Posted on 06/15/2007 8:52:17 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Every Movie Marketer's Worst Nightmare Becomes Grim Reality for Weinstein Company
LOS ANGELES (AdAge.com) -- Michael Moore's new documentary "Sicko" has been pirated and is now widely available for download on peer-to-peer content sites like www.thepiratebay.org. Michael Moore's controversial 'Sicko' movie is now available for free online.
Last week, the Oscar winning director announced that he'd decided to stash a copy of "Sicko" in Canada, in case the Federal government decided to impound it over an apparently unauthorized trip to Cuba made during its filming. As it turns out, the hard part won't be getting the film released, but getting audiences to pay to see it now that its available for free.
If the breach is as wide as it appears -- and this reporter downloaded a copy and watched it late Thursday night with ease -- Moore, and his distributor, The Weinstein Company, have a every film maker's worst marketing nightmare on their hands -- how to persuade people to go to the theater to see a show that's available free on the Internet. (Officials at the Weinstein Company were unavailable for comment late Thursday evening.)
Al Gore steps in Moore had recently hired Al Gore attorney David Boies, who has said he believes Moore is being unfairly harassed by the U.S. Treasury Dept. over his trip to Cuba because he'd criticized the current Administration in his penultimate documentary, "Fahrenheit 9/11."
While it remains to be seen if that is simply Moore's famous showmanship and posturing, or actually true, what is clear is that the blogosphere isn't reacting to the leak with anything approaching apolitical neutrality: One pirate link encouraged potential downloaders to view the film online saying," Watch this free copy and keep $ out of that fat f-cks hands."
"Sicko's" general release date is June 29.
Bwahahahahha!!!!
I despise piracy, but it's hard not to laugh.
Guess he shouldnt have tried to hide the film in Canada.
really? thanks for the tip!
This reminds me of a statement John Lennon made when the Beatles were launching Apple Records. "No longer will musicians have to get on their knees before record companies." Blah, blah, blah. Apple got robbed blind.
There's a funny scene in the spoof "The Rutles," where George Harrison is being interviewed in front of his new record company, and people are walking out the front door with office equipment.
Did this guy just admit to a crime?
I liked Roger and Me....
Checking LimeWire...there are 611 currently available for download...
haha...that is more than most songs.
My SIL, a very good and dedicated pediatrician, left the field at age 58. After expenses, she was clearing $60k annually, in a major metropolitan area.
Fortunately, her husband is paid well, so they're doing just fine.
There are plenty of other torrent clients at Download.com
It smells to me like a set up.
Perhaps that had research that told them that the movie was going to bomb, so now they have this to use as an excuse.
Who the hell would actually go to a theater to see it? “Hey Honey - let’s spend our night out seeing a documentary about health care!” Yeah - not going to happen.
I’ve always thought that he could make a real impact if he did a documentary of the abortion industry.
Can you imagine the sh*tstorm he’d face! It would be huge!
I’ve always thought that he could make a real impact if he did an honest documentary of the abortion industry.
Can you imagine the sh*tstorm he’d face! It would be huge!
Nice try fatboy, but I'm not wasting my time downloading your garbage, and I'm sure as heck not going to waste my time watching it.
Micheal Moore is an American propogandist.
His films are heavily edited to the point of being a rolling lie. He counts on an ignorant audience to “sell” his message.
I saw ‘Roger and Me’ and found it misinformative to the point of being offensive.
There are plenty of sites debunking ‘Roger and Me’. Start with just the fact that he didn’t grow up in Flint (as he claims): http://www.tommcmahon.net/2004/08/michael_moore_n.html
Conservatives don’t make such films because they have a shred of decency.
God Bless the fine Pirates at the Bay !!
= )
Tee hee hee!!
Guest host will be John Wells, whom I do not know. Monday Bruce Lipton will be guest, with John Wells again, and that should not be missed since Lipton’s topic is probably unique so far: DNA is not the brains of the organism.
You don't even have to install eMule.
Hey, they’re just giving it to “The Man’. Mike won’t complain.< /s>
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