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Tru Astoria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOae0MWrM6U

Don't forget Lorusso's Pizza in Astoria!!!

Similar thing happening in Long Island City and Astoria in Queens, New York. I wanna do something about it, but don't know what to do.

>> ^Kalle:

who's the bald guy??


That's Chunk; Jeff Cohen.

Wow, has it been that long already? I saw the Goonies back in the theaters in 1985 and it's still in my top 5 today. I wish I could head up to Astoria for the reunion this summer. Will have to make plans for the next one. So glad they keep having reunions.

Have you spent any time looking into the validity of that movie? Being that it would seem it's primary contention is that Moore lied about actually having an interview with Roger Smith of GM for the movie Roger and Me... and seeing as they have no proof that this ever happened... and in fact

The claim of a second meeting at the Waldorf Astoria hotel appears to be contradicted by Smith himself, who said in a 1990 interview with the LA Times that "I've never stayed at the Waldorf."

I think you'll find it's a beatup on Moore with no factual back up.

For every one of Moores docos you can go and look up all of his claims, all of his facts, everything he says. Can you do the same for Manufacturing Dissent?

I haven't seen it, so I can't really comment on it, but just as people should indeed check everything that Moore presents in his films, so should you check what you see in that one.

Don't take ANY one film maker's view as gospel truth without checking the facts.



>> ^Aniatario:
I once thought Moore was an amazing individual, a hero even. Battling the monsters of the right wing media. But after watching "Manufacturing Dissent" for Canadian Film last year my respect for the man dropped about ten notches.

The Leland looks like a place that would rival the Waldorf-Astoria.

Don't forget to look at the traveler pictures.

Wooooo! Astoria! Home now for two years and the only place on the east coast that I know. (Well, the rest of NYC included)