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Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2004-05-05 07:08 pm
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Speak no truth...

Disney is blocking the release of Michael Moore's new film Fahrenheit 911. The film delves into the Bush family connections to the bin-Laden family, among other things.

http://makeashorterlink.com/?T42153838

Yup. Has nothing to do with the subject matter. And Miramax does nothing but family films. Right. And I'm Mel Gibson's stunt double.
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[identity profile] deathbytamarind.livejournal.com 2004-05-05 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Miramax: Distributing Quentin Tarantino films since 1994.

Because we all know QT is very family friendly.

[identity profile] robertprior.livejournal.com 2004-05-06 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
Are the connections between the Bushes and the Saudis really that unknown in the US? It made the news here a couple of years ago. CBC has done a couple of documentaries exploring the issue.

Not carried on any CanWest stations, or any media outlet owned by the Aspers, of course.

[identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com 2004-05-06 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
If you actually read the news, delve into sources that aren't American, then you see the facts.

However, the Reich has done an admirable job of supressing the news here in the Fatherland.

[identity profile] robertprior.livejournal.com 2004-05-08 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, but this is private censorship, which is apparently a lot more acceptable than public censorship.

(I find it interesting that many right-wingers are vehemently against government controls, whether it's censorship, restrictions on ownership, transfer of money, etc -- yet they don't blink when private interests do the same thing.)

[identity profile] aurictech.livejournal.com 2004-05-06 09:25 am (UTC)(link)
Of course, ScrappleFace (http://www.scrappleface.com) has unearthed a new facet of this story:

http://www.scrappleface.com/MT/archives/001699.html

[identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com 2004-05-06 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Featuring the voice of Tim Curry as Grateful Iraqi Orphan who learns the true meaning of Christmas!

What did Moore know and when did he know it?

[identity profile] murbin.livejournal.com 2004-05-07 08:35 am (UTC)(link)
<http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=518901>

Moore admitted on CNN that he knew that Disney wouldn't distribute the movie a year ago.
It appears that his recent anger is probably part of well planned publicity move.

He won't have any problem finding a distributor, but this way he gets to generate free publicity.

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