Protocols of Zion (2005)

A documentary about the rise of anti-Semitism in the USA after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Director:

Marc Levin

Stars:

Marc Levin, Kofi Annan, Joanne Baron

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Kofi Annan	...	Himself (archive footage)
Joanne Baron	...	Herself
Shmuley Boteach	...	Himself - Radion Host, Talk America (as Rabbi Shmuley Boteach)
Michael L. Brown	...	Himself - Author, Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus
James Carroll	...	Himself - Author, Constantine's Sword
Abraham Cooper	...	Himself - Simon Wiesenthal Center (as Rabbi Abraham Cooper)
Father Coughlin	...	Himself (archive footage)
Eric Daniels	...	Himself - Prisoner
Scott DeCarlo	...	Himself - East Rutherford, NJ Police Department
Mehdi Eliefifi	...	Himself - Interfaith Activist
Abraham Foxman	...	Himself - Anti-Defamation League
Hutton Gibson	...	Himself - Mel Gibson's Father (voice)
Mel Gibson	...	Himself (archive footage)
Hadassah Gross	...	Herself (as Rebbetzin Hadassah Gross)
Ted Haggard	...	Himself - President, National Association of Evangelicals (as Pastor Ted Haggard)

Storyline

After the infamous 9/11 attacks of 2001, there came a virulent resurgence of antisemitism reemerging in America convinced that the Jews were responsible for the terrorism. Feeding this is the repeatedly debunked book libel, Protocols of the Elders of Zion and its disguised adaptations. Director Marc Levin goes on a journey to interview the promoters of this kind of hate in all its forms.

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Plot Keywords:

libel | book | anti semitism | neo nazi | forgery | 

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Taglines:

Some lies never die.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, some disturbing content and brief nudity

Details

Official Sites:

ThinkFilm [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 November 2005 (France)

Also Known As:

Сионские протоколы

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$21,733, 23 October 2005, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$177,861, 19 February 2006

Company Credits

Production Co:

HBO/Cinemax Documentary

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the subjects from Trembling Before G-d (2001), another American documentary concerning contemporary Jewish issues, can be seen briefly in the anti-war protest.

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Goofs

When Marc Levin is walking up a gravel road with a white supremacist leader, the shots from behind show them passing several parked cars as they are engaged in conversation. Shots of them from the front, however, do not include these cars. In addition, the shots from behind show the two persons approaching the same cars several times.

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Connections

Features The Passion of the Christ (2004)

User Reviews

not a documentary or debunking of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

Disappointing documentary, totally misnamed, and even if retitled, still pretty scattershot.

The filmmaker starts with the question of why Jews were blamed for 9/11 and returns to that in the end, but he doesn't really even explore that issue. He also digs out an old box of JFK conspiracy material he collected as a kid, to serve no particular point. Perhaps he means to show how conspiracies can be appealing, though he doesn't say so.

There's random footage of various anti-Semitic historical figures, and ignorant people on the street. There's some, but not much, by way of balance - gentiles who don't believe the Protocols or who don't harbor prejudice against the Jews. As others have noted, he seems bigoted against Arabs, and is rather confrontational and didactic.

A shame, really.