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Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997) (TV)

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User Rating: 6.1/10 (452 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Stephen Surjik
Writer (WGA):
Larry Gelbart (written by)
Release Date:
17 May 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Crime more
Plot:
Two media moguls get into a nasty power struggle for the ownership of a pro football team which takes a drastic effect on their personal and professional lives. full summary | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
Blackmail | Media Tycoon | Media | Satire | Senator more
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 4 nominations more
User Comments:
A prime example of satire gone awry. more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Gabriel Byrne ... Lionel Powers

Ben Kingsley ... Julian Messenger

Mimi Rogers ... Ariel Powers (aka Alexi)

Jeffrey Tambor ... Alan Blanchard

Illeana Douglas ... Rita Pascoe
Paul Mazursky ... Dr. Jonathon Cummings

Chris Mulkey ... Jerry Pascoe

R. Lee Ermey ... Billy Paxton
Caroline Aaron ... Robin Zimmer

Jason Lee ... Phillip Messenger
Christina Pickles ... Mrs. Frieda Messinger

Tom Wright ... Marvel Sears
Randall Arney ... Sen. Quentin Sayles

Ben Bode ... Peter Messenger
L. Scott Caldwell ... Sen. Condon
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language, sexuality, and depiction of a suicide.
Runtime:
100 min | Germany:92 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (DeLuxe)
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Germany:16 | UK:15 (video premiere) | USA:R
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Quotes:
Lionel Powers: I'll see you in Hell!
Julian Messenger: I hope so, dear boy! It wouldn't be the same without you!
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Soundtrack:
JUMP, JIVE, 'N' WAIL more

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3 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
A prime example of satire gone awry., 31 January 1999
Author: Stu-5 from Western Australia

Weapons of Mass Distraction proves to be an inconsequential mess of loose plot points and unanswered questions. In what was initially supposed to be a satire, it only gets lost in it's web of lurid, superfluous, irrelevant occurrences.

Two billionares rival over ownership of a famous American football team. That's what we understand from the blurb. Unfortunately, the references to that are just so vague that it is somewhat of a sub-plot. There really is no plot. It goes nowhere!

On one end of the spectrum we have Robert Altman's fine satire "The Player", focusing on big business and movies. On the other end of the spectrum we have this.

Combine this: helicopter accident, closet gay businessman, jewish holocaust surviver, appendage enlargement, trans-gender wife and adulterous cable repairman newly fired. That's precisely what the film is!

It's awful. One out of ten.

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