Cozy, no?
Posted on 05/22/2004 3:49:48 PM PDT by areafiftyone
CANNES, France (Reuters) - After winning the top prize at Cannes for his anti-Bush documentary, American filmmaker Michael Moore said he hoped the President had not been eating a pretzel when he heard the news.
Moore admitted to one regret after accepting the Palme d'Or on Saturday -- he forgot to thank George W. Bush for providing the funniest lines in "Fahrenheit 9/11", a blistering attack on Bush's handling of Iraq and the war on terror.
Moore hopes to release the film this summer and spark heated political debate with his searing diatribe in the run-up to November's presidential election.
Asked what he thought Bush's reaction might be to the award, he told a packed news conference: "He is probably choking on a pretzel or something. I hope nobody tells him that I have won this award while he is eating a pretzel."
Bush fainted in 2002 after choking on a pretzel while watching a football game on television.
"He has the funniest lines in the film. I am eternally grateful to him," Moore said.
The Oscar-winning director mocked leading members of the Bush administration, saying: "I believe them to be actors.
"I forgot out there on the stage to thank my cast. So if I could do that now, I want to thank Mr Bush, Mr Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz and Donald Rumsfeld. I thought the love scene between Cheney and Rumsfeld brought a tear to my eye."
Moore predicted that some right-wing media in the United States would portray the award as being given by France, one of the staunchest opponents of America's war in Iraq.
"The jury was not a French jury. This was an international jury dominated by Americans," he said.
Angered by the way Americans had reacted against the French over its resistance to the conflict in Iraq, he said: "We owe the people of this country an apology for the way they were debased in our media."
Moore, who won an Oscar for his anti-gun lobby film "Bowling for Columbine", was fiercely proud that a documentary had now won the Palme d'Or, one of cinema's greatest accolades.
"Non-fiction is taking itself out of its own ghetto," he said.
And then he proudly quoted what cult director Quentin Tarantino -- the Cannes jury president -- had told him.
"He said: 'We want you to know that the politics of your film had nothing to do with the award. You were given the award because you made a great film.'"
Cozy, no?
Looks like the only people that Moore will dress up for is the Fr*nch. Where's the stupid cap and sloppy clothes?
On being told that Michael Moore had won the Palme d'Or in Cannes, President Bush said "Who won what, where? Who gives a hoot!"
In response I would tell Michael Moore to, err, watch his weight.....
Wasn't Clinton on vacation about 90% of the time? I never saw a so-called leader with so much free time.
Lard Butt makes me puke.
Got to add something though; yesterday I rented a DVD for the first time. While poking around the store I saw a copy of Bowling for Columbine in the clearance bin for $2.99. Everything else in the bin was some really Grade D dreck so I guess that was a clue to the store's opinion of his Award Winning movie.
"...Bowling for Columbine in the clearance bin for $2.99. Everything else in the bin was some really Grade D dreck..."
Sounds about right to me....didn't see it, don't wanna see it...or anything else that tub-o-lard produces.
"....just a plain crappily made film."
It's called a "crap-umentary"...plain and simple. BTW, I've also read reviews with the same evaluation.
I'm not sure Lardo Moore should caution anyone else about eating to much or being careful what they eat.
As for the fact that abnormal americans handed him his POS award big deal.
Someone oughta' tell that fat slob rat, that intestinal blockages can be fatal.( In his case fast or slow I don't care...but soon please.)
cc: to Chappaquiddick Fats
Well, where do you suppose he's going to get his fiber? Salads?
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