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Jay (Martin Henderson) leads the protesters in Battle in Seattle. "Battle in Seattle" takes the actual 1999 protests against a summit meeting of the World Trade Organization and uses them as a backdrop for a fictional story about characters swept up in the tumult.
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Conventional movie plots telegraph themselves because we...
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Sep 9, 2007 · 56% Tomatometer 61 Reviews 64% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings In 1999, members of the World Trade Organization arrive in Seattle for negotiations that are closed to the public. Concerned about...
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- Stuart Townsend
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- André Benjamin
May 7, 2008 · Battle in Seattle: Directed by Stuart Townsend. With André 3000, Jennifer Carpenter, Isaach De Bankolé, Woody Harrelson. 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.
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- Action, Drama, History
- Stuart Townsend
- 2008-05-07
Battle in Seattle is a childish, ineffectively manipulative piece of self-serious agitprop about the four-day World Trade Organization meetings in 1999. Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4...
Sep 13, 2007 · TORONTO — “Battle in Seattle” is a dramatic freeze-frame of five days in 1999 when tens of thousands of activists took to the streets of Seattle and virtually shut down a meeting of the ...
Sep 11, 2007 · Battle In Seattle may have its awkward moments as it feels obliged to provide back story on certain characters. But those are balanced by a number of strong performances, especially from...
Sep 19, 2008 · A peaceful demonstration to stop the WTO talks quickly escalates into a full-scale riot and an eventual State of Emergency results. The streets are mayhem, the WTO is paralyzed. Caught in the crossfire are Seattle residents, including its beleaguered mayor, a riot cop on the streets and his pregnant wife.
