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Thread #72781 Message #1256533
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
25-Aug-04 - 02:00 PM
Thread Name: BS: The film 'Skokie' - Anyone seen it?
Subject: BS: The film 'Skokie' - Anyone seen it?
Starring Danny Kaye. Great film! I wish I had seen it while the thread about the BNP was still going on!
I bought 4 DVDs for £6. This was one of them and the best. Set in the late 70's in Skokie, a suberb of Chicago I think. The village has a high Jewish population of whom a lot are holocaust survivors. The American Nazi party wants to stage a rally there and the film follows the political and legal wrangles that ensue.
Great acting from Mr Kaye (A Polish Jew himself I believe - though I could be wrong) and very thought provoking on the issue of the first amendment and freedom of speech in general.
A particulary chilling bit at the end when the Nazi leader makes us all realise he got what he wanted - Publicity for his cause. Well countered by Kayes speech though. I'll not spoil it ;-)