list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Abel Raises Cain on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Abel_Raises_Cain/257880/default.aspx Title: Abel Raises Cain
Year: 2005
Director: Jeff Hockett, Jenny Abel
Plot: Jenny Abel grew up with an eccentric father, to put it mildly. A film producer and occasional journalist for the likes of National Lampoon magazine, Alan Abel spent his life pulling off a seemingly endless series of elaborate media pranks, whereby he would repeatedly drum up insane causes - from banning human breast-feeding to slapping diapers on animals - and appear on news broadcasts under phony aliases plugging the oddball perspectives. At other times, Abel played practical jokes on the public by convincing them, en masse, of some fallacious truth. But the phenomenon was scarcely local in nature: Abel's hoaxes appeared on programs as institutional as Good Morning America and in publications as omnipresent as The New York Times (as when he planted an obituary in the paper, on January 2, 1980, erroneously indicating his own death from a heart attack). Abel also enlisted the top-drawer of talent as his accomplices - he recruited no less than Buck Henry to plug the "diapers on animals" campaign. All of this activity led various media pundits to brand Abel as one of the world's most brilliant satirists, and instilled in Jenny a lifelong fascination with her father's motivations and modus operandi. With the documentary Abel Raises Cain, Jenny Abel takes a long, loving look at her father's life and most unusual career. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
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]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:25:19 GMTAbel Raises Cain2005Jeff Hockett, Jenny AbelJenny Abel grew up with an eccentric father, to put it mildly. A film producer and occasional journalist for the likes of National Lampoon magazine, <a href="/players/P____78929/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Alan Abel</a> spent his life pulling off a seemingly endless series of elaborate media pranks, whereby he would repeatedly drum up insane causes - from banning human breast-feeding to slapping diapers on animals - and appear on news broadcasts under phony aliases plugging the oddball perspectives. At other times, Abel played practical jokes on the public by convincing them, <I>en masse</I>, of some fallacious truth. But the phenomenon was scarcely local in nature: Abel's hoaxes appeared on programs as institutional as <a href=/films/342204/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Good Morning America</a> and in publications as omnipresent as The New York Times (as when he planted an obituary in the paper, on January 2, 1980, erroneously indicating his own death from a heart attack). Abel also enlisted the top-drawer of talent as his accomplices - he recruited no less than <a href="/players/P____94069/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Buck Henry</a> to plug the "diapers on animals" campaign. All of this activity led various media pundits to brand Abel as one of the world's most brilliant satirists, and instilled in Jenny a lifelong fascination with her father's motivations and modus operandi. With the documentary Abel Raises Cain, Jenny Abel takes a long, loving look at her father's life and most unusual career. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide12Tag Target (>10)424http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s257880.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Abel_Raises_Cain/257880/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Community_Recommendations/Re_Movies_Spout_Needs_to_Watch/643/39527/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: leeroy711
Post To: Community Recommendations
Post Date: 1/14/2009 2:05:08 PM
Body: [quote user="csprague"] [quote user="Risselada"] [quote user="csprague"] So, every week at Spout we watch a movie and discuss it. Sounds fun, no? Well, it is. However, selecting the movie every week is not without it's challenges and as the lucky person who fills up our queue, I feel a lot of pressure to meet several requirements that often seem conflicting. 1) The movie needs to be one which we would not normally watch. The point is to be stretched outside of our movie comfort zone. 2) If you pick a really tough movie that ends in a really uncomfortable way every week, people will stop coming to watch. 3) There is a wide spectrum of movie preferences/tolerances present at Spout. We aren't all the movie freaks that you would expect. Many of us consider ourselves to be fairly average in our movie knowledge and preferences. Often, watching something with subtitles can seem like a challenge. 4) It needs to be short. We can't spend more then 2 hours on a movie out of our work day. So yeah, we are looking for short/normal length movies that will stretch us, but won't make the average movie goer want to run and hide every week at movie time. I greatly anticipate your suggestions. the unpopular movie-picker, Christi [/quote] Do you have a list of everything you've watched so far? And even better, to go along with the list, which selections seemed to be the most successful? [/quote] Here's a list of all the movies we have watched so far: http://www.spout.com/films/1287614/ViewFilmList.aspx The popular stuff was either the fun documentaries like Just for Kicks or Wordplay, or classics like It's a Wonderful Life. The Unpopular stuff was I'm Not There, Being There, and The Rules of the Game. [/quote] Just thinking of some that I've enjoyed recently: The Killing (1953) - American noir/heist from Stanley Kubrick. 89 minutes Sisters (1973) - Earlier Brian De Palma - Good example of 70's Horror. 92 minutes Le Samouraï (1967) - This is a French movie with very minimum dialogue. Very hip 105 minutes Freaks (1932) - This one should get you comfortably out of your comfort zone 62 minutes The 39 Steps (1935) - Just thought I should throw in an old Hitchcock. 86 minutes Romance & Cigarettes (2005) 106 minutes/ Illuminata (1998) 120 minutes- A couple of quircky films directed by John Turturro. Beware: Romance & Cigarretes is a musical staring Tony Soprano. Abel Raises Cain (2005) - This is the best doc I've seen this year (which includes Man on Wire). 82 minutes
]]>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:05:08 GMTleeroy711Community Recommendations1/14/2009 2:05:08 PM[quote user="csprague"] [quote user="Risselada"] [quote user="csprague"] So, every week at Spout we watch a movie and discuss it. Sounds fun, no? Well, it is. However, selecting the movie every week is not without it's challenges and as the lucky person who fills up our queue, I feel a lot of pressure to meet several requirements that often seem conflicting. 1) The movie needs to be one which we would not normally watch. The point is to be stretched outside of our movie comfort zone. 2) If you pick a really tough movie that ends in a really uncomfortable way every week, people will stop coming to watch. 3) There is a wide spectrum of movie preferences/tolerances present at Spout. We aren't all the movie freaks that you would expect. Many of us consider ourselves to be fairly average in our movie knowledge and preferences. Often, watching something with subtitles can seem like a challenge. 4) It needs to be short. We can't spend more then 2 hours on a movie out of our work day. So yeah, we are looking for short/normal length movies that will stretch us, but won't make the average movie goer want to run and hide every week at movie time. I greatly anticipate your suggestions. the unpopular movie-picker, Christi [/quote] Do you have a list of everything you've watched so far? And even better, to go along with the list, which selections seemed to be the most successful? [/quote] Here's a list of all the movies we have watched so far: http://www.spout.com/films/1287614/ViewFilmList.aspx The popular stuff was either the fun documentaries like Just for Kicks or Wordplay, or classics like It's a Wonderful Life. The Unpopular stuff was I'm Not There, Being There, and The Rules of the Game. [/quote] Just thinking of some that I've enjoyed recently: The Killing (1953) - American noir/heist from Stanley Kubrick. 89 minutes Sisters (1973) - Earlier Brian De Palma - Good example of 70's Horror. 92 minutes Le Samoura&iuml; (1967) - This is a French movie with very minimum dialogue. Very hip 105 minutes Freaks (1932) - This one should get you comfortably out of your comfort zone 62 minutes The 39 Steps (1935) - Just thought I should throw in an old Hitchcock. 86 minutes Romance &amp; Cigarettes (2005) 106 minutes/ Illuminata (1998) 120 minutes- A couple of quircky films directed by John Turturro. Beware: Romance &amp; Cigarretes is a musical staring Tony Soprano. Abel Raises Cain (2005) - This is the best doc I've seen this year (which includes Man on Wire). 82 minutes http://www.spout.com/groups/From_Here_To_Awesome/Re_Is_this_festival_awesome/586/32569/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: SkyPilot
Post To: From Here To Awesome
Post Date: 7/15/2008 9:13:20 AM
Body: Hey guys, the winning films have been announced and the showcase is available on the FHTA website. I'm most excited about Abel Raises Cain making it into the showcase. Favorites that made it or didn't make it, anyone?
]]>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:13:20 GMTSkyPilotFrom Here To Awesome7/15/2008 9:13:20 AMHey guys, the winning films have been announced and the showcase is available on the FHTA website. I'm most excited about Abel Raises Cain making it into the showcase. Favorites that made it or didn't make it, anyone? http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/deception/MemberTagFilms.aspxdeception
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