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The second civil war

By Joe Dante

Starring Beau Bridges, Elisabeth Pena, Joanna Cassidy, James Coburn, Kevin Dunn

Release date June 10, 1998

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Synopsis

The United States in the near future. Exasperated by federal immigration policy, which he believes has turned his country into a teeming melting pot, the governor of Idaho refuses to grant political asylum to a charter flight carrying orphans. On a whim, relayed by the NEWS NET television channel, he decides to close his state's borders.

The situation is escalating, Idaho is calling for independence, and local militias are preparing to confront the Federal Army. The American Dream is turning sour, and global television networks are reveling in broadcasting live coverage of the genesis of the second Civil War.

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Collection of Unpublished Works from America – 1998 – 1 hour 40 minutes – Visa 95033

Awards / Festivals

FIPA d’Or for Best Fiction 1998
Rotterdam Film Festival 1998
Venice Film Festival 1997

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