Steal This Movie (2000)

Director:

Robert Greenwald

Writers (WGA):

Anita Hoffman (book) and
Abbie Hoffman (book) ...

Release Date:

28 June 2002 (Spain)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Five years after Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman goes underground to avoid a drug-related prison sentence...

Plot Keywords:

Reporter | Trial | Violence | FBI | Harassment

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Vincent D'Onofrio	...	Abbie Hoffman
Janeane Garofalo	...	Anita Hoffman
Jeanne Tripplehorn	...	Johanna Lawrenson
Kevin Pollak	...	Gerry Lefcourt
Donal Logue	...	Stew Albert
Kevin Corrigan	...	Jerry Rubin
Alan Van Sprang	...	David Glenn
Troy Garity	...	Tom Hayden
Ingrid Veninger	...	Judy Albert
Stephen Marshall	...	Louis Wertzel
Joyce Gordon	...	Florence Hoffman
Bernard Kay	...	John Hoffman
Jean Daigle	...	Sheriff
Johnie Chase	...	Josh
Joshua Dov	...	Hippie Kid - NYC

Also Known As:

Abbie! (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

107 min | Spain:106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Spain:13 | USA:R | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Ardent Films

Trivia:

Troy Garity, who plays Tom Hayden, is the son of the real Tom Hayden and Jane Fonda.

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.

Movie Connections:

References "The Hollywood Squares" (1965)

Soundtrack:

On Parade

An interesting film

The film is an interesting look, at what appears to be an interesting man. The style of film is distracting at first - it's all a little too busy, but once you get get by that the film is an interesting ride. The performances are great - Janeane Garolfalo and Jeanne Tripplehorn play the women Abbie loved and do it very effectivly. And D'Onofio is great as Hoffman himself - fiery, passionate and very effective. If there's a problem with the movie, it's that it seems too in love with Hoffman to give a truly accuarate picture. It romaticizes his struggle and seems to think that Hoffman did nothing wrong when he sold what appears to be a lot of cocaine to an FBI agent. True, he was set up, but he still sold it. The film breezes past Hoffman's suicide and paints a man like a golden boy, a truly great man. I would have appreciated a more honest look.