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EYE OF THE STORM For the doc Man of Plains, director Jonathan Demme filmed Jimmy Carter's tour to promote his controversial book on Middle East politics
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Limited Release: Oct 26, 2007; Rated: PG; Length: 125 Minutes; Genre: Documentary
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Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman is a film critic for EW
Forget the homespun title. As we follow the former president through the media glare of his book tour for Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, director Jonathan Demme creates a gripping meditation on the very hot-button-ness of the Israeli-Palestinian question. Was Carter wrong to analogize Israeli policy with that of white South Africa? That's Jimmy Carter Man From Plains' obsessive issue, and it's galvanizing to see it played out through the furious contradiction of Carter's personality. He is pious, stubborn, compassionate, testy, moral, unreasonable, and wise. B+
Posted Oct 24, 2007
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