Controvercial left wing film producer Michael Moore is proud as a peacock. His anti-Bush film "Farenheit 911" opens in theatres June 25th after Moore found a company willing to distribute the film in the U.S.. The Walt Disney Company refused to allow the movie to be distributed early last month.
The film actually has two distributors, IFC Films and Lion's Gate, a Canadian company which Moore is thrilled to have onboard. Says the filmmaker on his website: "And, as an added bonus, Lions Gate is a Canadian company. Once again, the Canadians to the rescue! It was also a Canadian company, Salter Street Films, that produced "Bowling for Columbine." I know, it's kinda sad we have to keep depending on our good neighbors to stand by us so we can bring our work to our fellow Americans. But maybe this is the year we give them their Stanley Cup back."
While the film has received the top honors at the Cannes Film Festival in France and now getting the movie released to a U.S. audience, it can hardly be called a documentary. There are numerous statements taken out of context and in at least one case, there is a glaring error. It was not President Bush who ordered that the family of Osama Bin Ladin be flown out of the country, it was that of General Clark (who was an instrumental part of the Clinton military).
Not one U.S. film distributor was willing to release "Farenheit 911" domestically, due to problems with factual content of the film. Now, with the film scheduled for a June 25th release by a Canadian firm, Moore has a defiant tone - signing a statement on his website thus:
Yours truly,
M-I-C (see ya real soon!)
K-E-Y (why? because they can't kill this f******' movie!)
M-O-O-R-E
It is unknown as to how many theatres will actually show the movie.
Steve Sawyer, IRN News
