“This film is controversial, and that’s exactly the reason we want to ensure it can find its audience prior to the November elections.” — Mark Cuban, co-studio head of Magnolia Pictures
Mark Cuban is a man who, in February of this year, attended a $30,000 a plate Obama fundraiser. Reportedly, as President Obama entered the event, he and Cuban “embraced warmly.”
Magnolia Pictures is a specialty releasing company (its “edgier” label is Magnet), that is known mainly for its backing of left-wing films, which include, “Casino Jack and the United States of Money,” “Enron: The Smartest Guy in the Room,” “Food, Inc.,” “God Bless America,” “Jesus Camp,” “No End in Sight,” and “Redacted.”
Cuban’s quote, however, isn’t about what you might think. He’s not only talking about his eagerness to release on multiple platforms, and just before the upcoming election, a film that takes no prisoners in exposing the left; it’s a film “presented by” none other than Andrew Breitbart.
Four years ago, just before the launch of his flagship site Big Hollywood, Andrew said he had one simple goal: a seat at the table. The idea was never to silence the left or to do to Hollywood what it had done to conservatives and conservative ideas — exterminate them. All Andrew wanted was for our side and our ideas and beliefs to get a fair hearing in the world of popular culture.
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