St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) October 16, 2004
As the presidential candidates scramble to get their messages heard, and pollsters and pundits argue about swing states and attack ads, filmmaker Srikant Chellappa gives us a hilarious and often sobering look at what it takes for the average guy to run for office.
Following the heels of political documentaries like Fahrenheit 9/11 and Outfoxed, comes a new documentary that, for once, is not a political ad in any way, shape or form. The movie, Running Against Dick is an irreverent look at third party candidates running against an entrenched incumbent candidate.
The focus of the film is the campaign by Dan Byington (Libertarian) against incumbent Rep Richard Gephardt for the US Congress in 2002. The film also provides insight into campaigns by Green Party, and un-funded Republican and Democratic candidates in the primaries.
Running Against Dick premiered at the Annual Flint Film Festival where it showed to a standing room only crowd and won the Audience Choice Award for documentaries.
The film travels to St. Louis on October 26th showing at the Webster Film Series, which will be the movieÂ's first showing in the city where it was filmed.
Â"My hope is that, this film provides a perspective of the other candidates in a bitterly divided country, in not so much to encourage the voters to vote for third parties but at least acknowledge their love for change and the sincerity of their beliefsÂ" says Srikant Chellappa, the filmmaker.
Â"Unless you have a lot of money, you are not even a contenderÂ" - Quote from the film by Jeff Smith, Democratic Strategist.
Although his name is in the title, Rep. Richard Gephardt and his 26-year tenure in the House serve only as the backdrop for the races run by alternative candidates in what turns out to be Mr. GephardtÂ's last run for office.
While the film focuses on a used car salesman, a chef, and a freight salesman as they struggle to get their name out to the voting public, itÂ's the man-on-the-street interviews that steal the show. Over the course of five months of the campaign, hundreds of people were interviewed, some of which illustrated the extent to which the voters vote along party lines without considering the issues.
Â"I donÂ't care, it doesnÂ't matter. I will still vote republicanÂ" – Quote from the film by Joe Church, Republican voter when asked, if republicans have done what they promised him when they got into office.
Â"I really donÂ't know.. The way I was brought up..to vote democraticÂ" – Quote from the film by a Democratic voter on the street when asked, why he considers Democrats liberal and what they had done for him.
Documentary also features Michael Badnarik (Presidential Candidate 2004- Libertarian Party), Daniel "Digger" Romano (Green Party Candidate - US Senate 2002), Tamara Millay (Libertarian Party Candidate - US Senate 2002) among other candidates.
More information and clips from the film can be viewed at http://www.RunningAgainstDick.com/
The film will be distributed on DVD by Chicago based SonicWave Intl. domestically and will hit the shelves of online retailers in the first week of November, 2004.
Press Contact
Anand Bhatt, SonicWave Intl (708)445-8373 x.2
Email: sonicwave@sonicwaveintl.com
Filmmaker Contact
Srikant Chellappa, schellappa@kalingaproductions.com
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