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After recording a record profit of $119 Million for a documentary, Fahrenheit 911 is now available on DVD in the US.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/search/search_results_taxo.jsp

'Fahrenheit' burns record on debut day

Michael Moore's politically charged documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" sold about 2 million combined DVD and VHS units Tuesday, its first day in release, according to industry sources.
Oct 7, 2004 - The Hollywood Reporter

'Fahrenheit' arrives early on ProSieben

German free-to-air broadcaster ProSieben will air Michael Moore's documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" on Nov. 1, the day before the U.S. presidential election and just three months after the documentary's German theatrical debut.
Oct 7, 2004 - The Hollywood Reporter

This film is a MUST see.

After recording a record profit of $119 Million for a documentary, Fahrenheit 911 is now available on DVD in the US.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/search/search_results_taxo.jsp

'Fahrenheit' burns record on debut day

Michael Moore's politically charged documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" sold about 2 million combined DVD and VHS units Tuesday, its first day in release, according to industry sources.
Oct 7, 2004 - The Hollywood Reporter

'Fahrenheit' arrives early on ProSieben

German free-to-air broadcaster ProSieben will air Michael Moore's documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" on Nov. 1, the day before the U.S. presidential election and just three months after the documentary's German theatrical debut.
Oct 7, 2004 - The Hollywood Reporter
This film is a MUST see.
I agree, it is a powerful movie.

I'm leery of the phrase "record sales" as I recall that same phrase used to hype the release of Gigli on DVD.

Well, I bought it, but thus far other people have watched it far more than I have.

I'm leery of the phrase "record sales" as I recall that same phrase used to hype the release of Gigli on DVD.

Are you sure the phrase wasn't "record...sales"? *


*the word "low" omitted by the "..."

Woah so quickly on public TV here? Now that's a world premiere :)

'Fahrenheit' arrives early on ProSieben

German free-to-air broadcaster ProSieben will air Michael Moore's documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" on Nov. 1, the day before the U.S. presidential election and just three months after the documentary's German theatrical debut.
Oct 7, 2004 - The Hollywood Reporter

This film is a MUST see.
Well, finally we'll get that all important German demographic the information right before they....wait a second.......

j/k. Phenomenal news, just in terms of film.

In my town the ripples are felt-there really aren't that many minds left to change, but-in the last few months we've seen theatrical releases of Uncovered (about the lead up to the war in Iraq), Hunting the President (about the investigation of Clinton's sex life), Down the River (I haven't seen this one, but it's about Kerry in Vietnam to his political career. I'm voting for Kerry, but this seems like it's just pandering "Yah! Kerry" fluff. I don't really need to see that), and Outfoxed. A flood of political documentaries. Wanna make a bet? Kerry gets elected, in four years we'll see some conservative anti-Kerry docs being released. If something works once, expect to see it a bunch of times before someone is convinced it doesn't.

However, much in the way even I view the new crop, the copycats will come off as disenginuos. Moore, for whatever people want to lay on him, was established before he did F9/11. Without that the other films will carry even more of a constructed burdon. People forget that Moore was hard on Clinton, too.

Yeah, but conservative documentaries aren't entertaining at all.

America I pray for thee...

An you all realize that by doing all this people are just making Michael Moore more (no pun intended) money. And that he himself is one of the big stupid lazy white men that he talks about. He thinks its wrong for people to take advantage of the American people? What the hell do you think he's doing???

If you're going to check out the fatman's movie, also check out FahrenHYPE 9/11.

America I pray for thee...

An you all realize that by doing all this people are just making Michael Moore more (no pun intended) money. And that he himself is one of the big stupid lazy white men that he talks about. He thinks its wrong for people to take advantage of the American people? What the hell do you think he's doing???

What DO you think he's doing? He's trying to change people's minds. He's trying to push his ideas.

America I pray for thee...

An you all realize that by doing all this people are just making Michael Moore more (no pun intended) money. And that he himself is one of the big stupid lazy white men that he talks about. He thinks its wrong for people to take advantage of the American people? What the hell do you think he's doing???
He is delivering a message to America and it is quite a message. By making money, he is able to fund other documentaries. That is how it started with Roger and Me? He al least is re-investing in film making to increase American awareness and in so doing, is providing an invaluable service.

If you're going to check out the fatman's movie, also check out FahrenHYPE 9/11.
Ahhhh someone else wants to cash in on Michael Moore's success? Were you just complaining about capitalism?

How do you spell hypocrite?

Ahhhh someone else wants to cash in on Michael Moore's success? Were you just complaining about capitalism?

How do you spell hypocrite?

I wasn't complaining about capitalism. I was saying that Michael Moore is the hypocrite (yeah i think thats it). Please read what I said before jumping the gun like that. I have nothing wrong with capitalism, I feel the other movie is a good counter to Moore's. This is America and we do love equality.

I wasn't complaining about capitalism. I was saying that Michael Moore is the hypocrite (yeah i think thats it). Please read what I said before jumping the gun like that. I have nothing wrong with capitalism, I feel the other movie is a good counter to Moore's. This is America and we do love equality.
I did read what you stated. You don't like Michael More making money, but you think it is okay for someone else to make money refuting his work? :eek:

America I pray for thee...

An you all realize that by doing all this people are just making Michael Moore more (no pun intended) money. And that he himself is one of the big stupid lazy white men that he talks about. He thinks its wrong for people to take advantage of the American people? What the hell do you think he's doing???
This is, by far, the weakest argument made against Moore. It shows a fundimental misunderstanding of his work or what he is doing. Somehow you've gotten the impression that he has advocated that no one should ever make money which would therefore make him a hypocrite. Rather, this is a fundimental misinterpretation, a failure on your part rather than on Moore's.

Of course the movie has fantastic sales, it is a fantastic movie.

I thought I would pass on this great review to help stimulate the juices:

The Screed We Need

http://www.chireader.com/movies/archives/2004/0604/062504.html

Moore's success in hitting most of his designated targets becomes apparent if you look at some of the hysterical attacks lodged against him on the Internet, which also indicate just how primitive the state of American awareness about our media can still be. Two objections I've encountered are (1) that documentaries are supposed to be "objective," apparently in the same way our TV news is, and (2) that Moore couldn't care less about ordinary people, that he's only interested in making money, as opposed to all those humanitarian and patriotic chums of Dick Cheney working in Iraq. (At one point in the movie, a grinning executive points out that the war is "good for business, bad for the people.") Of course, objectivity in a documentary (or a film review) is not only impossible but undesirable. The merit of Fahrenheit 9/11 lies in its ability to enrage you -- or, conversely, to clarify some of the rage you already feel -- without abandoning the capacity to entertain that has always been Moore's trump card. As a popular entertainment, it provides the kind of emotional and conceptual counter-myth we sorely need to replace the Bush administration's crumbling version of reality.

Well stated. :D