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Unreasonable

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man."- George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, 1903

A head-to-head battle within the 2000 Presidential race is threatening to heat up again, but this time it's your Hollywood elite, not Floridians and Tennesseeans, who hold the electoral outcome in their hands. Al Gore's film "An Inconvenient Truth" is on the 15-finalist short list of the Academy Award's Best Documentary category this year, but also on that list is "An Unreasonable Man," a documentary about the public life of Ralph Nader.

Such as in 2000, Gore is getting all of the media attention. He has promoted his film (as well as his possible '08 presidential candidacy) on both Oprah and Leno, while his film has received a near-nationwide release. Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan's "An Unreasonable Man" was a hit at the Sundance Film Festival, was picked up for theatrical and television release by the Independent Film Channel, and has played in eight cities. At a rollicking 150 minutes, The Onion calls the Nader film "unexpectedly funny" and "moving."

I'm waiting to see both.

posted by CM @ 8:33 PM