Nothing So Strange


Nothing So Strange is a 2002 American mockumentary film written, produced and directed by Brian Flemming in the style of an independent documentary. It centers on the fictional assassination of former Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on December 2, 1999. The film won the New York Times Claiborne Pell Award for Original Vision at the Newport Film Festival and received a positive reception from Variety.

While chasing after the unknown sniper through an abandoned building, a rookie police officer fatally shoots Alek J. Hidell a known alias of JFK killer Lee Harvey Oswald, a minor antiestablishment figure and minority, in the head. Hiddell is named as the assassin of Gates, a report to this effect is filed by district attorney Gil Garcetti, and the case is closed.Beyond this point, which occurs before the opening credits are finished, Gates does not reappear and is mentioned only as a wealthy, successful man and the subject of the assassination being investigated. The word Microsoft barely makes an appearance in the film, and Gates is portrayed as a wellliked and missed public figure a very passing mention is made of the existence of antiGates sentiment. ........

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