The Last Play at Shea

Release Date: October 21st, 2010
Studio: Maritime Motion Pictures
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes

Set against the background of lovely and beautiful songs performed by unsurpassed Billy Joel, “The Last Play at Shea” narrates the story of the Shea Stadium – the historical place of New York City. The name of the stadium in question is connected both with sports and great music performances. The Beatles first appeared on stage at Shea; it was the year 1965. The stadium became the place of numerous concerts of the pop icon Billy Joel. It was also the place of baseball games and a home of legendary baseball team known as the New York Mets.
Intersecting many of the significant events, which took place on Shea Stadium, the documentary directed by Paul Crowder creates the historical portrait of one of the greatest landmarks of New York City.
The last show, played at Shea, was performed by Bill Joel, who gave an exclusive concert, gathered 110,000 fans. 2009 the stadium was demolished and replaced later by CitiField.
The documentary offers interviews with music and sport celebrities, whose lives and careers were connected with Shea Stadium. The film is provided by excellent footage and features such guests as Garth Brooks, Tony Bennett, Roger Daltrey, John Mayer and the others.


Inside Job

Release Date: October 8th, 2010
Starring: Matt Damon
Director: Charles Ferguson
Writer: Chad Beck, Adam Bolt
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 2 hours

Charles Ferguson, Academy Award nominated filmmaker, who is known to the public by the film “No End in Sight”, offers now his new documentary work, dedicated to the events and consequences of the economical crisis of 2008 year.
The film “Inside Job” is a result of a grandiose research undertaken by Ferguson and his team on the way to reveal the shocking facts, caused to this global financial crisis. During the economical meltdown of 2008 more than twenty trillion dollars have been lost. As a result million workers all over the world have lost their jobs, homes and hopes for the future.
The documentary is provided by numerous interviews with authorities, responsible for or connected with the economical situation in question, including politicians, major financial insiders and journalists.
“Inside Job” follows the sudden rise of rogue industries and reveals the corrosive relations within the world’s economy, which led to corruption of politics as well as academia and regulation.
The film is narrated by acclaimed and award winning actor Matt Damon. The scenario of “Inside Job” is written by Chad Beck in cooperation with Adam Bolt.

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Gerrymandering

Release Date: October 16th, 2010
Starring: Ben Barnes, Gray Davis, Howard Dean, Bob Graham, Alan S. Lowenthal
Director: Jeff Reichert
Studio: Green Film Company
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 1 hour 21 minutes

The documentary from Jeff Reichert explores gerrymandering in the US electioneering system – the process of redrawing districts for political gain. It is a sort of politically motivated manipulation, invented by politicians to win control over the Congress. Covering the history of gerrymandering, Reichert reveals the ways how the political parties (Republicans and Democrats) benefit from practicing this method, as well as how unconstructive and even abusive the usage of gerrymandering is. The documentary provides several cases from history, when gerrymandering helped one politician to be elected, while his opponents had no chances after a skillful redistricting applied.
The film is provided by the interviews with well-known politicians and journalists, including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bob Graham, Howard Dean, Susan Lerner, Ed Rollins, Gray Davis, Alan S. Lowenthal, Ben Barnes and many others.
At the end of the film Reichert appeals to the audience to go to the website and vote against gerrymandering or at least to insist on reforming the method, which presently implies nothing else but manipulating the popular votes in order to win an election.