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Moore Aims for Followup on `Fahrenheit 9/11'
townhall.com ^ | May 14, 2008

Posted on 05/14/2008 5:46:17 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Michael Moore is taking America's temperature again.

Moore, who won the top honor at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival with "Fahrenheit 9/11," plans a followup to resume his examination of the nation's status in the world in the years since the Sept. 11 attacks.

"Fahrenheit 9/11," the only documentary to top $100 million domestically at the box office, was a harsh, hilarious critique of George W. Bush and his administration in the wake of the attacks. The as-yet-untitled followup will have a longer-term approach, film executives overseeing the project said Wednesday.

"That movie was about a moment in time, a specific moment," said Nick Meyer, president of Paramount Vantage, which is co-financing the movie with Overture Films. "We don't view this movie as bashing anyone. I think it's going to take a look at where America is right now in relation to the world. It's not going to be about the issue of the war. It's about where we are and what our role is."

Danny Rosett, chief operating officer at Overture, said the movie will be scheduled for release domestically in spring 2009, soon after the changing of the guard when Bush leaves office.

Overture will release the film in North America, while Paramount Vantage is handling overseas distribution. Paramount Vantage is shopping the film around to international buyers at Cannes, which began its 12-day run Wednesday.


TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: 5thcolumnistforaq; aqusa; enemywithin; fahrenheit911; hollywood; michaelmoore; terrorsupporter

1 posted on 05/14/2008 5:52:03 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

So, Moore knows when the terrorists are going to attack again, such that he can plan?


2 posted on 05/14/2008 5:53:57 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"D1PSH1T / 411" (The ID10T version)
3 posted on 05/14/2008 5:57:15 PM PDT by xcamel (Forget the past and you're doomed to repeat it.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The guy’s catering bill must have come due.


4 posted on 05/14/2008 6:03:22 PM PDT by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

It sounds like Cannes is an overhyped leftist love-in on the order of the Nobel Committee.


5 posted on 05/14/2008 6:06:50 PM PDT by Mmmike
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Why not? Liberals will eat it up and make him even richer than he already is.


6 posted on 05/14/2008 6:06:56 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Free ThinkerNY

If the goal is to win at Cannes, all the LipidHead needs to do is assemble the most anti-American bundle of video lies his talentless ass can assemble.


7 posted on 05/14/2008 6:08:05 PM PDT by EyeGuy
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Roger Smith was the greatest American to have ever lived.


8 posted on 05/14/2008 6:14:23 PM PDT by pnh102 (Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
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To: EyeGuy

Who’s going to see a sequel to “Fahrenheit 9/11”? The point of that film was to make sure Bush wasn’t re-elected in 2004.

Mission not accomplished. In fact, plenty of libs blamed Moore for Kerry’s loss.

And now Two-ton Mike is making a sequel of “Fahrenheit,” to run in 2009, after Bush is out of office?

Somebody’s personal obsession is showing.


9 posted on 05/14/2008 6:14:57 PM PDT by Thomas W.
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To: Thomas W.
Somebody’s personal obsession is showing.

Somebody has another obsession.

10 posted on 05/14/2008 6:40:28 PM PDT by taraytarah
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Who cares what this turd turns out ?


11 posted on 05/14/2008 6:43:01 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Free ThinkerNY; All

The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not "insurgents" or "terrorists" or "The Enemy." They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow -- and they will win. Get it, Mr. Bush?
-actual quote from Michael Moore (2004). It still appears on his website: http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?messageDate=2004-04-14

The next one is also on his website...

The Communist Party USA (CPUSA):
"We are a party of unity in action. We are an integral part of every struggle and movement for change to eliminate poverty and joblessness, against racism and for full equality. We are participants, initiators and leaders of every movement to make life better now and much better in a socialist future." Yeah, so they supported an oppressive dictator, like the Repubs and Democrats haven't? The CP is still around, has apologized for that whole Stalin thing, and has a quickly growing youth section.

See: MichaelMoore.com-->Links-->PoliticalAction (bottom of the page--CPUSA promo)

http://www.michaelmoore.com/links/index.php?linkType=Political%20Action

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From The Revolutionary Communist Party

A Viewer's Guide to Fahrenheit 911

Revolutionary Worker #1246, July 18, 2004, posted at http://rwor.org

http://rwor.org/a/1246/fahrenheit_911_guide.htm

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Ex prez jimmy carter with michael moore at democrat convention

12 posted on 05/14/2008 6:52:52 PM PDT by Eye On The Left
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Its just like the Jesse Jackson show. Another announced project for Moore means that he is running short of both cash and media attention. Same when Jesse hits the trail for yet another Shakedown Sequel tour.


13 posted on 05/14/2008 7:27:20 PM PDT by rod1
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To: Eye On The Left

Thanks for the info and links. Good work.


14 posted on 05/14/2008 8:06:08 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY ((((Obama's issues would be better resolved in a psychotherapists office, than in the Oval Office))))
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Oink, oink.


15 posted on 05/14/2008 8:06:18 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Concerned about the price of arugula)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

God wasted a perfectly good phallus when he put ears on Michael Moore.


16 posted on 05/14/2008 8:08:41 PM PDT by Uncle Ivan (Thompson Conservative)
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To: Eye On The Left

Hypocrite Michael Moore Owns Halliburton Stock

by Jack Ryan

Nov 4, 2005

Filmmaker Michael Moore has made his mark by trashing politicians and corporations. Moore has also publicly stated that he doesn’t own any stocks.

If that’s the case, then how then did author Peter Schweizer uncover IRS documents showing that Moore’s very own foundation has bought stocks in some of the very entities he vilifies - including Halliburton, large corporate conglomerates and other defense contractors?

According to NewsMax.com, Schweizer, in his blockbuster new book “Do As I Say [Not As I Do]: Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy,” reveals the obvious contradictions between the public stances and real-life behavior of other prominent leftists such as Moore, Al Franken, Ralph Nader, Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi.
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He rightfully reserves some of his sharpest critique for Moore, according to NewsMax.

In his first documentary “Roger & Me,” Moore lambasted the General Motors Corp. and in “The Big One,” he reportedly went after Nike and PayDay candy bars.

It was easy to surmise that “Bowling for Columbine” was an attack on the American gun sector.

Oil companies played a pivotal role in Moore’s Documentary imposter “Fahrenheit 911.”

On his television shows “TV Nation” and “The Awful Truth,” he has often criticized HMOs and defense contractors, according to published reports.

Moore is right. He doesn’t own a single share of any of the companies in his cross-hairs. He owns tens of thousands of shares - including nearly 2,000 shares of Boeing, nearly 1,000 of Sonoco, more than 4,000 of Best Foods, more than 3,000 of Eli Lilly, more than 8,000 of Bank One and more than 2,000 of Halliburton, according to World Net Daily.

If you want to see the hypocrite Moore’s own signed Schedule D declaring his capital gains and losses where his stock ownership is listed, it’s for all to behold on the cover of Peter’s new book.

http://www.postchronicle.com/news/entertainment/article_2121115.shtml


17 posted on 05/14/2008 8:13:29 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY ((((Obama's issues would be better resolved in a psychotherapists office, than in the Oval Office))))
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To: popdonnelly

"How does it feel to be a liar and hypocrite, Mr. Moore?"

18 posted on 05/14/2008 8:17:48 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY ((((Obama's issues would be better resolved in a psychotherapists office, than in the Oval Office))))
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To: Free ThinkerNY

It’s a movie revealing how Bush and Cheney are causing global warming.


19 posted on 05/15/2008 6:03:48 AM PDT by purpleraine
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Who are the libs going to blame for everything once Bush and Cheney have returned to private life? Once they get everything they want (Congress, SCOTUS, President Obama), on whom will they discharge their wrath over the inevitable disappointments of this world? What new devil could possibly satisfy them as well?


20 posted on 05/15/2008 3:29:22 PM PDT by Argus (Obama: All turban and no goats.)
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