'Team America' showings canceled. Try some other patriotic movie options
础蹿迟别谤听Sony decided to abort the release of "The Interview"聽in light of terrorist threats, apparently from North Korean cyber bullies, a Dallas-area movie theater tried to offer a patriotic response: A free screening of 鈥�Team America: World Police鈥� instead.
Is immersion in American allegiance films the best response to Pyongyang's cyber bullying?
Absolutely, according to聽James Wallace.
鈥淲ith cap guns for everyone 鈥� for free,鈥澛燤r. Wallace, who programs the聽听迟辞濒诲听鈥淏ecause you can鈥檛 spell freedom without free.鈥� 聽He planned to screen "Team America" on Dec. 27.
But Paramount Pictures, which owns the rights to "Team America" has told independent theaters that they cannot screen the movie, . 聽
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema tweeted the cancellation this afternoon:
In the face of taking some hefty聽cyber bullying,聽Sony聽cancelled the premier of the Seth Rogen and James Franco film following an epic doxing by what appear to be North Korean hackers supported by despot Kim Jong Un 鈥� whom "The Interview" roundly mocks and assassinates in more than just character.
After terabytes of data were ripped from the company鈥檚 servers, and attacks聽聽on聽any theater that dares screen the film, US theater chains backed away and Sony shut the debut down.聽
For some, the response smacks as kowtowing to 鈥� and even encouraging 鈥� 聽terrorists. And the Drafthouse Cinema was apparently trying to tap into some of that thinking.聽
The canny Drafthouse programmer recognized that 2014 marks the 10-year anniversary of "Team America," which laid the groundwork for "The Interview," according to The Dallas Morning News.聽The satire focuses on聽Kim Jong-il, the late father of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Since both "Team America" and "The Interview" are crass and campy fare, those who also wish to wax jingoistic 鈥� or simply affirm the Constitutional right of free speech 鈥� 聽in response to North Korea's hack, may be seeking a broader selection of patriotic films to watch at home.
To that end, here鈥檚 a list of some All-American films 鈥� 聽culled from Ranker.com and Netflix 鈥� that plant the flag in higher cinematic ground.
According to聽, a constantly evolving fansite which allows visitors to ranks favorites in various categories, the top five most patriotic films of all time are:
听蝉迟补谤谤颈苍驳 Sylvester Stallone, James Brown, Dolph Lundgren wherein the Italian Stallion of Philadelphia defends America鈥檚 honor in Russia during the Cold War.
听蝉迟补谤谤颈苍驳 Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Vin Diesel is the tale of American heroism.
聽featuring Tom Hanks, Haley Joel Osment, Kurt Russell. Is the epitome of Americana.
听蝉迟补谤谤颈苍驳 Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Vivica A. Fox is the America vs. the pre-Avengers universe, smack-down.
听蝉迟补谤谤颈苍驳 Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Jason Isaacs has the name that says it all.
According to the ranking site聽,聽which used rankings from the movie rating site聽,聽the top ranked patriotic films available on聽,听颈苍肠濒耻诲别:
罢丑别听聽from Marvel had 4.5 stars out of 6,310,701 ratings for Captain America and company saving the planet.
with 4.3 stars out of 19,058,894 ratings for its Americana.
got 4 stars out of 3,721,329 ratings only because Saving Private Ryan isn鈥檛 on Netflix.
聽from Sony pictures had聽3.9 stars out of 2,992,519 ratings for 鈥渢he American can-do spirit.鈥�
聽3.9 stars out of 1,408,561 ratings for George C. Scott鈥檚 portrayal of the American general.
In the theater or at home, streaming or DVD, popcorn buttered or not ,Americans may just fight-off the fear of bullies with the flick of a button or the purchase of a ticket.
