Bidder 70

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01/18/2015 Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher served 21 months in prison for protesting gas and oil leases on and near pristine Utah public land by bidding on the leases himself (p.s. he didn't have any $$$$). DeChristopher served 16 more months than did the then-billionaire, omni-media goddess, Martha Stewart, for chump change, embarrassingly nominal, yet profoundly greedy, insider trading and securities fraud -- and 21 months more than Jamie Dimon CEO and Chairman of Too Big Too Fail JP Morgan Chase, and Lloyd Blankenfein, CEO and Chairman of Too Big Too Prosecute Goldman Sachs, WILL EVER SERVE (if ever charges are brought against the golden gods of Wall Street by the U.S. Department of Justice *Denied* (USDOJD). A lesson in courage. See more 12/30/2014 An interesting act of civil disobedience, but a boring documentary. You're better off just reading the story of Tim DeChristopher and not wasting an hour. NOTE: This was the last movie I watched in 2014, 101 total movies watched and rated on Flixster in 2014. See more 11/02/2013 A look at a young climate activist who chose to fight the government's sale of treasured Utah wilderness for oil drilling. His choice to place phony bids on the land leases landed him in federal prison but also shed light on the entire situation he was battling. See more 07/20/2013 A very impressive documentary, "Bidder 70" doc is well worth the watch, whatever your stance on environmentalism. Afterward, you may find a broader, deeper context that will rankle the independent thinker in all of us. ... and disturbingly so. See more Read all reviews

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