PHA-Exchange> movie: "side effects"

[abraham thomas]

Dear Friends,

There's a movie called "Side Effects" going to be released in September. 
In intellectual's attempts to communicate current trends, practices, 
healthcare denial, and manipulations at state level, this is a big step. 
This movie seems to be appealing to a wide audience and can be used as a 
tool for discussions, for research, and to educate patients in clinical 
setups. The only flaw is that its only in english.

The information about the movie came on one of the best e-lists on drugs 
and pharmaceuticals called edruggers. below is the original message.
The  trailer of the movie is available at... 
http://www.sideeffectsthemovie.com/trailers/ You will need a good 
connection for this and otherwise be patient.


Abraham Thomas
---------------------------------------------------
Communications Officer, PHM Global Secretariat

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[e-drug] movie: "side effects"
Date: 	Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:01:54 +0200
From: 	Wilbert Bannenberg <wjb at wxs.nl>
Reply-To: 	Essential Drugs in English <e-drug at healthnet.org>
To: 	E-drug <e-drug at healthnet.org>



E-DRUG: movie: "side effects"
----------------------------
[WB]

"Side Effects," the bitingly funny -- and enlightening -- film by 
Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau, who spent ten years in the Big Pharm 
industry as a rep asks the question: Will the Truth about the Big Pharm 
industry make you sick? Or Make You Laugh? Answer?? How about both??

"Side Effects," starring Katherine Heigl (of the hit TV series "Grey's 
Anatomy") will have its North American premiere on September 9, 
premiering in Dallas, just down the road from Angleton, Texas -- home of 
the landmark first award of $253 million, finding Merck liable for the 
death of Robert C. Ernst. Other release cities include Boston, San 
Francisco, Berkeley, Minneapolis, LA, NYC and other areas over the next 
few months.

Film Threat recently gave 4 stars to "Side Effects," saying:

"Filmmaker Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau toiled for years as a 
pharmaceutical rep herself and, like Karly, became disgusted with her 
line of work, so she's made a film that attempts to rip the cover off of 
the industry and reveal its slimy inner-workings ... with a healthy dose 
of humor and romance, she does so with great effect."

As well, the filmmakers are conducting a contest for consumers to create 
their own drug commercial, with the first round of winners having their 
work shown on the film's website - www.sideeffectsthemovie.com. The 
final winner will have his/her commercial included in the DVD release of 
"Side Effects."

I would love to speak with you about scheduling Ms. Slattery-Moschkau 
for an interview - please contact me to see what we can arrange. In the 
meantime, I invite you to visit the "Side Effects" website for other 
press updates.

Lisa Trank
The Visioneering Group
ltrank at comcast.net
303/772-3064
303/579-4522 (cell)
www.sideeffectsthemovie.com
_______________________________________________
Post message: e-drug at healthnet.org
Subscribe: e-drug-join at healthnet.org
Unsubscribe: e-drug-leave at healthnet.org
Help: e-drug-owner at healthnet.org
Info & archives: http://list.healthnet.org/mailman/listinfo/e-drug


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://phm.phmovement.org/pipermail/phm-exchange-phmovement.org/attachments/20050830/87f58bbc/attachment-0001.html>