In this film, the name was taken from a famous book,,,,,,,there is a scene in the us congress, the federal one here in Dc. where what Michael Moore describes as the Afrian American senators were told to sit down and shut up..................for the invasion of Iraq.........as the GOP and Pentagon made its case of why the USA should invade Iraq, and the black lawmakers opposed the invasion..........but the white senators told them to shut up adn sit down, as Michael Moore puts in,,,,,,,,,,adn its true.........some of our senators, represtentative, at teh state adn fed. level, governors of states, judges are alien vampires........or some type of alien......................
Fahrenheit 9/11
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Promotional poster for Miramax Films
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| Directed by | Michael Moore |
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| Written by | Michael Moore |
| Starring | Michael Moore |
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| 122 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6 million |
| Box office | $222,446,882[1] |
Fahrenheit 9/11 is a 2004 documentary film by American filmmaker and director and political commentator Michael Moore. The film takes a critical look at the presidency of George W. Bush, the War on Terror, and its coverage in the news media. The film is the highest grossing documentary of all time.
In the film, Moore contends that American corporate media were "cheerleaders" for the 2003 invasion of Iraq and did not provide an accurate or objective analysis of therationale for the war or the resulting casualties there. The film generated intense controversy, including disputes over its accuracy.
The film debuted at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival in the documentary film category and received a 20 minute standing ovation, among the longest standing ovations in the festival's history. The film was also awarded the Palme d'Or,[2] the festival's highest award.
The title of the film alludes to Ray Bradbury's 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451, a dystopian view of the future United States, drawing an analogy between the autoignition temperature of paper and the date of the September 11 attacks; the film's tagline is "The Temperature at Which Freedom Burns."
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[hide]Financing, pre-release, and distribution[edit]
Originally planned to be financed by Mel Gibson's Icon Productions (which planned to give Michael Moore eight figures in upfront cash and potential backend),[3]Fahrenheit 9/11 was later picked up by Miramax Films and Wild Bunch in May 2003 after Icon Productions had abruptly dropped the financing deal it made.[4] Miramax had earlier distributed another film for Moore, The Big One, in 1997.
At that time, Disney was the parent company of Miramax. According to the book DisneyWar, Disney executives did not know that Miramax agreed to finance the film until they saw a posting on the Drudge Report. Afterward, Michael Eisner (who was the CEO of Disney at that time) called Harvey Weinstein (who was the co-chairman of Miramax at that time) and ordered him to drop the film. In addition, Disney sent two letters to Weinstein demanding Miramax drop the film. Weinstein felt Disney had no right to block them from releasing Fahrenheit 9/11 since the film's $6 million budget was well below the level that Miramax needed to seek Disney's approval, and it would not be rated NC-17.[5] But Weinstein was in contract negotiations with Disney, so he offered compromises and said that he would drop the film if Disney did not like it.[5] Disney responded by having Peter Murphy send Weinstein a letter stating that the film's $6 million budget was only a bridge financing and Miramax would sell off their interest in the movie to get those $6 million back; according to the same letter, Miramax was also expected to publicly state that they would not release the film.[5]
After Fahrenheit 9/11 was nearly finished, Miramax held several preview screenings for the film; in the screenings, the film was "testing through the roof."[6] Afterward, Harvey Weinstein said to Michael Eisner thatFahrenheit 9/11 was finished, and Eisner was surprised by the fact that Miramax had continued making the film.[6] Weinstein asked several Disney executives (including Eisner) to watch the film, but all of them declined; Disney stated again that Miramax would not release the film, and Disney also accused Weinstein of hiding Fahrenheit 9/11 by keeping it off production reports.[6] Finally, Disney sent their production vice president Brad Epstein to watch Fahrenheit 9/11 on April 24, 2004.[6] According to Weinstein, Epstein said to Weinstein that he liked the film; but according to the report Epstein sent to the Walt Disney Company board of directors, Epstein clearly criticized it.[6] Afterward, Eisner told Weinstein that Disney's board decided not to allow Miramax to release the film.[6] Weinstein was furious and he asked George J. Mitchell (who was the chairman of Disney at that time) to see the film, but Mitchell declined.[6] Later, Weinstein asked lawyer David Boies to help him find a solution;[6] the Weinsteins and Moore had also hired Chris Lehane to consult on the film's release strategies.[7]
The New York Times reported about Disney's decision on May 5, 2004.[8] Disney stated that both Moore's agent (Ari Emanuel) and Miramax were advised in May 2003 that Miramax would not be permitted to distribute the film. Disney representatives said Disney has the right to veto any Miramax film if it appears that their distribution would be counterproductive to the interests of the company; indeed, Disney had blocked Miramax from releasing two films before: Kids and Dogma.[9]
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