# 13 hostages released after Ukrainian president endorses Joaquin Phoenix movie

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 22, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-hostages-released-after-ukrainian-president-endorses-joaquin-phoenix-movie/916033 "2020-07-22T17:04:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-hostages-released-after-ukrainian-president-endorses-joaquin-phoenix-movie/916033/1 "2020-07-22T17:04:06Z")

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A man [held 13 people hostage on a bus in Ukraine until Ukrainian president Volodyrmyr Zelensky agreed to endorse the 2005 Joaquin Phoenix movie “Earthlings.”](https://www.npr.org/2020/07/22/894046183/hostage-standoff-in-ukraine-ends-after-president-agrees-to-promote-animal-rights) All have been released unharmed.

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-hostages-released-after-ukrainian-president-endorses-joaquin-phoenix-movie/916033/2 "2020-07-22T17:09:25Z")

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Those must have been some intense puppy mills.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-hostages-released-after-ukrainian-president-endorses-joaquin-phoenix-movie/916033/3 "2020-07-22T17:36:42Z")

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And after they were released, he deleted the post. Ouch.

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**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-hostages-released-after-ukrainian-president-endorses-joaquin-phoenix-movie/916033/4 "2020-07-22T17:36:53Z")

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That was **not** the Joaquin Phoenix movie I was expecting when I went to this thread. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-hostages-released-after-ukrainian-president-endorses-joaquin-phoenix-movie/916033/5 "2020-07-22T17:54:36Z")

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Me either.

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-hostages-released-after-ukrainian-president-endorses-joaquin-phoenix-movie/916033/6 "2020-07-22T18:55:59Z")

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What film would you take hostages over?

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-hostages-released-after-ukrainian-president-endorses-joaquin-phoenix-movie/916033/7 "2020-07-22T19:30:46Z")

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I hadn’t recognized the movie, so I wiki-ed a bit. Wiki already has been updated to reflect the hostage event. Magical times we live in.