The Big Buy: Tom DeLay's Stolen Congress

Name: The Big Buy: Tom DeLay's Stolen Congress
Genre: Documentary
Released: May 26, 2006
Duration: 75 min
Rating: 34

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The Big Buy: Tom DeLay's Stolen Congress

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Brave New Films | Release Date: May 26, 2006

Summary: The Big Buy is a feature length documentary that connects the dots between big money and big government. It's not a pretty picture. (Brave New Films)

Director: Jim Schermbeck and Mark Birnbaum

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 75 min

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Robert Wilonsky

The filmmakers capture a battle for the soul of a state and country; we're all damned, no matter our choice of red or blue, unless things change sooner than later, says a movie that will divide like nothing since Michael Moore took the nation's temperature. Read full review

Frank Scheck

This less than subtly titled documentary by Mark Birnbaum and Jim Schermbeck will undoubtedly find few viewers. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

As much fun as that is for the choir being preached to, it would have been even more persuasive with a little less hammering and a little more historical perspective. Read full review

Joe Leydon

The title alone should alert auds that The Big Buy: Tom DeLay's Stolen Congress is a hatchet job on the controversial politico known as "The Hammer." Read full review

Kyle Smith

The hero is the Texas prosecutor who won a questionable indictment of DeLay, Ronnie Earle. But he sounds more extreme the more he talks. Read full review

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[anonymous]

May 29, 2006

This story of one of the most blatant power grabs in American history is a must see for anyone who realy cares about the direction our country is headed.

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ClaytonA.

Jul 4, 2006

A neo film noir look at one of the poliitcal crimes of the century. Has a sense of humor and atmosphere. Entertaining.

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