Bhutto the movie has been released in the US. I am planning on attending the screening with the director in attendance. Since it is a documentary - expect a pretty high profile cast of interviews.
The trailer is on the website. The background song is by Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari. It is a Sundance pick for 2010.
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Jai Bhutto lol :p
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already watched int yesterday, was an interesting watch. More like a crash course in pakistani political history. Every young generation Pakistani should watch this. I learnt a lot frm this movie. I don't have any political affiliation and I hate the legacy she left behind but I do admire what she achieved being a woman in Pakistan. Quite interestingly I was the only desi in the whole theater, the rest were all goray
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whats the obsession with this “bhutto zardari” thing, lolz how come one have two family names at the same time, either you be bhutto or be all out zardari
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interesting
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i would watch it only if it's a free showing.
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There are rumors that Hollywood is making a movie on Bhutto
Catherine Zeta Jones is rumored to play her.
And I think Cheech Martin can play Zardari
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i hav a plan to watch it soon
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Is it to be released in the uk?
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LOL. He does look like Zardari.
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Catherine Zeta Jones as Bhutto? Naaa, I'd say someone like Kate Beckinsale would be more fitting, however in terms of acting, I think Angelina Jolie (with brown contacts) can really give a breakthrough performance as a Bhutto.
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planning on watching it in DC :)
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The last thing we need is more Bhutto propaganda.
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^ Aggreed people need to stop Iconic conotations with the "bhutto dynasty" anyone else would think we were slumping into a Monarchy...
For goodness sake we need some fresh blood on the scene... politics just got dirtier.
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Thank you for this thread.
I just saw a wonderful report.
You will enjoy it.
Chivas, cigars offered to Musharraf to appear in Bhutto film
Press Trust Of India
Islamabad, December 21, 2010
First Published: 14:59 IST(21/12/2010)
Last Updated: 15:06 IST(21/12/2010)
The makers of an acclaimed documentary on slain Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto claim they had to resort to "much flattery", a bottle of Chivas and Cuban cigars to get former President Pervez Musharraf to do a short interview for the film. "Convincing Benazir's political rival General Pervez Musharraf to appear on film was not easy. The effort took a respectful letter, followed by a bottle of Chivas Regal and Cuban cigars delivered to his hotel suite in Philadelphia, where he was speaking on a tour of the US to rehabilitate his image," Duane Baughman and Mark Siegel, the director and producer of the film respectively, wrote in an article for Foreign Policy.
“With much flattery and a bit of arm-twisting, we were able to elicit a short interview and took the opportunity to ask some tough questions. Gen Musharraf’s appearance in the film provoked a surprise visit from his son Bilal the following year at the Sundance Film Festival,” the duo wrote.
Their documentary Bhutto is currently playing in theatres across the US. The film was released in Pakistan earlier this year.
Bilal Musharraf, who lives in the US, accused the filmmakers of defaming his father. “…he (Bilal) stood at the back of a packed theater, veins bulging in anger, and accused us of smearing his father’s good name to build up Benazir. The audience was stunned and fell completely silent. We suggested to Musharraf that it wasn’t so much the film but history and public opinion that takes a dim view of military dictators,” the filmmakers wrote.
Pakistan will observe the third anniversary of Bhutto’s assassination on December 27. The two-time former premier was killed by a suicide attacker shortly after addressing an election rally in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.
Siegel was Bhutto’s friend and speech writer for 25 years and co-authored her last book Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West. Baughman is the founder of San Francisco-based Yellow Pad Productions.
Chivas, cigars offered to Musharraf to appear in Bhutto film
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will it release in canada? (GTA)
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will it release in canada? (GTA)
yes
on youtube
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^thats helpful .. I din know that .. :yikes:
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Fart! I missed the viewings in Chicago as I was out of the country! Will try to see it in DC early next month!
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Here are the dates, couldnt find them on the link so thought I’d post em here…
Orlando, FL Enzian Theater October 2 - 3, 2010 Sarasota, FL
[Cine-World Film Festival](http://filmsociety.org/) November 5 - 11, 2010 New York, NY [Cinema Village](http://www.cinemavillage.com/chc/cv/) Opens December 3, 2010 Los Angeles, CA
[Landmark Nuart](http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/LosAngeles/LosAngeles_Frameset.htm) Opens December 3, 2010 Chicago, IL [Gene Siskel Film Center](http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/) December 10 - 16, 2010 Austin, TX [Austin Film Society](http://www.austinfilm.org/) December 15, 2010 Hudson, NY [Time & Space LTD](http://timeandspace.org/events) December 16, 18, 23, 26, 2010 & January 1 & 2, 2011 Washington DC [Landmark E Street](http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/WashingtonDC/WashingtonDC_Frameset.htm) Opens December 17, 2010 Boston, MA
[Landmark Kendall](http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Boston/Boston_Frameset.htm) Opens December 17, 2010 San Francisco, CA
[Landmark Theatres](http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/SanFrancisco/SanFrancisco_Frameset.htm) Opens January 7, 2011 Berkeley, CA
[Landmark Shattuck](http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/SanFranciscoEastbay/SanFranciscoEastbay_Frameset.htm) Opens January 7, 2011 Rafael, CA
[Rafael Film Center](http://www.cafilm.org/rfc/) January 7 - 13, 2011 Calgary, AB [Movies That Matter](http://www.moviesthatmatter.org/) January 27, 2011 Philadelphia, PA [Landmark Ritz at Bourse](http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Philadelphia/Philadelphia_Frameset.htm) January 28 - February 3, 2011 Minneapolis, MN [Landmark Theatres](http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Minneapolis/Minneapolis_Frameset.htm) January 28 - February 3, 2011 San Diego, CA [Landmark Ken](http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/SanDiego/SanDiego_Frameset.htm) January 28 - February 3, 2011 New York, NY [Athena Film Festival](http://athenafilmfestival.com/) February 12 - 13, 2011 Atlanta, GA [Landmark Midtown Art](http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Atlanta/Atlanta_Frameset.htm) February 4 - 10, 2011 Denver, CO
[Denver FilmCenter Colfax](http://www.denverfilm.org/) February 9 & 11 - 17, 2011 Waterville, ME
[Railroad Square Cinema](http://www.railroadsquarecinema.com/) February 19 & 20, 2011 Seattle, WA [Landmark Varsity](http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Seattle/Seattle_Frameset.htm) March 4 - 10, 2011 Cleveland, OH [Cleveland Museum of Art](http://www.clevelandart.org/) March 11 & 13, 2011