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CANNES, FRANCE - American film maker Michael Moore on Saturday won the Cannes Film Festival's top prize for his controversial documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11".

It was the first documentary to win the Palme d'Or since Jacques Cousteau's 1956 film "The Silent World".

"Fahrenheit 9/11" is a scathing commentary on White House actions before and after the September 11 attacks.

Wow, another hit for Moore. It is too bad that Miramax won't release this movie. From what I understand it is going to be shown at the Toronto Film Festival.

The 29th Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 9 to 18, 2004.

I honestly can't wait to see this film.

ewww...

Nice one....go you overweight hippy, free the world!

An anti-Bush film won an award in France?! Who'd have thunk it?

wow, you know that he outsourced his website to canada for cheaper labor costs, dont you?

I would hardly call 'Farenheit 9/11' satire; rather an expose maybe

Wow, another hit for Moore.
Not a hit, it means a liberal panel decided to give him an award.

I want to see it. :)

Ohhh I forgot links:

http://www.festival-cannes.com/index.php?langue=6002

And the news story:

http://www.cbc.ca/storyview/MSN/2004/05/22/world/moore040522

I want to see it. :)

of course you would... :roll:

Wow, another hit for Moore.
Not a hit, it means a liberal panel decided to give him an award.
Give it time. I imagine it will surpass Bowling For Columbine.

I want to see it. :)

of course you would... :roll:

And that is why I stated it. ;)

I want to see it. :)
I do hope you get to see it. I imagine it will depend on who is going to release it?

I have a sneaking suspicion that what you have done here and the response from everyone at the festival, you will assure that the American people will see this film.

He might have a point.

I love it.

Moore writes another bestselling book....or makes a award winning movie.....


and all you conservatives just get more and more bitter, and come up with lame exscuses like "Oh well it was in France..or the panel of judges were all liberal."

Ha-Ha!

I love it.

Moore writes another bestselling book....or makes a award winning movie.....


and all you conservatives just get more and more bitter, and come up with lame exscuses like "Oh well it was in France..or the panel of judges were all liberal."

Ha-Ha!

I love it.

*insert name of conservative author/filmaker here* writes another baestselling book....or makes a award winning movie.....


and all you liberals just get more and more bitter, and come up with lame excuses like "Oh well it was in the south..or the panel of judges were all liberal."


Ha-fucking-Ha

:roll:

I love it.

Moore writes another bestselling book....or makes a award winning movie.....


and all you conservatives just get more and more bitter, and come up with lame exscuses like "Oh well it was in France..or the panel of judges were all liberal."

Ha-Ha!

I love it.

*insert name of conservative author/filmaker here* writes another baestselling book....or makes a award winning movie.....


and all you liberals just get more and more bitter, and come up with lame excuses like "Oh well it was in the south..or the panel of judges were all liberal."


Ha-f----Ha

:roll:
It doesn't matter whether the panel is liberal or conservative if the message is universal?

I love it.

Moore writes another bestselling book....or makes a award winning movie.....


and all you conservatives just get more and more bitter, and come up with lame exscuses like "Oh well it was in France..or the panel of judges were all liberal."

Ha-Ha!

I love it.

*insert name of conservative author/filmaker here* writes another baestselling book....or makes a award winning movie.....


and all you liberals just get more and more bitter, and come up with lame excuses like "Oh well it was in the south..or the panel of judges were all liberal."


Ha-f----Ha

:roll:

Oh...

VERY good comeback....

Wow.....you sure got me, you did!

Man..where DO you get that sardonic wit from....WHOOO! you slay me...

Manoman...thats a good one.....



Please.

Look at Bushes approval rating of 46% percent if you have any doubts.
That means some of his OWN party doesnt like him.

I love it.

Moore writes another bestselling book....or makes a award winning movie.....


and all you conservatives just get more and more bitter, and come up with lame exscuses like "Oh well it was in France..or the panel of judges were all liberal."

Ha-Ha!

Sean Hanidy was just #1 on the best sellers list in north America for what? a month? but you'll never hear about him

I love it.

Moore writes another bestselling book....or makes a award winning movie.....


and all you conservatives just get more and more bitter, and come up with lame exscuses like "Oh well it was in France..or the panel of judges were all liberal."

Ha-Ha!

Sean Hanidy was just #1 on the best sellers list in north America for what? a month? but you'll never hear about him

Genuis,

Its Sean Hannity.

and of course we'll hear about him.......hes the guy on Faux News....
Hes also a proven liar.

Look at Bushes approval rating of 46% percent if you have any doubts.
That means some of his OWN party doesnt like him.
No it dosen't, IIRC Republicans don't have 46% of the adult population registered under their party. Although some people in his party don't like Bush, just pointing at a 46% approval rating is not proof of it.

I love it.

Moore writes another bestselling book....or makes a award winning movie.....


and all you conservatives just get more and more bitter, and come up with lame exscuses like "Oh well it was in France..or the panel of judges were all liberal."

Ha-Ha!

I love it.

*insert name of conservative author/filmaker here* writes another baestselling book....or makes a award winning movie.....


and all you liberals just get more and more bitter, and come up with lame excuses like "Oh well it was in the south..or the panel of judges were all liberal."


Ha-f----Ha

:roll:

Oh...

VERY good comeback....

Wow.....you sure got me, you did!

Man..where DO you get that sardonic wit from....WHOOO! you slay me...

Manoman...thats a good one.....



Please.

Look at Bushes approval rating of 46% percent if you have any doubts.
That means some of his OWN party doesnt like him.

If you were right, it would be more effective. However, your statistics are old. The recent rating is 51%, which means some of YOUR party likes him. And at least none of the recent conservative candidates have been portrayed as insane by the liberal media... (YEAHHHH ring a bell?)
AND WE'RE GOIN TO CANADA!!!!

I love it.

Moore writes another bestselling book....or makes a award winning movie.....


and all you conservatives just get more and more bitter, and come up with lame exscuses like "Oh well it was in France..or the panel of judges were all liberal."

Ha-Ha!

Sean Hanidy was just #1 on the best sellers list in north America for what? a month? but you'll never hear about him

Genuis,

Its Sean Hannity.

and of course we'll hear about him.......hes the guy on Faux News....
Hes also a proven liar.

no we really havn't heard from him. when was the last time you saw an artical about him in the NY times or the washington post?

and of course...many would have the same allegations and worse of micheal moore

Look at Bushes approval rating of 46% percent if you have any doubts.
That means some of his OWN party doesnt like him.
No it dosen't, IIRC Republicans don't have 46% of the adult population registered under their party. Although some people in his party don't like Bush, just pointing at a 46% approval rating is not proof of it.

Sure it is.

It means that approximately 46% of americans approve of Bush.
It also means that 54% percent, do not approve of him, or the job he is doing.

This means that more people than there are Democrats, ae in that group.
Since third party people make up a small percentage..it can reasonable stand, that there are Republicans, who do not approve of Bushs performance.

No President incumbent with such a low rating, has ever won the election.

No, people who actually vote third party are a rather small bunch. Unregistered or registered independents make up a much more sizeable amount of the populous than the Greens, Libertarians, Reformers, and whatever other small parties get votes.

No, people who actually vote third party are a rather small bunch. Unregistered or registered independents make up a much more sizeable amount of the populous than the Greens, Libertarians, Reformers, and whatever other small parties get votes.

So your saying that people like John Mcain, and those who think along similar lines, buy may yet still be Republicans, still like him?

I think your gravely mistaken.

The film, shown to a lengthy standing ovation earlier this week does not have a distributor in the U.S.

The Walt Disney Company has refused to allow its subsidiary, Miramax, to release the film in the U-S because of its political content.

Miramax bosses Harvey and Bob Weinstein are working to buy back the film and find another distributor, possibly in time for a release on the Fourth of July.

The White House is said to be wanting to block the film until after the election.

Does anyone consider that "freedom of speech/expression" is being denied by such actions?

The film, shown to a lengthy standing ovation earlier this week does not have a distributor in the U.S.

The Walt Disney Company has refused to allow its subsidiary, Miramax, to release the film in the U-S because of its political content.

Miramax bosses Harvey and Bob Weinstein are working to buy back the film and find another distributor, possibly in time for a release on the Fourth of July.

The White House is said to be wanting to block the film until after the election.

Does anyone consider that "freedom of speech/expression" is being denied by such actions?

Precisely the reason to show the film!

No, people who actually vote third party are a rather small bunch. Unregistered or registered independents make up a much more sizeable amount of the populous than the Greens, Libertarians, Reformers, and whatever other small parties get votes.

So your saying that people like John Mcain, and those who think along similar lines, buy may yet still be Republicans, still like him?

I think your gravely mistaken.

I stated specifically that there are Republicans that don't like Bush. I was saying that your reasoning/math was faulty.

The film, shown to a lengthy standing ovation earlier this week does not have a distributor in the U.S.

The Walt Disney Company has refused to allow its subsidiary, Miramax, to release the film in the U-S because of its political content.

Miramax bosses Harvey and Bob Weinstein are working to buy back the film and find another distributor, possibly in time for a release on the Fourth of July.

The White House is said to be wanting to block the film until after the election.

Does anyone consider that "freedom of speech/expression" is being denied by such actions?

could micheal moore please tell me exactly how the white house tried to block the film? under whose directive that order was issued?

I see a paranoid fat man sit infront of a bunch of cameras and say the white house tried to kill his crappy movie

no prove, none what-so-ever

but since it bashes Bush its just accepted as fact

*Watches as Moore buys a multi-million dollar home and then promptly condone capitalism and his own hipocritical behavior simultaneously.*

He's right though, rich fat white men are out of touch with reality (And he fits the description)

*Watches as Moore buy a multi-million dollar home and then promptly condone capitalism and his own hipocritical behavior simultaneously.*

He's right though, rich fat white men are out of touch with reality (And he fits the description)

Watch out...

http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=147306

*Watches as Moore buy a multi-million dollar home and then promptly condone capitalism and his own hipocritical behavior simultaneously.*

He's right though, rich fat white men are out of touch with reality (And he fits the description)

Watch out...

http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=147306"Pst....
my name doesn't end in "eeker""

An anti-Bush film won an award in France?! Who'd have thunk it?

You are completely oblivious to the fact that Quentin Tarantino was the head of the jury, aren't you?

American movie, american judge. But hey, you're prolly right, it's prolly the darn frenchies fault somehow. :)

Moore deserves this Honor because the rightwing nazis in our media censor anything and everything even remotely critical of the most evil President to ever curse the White House

An anti-Bush film won an award in France?! Who'd have thunk it?

You are completely oblivious to the fact that Quentin Tarantino was the head of the jury, aren't you?

American movie, american judge. But hey, you're prolly right, it's prolly the darn frenchies fault somehow. :)
The organisers (http://www.festival-cannes.fr/lefestival/organigramme.php?langue=6002) are almost entirely French and the organisations (http://www.festival-cannes.fr/lefestival/credits.php?langue=6002)involved with it are almost entirely French.

An anti-Bush film won an award in France?! Who'd have thunk it?Just to set the record straight--the jury that awarded the Palme D'Or was largely American. The French had very little to do with it, other than to act as host to the festival.

An anti-Bush film won an award in France?! Who'd have thunk it?

You are completely oblivious to the fact that Quentin Tarantino was the head of the jury, aren't you?

American movie, american judge. But hey, you're prolly right, it's prolly the darn frenchies fault somehow. :)
The organisers (http://www.festival-cannes.fr/lefestival/organigramme.php?langue=6002) are almost entirely French and the organisations (http://www.festival-cannes.fr/lefestival/credits.php?langue=6002)involved with it are almost entirely French.But they weren't the majority of the judges.

I think it's great how Michael Moore is 300 pound man who complains about the indulgences of America.

And at least none of the recent conservative candidates have been portrayed as insane by the liberal media...

The media is only as liberal as the conservative corporations who own it. (my favorite bumper sticker slogan)
So what if Michael Moore is a little crazy? At least he's not screwing over millions of people because of some crazed need to get rid of "terrorists." And it's not like Mr. Moore is a political candidate. He's a liberal sharing his thoughts on why the world is so screwed up, and he shares his views in a much more straight-forward, accesible way than politicians do, so of course people are going to attack his extreme films and books. At least he isn't sitting back and keeping quiet while the "leader of the free world" makes a travesty of the nation.

The film, shown to a lengthy standing ovation earlier this week does not have a distributor in the U.S.

The Walt Disney Company has refused to allow its subsidiary, Miramax, to release the film in the U-S because of its political content.

Miramax bosses Harvey and Bob Weinstein are working to buy back the film and find another distributor, possibly in time for a release on the Fourth of July.

The White House is said to be wanting to block the film until after the election.

Does anyone consider that "freedom of speech/expression" is being denied by such actions?

could micheal moore please tell me exactly how the white house tried to block the film? under whose directive that order was issued?

I see a paranoid fat man sit infront of a bunch of cameras and say the white house tried to kill his crappy movie

no prove, none what-so-ever

but since it bashes Bush its just accepted as fact
Most of the American public accepted Bush's story about Iraq with WMD, and that somehow Iraq and 911 were linked. Where is the proof?

A jury consist of 4 americans, 1 french and 4 other people. They say giving award to him is not political decision and that he invented new genre.