Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, John Legend Join MoveOn For "Obama In 30 Seconds"

MoveOn.org is teaming up with Hollywood to produce an ad for Barack Obama. Actually, there hoping that readers all over will submit their own pro-Obama slots for a chance at earning national airtime. From the press release:

MoveOn.org joined forces today with Academy Award-winners Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Oliver Stone, multiple Grammy-winner John Legend and author Naomi Wolf to announce a new ad contest, "Obama in 30 Seconds." The contest provides a platform for Obama supporters to show in 30-second spots what inspires them about the Senator's candidacy. MoveOn will buy time to run the winning ad on national television.

Entries will be viewed by a celebrity panel:

The ads, which will be submitted at the "Obama in 30 Seconds" website, will be judged by a celebrity judging panel that includes Academy Award-winning writer/actor/director Ben Affleck; Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor/director Steve Buscemi; Academy Award-winning writer/actor Matt Damon; progressive hero & future Congresswoman Donna Edwards; musician/activist Michael Franti; actor/musician/director Adrian Grenier; Academy Award-nominated producer Ted Hope; author & civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson; award-winning documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy; Grammy-winning recording artist John Legend; Stanford Law professor & founder of the Center for Internet and Society Lawrence Lessig; recording artist & Bush in 30 Seconds co-founder Moby; Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas; President of Lionsgate Entertainment Tom Ortenberg; Native American activist and documentary filmmaker Heather Rae; President of Focus Features James Schamus; producer, author, and entrepreneur Russell Simmons; author, lecturer, & experimental hip hop musician DJ Spooky; Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Ricki Stern; Academy Award-winning writer/director Oliver Stone; Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Annie Sundberg; Grammy & Golden Globe award-winning songwriter and musician Eddie Vedder; and New York Times best-selling author Naomi Wolf.

For more information, check out the Obama In 30 Seconds website.

Watch the promo:

Comments

[JanetBerns]

07:10 PM on 03/15/2008

These guys are so lame, who cares. They are not you and I. They don't live in the real world.

[AjicNYC]

07:33 PM on 03/15/2008

I hear hillary has the cast of HIGH SCHOOL THE MUSICAL cast to sing her campaign song..so take that ... lol.. This is ridiculous, who cares what these millionaires think why dont they just sit back and collect there dough and pump out hollywood crap

[ObGyn]

05:03 PM on 03/15/2008

Here is an example from Lessig. It is 20 minutes long but worth the listen:

http://www.lessig.org/blog/2008/02/20_minutes_or_so_on_why_i_am_4.html

[rickroberts]

01:45 PM on 03/15/2008

Maybe they can use some of the Jeremiah Wright video in their ads! Yes, we can!

[longislandlol]

12:10 PM on 03/15/2008

They carry weight-- they are the young rat pack of hollywood-- just like JFK had his young rat pack back then...

[sarainitaly]

08:12 AM on 03/15/2008

I think Ben has a future in politics if he so chooses. I would however, if I were him, step away from this project.

[dblamps]

01:24 AM on 03/15/2008

Wow....
Two more men I had hope for that are not studying the issues
So much for a vote for Ben if he ever decides to run for public office..
He is about as deep as a mud puddle in a parking lot!!!

[markkraft]

04:27 PM on 03/14/2008

Did you hear about Matt and Ben?!! Why... could it be?!?

Yes. they can!

I think they're f*cking Mrs. Clinton!
(Oh yeah, they're f*cking Mrs. Clinton!)
But they won't do it in a bed...!
Matt and Ben f*cking Mrs. Clinton
(Oh yeah, they're f*cking Mrs. Clinton!)
but in a voting booth instead!

In Pennsylvania, in Guam,
In Carolina... get it on!

Matt and Ben f*cking Mrs. Clinton...
(Oh yeah, they're f*cking Mrs. Clinton!)
...because I think they've had enough!
Matt and Ben f*cking Mrs. Clinton
(Oh yeah, they're f*cking Mrs. Clinton!)
and the choice wasn't even tough.

Revealing earmarks and income tax.
Obama's sharp, where Hillary's lax.
On Iraq and now Iran,
it's damn clear Barack's their man!

[Obamamo]

03:57 PM on 03/14/2008

Move On rocks and kick ars.

[mutatio]

02:24 PM on 03/14/2008

They should do an "I'm f@cking Obama video!" LOL

[JeffinIllinois]

08:58 AM on 03/14/2008

I think it strengthens Hillary's positions. These people in Hollywood have no idea (anymore) what life in these United States is like now. Most Americans know this. It is the "whatever" generation that these folks represent anyway. SO, "whatever".

[hillno]

09:54 AM on 03/14/2008

Hilary didn't seem to mind when Ben Affleck campaigned for her in NY State during her 2000 Senate run. I stopped watching anything he was in after that, since he obviously didn't need my money if he had time to campaign in a state where he didn't live for a candidiate who also didn't live there.

Guess I'll have to start buying tickets to his movies again....

[markkraft]

04:30 PM on 03/14/2008

Way to go, Mr. Cynical!

Insult them when they're not being politically active and giving a damn...
... and insult them when they are.

There's no winning with you, Mr. Cynical!

[Tyrione]

01:17 AM on 03/14/2008

While Matt Damon is f***ing Sarah Silverman I'll borrow his wife. The man has great taste in women. Outside of that, I could care less what his political stance entails.

[hillarysupporter]

10:15 PM on 03/13/2008

who cares what actors think? Like I'm going to vote for Obama just because Matt Damon and all the "cool" people like him? This is an insult to the average American. How shallow do you think we are? Actors live in an entirely different world than most of us.
But, I guess it does follow a certain pattern: No Substance!

[MoeGreen]

11:12 PM on 03/13/2008

LOL!!!!!!! Suddenly Clinton supporters don't care what actors think!!!! LOL!!!!

[Felicty]

03:17 PM on 03/14/2008

That's because they are doing their best to mimic the stances of the Republican Party.

[mesuki]

11:29 PM on 03/13/2008

Actors may run in different circles than you do,but we all live in the same world. The fact that you are voting for old Greedy and vicious Hillary shows that you're very shallow and you have no substance.

[missmarg]

06:24 PM on 03/13/2008

Oh great. More movies to boycott.

[truthinamerica]

03:50 PM on 03/13/2008

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4443230
WAKE UP FOOLS

[konradarnok]

09:15 PM on 03/13/2008

What's your problem?

[spiritualized]

12:16 AM on 03/15/2008

that was such a slanted "news" story.

[Politiking]

03:15 PM on 03/13/2008

30 Seconds is a lot of time to fill it with bogus experience but not enough for an Obama speech.

[HumeSkeptic]

04:17 PM on 03/13/2008

They can always use Hillary's bogus claims. Hey! I recently heard that it was Hillary who advised Nixon to vist China, and Kissinger took most of the credit. The same thing they did to her in Russia. She is the one who came up with perestroika, nor Gorbachev.

[TheInsomniac]

11:27 PM on 03/13/2008

I think you have the makings of a good commercial there....

[Felicty]

03:18 PM on 03/14/2008

You also forgot to mention that she discovered FIRE.

[rmetz74]

05:13 PM on 03/13/2008

It's obviously enough time for an old, ineffective Hillary talking point.