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Steal This Movie (2000)
6.3
Ratings: 6.3/10 from 1,664 users
Metascore:
36/100
Reviews: 43 user | 39 critic | 26 from Metacritic.com
Five years after Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman goes underground to avoid a drug-related prison sentence... See full summary » Director:Robert Greenwald |
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| Janeane Garofalo | ... | ||
| Jeanne Tripplehorn | ... | ||
| Kevin Pollak | ... |
Gerry Lefcourt
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Stew Albert
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David Glenn
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Ingrid Veninger | ... |
Judy Albert
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Stephen Marshall | ... |
Louis Wertzel
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Joyce Gordon | ... |
Florence Hoffman
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John Hoffman
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Jean Daigle | ... |
Sheriff
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Josh
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Hippie Kid - NYC
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Storyline
Five years after Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman goes underground to avoid a drug-related prison sentence, he contacts a reporter to get out the story of the FBI's covert spying, harassment and inciting of violence they then blame on the Left. The skeptical reporter interview's Anita, Hoffman's wife, a single mom on welfare in New York City; Hoffman's attorney, Gerry Lefcourt; and others. As they talk, we see Hoffman's career in flashbacks, from early civil rights organizing through the trial of the Chicago Eight. While underground, as mental illness takes its toll, he meets Johanna Lawrenson, and an odd family develops: Abbie, Anita, their son, and Johanna. Will vindication ever arrive? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Özgürlük için See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$23,221 (USA) (20 August 2000) (11 Screens)Gross:
$76,053 (USA) (10 September 2000)Company Credits
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Written by Donovan (as Donovan Leitch)
Published by Peer International Corporation (BMI) o/b/o Donovan Music, Ltd.
Performed by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Mary Chapin Carpenter appears courtesy of Columbia Records, Sony Music Nashville See more »
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The title for the film is inspired by Abbie Hoffman's book title "Steal This Book". It was a "survival guide" for hippies, including then-current names and addresses of places to go for free food, shelter and clothing. Since it was written for those wishing to survive outside the need for money (and it utilized Hoffman's infamous sense of humor), the title encouraged them to steal the book in order to access the information. See more »Goofs
Errors in geography: Canadian road signs appear in several scenes including the early scene where Abbie is calling from the isolated phone booth. In the scene where Abbie's mother is driving down the road, a sign written in metric is clearly visible. See more »Soundtracks
"Mellow Yellow"Written by Donovan (as Donovan Leitch)
Published by Peer International Corporation (BMI) o/b/o Donovan Music, Ltd.
Performed by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Mary Chapin Carpenter appears courtesy of Columbia Records, Sony Music Nashville See more »
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