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WTC About Ordinary People

Posted Jul 26th 2006 4:54PM by TMZ Staff

Nicholas CageDirector Oliver Stone and Actor Nicolas Cage discuss their new film "World Trade Center."

The film chronicles two New York Port Authority officers who were trapped in the rubble of one of the collapsed World Trade towers for 12 hours on 9/11. Cage discusses how it is hard to find meaningful roles and Oliver Stone talks about telling the story from the blue collar guy's point of view. "I just like working class people, ordinary people," he says.

"World Trade Center" hits theaters August 9th.






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1. There is no way I'm ready to watch this movie! Unless the profits from this film are going to the NYFD's, NYPD's & other victims families, I see no reason to make this movie. For Hollywood to make one dime off the events on 9/11 is the ultimate in greed.

Posted at 9:49PM on Jul 26th 2006 by Big D

2. What about movies such as Schindler's List, or Saving Private Ryan? Why does Hollywood have a right to profit off of those things, and yet not off September 11?

If they have no right- which maybe they do not- to make a movie and profit off September 11, then we should also boycot other movies profitting from disasters.

But, if you do not plan to hold them to that entire rule- why hold them to just this one? What arrogance can we, as Americans, have that our own disasters somehow outweigh that of other countries? How dare we put ourselves so high that the disasters, deaths, and destruction in places where the typhoons have happened are below this? Hollywood makes movies all the time about various places where conflict is going on- how is 9/11 more special or set apart? It's not, I say. I'm a caucasian 100% American born person going back many generations- and I say we have no right to get so uptight over something like this. And if we do, we should have the courage to get up-tight about ALL such things- be it about Africa, Middle East, or any disaster/tragedy that has gone on!

ALL human life is valuable- all disaster are horrible- and 9/11 is horrible, but still less lives were lost than have been taken all around the world by many other more disastrous events! More lives are being purposefully taken in other places such as the Middle East, as well!

-Pat

Posted at 9:03AM on Jul 27th 2006 by Pat

3. No surprise that those money grubbing actors, directors and producers in Hollywood are looking to make money off of this tragedy! They care nothing about the tragedy or the people involved in it. All they do care about is how much money they can make as well as how famous they are! I will never see this movie. I saw it enough on the news, I dont need to see it from their point of view.

Posted at 6:00PM on Aug 9th 2006 by Candy