Progress on the development of the film is slow yet steady. Thanksgiving is almost upon us and the distraction of that family time combined with the ongoing financial chaos is having its toll on our efforts, but we are committed and tenacious in our commitment to the project, and so we persevere.

Investment is proceeding and we’ve taken in over US$1,000 in donations since we launched the donation gateway last week. We welcome the participation of all who share a common interest in exposing the corrupt practices within the financial markets that have resulted in our collective immersion in financial chaos. Visit http://www.crimeofthecenturymovie.com/get_involved.php to learn how you can help.

Shooting will begin in January and we are confident that we can meet our target theatrical release date of October 2009. We intend to debut the film at selected International Film Festivals prior to its theatrical release.

The big news is that we hope to announce the signing of a marquee director this week or next who we are in discussion with. This well respected and prolific director has been nominated for an Academy Award for a previous investigative documentary, and is also a two-time Emmy award nominee and one time Emmy winner.

Because of this gentleman’s involvement, and since the bulk of the investment interest and donations are originating within the United States, the film’s production will now be completely U.S. centric, and so we are in the process of establishing an office and corporate structure here.

The film will feature prominently the work of GATA, and will seek to validate many of GATA’s claims, or at the very least, corroborate them, with expert testimony from Nobel award winning economists and former leadership of various U.S. government institutions such as the Federal Reserve, the Treasury, the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission.

We will seek to establish whether or not the Central Banks of the G8 nations do in fact have the quantities of gold as reported annually, or if they have, as we suspect, leased it all out in the gold carry trade and have only a fraction of what is reported in actual bullion.

One of the film’s key objectives is to identify groups and individuals who are the beneficiaries of the financial mayhem that has resulted from over-capitalization of the global financial system and subsequent volatility across various asset classes. We seek to draw connections between institutions like the Bank for International Settlements, the International Monetary Fund, the U.S. Treasury Department, and the Federal Reserve Board where associations and previous relationships would provide certainly the environment if not the encouragement for collusion and unlawful corruption.

We will compare the career paths of selected government appointed officials in an effort to establish relationships that demonstrate influence, bias, and thinking towards certain policy structures and legislation.

But most importantly, we will demonstrate conclusively that the floating currencies of the G8 nations, pegged to nothing more than perceived value, is the most irresponsible and destructive monetary policy ever devised by modern man. We will demonstrate the inherent stability of a global currency back by tangible assets such as gold and silver, and prove irrefutably that in the historical context, gold is, in fact, the monetary standard, and really, always has been.

Our objective in producing this film is to instill a basic comprehension in its viewers of the essential mechanics of monetary function, and trace the historical line from the establishment of the U.S. Federal Reserve up until the collapse of the banking, automotive, and soon, tourism, airline, steel and manufacturing sectors to demonstrate the path to the corrupt economic and monetary policy of today.

Many recognized names in the modern financial landscape have agreed to participate, though we will not publish their names here to maintain anticipation at a high level. These individuals collectively represent some of the most original and accurate thinking of our times, as is evidenced by their verified predictions from years past of most of what has now unfolded.

We have received a great number of ideas from the community at http://www.goldseek.com, and welcome all of your thoughts and suggestions.

James West
Executive Producer

-- Posted Monday, 24 November 2008 | Digg This Article