! Whine! This is just the latest "cryathon" from pro-union activists becasue they have effectively priced themselves out of the industry. Like most Americans I'm sick and tired of Labor Union manipulation under the cover of patriotism when in fact all it is is Socialist agitation. If you ever wonder why this country loses jobs to foreign countries in any industry, look no further than the dinosours that run the AFL/CIO. May Wal-Mart be the only place you're ever allowed to shop, or do you boycott them as well? When such relics become extict this will be a much better country to do business in, even shoot an American oriented Hollywood production. Best yet boycott anything with a union label on it.

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A beautiful thread of Xenophobia, courtesy of slappydappy

All this and more, courtesy of the imdb boards! What would we do without them?