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Subject: [alg] REVOLUTION OS (fwd) From: Dan_Lee Vogler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 00:51:58 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Forwarded message from Tim League <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Subject: REVOLUTION OS See: http://www.drafthouse.com/online_tix/show_details.asp?show_id=244 From: Tim League, owner, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema I am proud to be bringing to Austin what I consider to be an important film: "Revolution OS," a documentary about the development and the philosophy behind the GNU/Linux opperating system. The film opens at Alamo Drafthouse North on Anderson Lane on March 22. Online tickets are currently available at www.drafthouse.com. This is not the typical film that we show at Alamo North, so I am reaching out to the Linux community to get the word out. We will have a small Linux display in the lobby and will make CD's of Linux available to those who want them after the screenings. We are also soliciting the media to cover the event, both to publicize the screenings and to get additional coverage for the Linux movement in general. We encourage you to forward the news about this screening to your friends and associates in the Linux community, and we look forward to seeing you at the Alamo in March for a really fantastic film. The following is an excerpt from the "Wired" Review of "Revolution OS" REVOLUTION OS "Linux is more than just an alternative operating system. It's also a culture with its own ethics, gods, myths and heroes. A new film, Revolution O.S., explores the human side of the open source and free software movements, telling the inside story of the hackers and programmers rebelling against the corporate machine. Revolution O.S. also depicts the culture of the open source movement by documenting the Installfest parties where people can bring their computers to get free, expert Linux tech support, and the Refund Day protest marches, where Linux users demand reimbursement of the extra fees that get tacked onto the purchase price of new computers for pre-installed Microsoft applications. In an attempt to reflect the complicated culture he captured in his project, Moore bills Revolution O.S. as an "epic movie," and said that his one regret was that he didn't have enough money to hire Charlton Heston to narrate the film. "Charlton Heston is a national treasure," Moore said. "I think any man who had the vision to star in Planet of the Apes, Omega Man and Soylent Green deserves respect. The bottom line is that if you love individual liberty you have to admire Charlton Heston." Not that the movie needs Heston to establish itself as a bona fide epic, said Moore, because at its core, "the open source movement is about hundreds of thousands of hackers and programmers around the world trying to throw off the yoke of the most powerful corporation on Earth." "If that's not epic, I don't know what is." To capture what he saw as the nature of open source's ideas and struggle, Moore worked with the old Hollywood epic format of anamorphic 35mm film (Cinemascope). Most documentaries are shot in a square format to fit TV screens, but Revolution O.S. is shot in the wide, rectangle format of the movie theater. The 90-minute film begins with Richard Stallman's quest to create a free operating system. It then follows the movement through its two decades-long evolution in interviews with Stallman, Linus Torvalds, Eric Raymond (author of The Cathedral and The Bazaar), Bruce Perens, (author of the Open Source Definition), Brian Behlendorf (leader of the Apache Web server project), Michael Tiemann (founder of the first open source company) and Larry Augustin (founder of VA Linux Systems). Moore has worked as a screenwriter for Disney and has had his work appear at the Telluride Film Festival and on the Encore cable channel. " I am e-mailing you, because this is not the typical film that we show at the Alamo. I want to know if you would be interested in co-sponsoring the screening with us. As a joint effort, it might generate some press interest/news stories, articles to further the cause. I also would like to spread the word to the Linux community that the film is coming. I know Austin has a strong Linux support base, I just need help getting the word out to those in the community Some sites on the film: http://www.revolution-os.com (official site) http://frontwheeldrive.com/reviews_revos.html http://www.editorsnet.com/article/mainv/0,7220,28425,00.html Again, the film opens at Alamo Drafthouse North on March 22. Online tickets and additional information are available at http://www.drafthouse.com And the schedule : http://www.drafthouse.com/online_tix/show_details.asp?show_id=244 If you have any questions, please e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Tim League, owner Alamo Drafthouse Cinema 409 B Colorado St. Austin, TX 78701 http://www.drafthouse.com (512) 474-1510 (630) 839-7663 fax ----- End forwarded message ----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- End forwarded message ----- -Phil Carinhas -- .--------------------------------------------------------. | Dr. Philip A. 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