From: Thomas Johnson <thomas6952@att.net>
Subject: Fw: Red Tails
To: "bill liberty" <lib7015@aol.com>, "Larry Mills" <larrray@yahoo.com>, hmjohns@provcc.org, "marvin johnson" <mjohn76671@sbcglobal.net>, erich48@sbcglobal.net, baggettirma@att.net, bridgescab@yahoo.com, nmorgan@isfbank.com
Date: Friday, January 20, 2012, 8:34 AM
> > Family and friends:
> >
> > The Movie Red Tails that depicts the challenges and heroism of the Tuskegee Airmen
> > during WWII will be in movie theaters January 20th. This movie is produced
> > by George Lucas (Yes, the Star Wars and Indiana Jones George Lucas). George
> > Lucas was on the Tom Joyner Morning show today and he discussed
> > the challenges he had getting this movie into the theaters because he could not
> > find anyone in Hollywood that would invest the marketing dollars to get it in
> > theaters. The Hollywood investors said that they just didn't know how well
> > an "all black action movie" would play to the movie going audience. As a result,
> > Lucas, Oprah and Tyler Perry put up the remaining $35 million to get the film to the
> > theaters. The total cost of the film is $100 million.
> >
> > My challenge to all of us is to prove Hollywood wrong and let's get the word
> > out to see a movie that shows the accurate history and determination of
> > "real" American Heroes. Now, we will spend the money to see fictitious characters
> > like Laura Craft, Indiana Jones, Luke Skywalker, Jason Bourne, James Bond
> > and the likes. Let's go out and spend $300 million to see real American
> > Heroes depicted in the movies! Vote with your dollars!
> >
> >
> > Thanks for reading this and please pass it on!
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