Weiner Page #2

Synopsis: Serving seven consecutive terms, Anthony Weiner, good friends with and political allies to the Clintons, was once a highly respected member of Congress from New York City, he seen as a man sticking up for the every day person. That all changed in June, 2011 when he was forced to resign in disgrace after admitting that he did tweet lewd "headless" photos of himself from his public Twitter account to women he met online, and that it was not the work of a hacker or that the photos were of someone else. At the time, his wife Huma Abedin, herself a key aide to Hillary Clinton, was pregnant with their first child, she who decided to stand by her man. Two years later with Abedin still by his side, Weiner tries to resurrect his political career in a run for New York City mayor. He realizes that he has an uphill battle not only because of the known previously tweeted photos, but that there are other lewd photos from that era that may also come to light during the campaign. Regardless of the 201
Genre: Documentary
Production: Motto Pictures
  Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 8 wins & 52 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
84
Rotten Tomatoes:
97%
R
Year:
2016
96 min
$1,675,196
111 Views


a highly choreographed video

announcing he will be

a candidate

for the 2013 mayor's race

here in New York.

Look, I've made

some big mistakes

and I know I let a lot

of people down.

But I've also learned

some tough lessons.

I'm running for mayor

'cause I've been

fighting for the middle class

and those struggling to make it

my entire life.

And I hope I get a second chance

to work for you.

New York City should be

the middle class capital

of the world

and I've got some ideas

on how to do it.

Sixty four of them,

right on my website.

Take a look,

tell me what you think.

We love this city

and no one will work harder

to make it better than Anthony.

I will fight for you

every single day.

Thank you for watching.

Why are they filming you?

I can't... I don't know.

Most of the time I don't know

why they're filming me.

Are you somebody

I'm supposed to know?

Believe me, no.

He's Anthony Weiner.

Oh yeah. It is, isn't it?

Is it Anthony Weiner?

Why do you think you deserve

this second chance?

Okay, it's up,

in the final analysis

it's up to the voters

to make that determination.

And all I'm saying is

here's some ideas that I have

and at the end of the day, it's

not up to me, it's not up to you

it's up to the voters,

and that's all I'm asking.

Former member of Congress

Anthony Weiner has decided

he will be a candidate

for the 2013 mayor's race.

Welcome back, Anthony Weiner!

I think people ought to show

shame in public life.

When they do something

really wrong like this

they should get out of action

for a while.

We don't want perverts

elected in New York City.

No perverts.

Please step back, please.

Weiner's staffers had to do

crowd control with the press.

A problem the other candidates

dream of having

at their news conferences.

He's not a likeable guy,

and I think the question is

do New Yorkers

want a punch line as mayor?

If we elect this loser

to any office

from mayor to dog catcher

then we get the government

we deserve.

Man, they all full of sh*t.

Weiner, you got

my vote, brother!

Um, just so you know,

I turned down Andrea Peyser.

Siphen asked if she could

sit in and I said no.

Well, I... I... Well, why?

Because I don't think

that she's a real reporter.

Let her get it

out of her system.

Okay.

Hi, Andrea.

- Hey, how are ya?

- Good, thank you.

So, first question

I'm gonna ask you is

what was your favorite

"Post" headline?

I... I don't read

the "New York Post."

You don't?

Alright, um, so how many women

were involved in the sexting,

the, uh, texting?

You know, I did some very

regrettable things

over an extended period of time

with more than one person.

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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