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BATTLE IN SEATTLE
FilmDrunk.com — Starring Woody Harrelson, Ray Liotta, Charlize Theron, and Michelle Rodriguez (who'll win an Oscar as soon as they add a category for Most Hardcore Latina), Battle in Seattle combines original broadcasts and amateur video with filmed footage to tell the story of the WTO riots in Seattle. Also, the title totally rhymes! It’s a compelling subject that poses the age-old question: In a fight between cops and hippies, who do you root for? I don’t have the answer for that, but I can tell you that there’s a boob around ...

‘Battle in Seattle’ International Trailer
FilmoFilia — Largely successful fictionalization of the peaceful-turned-violent grassroots protest at the 1999 WTO conference. “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 World Trade Organization in protest of globalization and environmental damage by multinational conglomerates and powerful governments. The film is something of a rarity for an American political film. While it makes no bones about where its sympathies lie, ...