Starsuckers documentary - More4 - Tues April 6 - 10:00pm

[letthemeatmadeiracake]

Starsuckers, More 4, Tuesday April 6, 10:00pm

Chris Atkins' revelatory documentary exposes the shams and deceit involved in creating a pernicious celebrity culture.

http://www.starsuckersmovie.com
Starsuckers is the most controversial [sic] documentary of the year, and was released in British cinemas in November 2009 to critical acclaim. It's a darkly humourous and shocking exposé of the celebrity obsessed media, that uncovers the real reasons behind our addiction to fame and blows the lid on the corporations and individuals who profit from it. Directed by Chris Atkins, BAFTA nominated for Taking Liberties, Starsuckers exploded into the news in October when it emerged that the team had been selling fake celebrity stories to all the British Tabloids. This became a news sensation in it's own right, and was followed by the darker revelation that Atkins had secretly filmed four journalists for three Sunday tabloids trying to buy medical records. The filmmakers also stung Max Clifford, who the film shows boasting about his clients on undercover camera. When Clifford found out, he hired the infamous law firm Carter Ruck and threatened to injunct the film which would have prevented it's release. The film ends with a damning critique of Bob Geldof's Live Aid and the star-studded Live 8 concerts in 2005.
The film was given a slew of 4 Star reviews ... and will be out on DVD in the UK on the 12th April.
http://www.starsuckersmovie.com


Never one to mince his words, Sir Bob Geldof has launched his latest expletive-ridden broadside at the documentary Starsuckers, due to be broadcast tomorrow night on More 4.

In the film, Geldof is accused of undermining the Make Poverty History campaign's attempts to hold G8 leaders to account for the scandal of global poverty. By contrast, Saint Bob now claims that he alone should be credited with putting issues of world poverty on the political agenda, and not the millions of ordinary people who take action on such issues year on year.

continued... http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/apr/05/geldof-arrogance-p overty-agenda-starsuckers

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/apr/02/bob-geldof-anti-poverty-ca mpaigners-starsuckers?plckFindCommentKey=CommentKey:9915b137-9fdd-4e30 -950f-7c6cd114cc9a

[Frank Freedom]

Pretty powerfull destruction of media corporations,and recommended viewing, seconded:

http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/watch%3Fv%3DEwEFTGIW2sY

[Hagbard Celine]

I've got to see this movie. The celebrity cult is right out of Silent Weapons for a Quiet War: "Keep the media at a 1st grade level... and (keep them) focused on matters of ne real importance".

I don't think for one second that Peter and Jordan have really split up! It's obviously upsertting them both so much that they should quit, for their kids' sakes too! Surely the media "scriptwriters" can write them a reunion plot!