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Moore going for BEST PICTURE Oscar
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| September 7, 2004
| Associated Press
Posted on 09/07/2004 12:08:30 AM PDT by Ronzo
LOS ANGELES — Michael Moore says he won't submit "Fahrenheit 9/11" for consideration as best documentary at this year's Academy Awards . Instead, he's going for the bigger prize of best picture. Moore's critically acclaimed film slams President Bush's War on Terror as ill-advised and corrupt. The movie has cheered Democrats but enraged the president's supporters, who booed Moore when he visited the Republican National Convention last week.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bestpicture; documentary; farenheit911; michaelmoore; moore; oscars
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I'm sure it will win...
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posted on
09/07/2004 12:08:31 AM PDT
by
Ronzo
To: Ronzo
probably because he knows if he submits it for best documentary, there will be tons of people able to show falsehoods all throughout the movie.
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posted on
09/07/2004 12:10:14 AM PDT
by
flashbunny
(Hey - click on my name to see an anti-kerry bumper sticker! Do it! Now!!!)
To: Ronzo
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posted on
09/07/2004 12:14:34 AM PDT
by
Keith in Iowa
(Time's fun when you're having flies. -- Kermit the Frog)
To: Ronzo
Critically acclaimed? LOL, oh really? By whom?
It's a farce and everyone knows it's a farce.
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posted on
09/07/2004 12:14:45 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(US socialist liberalism would be dead without the help of politicians who claim to be conservatives)
To: Ronzo
Do they have a nomination category for the best fabrication?
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posted on
09/07/2004 12:15:58 AM PDT
by
eclectic
To: Ronzo
You know what, I hope it does win. It will once and for all frame the Oscars for what they are, worthless.
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posted on
09/07/2004 12:16:56 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(US socialist liberalism would be dead without the help of politicians who claim to be conservatives)
To: Ronzo
Moore's film has been disqualified by the Academy's own rules. Since it was aired on television in Cuba by his buddy Castro, Michael Moore's film cannot be nominated or selected as a winner in any Academy Award category.
And if the Academy tries to bend the rules for Moore, I think we should let them know what we think...and in spades.
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posted on
09/07/2004 12:19:37 AM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(Democrats. They want to have their cake and eat yours too.)
To: Keith in Iowa
Thanks for the link! I did not see that article when I did a search on "moore going" Should have just used "moore."
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posted on
09/07/2004 12:20:59 AM PDT
by
Ronzo
(GOD alone is enough.)
To: Prime Choice
Since it was aired on television in Cuba by his buddy Castro, Michael Moore's film cannot be nominated or selected as a winner in any Academy Award category. Are you kidding? The fact that it was on Cuba's PBS will make it even more of a darling to the Hollywood elite...
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posted on
09/07/2004 12:23:14 AM PDT
by
Ronzo
(GOD alone is enough.)
To: Ronzo
No, he won't win, because there are too many real directors who have skills and work hard. They won't throw another's just desserts away for that man. Even they would not do that for such a talentless windbag.
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posted on
09/07/2004 12:23:32 AM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: Ronzo
Are you kidding? The fact that it was on Cuba's PBS will make it even more of a darling to the Hollywood elite... Quite true...yet if the Academy doesn't follow its own rules...
...ah, who the hell am I kidding? Even the Democrats don't follow their own rules. Nevermind.
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posted on
09/07/2004 12:25:11 AM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(Democrats. They want to have their cake and eat yours too.)
To: Prime Choice
...ah, who the hell am I kidding? Even the Democrats don't follow their own rules. Nevermind. The Democrats have rules??? Who woulda thunk???
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posted on
09/07/2004 12:28:24 AM PDT
by
Ronzo
(GOD alone is enough.)
To: Ronzo
The Democrats have rules??? Who woulda thunk??? Sure they have rules. 'Course, they only apply them to Republicans...
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posted on
09/07/2004 12:30:37 AM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(Democrats. They want to have their cake and eat yours too.)
To: A CA Guy
No, he won't win, because there are too many real directors who have skills and work hard. They won't throw another's just desserts away for that man. Even they would not do that for such a talentless windbag. Good point CA...but here's a question for you...
What film out this year would you consider an Oscar level work? I really can't recall ANY good films this year, not even one...(Of course the year is FAR from over...)
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posted on
09/07/2004 12:31:24 AM PDT
by
Ronzo
(GOD alone is enough.)
To: Ronzo
I thought that I heard that he had already considered taking the film out of the running if he can find a network to air it on the eve of the election.
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posted on
09/07/2004 12:31:59 AM PDT
by
weegee
(YOU could have been aborted, and you wouldn't have had a CHOICE about it.)
To: Prime Choice
Sure they have rules. 'Course, they only apply them to Republicans... Oh, those rules... Yes, it's coming back to me now...the Constitution, Campaign Finance Reform, the Rule of Law...etc...
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posted on
09/07/2004 12:34:12 AM PDT
by
Ronzo
(GOD alone is enough.)
To: Ronzo
I hope it wins. Saving Private Ryan losing to Shakespeare in Love was when I stopped watching that stupid parade of leftwingers. This will be icing on the cake and show the country what a joke hollywood is.
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posted on
09/07/2004 12:34:35 AM PDT
by
Casloy
(qs)
To: Ronzo
The "big" Oscar films are generally released at the end of the year (sometimes only with a qualifying LA run). Too long and the Oscar voters forget they liked another movie mroe than somehting they just saw.
The Passion of the Christ came out this year. I will see it now that it is on video (I missed it in theaters). There were quite a few screenings starting in 2003. I don't know if Mel's film is still eligible for a 2005 Oscar (for movies released in 2004) nor do I know if Mel Gibson even cares. His film reached its audience and set box office records.
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posted on
09/07/2004 12:35:48 AM PDT
by
weegee
(YOU could have been aborted, and you wouldn't have had a CHOICE about it.)
To: Ronzo; Prime Choice
For what it's worth, the Academy has said that since the Cuban broadcast was "unauthorized" they will not disqualify the film. Funny how I haven't heard Michael Moore or the MPAA screaming about the incident of bootlegging a "popular" movie (to quote their own hype).
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posted on
09/07/2004 12:38:04 AM PDT
by
weegee
(YOU could have been aborted, and you wouldn't have had a CHOICE about it.)
To: weegee
I thought that I heard that he had already considered taking the film out of the running if he can find a network to air it on the eve of the election. What, PBS doesn't want it? If they could, I'm sure they'd run it as a 24 hour special, like that one cable channel (USA?) does with "Christmas Story" on Christmas Day...
Despite Moore's rehetoric, I think he needs the affirmation of his fellow Marxists in the Academy more so than wanting this to air on national TV...
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posted on
09/07/2004 12:38:15 AM PDT
by
Ronzo
(GOD alone is enough.)
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