2021
R
American International Pictures (AIP)
1 h 43 m

2021
R
American International Pictures (AIP)
1 h 43 m

Summary “The Show the Pentagon Couldn’t Stop!” In 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland toured an anti-war comedy show across Southeast Asia. It was directly engaged with and inspired by veterans against the war and, naturally, it upset U.S. military higher-ups. The F.T.A. tour was highly controversial and was ...

Directed By: Francine Parker

Written By: Michael Alaimo, Len Chandler, Pamela Donegan, Jane Fonda, Rita Martinson, Robin Menken, Holly Near, Donald Sutherland, Dalton Trumbo, Nancy Dowd

2021
R
American International Pictures (AIP)
1 h 43 m

2021
R
American International Pictures (AIP)
1 h 43 m

F.T.A.

Name: F.T.A.
Genre: Documentary, Comedy, Music
Released: 2021-03-05
Duration: 1 min 43 s
Rating: 75
Cast: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Pamela Donegan, Len Chandler, Michael Alaimo

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Francine Parker

Written By: Michael Alaimo, Len Chandler, Pamela Donegan, Jane Fonda, Rita Martinson, Robin Menken, Holly Near, Donald Sutherland, Dalton Trumbo, Nancy Dowd

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Original-Cin

Mar 15, 2021

Like a rash of contemporary films — The Trial of the Chicago 7, Judas and the Black Messiah and Da Five Bloods — F.T.A. reminds us how much the anti-war and civil rights battles of the past are currently resonant, even when we have our history slightly wrong.

By Liam Lacey FULL REVIEW

The Playlist

Mar 16, 2021

Most of all, the chance to spend 90 or so minutes in Fonda’s orbit offers a welcome reminder of what cancellation actually means. For her, and for F.T.A., it means silence. Bravo to the folks responsible for putting the film under a spotlight at a moment where a lesson in genuine cancellation is so desperately needed.

By Andrew Crump FULL REVIEW

Movie Nation

A blend of comedy, song and dance, drama and male and female servicemember interviews, it’s funny, biting and tuneful, and it takes you right back there if you lived through it, and might be an eye-opener for activist “Ok, Boomer” millennials.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

Austin Chronicle

Mar 11, 2021

While the cabaret performances are the documentary’s draw, the movie comes most alive in the interspersed interviews with servicemen and women willing to speak their minds, whether it’s about institutional racism in the military, the imperialistic siting of bases in Asia, and, of course, the ugliness of the war itself, in all of its manifestations.

By Steve Davis FULL REVIEW

Film Threat

Although not a great film by any stretch, it is a fascinating slice of a fractious period in American history.

By Phil Hall FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Duque Films, Free Theater Associates, Indochina Peace Committee (IPC) Films

Release Date Mar 5, 2021

Duration 1 h 43 m

Rating R

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Tagline Here in all its wit and anger is the explosive entertainment that matched the talents of Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland and the F.T.A. Troupe against the power of the Pentagon, filmed where it happened, while it happened.

F.T.A.

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Holly Near

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Paul Mooney

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Rita Martinson

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Peter Boyle

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Steve Jaffe

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Yale Zimmerman

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