Another week, another Hollywood fundraiser for President Obama. And why not? From George Clooney's house in Los Angeles to Sarah Jessica Parker's townhouse in Manhattan,the Hollywood crowd has been a virtual ATM for the Obama campaign.
All that Hollywood cash has helped pay for ads hammering Mitt Romney for maximizing profits by shipping American jobs overseas during his time at the helm of Bain Capital. But Hollywood knows a thing or two about outsourcing too.
Movie-making is big business, of course. And, when it comes to maximizing profits, the President's top celebrity supporters have benefited from from outsourcing, Hollywood-Hypocrite-style.
Here's a fresh example: "The Dark Knight Rises," starring Morgan Freeman (who recently gave Priorities USA, the Obama SuperPAC, $1 million). There is no more quintessentially American city than Gotham. But where were half the Gotham scenes shot? In the United Kingdom and China. Going overseas have meant fewer jobs for American workers, but, presumably some tax breaks and fewer union rules...?
And then there's Hollywood legend Harvey Weinstein, who is hosting tonight's high-dollar fundraiser for President Obama. Mr. Weinstein's long list of movie credits includes many films that, that although set in the United States, were filmed primarily in foreign countries. Outsourcing, pure and simple.
Here are a sample of some of the movies set in U.S. locations, yet produced in foreign countries and how much they raised at the box office.
George Clooney A. "Insomnia" (producer) Released: 2002 B. Domestic Gross: $67,355,513C. 6 out of 9 locations foreign: Canada D. Set in Alaska
Harvey Weinstein A. "1408? (producer) Released: 2007 B. Domestic Gross: $71,985,628C. 5 of 9 locations foreign: U.K. D. Set in L.A. and New York
A. "Scary Movie 4? (producer) Released: 2006 B. Domestic Gross: $90,710,629 C. 2 of 3 locations foreign: Canada D. Set in U.S.
A. "Shall We Dance" (producer) Released: 2004 B. Domestic Gross: $57,890,460 C. 2 of 3 locations foreign: Canada D. Set in Chicago
A. "Scary Movie 3? (producer) Released: 2003 B. Domestic Gross: $95,636,509 C. 6 of 7 locations foreign: Canada D. Set in U.S.
A. "Chicago" (producer) Released: 2002 B. Domestic Gross: $170,687,518 C. 4 of 5 location foreign: Canada D. Set in Chicago
A. "Gangs of New York" (producer) Released: 2002 B. Domestic Gross: $77,812,000 C. 1 of 2 location foreign: Italy D. Set in New York
A. "The Lovely Bones" Released: 2009 B. Domestic Gross: $44,114,232 C. 3 of 14 locations foreign: New Zealand D. Set in Pennsylvania
A. "The Legend of Zorro" Released: 2005 B. Domestic Gross: $46,464,023 C. 5 out of 5 locations were foreign: Mexico, New Zealand D. Set in California
A. "The Terminal" Released: 2004 B. Domestic Gross: $77,872,883 C. 2 out of 6 locations were foreign: Canada D. Set at Kennedy Airport in New York
Will Smith
A. "I, Robot" Released: 2004 B. Domestic Gross: $144,801,023 C. 4 out of 5 locations were foreign: Canada D. Set in Chicago
Morgan Freeman
A. "The Dark Knight" Released 2008 B. Domestic Gross: $533,345,358 C. 21 of 38 locations were foreign: China & UK D. Chinese scenes are meant to take place in China, but scenes shot in U.K. were meant to be in the fictional city of Gotham (United States)
A. "The Dark Knight Rises" Released: 2012 B. Domestic Gross: $160,887,295 (as of Jul. 22) C.13 of 26 locations were foreign: China & UK D. Indian/Romanian scenes are meant to take place in the Middle East, but U.K. scenes are meant to take place in fictional city of Gotham (United States)
A. "Unforgiven" Released: 1992 B. Domestic Gross: $101,157,447 C. 6 of 7 locations were foreign: Canada D. Set in Wyoming
*No offense to the countries where the scenes were shot, or to the average Democrat that are fed lies during this campaign season*
Who would have thunk that Liberals were hypocrites? And to Hollywoodies, instead of calling for higher taxes, donate some of your fortune to a non-poiltical charity. Biden gave $100 bucks. Damn those 1%
By: emtee23
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