The Big Buy: Tom DeLay's Stolen Congress
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The Big Buy: Tom DeLay's Stolen Congress is a 2006 documentary by Mark Birnbaum and Jim Schermbeck that follows the rise of Tom DeLay from a Texas businessman to the Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives. The movie examines the controversial 2003 Texas redistricting engineered by DeLay and his organization Texans for a Republican Majority, and DeLay's ties to other Congressional figures and businesses.
The conservative National Review referred to the documentary as "The Ronnie Earle Movie."[1] The filmmakers were interviewed on The Big Buy DVD noting that the National Review was digging for a story against Earle. They noted they were not given access to secret testimony, evidence, or anything else that the public was not allowed to get. Earle gave them "extraordinary access" to personal interviews while Earle chopped wood or worked a late night in his office.
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[edit] Screenings and Awards
- Grand Festival Award, Documentary —Berkeley Film and Video Festival
- Official Selection —Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, Spindletop Film Festival, Dallas Video Festival
[edit] Review Quotes
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- "The Big Buy is more feisty and fun than a drunken barbecue in Beaumont.”
—Tallahassee Democrat
- "The Big Buy presents its evidence clearly and with a welcome sense of humor.”
—New York Times
- “In tone and texture, the film suggests a hard-boiled mystery of the 1950s with a brassy film noir soundtrack and a Raymond Chandler feel.”
—Dallas Morning News
- “Mark Birnbaum and Jim Schermbeck methodically assemble a damning case against U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay”
—Daily Variety
- “The filmmakers capture a battle for the soul of a state and country”
—Village Voice
- “Birnbaum and Schermbeck create a film noir atmosphere. The stylistic choice seem appropriate given the dark, disturbing subject matter and the chilling presence of anti-hero DeLay.”
—Film Journal
