- Release Date: 2004
- Runtime: 84 min
- Genre: Documentary
- Starring: Charles Lewis, Robert McChesney, Mark Crispin Miller, Bernie Sanders ... see all
- Director: Robert Kane Pappas
- Plot: Orwell Rolls in His Grave is a 2004 documentary film written and directed by Robert Kane Pappas. It examines the current and past relationships between the media, the US government... Read more
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| Jul 23, 2004popmatters.com
Like Moore, director Robert Kane Pappas is commendably courageous in confronting his topic: the pro-corporate and big-money bias of today's news media, which have largely abdicated their responsibility to act as a check on federal power and are instead more like a fourth branch of government. ... Full Review
| Nov 04, 2003Variety
a lively Michael Moore speaking engagement.... ... Full Review
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The documentary "Orwell Rolls in His Grave" reports on the media and its control in aspects from major news outlets to politics. Currently, the wealthiest one percent controls the largest corporations in America which own the majority of the media... ... Full Article
Laramie Movie Scope:Orwell Rolls in His Grave
lariat.org –
2004-10-20
A film about corporate control of the media, government, and the Republican and Democratic Parties, it makes a pretty convincing argument that the Bush Administration, and the right wing media led by the Fox News Channel are accumulating and wielding ... Full Article
Big Media as a Force That Bends the Truth
nytimes.com –
2004-07-23
Orwell Rolls in His Grave
slantmagazine.com –
2004-07-13
The latest in the current frenzy of political documentaries aiming to affect the presidential election, Robert Kane Pappas' chilling "Orwell Rolls in His Grave" draws parallels between George Orwell's classic novel of Big Brother totalitarianism, "1984," and the current relationship... ... Full Article
In addition to evoking a nightmarish vision of the future, George Orwell's political allegory 1984 introduced a lexicon of sinister catchphrases with which to describe big government gone haywire. ... Full Article

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