Fahrenheit 9/11 gets help offer from Hezbollah

[lucky wilbury]

http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,12589,1240819,00.html

Fahrenheit 9/11 gets help offer from Hezbollah

Samantha Ellis
Thursday June 17, 2004
The Guardian

The controversy over Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 just won't go away. The film, which is being advertised with the strapline "Controversy? What controversy?", has been rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America, meaning no one under 17 can see it. Distributors Lions Gate Films and IFC Films, opening the film next week, are appealing against the decision. The rating came partly because the film shows images of US soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners, images Moore says he had long before the scandal erupted. He told Associated Press he kept quiet because he thought he'd be accused of "just putting this out for publicity for my movie".

Anger at Moore is building up, too. Pro-military lobby group Move America Forward is campaigning to "Stop Michael Moore from profiting in his attacks on America and our military"; Michael Wilson is making a documentary called Michael Moore Hates America; and the website www.moorelies.com is out "to expose America's fakest pseudo-muckraker".

Meanwhile, in the United Arab Emirates, the film is being offered the kind of support it doesn't need. According to Screen International, the UAE-based distributor Front Row Entertainment has been contacted by organisations related to the Hezbollah in Lebanon with offers of help. All in all, Tony Blair must be relieved that Moore is not going to make a film about him; Moore rebuffed the rumour in a message on his website headlined: "Sorry to scare you, Tony. Michael Moore was just kidding."

[Pink Spider]

Re: Fahrenheit 9/11 gets help offer from Hezbollah

Originally posted by lucky wilbury
Anger at Moore is building up, too. Pro-military lobby group Move America Forward is campaigning to "Stop Michael Moore from profiting in his attacks on America and our military"

Republicans behind effort to censor Farenheit 9/11

http://progressivetrail.org/articles/040614Nimmo.shtml

by Kurt Nimmo

So desperate are Bush Republicans to kill Michael Moore's latest film, Fahrenheit 9/11, they have hired a public relations firm to set up a web site attacking Moore. The site, MoveAmericaForward.com, claims to be "non-partisan," but a glance at the "About" page of the site reveals the director and staff of Move America Forward are all diehard Republicans, anti-tax activists, and former legislative staffers. The PR firm is Russo Marsh & Rogers.

Russo Marsh & Rogers is a GOP consultation firm. In 2002, Ron Rogers teamed up with Reagan heavyweight Lyn Nofziger and Ed Rollins to work on the gubernatorial campaign of Bill Simon (see Campaign movements -- People & Organizations.)

Thanks to the detective work of WhatReallyHappened.com, it was revealed that Move America Forward's web site was registered in the name of Russo Marsh & Rogers. In other words, Move America Forward is about as partisan as it gets without putting the GOP seal of approval on the web site. In short, Move America Forward's campaign is a Republican dirty trick designed to smear Moore and pressure move theater owners not to run his film.

"Time is short," the Move America Forward web site declares, "we must act now to have our voices heard in time to make a difference. Help us get messages from millions of Americans sent to these film industry executives."

Certainly, time is short for the Republicans -- millions of Americans are about to learn how George Bush had a business relationship with the Bin Laden family -- and they will learn it right before the election. Russo and the "non-partisan" Republicans want to make sure you never see Moore's film. They don't want you to know the truth about Bush and his buddy-buddy dealings with the Saudis.

Incidentally, after a WHOIS check -- WHOIS is a searchable database maintained by registries and registrars that contains information about domain name registrations on the internet -- was run on MoveAmericaForward.com and it was discovered that the site was registered in the name of Russo Marsh & Rogers. Soon after this information was posted on the web, the registrant name was modified to omit Russo Marsh & Rogers.

Not only do the Republicans not want you to go see Moore's film, they also don't want you to know they are behind the campaign to smear Moore and pressure theater owners into not running the film. It's just like the Republicans to do this sort of thing behind your back. Of course, it is rather lazy and stupid of the Republicans to not think about WHOIS. But then nearly everything about the Republicans lately -- from the lies behind the invasion of Iraq to clumsily attempting to cover up the TortureGate scandal -- has been lazy and stupid.

Don't be fooled. The Bush Republicans are behind this now transparent effort to silence Michael Moore. If you care about the First Amendment and don't like the idea of Republicans dictating to theaters what movies you can see, write Russo Marsh & Rogers and tell them what you think. The contact person is Douglas Lorenz and his email address is: dlorenz@rmrwest.com">dlorenz@rmrwest.com. If you live in Sacramento, you may want to drop by the Russo Marsh & Rogers offices and ask why they want to censor movies: 770 L Street, #950, Sacramento, CA 95814.

[Viking]

I predict that Fat Boy is going to end up having to live in Canada. I'll happily pay for his moving truck's gas.

[twonabomber]

Originally posted by lucky wilbury
The film has been rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America, meaning no one under 17 can see it.

which, as we all know, means jack shit. they should say "theoretically, no one under 17 can see it." that's a rule that is hardly ever enforced.

besides, 17 year olds can't vote. i think this is geared toward the 18-35 demographic.

[Wayne L.]

Calling Michael Moore's documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 a documentary masterpiece is like calling Madonna an artist which doesn't make too much sense while the terrorist group Hezbollah financing Fahrenheit 9/11 shouldn't be too much of a shock to anybody considering which side he seems to be on most of the time!

[Dave's PA Rental]

Freedom of speech, baby!

[FORD]

Originally posted by Wayne L.
Calling Michael Moore's documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 a documentary masterpiece is like calling Madonna an artist which doesn't make too much sense while the terrorist group Hezbollah financing Fahrenheit 9/11 shouldn't be too much of a shock to anybody considering which side he seems to be on most of the time!

Have you seen the movie yet, Wayne?

Seeing as it hasn't been released yet, I doubt it. So how exactly can you say what the movie is, or is not?

And Hezbollah didn't have anything to do with the movie, you fucking moron!

[DaveIsKing]

Originally posted by Daves PA rental
Freedom of speech, baby!

How about fucking freedom FROM speech, baby!

[twonabomber]

you can turn it off...or not go to see it.

[Cathedral]

Ive never seen a Michael Moore film so i have absolutely no comment and he has absolutely none of my money.

What i will say is this,
WAYNE, SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!