Michael Moore’s Election-Year Freebie (Slacker Uprising online release, film was formerly shelved)

New York Times ^ | September 22, 2008 | BRIAN STELTER

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Michael Moore, the political provocateur behind the films “Fahrenheit 9/11” and “Sicko,” is releasing a new film Tuesday. But you will not be able to find “Slacker Uprising” at any theater.

Mr. Moore at the University of Central Florida in 2004. Instead he is placing the film on the Internet for free viewing... a 100-minute look at Mr. Moore’s tour of college campuses during the fall of 2004. Cameras followed him to 62 cities as he urged young people to vote for John Kerry. The resulting footage sat on the shelf for a few years before Mr. Moore spliced together a version of the film, then titled “Captain Mike Across America,” and showed it at the Toronto International Film Festival a year ago...

...critics (including those for The Michigan Daily, at the University of Michigan, and Inside Toronto) have said the film amounts to little more than a “highlight reel” of Mr. Moore’s trip, suggesting that its theatrical prospects were dim. Mr. Moore disputes that, saying that his agent, Ari Emanuel, believed the film could net $20 million to $40 million. (“Sicko” brought in $24.5 million domestically.)

... Perhaps for that reason Mr. Moore said he hoped fans would set up screenings and use the film to raise money for candidates. Visitors to the Web site will be able to stream and download it free, thanks to Mr. Moore’s partnership with Blip.tv...

The ending, of course, is the re-election of George W. Bush in 2004. The film notes that voters under the age of 30 were the only demographic that Mr. Kerry won outright. “Unfortunately,” reads a graphic at the end of the film, “their parents voted for Bush.”

Mr. Moore suggested that the 2004 election results were a prelude to the Obama movement, which was “ignited by young people.”

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Laura Ingraham pointed out that photos of Michael Moore resemble Ann Lewis:

[Sigurdrifta]

Sorry. I’ll be watching “An American Carol”.

[mtairycitizen]

I am still relevant. Wow from Cannes to the Internet.

My how the large have fallen. So why would anybody watch
this?

[gaijin]

Look at that adipose tissue. Abdominal hyperlipidemia in a major way....I wonder how big his MANBOOBS are...?

How big is his FUPA?

[weegee]

“So why would anybody watch this?”

To cost his carrier bandwidth transmission charges?

[50sDad]

“Unfortunately,” reads a graphic at the end of the film, “their parents voted for Bush.”

Undoubtedly, this is because unlike their whiny, pasty, ivory-tower butts, their parents actually owned property and money that they worked for, which everyone understood, would be confiscated by a Democratic President, and also, their parents had enough experience of the real world to know that Kerry would not pose a serious threat to Muslim madmen who want to kill us...and enslave our children.

[50sDad]

Hey, we don't have to be cruel about the man's addictions. Clearly, he has enough stupid ideas, debauched views, and downright stupidity on a variety of subjects that we can make fun of those.

[weegee]

It is in anything like the exit polls from Zogby in 2004, they are biased and don’t reflect an accurate sample of the voters.

[Slings and Arrows]

> > “So why would anybody watch this?”

> To cost his carrier bandwidth transmission charges?

And perhaps to use the downloaded footage as material for an anti-Moore mashup...

[weegee]

Is it against “fair use” to download this, have a screening party, MSK3K it live, and then send collected money to the GOP?

[Lady Jag]

...use the downloaded footage as material for an anti-Moore mashup...

How could anyone be pro Moore?

[Hyzenthlay]

I saw a movie trailer that seemed to be spoofing him - I’ll go see that instead!

[Slings and Arrows]

I don’t see why not.

[Slings and Arrows]

How could anyone be pro Moore?

Burrito manufacturers gotta eat too.

[Lady Jag]

How could anyone be pro Moore? Burrito manufacturers gotta eat too.

I suddenly feel a diet coming on.

[Titan Magroyne]

Oy. The flower-dy zipper tab on horse-face’s lapel is a nice touch, but I’m still gonna need a hydrochloric wash for my eyes due to the rest of that picture. Ugh!

;o)

[Titan Magroyne]

Is it against “fair use” to download this, have a screening party, MSK3K it live, and then send collected money to the GOP? Why, a most excellent suggestion!

[Grizzled Bear]

The ending, of course, is the re-election of George W. Bush in 2004. The film notes that voters under the age of 30 were the only demographic that Mr. Kerry won outright. “Unfortunately,” reads a graphic at the end of the film, “their parents voted for Bush.”

Therefore, if the libs weren't hell-bent on aborting the future generations out of existence...

[Lady Jag]

You could just keep an eye peeled . . .

[Titan Magroyne]

Hahahaha! That’s pretty wicked...