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MOORE GOES GUNNING FOR SONY
The New York Post (Page Six) ^
| 03/18/03
| RICHARD JOHNSON with Paula Froelich and Chris Wilson
Posted on 03/18/2003 7:03:51 AM PST by TC Rider
PORCINE provocateur Michael Moore is howling that the Oscars are fixed.
Moore - whose popular anti-gun movie "Bowling for Columbine" has been nominated in the Best Documentary category - is lashing out at Sony Pictures Classics for allegedly rigging the contest so he's destined to lose.
The wide-bottomed windbag claims Sony, which is distributing rival documentary prize contender "Winged Migration," a boring French bird flick, is exploiting Academy rules to ensure "Columbine" strikes out.
The Academy requires that all voters in the documentary category must prove that they've seen every film nominated. As a result, fewer than 400 of the 5,600 Academy members bother to vote on the docu prize, only the hard-core documentary fans who tend to turn their noses up at populist tripe like "Columbine," which isn't nearly high-brow enough for their tastes.
Moore is upset because he knows that most of the members who saw and liked his film won't be able to vote for it because of the arcane rules. And he claims Sony has intentionally made it difficult to see "Migration" to ensure the voting goes in their favor, noting Academy members who want to vote for him have complained they were able to see everything but "Migration."
Moore claims that he asked Sony Classics co-president Michael Barker to make a print of "Migration" available for extra screenings to level the playing field, and that Barker refused.
"He said no," Moore told the L.A. Times. "He said in so many words that this is what's best for them . . . I told him we should all be supportive of each other's films. Especially in this category, which has a history of embarrassment" for overlooking popular films.
"It really limits the number of people who can vote," echoes Dennis O'Connor, vice president of marketing at United Artists, which is distributing "Columbine."
"Sony does it all the time."
"I told him that people wouldn't come," Barker counters. "We've had a lot of screenings . . . Every year, whoever the favorite is complains about not enough screenings."
Moore complained to the Academy itself, to no avail. "It's not about winning," Moore insists. "It's about democracy . . . Let's let people vote. I'm more than happy to live with a vote that reflects the will of the majority."
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: academyawards; activistactors; animatedsphincter; bestdocumentary; crunchbeard; films; gungrabbers; hollyweird; hollywood; hollywoodleft; hollywoodliberals; lardbutt; lumpyriefenstahl; mediabias; michaelmoore; mikeymoron; moore; movies; oscar; oscars; sony; wahmbulance
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Michael is in series need of the Wahmbulance.
Don't you love it when the lefties turn on each other?
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posted on
03/18/2003 7:03:51 AM PST
by
TC Rider
To: TC Rider
Moore - whose popular anti-gun movie "Bowling for Columbine" has been nominated in the Best Documentary category Michael shouldn't complain, as his movie is in the wrong category to begin with.
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posted on
03/18/2003 7:13:43 AM PST
by
dirtboy
(Render yourself invisible to the media - attend a Rally for America today!)
To: dirtboy
Too bad he'll never hear the words,
"In the category of spleen venting..."
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posted on
03/18/2003 7:16:01 AM PST
by
TC Rider
(The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
To: TC Rider
Calling, John Edwards, Calling...
??% Lawyers=99.44% Actors=100% Liberals=SCUM
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posted on
03/18/2003 7:18:15 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because your paranoid,doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. :)
To: TC Rider
"In the category of spleen venting..."Maybe we should come up with Academy Awards tailored specifically for Moore's porcine frame...
"Best Political Propaganda Disguised as a Documentary"
"Best Ambush of a Right-Wing Icon"
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posted on
03/18/2003 7:20:13 AM PST
by
dirtboy
(Render yourself invisible to the media - attend a Rally for America today!)
To: TC Rider
MOORE GOES GUNNING FOR SONY
He found out they have donuts in their break room.
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posted on
03/18/2003 7:21:05 AM PST
by
dead
To: TC Rider
Although i am sick of Hollywood and the ridiculous attention to fashion at the shows, it will be laughable to see Moore show up wearing a baseball hat and one of those tuxedo t-shirts with has fat gut hanging out.
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posted on
03/18/2003 7:23:04 AM PST
by
finnman69
(!)
To: TC Rider
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posted on
03/18/2003 7:24:21 AM PST
by
finnman69
(!)
To: dead
When did that portly porcine ever do a documentary?
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posted on
03/18/2003 7:24:26 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris.)
To: TC Rider
Worlds Biggest Baby
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posted on
03/18/2003 7:26:19 AM PST
by
dead
To: TC Rider; aculeus; general_re; hellinahandcart
Porcine provocateurYa gotta love the NY Post.
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posted on
03/18/2003 7:27:17 AM PST
by
dighton
To: AppyPappy
Nothing but propaganda from Lumpy Riefenstahl.
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posted on
03/18/2003 7:28:11 AM PST
by
dead
To: TC Rider
Mr. Moore, Sony's headquarters is located in Japan.
I suggest you go there, and don't come back 'til you get that Oscar, OK?
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posted on
03/18/2003 7:29:18 AM PST
by
Pete'sWife
(Dirt is for racing... asphalt is for getting there.)
To: dead
'It's not about winning," Moore insists. "It's about democracy . . . Let's let people vote. I'm more than happy to live with a vote that reflects the will of the majority."
I bet he has no problem with the Estrada filibuster. Hypocrite.
To: TC Rider
Sounds kinda unfair, like affirmative action or quotas huh Michael?
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posted on
03/18/2003 7:30:25 AM PST
by
MP5
To: dead
Damn you, I may never get that image out of my mind.
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posted on
03/18/2003 7:31:49 AM PST
by
TC Rider
(The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
To: TC Rider
Moore is full of crap, but on this issue, he is correct.
The rules are that, only people who have seen every movie can vote... so Sony doesn't let people other than those they select, see their movie, leaving only people in their camp rigged to vote in their movie.
It is extremely dishonest, and corrupt. The concept of not showing a product, in order for a product to win an award is an example of Sony being a jackass.
If they feel their movie is better than Michael Moore's, they need to let the academy members see it, and decide for themselves.
Moore's movie was full of half truths, naked lies, etc... but he should have the right to a level playing field all the same. Sony should be ashamed of themselves.
To: TC Rider
I have read of people claiming the Emil Jannings's award was fixed too.
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posted on
03/18/2003 7:36:28 AM PST
by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: dogbyte12
Sony may be a jackass, but on this issue, they're our jackass.
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posted on
03/18/2003 7:39:37 AM PST
by
Petronski
(I'm not always cranky.)
To: TC Rider
I like SONYs more than ever now, posting this w/ my new Sony GRV550 laptop.
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posted on
03/18/2003 7:40:11 AM PST
by
putupon
(All our bases are ours.)
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