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23 February 2005 (Belgium)
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A fictional version of the events that led to the assassination of the Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn on May 6, 2002. The movie is based upon the book "The sixth of May" by Tomas Ross. full summary | add synopsis
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Murder
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Helicopter
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Movie nicely demonstrates current Dutch double standard and successfully feeds on ultra-right fear-mongering
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Thijs Römer | ... | Jim de Booy | |
| Tara Elders | ... | Ayse Him | |
| Cahit Ölmez | ... | Erdogan Demir | |
| Jack Wouterse | ... | Van Dam | |
| Johnny de Mol | ... | Redacteur NRC, John | |
| Caro Lenssen | ... | Marije de Booy | |
| Marcel Hensema | ... | Wester | |
| Gijs Naber | ... | Wouter Heemskerk | |
| Marlies Heuer | ... | Thera | |
| Georgina Verbaan | ... | Birgit Maas | |
| Ariane Schluter | ... | Ex Jim | |
| Tooske Breugem | ... | Grondstewardess | |
| Peer Mascini | ... | Buurman | |
| Marijke Veugelers | ... | Buurvrouw | |
| Reinout Bussemaker | ... | Volkert van der G |
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06/05: The Sixth of May (USA) (working title)
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Netherlands:117 min
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Director Theo van Gogh was murdered during post production of this movie.
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Anachronisms: When Jim is Googling for "reclassering", it shows the Google site with one the Athens summer-Olympics doodles, which was online in August 2004, while the movie is set in the days after 6 May 2002.
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Referenced in "5 jaar later: (#1.2)" (2008)
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Broad Daylight
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You've got to hand it to him, the movie has succeeded in it's attempt. The movie was made as a monument to the embodiment of the Anti-Moslemism: Pim Fortuyn. Don't be distracted by the goal on the surface, which is to suggest that Dutch secret service knew about the murder and let it happen. The ulterior motive of this movie was to create a more anti-Moslem, anti-foreigner, anti-immigration sentiment in the Netherlands.
The effect of this movie (we can't call it 'film', it's too bad a plot for that) can still be felt today. Nowadays it's very popular to take the p|ss on foreigners in the Netherlands. Not just the man in the street does it, politicians do it even more so. The ultimate success of this work is evidenced by the fact that the country's most popular politician is extremely harsh towards foreigners, pounding on them relentlessly every chance she gets (She wants to extradite Iranian homosexual men to "gay-friendly" Iran with the advise to pretend they're heterosexual! Being homosexual is a capital offense in Iran).
I have to agree with others that technically and plot-wise the film is below par. The acting is not that bad, but the significance of this work lies in the political message. It's often said that Fortuyn, despite all his shortcomings, woke up the silent minority, and that he lead the masses to the ballot box. If all he did was wake up the racists, the xenophobes, the anti-immigration crowd, please let these people go back to sleep again.
Another flaw of this movie is the part about the Demonizing: the movie suggests that Fortuyn was Demonized, and thus, left-wing politicians are morally responsible for his murder. This is also known as the 'He Started The Fight When He Hit Me Back'-defense, or put more succinctly, Hypocrisy. The movie supports Fortuyns double standard: it's okay to say the most heinous and harsh things about Moslems, but when Fortuyn is criticized for that by left-wing politicians and even those from the center, all of a sudden they're accused of Demonizing??!