Actors Had No Idea They Were In Anti-Muslim Propaganda Film

[Tx4obama]

Actors Had No Idea They Were In Anti-Muslim Propaganda Film

The cast and crew of the anti-Muslim film that led to violence in Libya were misled.

A statement released on the behalf of the 80 cast and crew members of “Innocence of Muslims,” a film that reportedly prompted Tuesday protests at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, indicates that they are not happy with the film and were misled by the producer.

“The entire cast and crew are extremely upset and feel taken advantage of by the producer. We are 100% not behind this film and were grossly misled about its intent and purpose,” the statement says. “We are shocked by the drastic re-writes of the script and lies that were told to all involved. We are deeply saddened by the tragedies that have occurred.”

Actress Cindy Lee Garcia says of the director, “I’m going to sue his butt off.”

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Full article with more quotes here: http://www.alan.com/2012/09/12/actors-had-no-idea-they-were-in-anti-muslim-propaganda-film/

[cynatnite]

1. Was there not a script? n/t

[Voice for Peace]

5. they may have been given different versions of the script when signing up and when shooting.

And I'm sure there was a lot of editing.

[cynatnite]

11. Check post #10. I found that on Buzzfeed. n/t

[Voice for Peace]

9. aha, more of her interview

http://gawker.com/5942748/it-makes-me-sick-actress-in-muhammed-movie-says-she-was-deceived-had-no-idea-it-was-about-islam

[Warpy]

12. They wouldn't hear any voice overs

and some of the action scenes were likely dubbed in later.

However, if this is legit, this could get really interesting.

Now to see how it played in Benghazi and other parts of the Muslim Middle East first.

ETA: I'm not the only one asking about this. One of the comments did, also.

The whole thing smells.

[alcibiades_mystery]

16. They overdubbed the actual lines in editing and post-pro

The script she was given was titled simply Desert Warriors.

"It was going to be a film based on how things were 2,000 years ago," Garcia said. "It wasn't based on anything to do with religion, it was just on how things were run in Egypt. There wasn't anything about Muhammed or Muslims or anything."

In the script and during the shooting, nothing indicated the controversial nature of the final product. Muhammed wasn't even called Muhammed; he was "Master George," Garcia said. The words Muhammed were dubbed over in post-production, as were essentially all other offensive references to Islam and Muhammed.

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This is some Wag the Dog type shit right here. Ridiculous.

On edit, then again, why would somebody in 1st century CE Egypt be named "master george." Dummies and crooks in every direction.

[MADem]

27. They dubbed the thing, apparently. nt

[Voice for Peace]

2. it says Bacile appeared in the media? and she says she spoke to him? I am so confused

I thought he was imaginary?

[Tx4obama]

7. That might be a typo. Maybe it should say his 'name' or 'film' appeared in the meida ...

then she called him up. (?)

I don't know.

[Voice for Peace]

15. from her description of him, could be the other guy, the one who posted it online

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(whose name I've forgotten already) - Egyptian coptic christian, anti-muslim

Morris Sadek, an Egyptian-born Coptic Christian ally of a Florida pastor, Terry Jones, a hatemonger whose threats to burn a copy of the Koran inspired deadly riots in Afghanistan in 2010 and 2011.

from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/opinion/murder-in-benghazi.html

[HereSince1628]

3. I can imagine that for the extras in any movie

but I wonder about how that could be possible for the major roles...people who were given scripts to practice...did Bacile dub over the spoken words with bad lip sync?

[Voice for Peace]

18. if you watch a little bit of it

the dubbing is AWFUL
it is choppy, incoherent, offensive, stupid

I think easily could have been made with O'Keefe's creativity... that same kind of stupidness.

[BOG PERSON]

4. i guess it's true what hitchcock said about actors

[cali]

6. this whole thing just keeps getting more and more WTF???

[bunnies]

8. I'd like to know what they thought the purpose of the film was.

Since they were "misled" about it. What were they told?

[cynatnite]

10. I think this might be right...Look at this...

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/inflammatory-anti-muslim-movie-may-not-be-a-real

The anti-Muslim "movie" that served as the spark or pretext for a wave of violent unrest in Egypt and Libya may not be a movie at all.

As the video above — cut from the YouTube video tied to a global controversy — shows, nearly all of the names in the movie's "trailer" are overdubbed. The video is a compilation of the most clumsily overdubbed moments from what is in reality an incoherent, haphazardly-edited set of scenes. Among the overdubbed words is "Mohammed," suggesting that the footage was taken from a film about something else entirely. The footage also suggests multiple video sources — there are obvious and jarring discrepancies among actors and locations.

However, CNN has reported that the cast and crew disavowed the movie, and the overdubbing could also have been to conceal the content from the cast itself

[Voice for Peace]

13. here's another article about one of the actors in the film

http://gawker.com/5942748/it-makes-me-sick-actress-in-muhammed-movie-says-she-was-deceived-had-no-idea-it-was-about-islam

[Jennicut]

17. Two things that stick out in that article to me

"Muhammed wasn't even called Muhammed; he was "Master George," Garcia said. The words Muhammed were dubbed over in post-production, as were essentially all other offensive references to Islam and Muhammed."

And

"The film's mysterious pseudonymous writer and director, "Sam Bacile," has claimed to be an Israeli real estate mogul. But Garcia said Bacile told her he was Egyptian on set. Bacile had white hair and spoke Arabic to a number of "dark-skinned" men who hung around the set, she said. (A Bacile associate also told The Atlantic he wasn't Israeli or Jewish.)"

Pretty weird stuff.

[cynatnite]

19. More than weird, IMO. It's got conspiracy written all over it...

I think this warrants an investigation.

[Jennicut]

20. I agree.

Who makes a movie and then lies about their identity and the subject of the movie to the actors?

[Voice for Peace]

21. this is a trick question, right?

[randome]

24. It has his stink all over it, doesn't it?

[ProgressiveProfessor]

22. What would be the cognizant authority for such an investigation?

Or are you thinking more of a media investigation.

[cynatnite]

25. Honestly, I don't know...

Maybe my brain is just working overtime.

[randome]

26. If someone is coordinating with a foreign power...

...I would think any number of national security agencies could be involved

[ProgressiveProfessor]

29. That presume foreign governments...

This could be anything from a false flag op by the muslim brotherhood to some anti muslim zealot. It does not appear to be the work of professionals in any way

[sakabatou]

14. Go, Cindy, go! Sue more than their pants!

[brentspeak]

23. Ms. Garcia says that she spoke to "Bacile" on the phone today

If so, it shouldn't be hard to locate him and discover his true identity.

[fascisthunter]

28. never underestimate how low a sociopath will go

Ayn Rand considers this defect a virtue... well, I guess it's all a defect can do, but praise what defect they themselves reflect.

[Junkdrawer]

30. “I’m going to sue his butt off.” - Good. THAT'S how we'll trace the money....

behind this piece of agitprop.