DISNEY FORBIDS DISTRIBUTION OF MICHAEL MOORE FILM THAT CRITICIZES BUSH

The Drudge Report ^ | 5.4.04 | Matt Drudge

[Liberty Valance]

WE SHOULD DEMAND THAT IT BE SHOWN FOR THE PARTISON TRIPE THAT IT IS.

Correct. However, we should actually buy tickets to see "michael moore hates America" as per Layout Guru's post.

[blackdog]

Wow! That's full of visuals......Ever consider a film gig? From what I've seen, the work is easy and has very little in the way of standards.

[CzarNicky]

"From what I've seen, the work is easy and has very little in the way of standards."

I am not sure there is a market for watching the death throws of foodstuffs. However, Michael Moore has proven there is an audience to watch the results of all that eating.

[Annie03]

Splendid! I have further thoughts about M Moore, but they are not appropriate for a public forum.

[RayChuang88]

There would be massive boycotts of Disney properties, and they know it.

I think the Walt Disney Company Board of Directors may have seen a near-final cut of Fahrenheit 9/11 and suddenly realized they could be a target for a MASSIVE consumer boycott of every Disney property--movies, theme parks, TV networks, publishing, and so on. That would definitely hurt the bottom line in a big way, and Michael Eisner and his cronies would be out in a New York minute. Hey, even in the liberal-leaning entertainment industry money talks.

I'm sure that the Disney folks saw the horrible PR fiasco with The Reagans miniseries from last year that scared the daylights out of CBS. I can guess in hindsight the biggest reason why CBS pulled the plug on showing the miniseries on CBS was the very fear they would suffer a boycott of the Super Bowl and the advertisers that bought ads during the Super Bowl broadcast--a potentially massive financial bloodbath, to say the least.

[Annie03]

Because it mentions Michael Moore, I want you all to know about the book "Hollywood, Interrupted". It's a must read - and Free Republic has a few paragraphs in the www.wehatehollywood.com chapter. It's a disturbing and humorous critique of MM and his ilk. Makes me double happy we have decided to cancel directv and get the trash out of our house and away from our kids.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

He'll console himself with an endless plate of ding dongs.

Ding Dongs? I thought Moore would more have gone for a case of Ring Dings instead. Oh well, maybe it would be a case of Ding Dongs for breakfast and then a case of Ring Dings for lunch.

[Slings and Arrows]

His most recent movie, "Bowling for Columbine," took in about $22 million in North America for United Artists.

What's that, about three weeks worth of revenue for "Passion Of The Christ"?

That's less than the domestic revenues of the crappiest SNL-spinoff flick. This writer is an idiot.

[Colonel_Flagg]

This writer is an idiot.

This writer has an agenda. As the saying goes, though, "A difference that makes no difference is no difference."

[Sender]

[Ichneumon]

["Bowling for Columbine," took in about $22 million in North America for United Artists.]

What's that, about three weeks worth of revenue for "Passion Of The Christ"?

Heck, PotC made $22 million or more in ONE DAY -- five different times (2/25, 2/27, 2/28, 2/29, 3/6).

[Colonel_Flagg]

I knew someone, sooner or later, would pitch in with the correct figures. My thanks, and apologies for underestimating Mel :)

[Sofa King]

Gotta love how anybody who doesn't toe the line and help fuel their propaganda machine is part of a secret GOP operation.

[Ichneumon]

Ummm, ding dongs are a kind of snack food.

[Slings and Arrows]

Quite true.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

There would be massive boycotts of Disney properties, and they know it.

Roger that! The Disney execs understand who has the disposable income to spend on Disney products, and it is not the uneducated, ill-kept, tie-dyed lunatics that suckle upon Moore's Leninist nonsense. Looks like Disney may have finally figured out why Gore and Dean crashed and burned. Perhaps, the success of "The Passion" also provided a clue.

[LdSentinal]

Isn't Sam Nunn on Disney's board of directors?

Eisner and Nunn will make it so that Disney distributes this movie.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

I completely agree, with one exception: the shareholders are EXTREMELY pissed. This is a great market-oriented correction for the undue influence that the radical Left has had on the media for many years. Let Disney's collapse be the first of many to come.

[Starve The Beast]

It would be idiotic for Disney to associate themselves with a poisonous work like that, but did you notice? Moore's agent is blaming a Bush conspiracy.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

NYT always looking for the bright side for the Left, ignoring the storm that approaches them.