Giuliani Time
{{short description|2005 film}}
{{About|the film|the origin of the term|Abner Louima}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Giuliani Time
| image =
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| director = Kevin Keating
| writer =
| starring =
| producer = Kevin Keating
Williams Cole
| music = David Carbonara
| cinematography =
| studio = K Video Productions
| distributor = Cinema Libre Studio
| released = {{Film date|2005|01|31|International Film Festival Rotterdam|2006|05|12|United States}}
| runtime = 118 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Giuliani Time is a 2005 documentary film by Kevin Keating about Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City.{{Cite web |last=Keeler |first=Mary |date=December 13, 2006 |title=Rudy Giuliani is Considering a Presidential Run. But Is He Right For America? |url=http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/1213-01.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622100937/http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/1213-01.htm |archive-date=June 22, 2011 |access-date=December 22, 2022 |website=Common Dreams}} Giuliani Time is distributed by Cinema Libre Studio. A special election version of the film was released on May 2, 2008.
Title
The documentary's title is a reference to a phrase that police officers allegedly uttered to Abner Louima when they tortured him in a Brooklyn police precinct house. Louima himself later recanted that statement, saying he had made it up. The phrase was also used by John Shaft in the 2000 remake of Shaft.
Reception
The Village Voice called the documentary "an incisive portrait of power seizure and class combat as it was performed, by the numbers, on the municipal level." The film contains several archival segments, as well as interviews with Village Voice writer and unauthorized Giuliani biographer, Wayne Barrett and radio journalist Doug Henwood.{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0619,atkinson,73162,20.html|title=village voice > film > Giuliani Time: Doc Takes Aim at Republican Thug Giuliani by Michael Atkinson|publisher=}}
Giuliani Time has a rating of 85% positive at Rotten Tomatoes (22 fresh, 4 rotten).{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/giuliani_time|title=Giuliani Time|last=|first=|date=|website=Rotten Tomatoes|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204134027/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/giuliani_time/|archive-date=December 4, 2017|access-date=February 7, 2020}}
= Awards =
- Silver Lake Film Festival, Best Documentary, 2006
Featured New York City personalities
- Wayne Barrett, journalist
- Pete King, U.S. Congressman
- Gerald Lefcourt, lawyer
- Arthur Helton, Iraq War victim
- David Dinkins, former New York City mayor (1990–1993)
- Norman Siegel, lawyer
- Ed Koch, former New York City mayor (1978–1989)
- William Bratton, twice former NYPD police commissioner
- Rudy Crew, education administrator
- Ruth Messinger, politician
- Al Sharpton, civil rights activist
- Donald Trump, real estate developer and future President of the United States
- Charles King, politician
Technical details
- MPAA rating: none
- Running time: 118 minutes
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0473037|Giuliani Time}}
- [http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0619,atkinson,73162,20.html Village Voice review]
- [http://movies2.nytimes.com/2006/05/12/movies/12giul.html New York Times, A.O. Scott's May 12, 2006 review of the film]
- [https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117926280.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 Variety review]
Category:Documentary films about American politicians
Category:2000s English-language films
Category:English-language documentary films
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