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A trailer for the movie is available via Moore's Web site and is scheduled to begin showing in theaters Friday.
The film takes a critical, highly personal look at events surrounding the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and has become a cause celebre since Moore revealed that Walt Disney had refused to distribute it.
Moore, whose previous films have tackled issues such as gun control and labor policies, alleged that Disney's move was an attempt to silence material in the film critical of President Bush and his administration.
The controversy picked up steam last week, when "Fahrenheit 9/11" won the top prize at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.
Moore announced Wednesday that brothers Bob and Harvey Weinstein, heads of movie studio Miramax, had bought the film for $6 million and would distribute it through a partnership with Lions Gate Films and IFC Films.
The movie is set to arrive in theaters June 25, but the curious can get an early taste from the trailer. Clips show Moore in fine confrontational style, inviting members of Congress to enlist their children in the Army and send them to Iraq, and driving through Washington reading the text of the Patriot Act over a loudspeaker, for the benefit of lawmakers who didn't read the bill before approving it.
The Web has become an increasingly important venue for Hollywood to promote its wares, with streaming trailers for high-profile films drawing heavy traffic well before the material shows up in theaters.






Disney had refused to distribute his film. "
Yes, and so did Miramax (Harvey).
> "However, 1 day later, he admitted that he had in fact lied
with this statement. "
Where did you get this information about Moore admitting
to lie?
>"The facts show that when Miramax agreed to finance the
production of the film, it was also stated in the contract
that distribution would not be part of the deal."
Yes, but the company that has distribution posibilities and
pays for a film to be made usually distributes it. And Disney
did refuse Miramax to distribute it.
There is no wrong information in this article.
But Moore probably suspected they wouldn't want to
distribute it. He thereby makes a point: There are a small
number of large media companies in US today that do not
want to show people things they consider "disturbing". No
matter if it's a naked breast or a political satire movie.
Therefore the american people don't get to see all sides of
reality and therefore there is some sort of censorship going
on. The limits of what is "disturbing" is currently getting
narrower in US. In this case it worked out for Moore
anyway. But in a few years time it maybe won't.
There are two ways of stopping this.
Either you make sure there are more independent media
companies by regulations. (By law, stopping monopoly
situation, Public Service or Taxes etc.)
Or you use your democratic right as an individual and stop
watching crap-TV or whatever you don't like. Choose your
media consumtion.
In your case I would suppose you use that right and don't
go see this movie. I will see it. For sure. And thank god for
internet.
DEBORAH J WOOD
WIMBERLEY, TEXAS
What does this have to do with Tech News?
I think it's just the liberal media reporting on the liberal media to promote liberal ideas.
Sincerely, Mark
Since Tony Blair hasn't actually got round to collecting his Congressional Gold Medal yet, perhaps the Congress could award it to Michael Moore instead.
information and creative editting.
Farenheit-911 is more of the same.
www.bowlingfortruth.com
The American people have been in the dark too long. How many congressmen or senators sons or daughters are serving in the armed forces ?
There is a REAL meat grinder, and the elitists are not going to send thier spawn .
2. What is done is done. What does it matter that Bush or his administration missed something or made mistakes. No one is pointing out how Clinton didn't do enough to end the threat before it got out of control in some ill-begotten movie.
3. God help us if Kerry gets elected. I'd rather go with the demon I know than the obvious one that I don't know (and who - btw - is supported by France - can't stand those buggers).
that Moore's previous films have misconstrued, misrepresented,
and flat out created lies from disparate pieces of film and
information spliced together to create fiction that unfortunately
most of the viewing pubic, including the Hollywood OSCAR
committee, is too ignorant to discern.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/video.html
Click halfway down the page on
911: The Road To Tyranny
Or any other link I guess
Or just keeep believing the government isn;t lying about just about everything..
Weapons of Mass Destruction..."They must be under the rug".."Yea that's the ticket"
Or ..."saddam has weapons of mass destruction..we know...we kept the receipts"!!
Or maybe Wake up./.
Or just go back to sleep...
It is all fine..
Big Brother is your friend..
There are not cameras on you everywhere..
Only Bad guys torture, lie and steal oil..
Ooooops/// I mean if they are not us...
I mean..
No go back to sleep
or go to
http://www.prisonplanet.com/video.html
TIme to wipe the sleep from those eyes..
Twinkle..Twinkle
On this propaganda video, I object strongly to having Apple host
it on thier server.
- outrageous behavior makes angry
- by June 7, 2004 4:06 AM PDT
- anyone who grew up in Flint appreciates the outrageous behavior of our leaders who do not do the job for the citizens either by choice, ignorence or bad politics...GO GET'EM MIKEY (E =R)
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