Taking Liberties (film)

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Taking Liberties
Directed by Chris Atkins
Produced by Kurt Engfehr
Christina Slater
Music by Vince Watts
Editing by Nick Fenton
Distributed by Revolver entertainment
S2S Productions
Release date(s) 8 June 2007
Country Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Language English
Official website
IMDb profile

Taking Liberties (also known as Taking Liberties Since 1997) is a documentary film about the erosion of civil liberties in the United Kingdom and the increase of surveillance under the government of Tony Blair. It was released in the UK on 8 June 2007. It has also been referred to as 'Blair: The Movie'[citation needed].

The director, Chris Atkins, said on 1 May that he wanted to expose "the Orwellian state" that now threatened Britain as a result of Mr Blair's policies.[1]

There is also an accompanying book.[2]

The film has the presence of Kurt Engfehr producer of Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine[citation needed].

The film was released on DVD on October 15, 2007 by Revolver Entertainment and has been billed as the British Fahrenheit 9/11[citation needed].

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Reynolds, Nigel. "New film 'exposes Orwellian Labour'", The Daily Telegraph, date=2007-02-05. Retrieved on 2008-05-12. 
  2. ^ Wheeler, Brian. "Taking liberties?", BBC, 2007-06-01. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 

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