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Moore's 'Fahrenheit 9/11' wins Cannes festival

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BBC:

Anti-Bush film tops Cannes awards

Director Michael Moore's controversial anti-Bush documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 has won the prestigious Palme d'Or best film award at the Cannes festival.

It was the first documentary to win the top prize since Jacques Cousteau's The Silent World in 1956.

The film received a 15-minute standing ovation when it was screened on Monday.
Fahrenheit 9/11 explores the Iraq war and alleges connections between President George W Bush and top Saudi families, including the Bin Ladens.

The documentary uses Moore's customary satirical style to accuse Mr Bush of stealing the presidential election in 2000, ignoring terrorism warnings before 11 September 2001 and fuelling fears of more attacks to secure Americans' support for the war in Iraq.

'Overwhelmed'

"What have you done? I'm completely overwhelmed by this," Moore said in his acceptance speech.

"I want to make sure if I do nothing else for the rest of this year that those who died in Iraq have not died in vain."

Thanking the jury headed by cult director Quentin Tarantino, he added: "You will ensure that the American people will see this movie...You have put a huge light on this."

BBC's video clip from Cannes here.

longest standing ovation in cannes history. i hope he gets a distribution deal fast, but zer0share is standing by if he needs it. :CG:

- js.

wonder when it will hit the mainstream

someone pm me when you get a copy please

i can hardly wait to not watch this movie.

Somebody needs to frag that M/F!:CG:

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Originally Posted by floydian slip

someone pm me when you get a copy please

ahem... ditto :spin:

Trailer

http://www.fahrenheit911.com/trailer/

June 25th release I hear.

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BBC:

Moore film breaks debut records

Michael Moore's controversial film Fahrenheit 9/11 has become the first documentary to top the US box office chart in its opening weekend.

The film, which attacks President George Bush's policy on Iraq, took $21.8m (£11.9m) in its first three days, according to studio estimates.

The film has attracted huge attention since it won the Palme d'Or award at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

British audiences will get to see the film after its UK release on 9 July.

Fahrenheit 9/11 has already beaten the box office record for a documentary, held by Moore's Bowling for Columbine.

Focusing on gun culture in the US, it took $21.6m (£11.9m) during its run in 2002. It took a further $35m (£19.2m) outside the US.

The biggest competition Fahrenheit 9/11 faced at the box office over the weekend was from the comedy White Chicks, starring Shawn and Marlon Wayans.

The movie took $19.6m (£10.7m) over the weekend period, putting it second in the box office chart.

Previous number one Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, dropped to third place, taking $18.5m (£10.1m) .

Making up the top five were Tom Hanks' The Terminal, which earned $13.9m (£7.6m), and the newly released The Notebook, which took $13m (£7.1m).

Deal

Fahrenheit 9/11 has benefited from maximum publicity after Disney refused to allow its Miramax subsidiary to release the film because of its political content.

Miramax founders Harvey and Bob Weinstein decided to buy the rights back, and strike their own deal with Lions Gate Films and IFC.

"It always helps when there's a group out there that says, 'Don't go see this movie, it's bad for you'," IFC president Jonathan Sehring said.

Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations, which compiles box office statistics, compared the furore over Fahrenheit 9/11 to Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, which was at the centre of a storm after claims it was anti-Semitic.

"It's like how The Passion of the Christ redefined what a certain genre of movie could do at the box office, Fahrenheit 9/11 is doing the same thing," he said.

"This blows away any conceivable box office record for a documentary."

NORTH AMERICAN TOP FIVE

1. Fahrenheit 9/11
2. White Chicks
3. Dodgeball
4. The Terminal
5. The Notebook

- tg :WA:

Theater owners in large cities and smaller towns reported sellout crowds over the weekend, with numerous theaters declaring house records.

"We sold out in Fayetteville, home of Fort Bragg," in North Carolina, Mr. Moore said on Sunday. "We sold out in Army-base towns. We set house records in some of these places. We set single-day records in a number of theaters. We got standing ovations in Greensboro, N.C.

"The biggest news to me this morning is this is a red-state movie," he said, referring to the state whose residents voted for George W. Bush in the 2000 election. "Republican states are embracing the movie, and it's sold out in Republican strongholds all over the country."

Harvey Weinstein said: "It's beyond anybody's expectations. I'd have to say the sky's the limit on this movie. Who knows what territory we're in."

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/28/movies/28BOX.html?hp

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"Republican states are embracing the movie, and it's sold out in Republican strongholds all over the country."

Michael shouldn't assume all the folks that see his movie are "embracing" it.

My guess is that most of the Republicans who went along think he's as full of shit as a Christmas Turkey...but at least now they can whine and bitch about it without having to sheepishly admit never having actually seen it.

Sure is good for Mike's bank balance, he wins both ways :tu:

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Originally Posted by Fantom

My guess is that most of the Republicans who went along think he's as full of shit as a Christmas Turkey...

Remind me not to come to your place for christmas dinner!

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Originally Posted by tafkaMr.E

Remind me not to come to your place for christmas dinner!

Think he ment the turkey filling/stuffing... or full of it :D

he(moore) reminded me of porky pig when he was saying something about "people that have given up hope" and "i.. ble..be..de you know .. least dun sumthin good"

thats all folks..

"christmas," "turkey," "dinner," "porky pig..."

thread's making me hungry.

- js.

16,800 sources so far on BT.

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Originally Posted by tafkaMr.E

Remind me not to come to your place for christmas dinner!

It's always a blast at Christmas, plenty of piss to drink too :beer:
:BL:

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Originally Posted by floydian slip

Trailer

http://www.fahrenheit911.com/trailer/

June 25th release I hear.

I got a cam version if you want it. picture and sound quality could be better but it is do-able

<cough, cough>

:ND:

ya know, i liked spiderman, will def see part 2. love fifth element, and blade runner, and brazil and many other movies. but, omfg, this is more than a mere movie, more than just entertainment, this is a tone poem.

and the melody...