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  • 2004
  • Unrated
  • Sag Harbor-Basement Pictures
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2004
  • Unrated
  • Sag Harbor-Basement Pictures
  • 1 h 24 m

Summary The consummate critical examination of the Fourth Estate, once the bastion of American democracy. Asking whether America has entered an Orwellian world of doublespeak where outright lies can pass for the truth, Pappas explores what the media doesn't like to talk about: itself. (Sag Harbor-Basement Pictures)

Directed By: Robert Kane Pappas

Written By: Tom Blackburn, Robert Kane Pappas

  • 2004
  • Unrated
  • Sag Harbor-Basement Pictures
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2004
  • Unrated
  • Sag Harbor-Basement Pictures
  • 1 h 24 m

Orwell Rolls in His Grave

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Summary The consummate critical examination of the Fourth Estate, once the bastion of American democracy. Asking whether America has entered an Orwellian world of doublespeak where outright lies can pass for the truth, Pappas explores what the media doesn't like to talk about: itself. (Sag Harbor-Basement Pictures)

Directed By: Robert Kane Pappas

Written By: Tom Blackburn, Robert Kane Pappas

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An important new documentary that cites countless examples of self-censorship, under-reporting of serious issues, and -- worse than this -- deliberate neglect and outright conflicts of interest.
By Jonathan Curiel FULL REVIEW
80
A marvel of passionate succinctness.
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60
Enlightening, at times disturbing, and always provocative, but Pappas manages to end with a glimmer of hope.
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50
Pappas's talking heads can't exactly solve the problem, but they help to keep us from forgetting it.
By Stanley Kauffmann FULL REVIEW
50
Even though he refuses to excise about 15 to 20 minutes of unnecessary material, Pappas is nonetheless a steady editor who, less intrepid than dogged, pieces together a sustainably intriguing, suitably distressing exposé.
By Hazel-Dawn Dumpert FULL REVIEW
30
The movie comes across as a political science course videotape rather than a movie to fully engage a general audience.
By Desson Thomson FULL REVIEW
30
In its attempt to diagnose a problem, it ends up serving more as a symptom of the left's current, and sadly warranted, anxieties.
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Production Company Sag Harbor-Basement Pictures
Release Date Jul 23, 2004
Duration 1 h 24 m
Rating Unrated
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Website http://www.orwellrollsinhisgrave.com/
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