The Yes Men
Changing the world one prank at a time.
Sault Ste Marie
Friday August 8, 2008
Screening begins 19h00
Venue: Algoma University (1520 Queen Street East) in the Great West Life Amphitheatre (Room NW 200)
Canada / 2003 / 80 Minutes
The Yes Men, a movie, follows a couple of anti-corporate activist-pranksters as they impersonate World Trade Organization spokesmen on TV and at business conferences around the world.
The story follows Andy and Mike from their beginnings with GWBush.com, and on to their tasteless parody of the WTO's website. Some visitors don’t notice the site is a fake, and send speaking invitations meant for the real WTO. Mike and Andy play along with the ruse and soon find themselves attending important functions as WTO representatives.
Delighted to speak for the organization they oppose, Andy and Mike don thrift-store suits and set out to shock their unwitting audiences with darkly comic satires on global free trade. Weirdly, the experts don’t notice the joke and seem to agree with every terrible idea the two can come up with.
Exhausted by their failed attempts to shock, Mike and Andy take a whole new approach for one final lecture.
Directed by
Dan Ollman
Sarah Price
Chris Smith
Produced by
Sarah Price .... producer
Doug Ruschhaupt .... associate producer
Randy Russell .... associate producer
Chris Smith .... producer
Cinematography by
Dan Ollman
Chris Smith
Chris Smith
Film Editing by
Dan Ollman
Costume Design by
Sal Salamone
Sound Department
Steve F.B. Smith .... stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Visual Effects by
Keith Yurevitz .... digital effects artist
Animation Department
Patrick Lichty .... animator
Editorial Department
Jake Szymanski .... post-production assistant
Music Department
Jon Solomon .... music research
Other crew
Scott Challgren .... legal assistant
Thanks
Wrye Martin .... special thanks
