Outrage Page #2

Synopsis: An indictment of closeted politicians who lobby for anti-gay legislation in the U.S.
Genre: Documentary
Director(s): Kirby Dick
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  1 win & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
R
Year:
2009
90 min
$193,175
Website
48 Views


AND SAID,

"JUST REMEMBER,

I CAN BUY AND SELL

YOUR ASS 1,000 TIMES."

Let me be clear:

I am not gay.

I never have been gay.

IT'S VERY OFTEN THOSE

SELF-HATING GAY PEOPLE WHO,

IN THE CLOSET,

ARE THE MOST VICIOUS

TOWARDS OTHER GAYS

AND LESBIANS:

AS A WAY TO KIND

OF DEFLECT ATTENTION

FROM THEIR OWN ORIENTATION.

THERE IS NOT ONE

CIVIL RIGHTS LAW

AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL

THAT EXISTS:

TO PROTECT GAY,

LESBIAN, BISEXUAL

OR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE.

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY

NOT ONE LAW.

Catania:

THE FACT THAT SENATOR CRAIG

AND THOSE LIKE HIM

CAN ENGAGE IN HOMOSEXUAL

ACTIVITY ONE MINUTE

AND THEN TRY TO WRITE US

OUT OF EXISTENCE THE NEXT--

THERE IS NO PUNISHMENT HARSH

ENOUGH AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.

Reporter:

He was a powerful force

on senate committees,

a solid family-values

conservative.

The American people

already know

that Bill Clinton is

a bad boy,

a naughty boy.

I'm going to speak out

for the citizens

of my state who,

in the majority,

think that Bill Clinton

is probably even

a nasty bad naughty boy.

Reporter:

But in October 2006,

eight months before

the senator's arrest

in Minneapolis,

a gay activist named

Michael Rogers

who makes it

his business to out

conservative politicians

wrote in his blog that

he'd interviewed several men

who'd claimed to have had sex

with Senator Larry Craig.

Michael Rogers:

IN OCTOBER OF '06

I OUTED LARRY CRAIG.

I KNOW SOMEBODY WHO HAD SEX

WITH LARRY CRAIG IN A RESTROOM

AT UNION STATION.

THAT, TO ME, IS THE CRUX

OF THE CASE RIGHT THERE.

RIGHT NOW I HAVE

A NUMBER OF OPEN FILES

OF FOLKS THA I'M ACTIVELY LOOKING AT,

FROM A U.S. CABINET OFFICIAL

TO OFFICES OF SOME PRETTY

ANTIGAY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

SO I'M HERE.

I'M GETTING READY

TO GO ON "HANNITY & COLMES"

TONIGHT AT 9:
00.

DAVID'S WITH ME,

HELPING ME OUT ON SOME

OF MY TALKING POINTS.

- SAY HI, DAVID.

- HELLO.

CAN'T LET THE RIGHT WING BE

THE ONLY ONES WITH THE FLAG.

I ACTUALLY ONCE HAD SOMEBODY

ASK ME ON FOX NEWS,

"ARE YOU SURE YOU WAN TO WEAR THAT FLAG?"

"YEAH, I AM."

SO, DAVID, WHY DON'T YOU

FIRE ME A FEW QUESTIONS

LIKE HOW HANNITY'S

GOING TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW?

"MIKE, HOW IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING

DIFFERENT THAN McCARTHYISM?"

- THIS IS McCARTHYISM!"

- FIRST OF ALL,

SEAN, McCARTHY

WAS A LIAR.

McCARTHY PUT OU FALSE INFORMATION

- ABOUT AMERICANS.

- OH NO!

THAT'S JUST THE SAUCE.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO CUT YOU

OFF RIGHT THERE.

- MIKE-- MIKE-- MIKE--

- SEAN-- SEAN-- SEAN--

- WE'RE OUTTA TIME.

- THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.

YOUR MOUTH WILL OPEN,

BUT NOTHING WILL COME

OUT OF IT.

Hannity:

Breaking news tonight.

Fox News has confirmed

that Senator Larry Craig

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Kirby Dick

Kirby Bryan Dick (born August 23, 1952) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for directing documentary films. He received Academy Award nominations for Best Documentary Feature for directing Twist of Faith (2005) and The Invisible War (2012). He has also received numerous awards from film festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival and Los Angeles Film Festival. more…

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