Movie Maven: Barack Obama

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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Obama Debunks Birther Consipiracy

Obama Debunks Birther Conspiracy - watch more funny videos

It's obvious. He's a Cylon!

Friday, May 8, 2009

Obamtourage - Pilot

Obama is a huge Entourage fan, which makes this even funnier.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

I watched the inauguration through Obama's speech in Park City at our hotel in the little cafe. The cook came out from the kitchen to watch with other employees. I teared up at the swearing in, and again during the speech. Finally, the moment has come.

As soon as the speech finished, we had to run to catch our ride to the airport. I'm so glad I saw it live!

More on my Sundance adventures tomorrow!

Saturday, January 10, 2009

John Waters' advice for Obama

Director John Waters gives advice to Barack Obama. Unfortunately, couldn't embed.

Hat tip: Variety's H.A.L.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Obama in Spiderman Comics

In case you were unclear that our president-elect is a nerd (in a good way):

Spider-Man has a new sidekick: The president-elect.

Barack Obama collected Spider-Man comics as a child, so Marvel Comics wanted to give him a "shout-out back" by featuring him in a bonus story, said Joe Quesada, Marvel's editor-in-chief.

"How great is that? The commander in chief to be is actually a nerd in chief," Quesada said. "It was really, really cool to see that we had a geek in the White House. We're all thrilled with that."

The comic starts with Spider-Man's alter-ego Peter Parker taking photographs at the inauguration, before spotting two identical Obamas.

Parker decides "the future president's gonna need Spider-Man," and springs into action, using basketball to determine the real Obama and punching out the impostor.

Obama thanks him with a fist-bump.

Marvel comics have featured most presidents, but generally in walk-on roles, Quesada said.

"I think President Nixon might have appeared on the cover, but not in a good way," he said.

Obama has said that as a child, he collected Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comic books. His Senate Web site used to have a photo of him posing in front of a Superman statue.

The Obama story is a bonus in Marvel Comic's Amazing Spider-Man #583, available in comic book shops nationwide on Jan. 14 for $3.99 and is expected to sell out, with half the covers devoted to Obama.

Source: Huffington Post

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

"Brothers need to pull up their pants"

Very funny line in an answer to an interview question on that vexing issue -- young men wearing droopy pants that show their underwear. Here's the clip from MTV:

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Hat tip: Ta-Nehisi Coates at The Atlantic

Monday, November 3, 2008

Matthew Broderick tells us to take the day off (just like Ferris Bueller)

I know, I know, you're all sick of my Obama shilling, but this one is pretty funny AND movie related! Mathew Broderick taped this commercial for Obama's campaign, and quotes himself from his famous movie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. However, this time, he advises asking permission from your boss or professor before taking election day off to volunteer and vote. Watch all the way to the end (only 1:15)!

Friday, October 31, 2008

My Ooobama Pumpkin

Got the stencil at YesWeCarve.

Hocky Mom sings

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

The Story behind Wassup 2008

How did Budweiser react to this Wassup 2008 ad? Here's the story from Business Week:

How could Budweiser possibly be cool with such a clearly partisan advertisement?

Budweiser had no clue it was happening until after the video hit YouTube on Friday.

The man with the answers? Charles Stone III, the director of the original “Wassup” commercial and the movie Drumline (and the guy who answers the phone in the first frame of the video). He decided to make it about two weeks ago, he told me, with a crew of about 50 volunteers (all professionals working pro bono). They put it together in 9 days.

It was all possible, Stone says, because Budweiser never owned the rights to the idea. He’d originally made it as a short film independent of the brand, and Budweiser had only leased the rights, paying a mere $37,000 for five years of use. Back then, people gave him a hard time about the low price. Now Stone, a diehard Obama supporter, says it’s more than paid off. “That I’m able to use an idea distributed by a huge company, who made a lot of money off it, so that now when I put out what I want to say, it’s recognizable, and it sparks -- that’s worth $1 million to me.”

It came together after emailing with friends about ways they could make a video supporting Obama. Once they’d settled on the concept, he got on the phone with the original cast (all friends of his, who are now actors living in New York, Philadelphia, and LA), and called up his Director of Photography from Drumline, Shane Hurlbut, who brought in his crew. He also signed up Gerard Cantor and Maurice Marible, from commercial production house Believe Media, who co-produced. They shot over two days. The war-torn Iraq setting is actually a preexisting set in Santa Clarita, CA.

After they finished, they uploaded it to YouTube with distribution company 60Frames, set up a website, wassup08.com, and sent links to everyone they knew. As of writing this, it’s been viewed almost 1.8 million times, and picked up across the blogosphere, including on BoingBoing, Daily Kos, and Huffington Post. The final price tag? About $6500 out of his own pocket, Stone says.