Hats off to the crew for giving us this gr8 film!!!
"We have been impersonating people in power in order to make political points for over a decade. The Yes Men Fix the World is our second feature film. It's won a bucket of awards and accolades, but we're still broke. We are hoping that people who share it will donate some money so that we can do even more outrageous actions.
How outrageous? Outrageous enough to get us sued! Not long ago The US Chamber of Commerce took us to court for impersonating them. That is why on this special p2p version of the Yes Men Fix the World, we have included an exclusive video that the US Chamber of Commerce does not want you to see. You can only see this surprising film on the exclusive VODO p2p release.
One final note: making films takes lots of hard work. And money. We busted our asses to make this film and still owe our friends barrels of cash they loaned us. By supporting us and joining the Yes Men Labs, you not only get a membership card and an entry into the prize draw, you also help us to pay all those people back and fund future projects. We're sharing by P2P because we made this film to be watched, and with your help we'll able to carry on with what we love doing."
The Yes Men are Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, a culture jamming activist-duo raising awareness around social problems caused by corporations. Operating under the mission statement of telling the truth and exposing lies, they practice a concept they call "identity correction", in which they impersonate entities that they dislike -- some would call it social engineering on a grand scale! From their offices in Milwaukee, they create and maintain fake websites similar to ones they intend to spoof, which have successfully lead to numerous interview, conference, and TV talk show invitations. These occasions are then used to expose, through parody and surreal humour, the dark motivations of our multinational world.
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Great fun! It takes some nerve, not to mention diabolical intelligence... to pull off the elaborate pranks devised by the Yes Men.From New Scientist:
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Posted by AnimeFreak23 2011-10-17 03:05:34
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Posted by allinitis 2011-09-29 14:12:54
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It is so sad that we live in a world, some of which, purports the freedom of the press and democracy but where the deeds of such monstrous people and corporations mostly go unnoticed, unchallenged and unreported.
It's wonderful to see you chaps sticking your neck out and showing the monsters for what they are and even using their outrage to carry the signal via main stream media.
Hats off to you!
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Posted by pH7_o 2011-08-11 00:12:36
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Thanks for creating - and sharing for free on VODO - this documentary. Some of your "pranks" are pretty stupid (from an "every man for himself" point of view) but not the "jackass" kind of stupid as your stunts have a purpose, agenda - and a good one at that. Cudos for that.
I don't personally subscribe to the bashing of capitalism per se - capitalism isn't "evil" (or "good" for that matter) - it just is. Capitalism isn't an ideology, it's a mechanism, a system, and as such not something that we should allow dictating our lives to the extent displayed in your various "showcases" in this film. Allowing this would make as much sense as allowing for instance thermodynamics to govern culture and religion.
Man is - should be - above mere systems. Being a civilised society means to go beyond the primitive needs and "instincts", and contributing to an "un-natural" state of living that would actually benefit us (as a species, but also individually) in the long run, in a way that the basic/primitive tools etched into our brain wouldn't be able to. One might use the more advanced parts of one's brain to exploit the capitalistic system, but it's the basic mechanisms like needs, survival, reproduction etc that make up the system.
Anyway. While watching your movie I though that I'd send some money your way afterwards as a token of appreciation. However, at the very end, after the credits etc, you encourage your audience to support the Sambhavna Clinic in Bhopal - at www.bhopal.org - and after watching how they still(!) suffer there, I decided to donate $100 to this clinic instead. Well, maybe not instead - in addition to.
Generally speaking, I'm not too fond of "activists". They tend to think their cause is more important than everything else, often creating more problems on the whole than actually solving. Your type of "activism" on the other hand, does have its "victims" but you actually take the time to talk to them, confirming that - even though your hoaxes being real would be better - they both benefit from your stunts and are ok with them (even if it's afterwards, when it'd be impossible to undo it).
I wish you good luck on your future endeavors!
(And apologise for my english - I'm not a native english speaker.)
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Posted by seanieboy78 2011-08-10 18:17:27
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vodo is great some of the films on here are really good. I have high expectations for this one I hope it lives up to them. I'll get back to you on that one.
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Posted by seanieboy78 2011-07-31 22:28:16
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Posted by Ozukifilms 2011-06-15 20:11:03
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Posted by CoffeeParty 2011-05-20 07:33:27
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Erm, I can't figure out how to download this. When I hit the download button I just get a 55.5 KB file that cannot be openned by anything (that I know of).
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Posted by PaulH 2011-10-01 22:25:11
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Maybe you worked it out by now but, you need to go to http://www.utorrent.com/downloads and then you will see something different happen when you download the small 55k torrent file. It will open in the utorrent torrent program and download the film. You can read on the utorrent site, with screenshots, how to use the program effectively.
Good luck!
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Posted by gnawingonfoot 2011-05-20 05:24:09
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It makes me happy to see a docu that is so entertaining /and/ inspiring. This is absolutely top-notch filmmaking that everyone should see!
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Posted by Lance 2011-03-26 07:51:02
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Yes Men Fix The World was truly incredible. A great look at how the world should act and respond to today's crisis's and events. Great work guys.
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Posted by Im_not_a_windowcleaner 2011-03-22 23:48:36
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Mostly humorous, but there's a lot to be sad about, too. Consistently interesting and fantastically made. I'm going to hunt down everyone who hasn't seen it and force the movie into their brains.
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Posted by veritaslibero 2011-03-08 12:21:55
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The Yes Men Fix The World is truly fantastic. We need more people like Andy and Mike - the yes men, so we can have some influence on other people to help them realize that the BIG corporations are (almost literally) becoming autocratic governments and as such, are doing whatever they want. The movie is both serious and funny. It's all fun, but the points raised are serious. Great work, truly liked it very much, thank you!
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Posted by birota 2011-03-06 22:49:21
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I downloaded this film more than a month ago. I'd read some good reviews, but also one or two less good, so I was not so eager to watch it. I kept it, though, thankfully and I finally got around to watching it today and, honestly, I can only say it is f**king great.
The Yes Men make so many valid points during the 95 minutes of the film. Time and again, the newscasters try to put them down, describing their hoaxes as "cruel and raising false hopes", but each time the people affected say "no way, you did the right thing".
If you haven't seen this film, download and watch.
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Posted by mismatch 2011-02-04 06:12:25
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very strangely, this site is what I got generated by Delicious' own choice in support of a topic I wrote about in the category of successful online datings of girls from Botswana. It is obvious that there are things in life that I still can not understand but just take with gratitude.
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Posted by leosaeba 2011-01-17 23:14:58
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I really loved this documentary.
What you guys do is showing an interesting new way of spread the word about wrong and tragic things happening...all put in a funny way.
This is simply great.
Good job
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Great job. Keep on going. I used to be a rihgtwinger and believed in the free market. But government and large corporations should use this freedom with responsibilty and integrity. Those two generaly don't mix with profitability. It is possible if we change the way we think. Thank you for the enlightning!