Battle in Seattle
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| Battle in Seattle | |
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| Directed by | Stuart Townsend |
| Starring | Charlize Theron Woody Harrelson Ray Liotta Ivana Milicevic Michelle Rodriguez Rade Serbedzija Channing Tatum Andre 3000 |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 2007 |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Battle in Seattle is a dramatic film written and directed by Stuart Townsend and is based on a political uprising, the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 protest activity, sometimes referred to as the Battle in Seattle. This movie will be Stuart Townsend's directorial debut.
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[edit] Plot summary
Thousands of activists arrive in Seattle, Washington en masse to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The movie takes an in-depth look at characters during those five days in 1999 as demonstrators protested the meeting of the WTO in Seattle's streets. Although it began as a peaceful protest with a goal of stopping the WTO talks, it escalated into a full-scale riot when large crowds become hostile and police were outnumbered, and eventually, a State of Emergency that put protesters against the Seattle Police Department and the National Guard.
[edit] Cast
- Charlize Theron as Ella
- Woody Harrelson as Dale
- Ray Liotta as Mayor Jim Tobin
- Ivana Milicevic as Carla
- Michelle Rodriguez as Lou
- Rade Serbedzija as Dr. Maric
- Channing Tatum as Johnson
- Joshua Jackson as Randall
- Andre 3000 (aka André Benjamin) as Django
