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Loose Change is a documentary written and narrated by Dylan Avery which questions the events surrounding the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the United States and alleges that the attacks were really the result of an orchestrated US government conspiracy. Loose Change is one of several 9/11 conspiracy theories.
Overview
Loose Change is a documentary by Dylan Avery (director and narrator), Korey Rowe (producer) and Jason Bermas (webmaster and graphic designer), released through their company, Louder Than Words.
The documentary presents a rebuttal to the established version of events during the September 11, 2001 attacks and the official versions of events as recounted in the 9/11 Commission Report. It alleges that the attacks were not the result of terrorism but a series of cleverly executed events carried out by the US government.
Released as two separate editions, the documentary has been the focus of much debate with many websites and individuals counter-challenging the validity of claims made by it. Avery is currently developing a script for a feature film version titled Loose Change: The Movie, scheduled for release in 2006.
History
The idea for the project was coined by Avery in May 2002 after a conversation with actor James Gandolfini in which Gandolfini told Avery If you want to be a successful director, you have to have something to say to the world. Avery began writing a fictional story in which he and his friends discover that the events of September 11, 2001 were not the result of terrorist attacks but rather, orchestrated by the US government. While conducting research for the story, Avery became increasingly satisfied that his story was more factual than fictional so he abandoned the story idea and turned it into a documentary project.
Financial backing for the project came in April 2005 from Phil Jayhan of letsroll911.org . Avery released the first edition of Loose Change with an initial press of 1,000 DVDs. Rowe, a former soldier who served in Afghanistan and Iraq joined the project in June 2005. Bermas also joined the team and together they released an updated second edition in November 2005.
The documentary is freely available for download and distribution through its official website .
Editions
The documentary has been released in two editions. The first was released in April 2005 with the second released in November 2005. Both are similar however the second contained significant additions and changes. The first edition does not make any strong statements regarding underlying motives for the attacks while the second edition includes a segment near the end outlining possible motives.
Assertions
- Timeline
- includes background information of a plan put forward in the days of the Cuban Missile Crisis then outlines significant events leading up to September 11, 2001.
- Pentagon
- alleges that based on the evidence, or lack of, American Airlines Flight 77 could not have possibly crashed into the Pentagon and that damage sustained to the building may have been caused by a cruise missile or a smaller aircraft.
- World Trade Center
- suggests that the actual collapses of the World Trade Centers 1, 2 and 7 were not triggered by the plane crashes but by a series of explosions within the buidlings that were detonated shortly before each building collapsed.
- Flight 93
- suggests that United Airlines Flight 93 did not crash in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania but actually landed safely at Cleveland Hopkins Airport where it was evacuated by government personnel into an unused NASA research center.
- Oddities
- suggests that cell phone calls from passengers and crew were faked by the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico using sophisticated voice-morphing technology and that the December 13, 2001 video of Osama Bin Laden admitting guilt was also faked.
- asserts that of the list of hijackers initially released by the government, many were not in the planes and are still alive today.
- Cui Bono
- outlines possible motives for the attacks.
The official website contains a statement saying not to take anything the documentary says at face value and encourages viewers to personally research information on 9/11 and to form their own opinions.
Factual Accuracy
The film states that New York's Empire State Building was hit by a B-52 in 1945 It was actually a B-25 Mitchell. The producers of the video have since acknowledged their error and published corrections. Avery has stated he is partially dyslexic, and attributed that to the error in the script.
The film used wikipedia for some of its sources. Ironically, the filmers can edit wikipedia to make it temporarily say whatever they want.
Criticisms and Counter-Rebuttals
Loose Change has been criticized as disinformation even within the 9/11 Truth Movement, which disagrees with many aspects of the official version of events on 9/11/01 . A primary concern of many in the movement is the promotion by documentaries such as Loose Change and In Plane Site, that a commercial jet did not hit the Pentagon , , .
Critics of the documentary's proposal that a cruise missile or a small aircraft may have been the cause of damage to the Pentagon, cite the nearly 100 documented accounts from witnesses on the scene who reported seeing a large airliner. Some witnesses specifically noted seeing a 757, while only two witnesses, located some distance from the scene, reported seeing a small plane. Critics of the missile theory note that not a single witness at the scene has ever reported seeing a missile.
In response to the film's suggestion that Flight 93 landed in Cleveland, instead of crashing or being shot down in Pennsylvania, and that passengers were subsequently secretly evacuated to an empty NASA research center, critics in the 9/11 Truth Movement note that there is virtually no evidence to support that claim and that many witnesses at the time reported seeing and hearing the plane at the crash site.,
References
- "'Loose Change' An analysis", by Michael B. Green, 911research.wtc7.net, retrieved March 1, 2006
- Pentagon Attack Errors, 9-11 Review, retrieved March 1, 2006
- Why the No-757 Crowd is Making an Ass out of Itself, Joël van der Reijden, retrieved March 1, 2006
- The Pentagon attack: the "no plane" theories discredit 9/11 skepticism, oilempire.us, retrieved March 1, 2006
- "Eyewitness Accounts Describe Jetliner Approaching Pentagon", 911research.wtc7.net, retrieved March 1, 2006
- "UNLIKELY: 'The Bumble Planes Theory'", 9-11 Review, retrieved March 1, 2006
- How Did United Flight 93 Crash?, website exploring different theories of Flight 93's crash, retrieved March 1, 2006
External links
- Google™ streaming video link to Loose Change - First Edition
- Google™ streaming video link to Loose Change - Second Edition
- loosechange911.com - Official website
- High Quality streaming video (for purchase)
- Conspiracy Central- loose change911- downloadable copy.
Debunking
- Snopes on Insider Trading
- Snopes on the Pentagon
- What, Then, is Amiss With “Loose Change,” the New 9/11 DVD Promoted by FOX?