Weiner Page #4

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
113 Views


I was passin' my time away

To the left

and to the right

Buildings towering

to the sky

It's outta sight

In the dead of night

Here I am

again in this city

With a fistful of dollars

And baby

you'd better believe

I'm back

Back in the New York groove

I'm back

Back in the New York

groove..

Rahad, can you take this?

Yeah. I'll be down

in one second.

Where... where

are you guys going?

- To rally for Anthony.

- Whoo.

- Weiner!

- Louder!

- Weiner!

- Louder!

In the back of my Cadillac..

Anyone have a voter?

Be poised and ready

to talk to voters.

Gotcha.

This is Anthony Weiner

calling.

Yes, I'm that Anthony Weiner,

the one running for mayor.

Well, thank you very much.

I appreciate it.

And if I win by one,

I know who to thank.

Alright, bye-bye.

She knows two Anthony Weiners.

So baby

you'd better believe

I'm back

Back in the New York groove

My name is Fran Weiner.

I'm Anthony Weiner's mom.

How are you today?

Back in the New York Groove

I'm back

Back in the New York Groove

Look, you've had

a billionaire mayor.

Now you're gonna have

a thousandaire

who has millionaire friends,

so we're gonna be fine.

We're gonna be fine.

Alright, let me get

Huma up here.

I wanna get her started.

No, I really enjoyed it.

I really enjoyed it.

Those of you who know me

are probably surprised

to see me standing up here.

I'm usually back in the room

far away from the microphone

as possible.

I'm doing it because

I love my city

and I believe in my husband.

Launching this campaign

was not an easy decision

for my family to make.

People say a lot of things

about my husband.

Some nice, some not so nice.

Putting yourself

out there is hard.

Our challenges,

what we went through

it's nothing compared

to what so many families

in this city face every day.

No one fights harder

on behalf of people.

And no one will make New York

safer, stronger, more secure...

...than my husband, Anthony.

Oh!

Oh my god, that..

...that was remarkable.

I feel what people

must have felt like..

...seeing Charlie Chaplain in

the talkies for the first time.

Like, "That's what

she sounds like."

This is kind of our first

campaign together.

The city is getting to know her

a bit and one thing is clear

if she were the candidate,

I'd be getting crushed.

Yeah.

I mean, man,

if there was ever anyone

like, if you in fact actually

just closed your eyes

and just imagined what would be

the ideal first lady

for the City of New York?

Someone who's graceful,

someone's who's interesting

someone who's got ideas,

someone who's got experience.

You know,

someone who's glamorous

someone who's an amazing mom

you know, someone

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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