A bohemian Seattle DJ uses his on-air charisma to create a fictitious conservative radio personality becoming an overnight sensation.A bohemian Seattle DJ uses his on-air charisma to create a fictitious conservative radio personality becoming an overnight sensation.A bohemian Seattle DJ uses his on-air charisma to create a fictitious conservative radio personality becoming an overnight sensation.
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- TriviaReceived the first film award from Politicon for "Most Anticipated Political Film" (2016).
- GoofsAt approximately 14:00 Ethan refers to his guitar as his grandfather's Martin. The guitar he is playing is in fact a Martin guitar worth thousands of dollars. At approximately 1:13:30 when Adrienne smashes Ethans guitar it's a cheap Rogue guitar which is only valued at one to two hundred dollars. Also, in the close up shot of the guitar hitting the wall, the guitar's headstock is already broken off before it hits the wall, indicating that they used the already damaged guitar from the long shot.
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Ethan Smith: They'll spit and spat and tell their tale,
Ethan Smith: Call daddy "chimp" and mommy "whale."
Ethan Smith: They'll chirp and chime and make their claim, .
Ethan Smith: That mold is man of whence we came.
Ethan Smith: But evolutionists be damned!
Ethan Smith: We're more than beasts, by God, we're man!
Ethan Smith: And Darwin is a proven fool,
Ethan Smith: His theory merely cock-and-bull!
Ethan Smith: So, free your body, free your mind,
Ethan Smith: Embrace intelligent design!
- SoundtracksMakes No Difference
(2011)
Written by Nick Lampone
Performed by Nick Lampone, Evan Vidar & Paris Patt
Courtesy of RaspberryRecordings
Charlie was a lot funnier than this film Swing State who has quirky disc jockey Alex Beh create this fictitious radio guest who is supposed to be a satire on Rush Limbaugh types. The idea was great, but the execution falls flat as the Trump electorate feels they've found a John the Baptist type crying in their wilderness. Also a whole lot like Meet John Doe where Barbara Stanwyck and James Gleason create a fictional John Doe and then have to find someone to give him flesh and bones.
Frank Capra's film was a whole lot more serious than Swing State, still it had its funny moments.
Beh had a good idea, but it just doesn't gel.
- bkoganbing
- Feb 15, 2017
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- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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