Battle in Seattle (2007)

Director:

Stuart Townsend

Writer:

Stuart Townsend (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 May 2008 (France)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Plot:

Activists arrive in Seattle, Washington en masse to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization. Riots and chaos ensue as demonstrators successfully stop the WTO meetings. |

Plot Keywords:

Based On True Story

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Martin Henderson	...	Jay
Michelle Rodriguez	...	Lou
Woody Harrelson	...	Dale
Charlize Theron	...	Ella
André Benjamin	...	Django
Ray Liotta	...	Mayor Jim Tobin
Rade Serbedzija	...	Dr. Maric
Ivana Milicevic	...	Carla
Joshua Jackson	...	Randall
Connie Nielsen	...	Jean
Channing Tatum	...	Johnson
Barbara Tyson	...	Anna
Tobias Mehler	...	Jonathan
Max Teichan	...	Man / Father
Richard Ian Cox	...	Mayor's Assistant

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some violence.

Runtime:

Canada:100 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

USA | Canada | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:PG | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Seattle, Washington, USA

Company:

Insight Film Studios

Goofs:

Anachronisms: During the movie opening fly-through, Qwest Field appears in the background. Qwest Field wasn't built until a couple of years after the WTO riots. It was built on the grounds of the Kingdome which was there in 1999.

Lots of Plants

I don't think I have ever seen this many plants since the garden section over at Home Depot. I saw the movie. It was like this guy saw Sunday Bloody Sunday and was like, you know, I like your style Mr. Greengrass... I'm going to do my best to copy it but my best is like comparing your Bourne movie to Degrassi The New Class. Besides the obvious signs that this movie was bad... Not even Hollywood would touch this movie. He had to come up to Canada. It's not like Hollywood didn't like the idea, the script was horrible. I mean the dialogue in the movie was awful. But oh well, we Canadians don't mind making bad movies, just pay us. Then this movie was mad what, 2006 I hear... It's 2008 and it's still not out in the main stream theaters. I caught this at the ol' SXSW fest... I mean yeah, some movies take up to five years to make... but those are movies like Toy Story and Nemo. So I am guessing that because people sunk some money in this crap shoot, they are trying to get the ol' word of mouth via message boards... if you check the forums mostly everyone hates it. However the review board has nothing but praise even one saying it was genius or Oscar worthy. ROFL.