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Sep 19, 2008 based on one of the most incendiary political uprisings in a generation, battle in seattle takes an in depth look at the five days that rocked the world in 1999 as tens of thousands of. Caught in the crossfire are seattle residents, including its beleaguered mayor ray liotta, a riot cop on the streets woody harrelson and his pregnant wife charlize. Battle in seattle is a great demonstration of how good intentions dont necessarily translate into good moviemaking. As andre 3000s character in the movie quips, even the label battle in seattle makes the protests sound less like a serious political event and more like a monster truck show. Battle in seattle is a retelling of the riots that broke out in the title city in 1999 during a meeting of the world trade organization. A typically laidback northwestern city, seattle would erupt. In battle in seattlea mostly fictional take on real events, patterned after haskell wexlers medium coolactorturneddirector stuart townsend attempts to put faces on the factions and the participants. Battle in seattle is a 2007 political actionthriller film written and directed by stuart townsend, in his directorial debut. In 1999, five days rocked the world as tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of seattle in protest of the world trade organization wto. While firsttime writerdirector townsend is unabashedly antiwto, he attempts to show all sides of the story. Battle in seattle 2008 in 1999, members of the world trade organization arrive in seattle for negotiations that are closed to the public. Watch harry potter and the sorcerers stone 2001 on viooz.