Posted on 10/16/2004 4:52:55 AM PDT by notkerry
NEW YORK - The cable pay-per-view company iN DEMAND has backed away from a plan to show a three-hour election eve special with filmmaker Michael Moore that included the first television showing of his documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11." The company said Friday it would not air "The Michael Moore Pre-Election Special" due to "legitimate business and legal concerns." A spokesman would not elaborate.
Moore has just released his movie on DVD and was seeking a TV outlet for the film, which sharply criticizes President Bush (news - web sites), as close to the election as possible.
Earlier this week, trade publications said Moore was close to a deal with iN DEMAND for the special, which would also include interviews with politically-active celebrities and admonitions to vote. The Nov. 1 special was to be available for $9.95.
Moore was not immediately available for comment, a spokeswoman said.
The New York-based iN DEMAND, owned by the Time Warner, Cox and Comcast cable companies, makes pay-per-view programming available in 28 million homes, or about one-quarter of the nation's homes with television.
In a statement, iNDEMAND said "we regret that our decision has led Michael Moore to consider legal action against us," which it said would be "entirely baseless and groundless." The company did not say what legal action Moore was considering.
This spring, Moore did battle with the Walt Disney Co., which refused to release "Fahrenheit 9/11" through its Miramax Films because it was too politically partisan for the company's taste.
After that fight became public, Moore found other distributors. The movie, which attacks Bush's handling of the war on terrorists and war in Iraq (news - web sites) and the Bush family's ties to Saudi royalty, earned more than $100 million at the box office.
In an interview with a Maine television station that aired this week, former President George H.W. Bush called Moore a "slimeball" and an expletive
He wrote another book with a picture of him holding a folded US flag, the kind that you usually see greiving military wives getting. I think MM is a truly disgusting THING because he's certainly not a man like our President.
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This is proof positive that Mickey's "mockumentary" is nothing but lies. Can you say libel suit? Altogether different from the Swifties & POW stuff. There, it's just their opinions about how they felt after Johnny came marching home.
I am sure In Demand got more than a few letters from viewers concerning this. They realized it was going to be a bad business decision. What do you want to bet the Sundance channel will show it instead.
>>>In an interview with a Maine television station that aired this week, former President George H.W. Bush called Moore a "slimeball" and an expletive<<<<<
Once again George H.W. Bush is correct. Moore IS a slimeball and an expletive.
I saw that cover the other day at Barnes and Noble. It made me ill
I love the changing fortunes... a few weeks ago we were looking forward to seeing Plagiaristic Defeatism 9/11 broadcast on election eve, and now it won't show at all; meanwhile he inspired a demand for Stolen Honor, and that one actually will go on the air nationwide in the week before the election.
That's what the kids are calling it these days?
Barnhills is an all-you-can-eat restaurant, mainly in the south.
There's a lot of Bush bashing books. I'm happy to see no one buying them though.
Up here in the yankee north, we call it the 'chinese buffet'. I call it a feedlot!
Ft Walton Beach.
They have a website but it's under contruction www.barnhills.com
I might add, he almost did not fit in the chair. Leno made a comment about his girth.
I'll bet he wishes it was acceptable to say more than that, too!
I ran into the most obnoxious MM filth at a health expo today. I just walked away when he started comparing republicans and christians to neo-nazis. :yawn:
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