The Tony Blair Witch Project
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The Tony Blair Witch Project is a 2000
horror spoof of The Blair Witch Project
which also pokes fun at then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
, Tony Blair
.
searching for a legend called The Tony Blair Witch. They begin by interviewing the locals and then bumble around a ghost town breaking windows and doors before a gang of local bumpkins kills them off. The film is presented as a mockumentary
much like the film it spoofs.
2000 in film
The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ....
horror spoof of The Blair Witch Project
The Blair Witch Project
The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American horror film pieced together from amateur footage. The film was produced by the Haxan Films production company. The film relates the story of three student filmmakers The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American horror film pieced together from amateur...
which also pokes fun at then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
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Synopsis
Five British politicians (including Tony Blair himself, performed by director Mike A. Martinez wearing a paper mask) travel to West VirginiaWest Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
searching for a legend called The Tony Blair Witch. They begin by interviewing the locals and then bumble around a ghost town breaking windows and doors before a gang of local bumpkins kills them off. The film is presented as a mockumentary
Mockumentary
A mockumentary , is a type of film or television show in which fictitious events are presented in documentary format. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues by using a fictitious setting, or to parody the documentary form itself...
much like the film it spoofs.