Grand jury prize at the 2016 sundance film festival, offers unrestricted access into the life of former. Community might get a movie after all, and more news. Weiner 2016 official trailer anthony weiner showtime. This eye opening and interesting film called weiner looks at how the media and scandal of texts and photos and nude pictures help bring down a former congressman and mayoral candidate. The guardian film teams favourite movies released in the us this year. Weiner, a documentary following the collapse of anthony weiners new york mayoral campaign, premiered at the 2016 sundance film festival. If weiner was a scripted film it wouldnt be nearly as impressive, but the fact that the filmmakers were able to perfectly translate weiner s doomed campaign to film makes it impressive. A dachshund is taken in by a veterinary technician named dawn wiener greta gerwig, who soon sets off on a road trip. Watch on ifc films unlimited with prime video channels. David weiner is a content producer, a filmmaker, an onlinemagazine editor, a podcastonscreen personality, and an awardwinning journalist. This documentary follows excongressman anthony weiners run for new york city mayor and the sex scandals that derailed his political.
Wieners is a 2008 american comedy film directed by mark steilen and starring fran kranz. Find out where weiner is streaming, if weiner is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. But it is weiner himself, a likable narcissist with an olympic capacity for. It was written by suzanne francis and gabe grifoni. We really do think that the film is about more than just anthonys story and his scandal and the campaign, kriegman previously told. Weiner can be one of the most effective orators, passionate about his city and its people. With unrestricted access to anthony weiners new york city mayoral campaign, this film reveals the human story behind the. A regular contributor to the hollywood reporter and l. The lovable dog also encounters a young boy, a film professor, and a troubled. This film captures the essence of the best and the worst of anthony weiner, told through the unflinching lens of the documentarian. This documentary follows excongressman anthony weiners run for new york city mayor and the sex scandals that derailed his political ambitions. Women film critics circle awards, worst male images in a movie, weiner, nominated.
Rent weiner 2016 starring anthony weiner on dvd and bluray. The punchline is true about me, weiner says in the trailer for the film, which won the documentary grand jury prize at this. Weiner movie clip the number 2016 anthony weiner documentary hd an examination of disgraced new york congressman anthony. Yet he has this chink in his armor, the need for approval, to be loved, to be adored vis a vis sexting. The film shows the famous 2010 clip of weiners outraged rant on the floor of the u. With unrestricted access to anthony weiners new york city mayoral campaign, this film reveals the human story behind the scenes of a highprofile political. It vaguely recalls the great french film au hasard balthazar 1966, in which a donkey goes through several owners and affects their lives in interesting, spiritual ways. Its 20 and anthony weiner still reeling from the sex scandal that ended his political career two years earlier is back in the spotlight as he mounts an audacious comeback campaign for. Top uk films 2016 the 50 best films of 2016 in the uk. The kids sneak away to enter shelly in the internationals, and find themselves caught in a devious plot by mrs. But the wienerdog of this movie, on the other hand, seems to become less and less.
Congress over a healthcare bill for 911 first responders. After initially lying about the sexted pictures, weiner came clean and resigned from congress. Weiner is a 2016 american fly on the wall political documentary film by josh kriegman and. Directed and produced by josh kriegman and elyse steinberg, weiner, which won the u. If weiner was a scripted film it wouldnt be nearly as impressive, but the fact that the filmmakers were. Weiner is directed by josh kriegman and elyse steinberg and received its world premiere at the 2016 sundance film festival. Prior to that, his reputation as a scrappy fighter for his congressional district was wellknown.
Why this movie is being classified by amazon as a comedy is beyond me its a. Weekly, david was executive editor of the iconic famous monsters of filmland magazine from 2015 to 2016, earning the prestigious rondo hatton award two. Eventually, the film becomes about weiners enthusiasm and apparent inability to understand when he should back down. Weiner is a sobering behindthescenes look at anthony. Weiner is the blowhard and motormouth who quit congress in 2011 after he was found to have texted and tweeted lewd photos of himself to women. Its 20 and anthony weiner still reeling from the sex scandal that ended his political career two years earlier is back in the spotlight as he mounts an audacious comeback campaign for new. You may well watch this movie and think, serves him right. If weiner was a scripted film it wouldnt be nearly as impressive, but the fact that the filmmakers were able to perfectly translate weiners doomed campaign to film makes it impressive. Weiner official trailer 1 2016 anthony weiner documentary hd. The jack family is at it again, as they enter the international world of wiener dog racing. Weiner movie clip anthony weiner documentary hd youtube. The film that made stephen kings homoerotic subtext canon. Its hardly hyperbole to say josh kriegman and elyse steinbergs documentary weiner is the most significant movie of 2016, though perhaps not in the way its filmmakers intended. A full 2020 digital movierental calendar a guide to when you can.
Anthony weiner was a fiery democrat in the house, pushing back. Weiner earned first place on the theater average chart, which is terrible news for me, because there are so many immature puns that i want to be using right now. An examination of disgraced new york congressman anthony weiners. I feel like these three quotes kind of sum up a lot of what this movie, weiner, a documentary that chronicles as a harrowing, cringeinducing tragedy of politician anthony weiners failed bid for. Antrum and 12 other cursed movies that will make your skin crawl. The wiener film genre was in production between the 1920s and the 1950s, with the 1930s as its high period. There is a scene in danny devito dave schmerzs office which shows a movie poster for dave schmerzs apricots. Weiner allowed filmmakers full access to his mayoral campaign with the hopes that the end result would document a spectacular political comeback, with mr. There were lots of little things like this in this movie, just thrown in there but not brought explicitly to your attention. Watch weiner starring anthony weiner in this documentary on directv. Weiner full movie hd film documentary featuring a jawdropping, behindthe scenes look at the attempted comeback of anthony weiner in 20.
With unrestricted access to anthony weiners new york city mayoral campaign, this film reveals the human story behind the scenes of a highprofile political scandal. Hes asked it countless times politely and not so over the course of the film. Weiner is an articulate man with many ideas and a grievous lack of selfknowledge, a schoolyard showoff seemingly driven. Weiner is a 2016 american fly on the wall political documentary film by josh kriegman and elyse steinberg about anthony weiner s campaign for mayor of new york city during the 20 mayoral election contents. With kenan thompson, zachary levi, fran kranz, jenny mccarthy.
Merryweather that may change wiener dog races forever. With morgan fairchild, jason london, bryan batt, julian feder. Weiner, which premiered at sundance, covers the new york politicians sexting scandal. The life and career of the renowned film critic and social commentator. A road trip comedy about three friends who travel across the country in a wiener wagon to beat up a popular daytime talk show therapist. Weiners longsuffering wife, huma abedin, herself a political figure, is a key sympathetic presence in the film. Weiner being sworn in as mayor of new york having emerged from a scandal centered on explicit texting that forced him to resign from congress. Reviewing weiner for the times when it opened theatrically in may, stephen holden called it infuriating and depressing but rivetingly watchable a phrase that characterizes the movies subject as well. Congressman weiners illfated 20 campaign to become mayor of new york. Wienerdog is a 2016 american comedy film directed and written by todd solondz. Dwayne, played by darrell hammond, sending him into a spiral of. And the world again was rocked with one anthony weiner.
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