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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Nudity, Adult Language, Substance Abuse Movie Release: 2000 DVD Release: 01/23/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 47 mins Studio: Lions Gate Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Comedy Drama, Historical Film, Docudrama, Political Drama, Biopic [feature]

Steal This Movie! is a dramatic account of the tumultuous life and times of Abbie Hoffman, one of the most visible and influential figures of America's 1960s counter-culture. (Its title was inspired by Hoffman's irreverent "survival guide," -Steal This Book.) Hoffman's founding of the Youth International Party (better known as the "Yippies") and inventive acts of street theater -- including an "exorcism" of the Pentagon and the riotous protests at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago -- made him a household name and a star of the anti-war movement. They also earned him enemies, and he was eventually arrested for trying to sell cocaine to an undercover cop, a bust that he contended was a set-up meant to discredit him. Rather than face a long prison sentence, Hoffman went underground, leaving behind his wife and children and posing as "Barry Freed," who became a respected environmental activist. In time, Freed acknowledged that he was Hoffman, spent two months in jail, and returned to activism full-time until his 1989 death. Steal This Movie stars Vincent D'Onofrio as Hoffman, Janeane Garofalo as his wife Anita, Kevin Corrigan as Jerry Rubin, Troy Garity as Tom Hayden, and Jeanne Tripplehorn as Joanna Lawrenson, who became romantically involved with Barry Freed. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Vincent D'Onofrio - Abbie Hoffman
Janeane Garofalo - Anita Hoffman
Jeanne Tripplehorn - Johanna Lawrenson
Kevin Pollak - Gerry Lefcourt
Donal Logue - Stew Albert

Robert Greenwald's biopic of Abbie Hoffman, Steal This Movie, comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by many of the people involved in the film's production, interviews with cast and crew as well as the actual figures portrayed in the film, deleted scenes, storyboards, and the trailer. This is an excellent DVD release of a little-seen film. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide