USA 2006
d: Dylan Avery
sc: Dylan Avery, Jason Bermas, Korey Rowe
p: Dylan Avery, Jason Bermas, Korey Rowe (Louder Than Words)
pr: 01 Jun 2006
rt: 82
dvd-rl: 01 Jun 2006
Loose Change is a documentary written and directed by Dylan Avery which presents an alternative explanation of events during the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks. The film attempts to compensate for the perceived inadequacy of government investigations and 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. It was released through the creators' company, Louder than Words, and received wide attention after being featured on local FOX affiliate, WICZ-TV (FOX 40).
Avery had originally been planning to make a fictional story about a possible conspiracy related to the attacks of 9/11. This fictional story was also called Loose Change. It was during his research for this project that he began to believe that there was an actual cover up over the 9/11 attacks and the project switched to a documentary after discussion with his childhood friend Korey Rowe, an army specialist who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, who became the producer of Loose Change. They were also joined by researcher Jason Bermas. The first edition cost around $2000 to make and was released in April 2005. The second edition, released in 2006 was made for $6000 and includes extra footage which Avery purchased from Ebay.[2]
The documentary is available for purchase and distribution through its official website. [3] It can also be viewed for free online and downloaded at Google Video, where it held the first position in the top ranking of available videos until mid 2006. [4] According to Broadcast magazine, the film was to have a special screening at the Houses of Parliament on June 14th, 2006. [5][6][7] However, Michael Meacher, the British MP who had considered sponsoring the screening, decided against it. [8] In August 2006 a recut version of Loose Change 2nd Edition was released, which corrected many errors in the original release
