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Chris Atkins (writer)
Release Date:
8 June 2007 (UK)
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Ask not what you can do for your country...
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | David Morrissey | ... | Narrator (voice) |
 | Ashley Jensen | ... | Narrator (voice) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Kate Allen | ... | Herself - Director - Amnesty International |
| Ross Anderson | ... | Himself - Cambridge University |
| Moazzam Begg | ... | Himself - Former Guantanmo Detainee |
| Tony Benn | ... | Himself |
| David Bermingham | ... | Himself - Natwest 3 |
| Emma Bermingham | ... | Herself - Wife of David |
| Tony Blair | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| David Blunkett | ... | Himself |
| Phil Booth | ... | Himself - NO2ID Coordinator |
| Brendan | ... | Himself - Father of Ellen & Rose |
| Malcolm Carroll | ... | Himself - Baptist Minister |
| John Catt | ... | Himself |
| Linda Catt | ... | Herself - Daughter of John |
| Shami Chakrabarti | ... | Herself |
| Chris | ... | Himself - Peace Campaigner |
| Kenneth Clarke | ... | Himself |
| Lydia D'Agostino | ... | Herself - Solicitor |
| Amani Deghayes | ... | Herself |
| John Denham | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Des | ... | Herself - Retired Headmistress |
| Maya Evans | ... | Herself (also archive footage) |
| Frances | ... | Herself - Mother of Ellen & Rose |
| Stephen Grey | ... | Himself |
| Stephanie Harrison | ... | Herself - Barrister |
| Helen | ... | Herself |
| Jennifer | ... | Herself - Retired Headmistress |
| Boris Johnson | ... | Himself |
| Mohammed Abdul Kahar | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Abul Koyair | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Jane Laporte | ... | Herself |
| Timothy Lawson Cruttenden | ... | Himself - Solicitor |
| Sarah Ludford | ... | Herself (as Baroness Sarah Ludford) |
| Michael Mansfield | ... | Himself (as Michael Mansfield QC) |
| Dr. David Nicholl | ... | Himself |
| Chief Superintendent Barry Norman | ... | Himself |
| Rachel North | ... | Herself |
| Henry Porter | ... | Himself - Novelist / Observer Columnist |
| Milan Ray | ... | Himself (also archive footage) |
| Toby Rhodes | ... | Himself - Splash Clothing |
| Richard | ... | Himself - Peace Campaigner |
| Ellen Rickford | ... | Herself |
| Rose Rickford | ... | Herself |
| Philippe Sands | ... | Himself (as Philippe Sands QC) |
| Michael Scheuer | ... | Himself |
| Clare Short | ... | Herself |
| Clive Stafford Smith | ... | Himself - Lawyer |
| Sylvia | ... | Herself |
| Mark Thomas | ... | Himself |
| John Tulloch | ... | Himself |
| Walter Wolfgang | ... | Himself (also archive footage) |
| Zorha Zewawi | ... | Herself |
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100 min
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Karma Police
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...ask what your country can do to you.
The central thesis of this film aligns itself nicely with the Mark Thomas (who appears in the film) comment that "If You're not p*****d off, you've not been paying attention". It shows by example the story of the gradual erosion of our civil liberties that has been occurring in the recent years, concentrating particularly on the last decade. This is a subject which should have us all handing over our hard earned to be educated and entertained by.
The artful thing about this film is the fact that it cleverly manages to take a fairly dry subjects of civil liberties and human rights, "Not normally box office dynamite" to quote Chris Atkins, and present it in an entertaining and even amusing way. Very much in the tradition of The Road to Guantanamo this film is as shocking but with a greater capacity to entertainment, which will hopefully mean that it will appeal to a wider audience.
Whether you believe that it is the press to blame for forcing gullible media hungry politicians into rushing through knee jerk, badly drafted laws or that there are more sinister forces at work or especially if you are blissfully unaware of what your government has been doing in your name this film holds something for you. See it and tell your friends!