FIRST EARTH BATTALION The Real Story By Jim Channon

Gorgeous George Stares At Goats
Clooney becomes a psychic soldier
Source: Variety
Gorgeous George Stares At Goats

We suspect that usually George Clooney's stare only makes him a
ladykiller, but today, he's signing on for a different task: killing goats
with only the power of his mind. Yes, he'll be starring in The Men Who
Stare At Goats, to be directed by his producing partner and Good Night,
And Good Luck co-writer Grant Heslov.

The story's based around the US Army's semi-mythical First Earth
Battalion, which apparently investigated psychic powers and non-lethal
weapons during the late 1970s and 1980s, after Lt. Col. Jim Channon went on a
fact-finding mission through the hippy communes of California and came
back advocating ginseng regulators, divining tools, omni-directional
thought and colourful uniforms so that "individuals will shine through
the conformity. Groovy dude. They also had a goat lab at Fort Bragg,
where for 25 years soldiers tried to kill goats by staring at them.
Allegedly, it worked once, but we suspect that had more to do with the goats
by that point probably being quite old.

The film's based on the book all about the events by journalist Jon
Ronson, with a script by How To Lose Friends and Alienate People's Peter
Straughan. While Heslov's directed before, this is his highest profile
film to date, what with bestest bud the Cloonster starring. And also
staring. So fingers crossed for something truly groovy, man.
Helen O'Hara

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George Clooney in Men Who Stare At Goats movie
Posted by David Pescovitz, May 16, 2008 10:12 PM | permalink
The Men Who Stare At Goats is a must-read 2005 book by UK journalist
Jon Ronson about the US government's interest in very strange stuff, like
Jedi powers, psychic spying, subliminal sound weapons, and the
potential to kill something (like a goat, or an enemy soldier) just by looking
at it. Fact or fiction, or most likely some of both, it's an absolute
blast to read. (And Ronson's BBC documentary based on the book, Crazy
Rulers of the World, is a lot of fun too! You can find it here on Google
Video.) Yesterday, it was announced that Grant Heslov will direct a
feature film based on The Men Who Stare At Goats. The star? George
Clooney. From Variety: Script was penned by Brit Peter Straughan ("How to Lose Friends and
Alienate People"). The project has been around for some time, but
international buyers only just received the script this week as the Cannes
fest and market got started. Script topped the 2007 Brit List of best
unproduced screenplays.

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[mwsongs]

lol

[mwsongs]

"

don't shoot me i'm only the piano player "

[gammelgymsokk]

.....and now more than ever the world needs the jedi

[bigtimepimpin666]

If I had been blown up in Iraq every piece of me would still say l Iove Iraq and the Iraqi people. Roadside bombs could not influence me but a frail old woman giving us bread while on patrol coudl over power me.

[LandCanoe]

@BigJimUK

Jim don't call the wind in the middle of the taping! J/K I could live to be a thousand and would not be as wise as Jim. Ask the wind to be calm and still before the shoot.  Long live Jim Channon and the FEB

[BigJimUK]

Jim, for ****'s sake, please have the mic nearer your mouth, do it in less wind and further from a ****ing wind chime. Then we might be able to hear what you're saying without using a hearing aid.

[Pippin76]

I love this stuff!

[Wolfsbane909]

@Dookiebutt47 well i dunno, are they paying these "elite" soldiers enough to even live an comfortable "standard of living"? That's the million dollar question...

[Wankshaftsbury]

The Electrinium Battery and the Electrothonic Aquarinought bullshit