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Originally Posted by Panuru
Nobody knows if in the US people will see it, even if it won such important prize. Thanks to strong interests, to narrow-mindness and censorship this movie. The White House let the world know the fact there are persons like Moore around is evidence the US are a free country, but as a matter of fact Fahrenheit 9/11 for now is not being distributed there. During the last hours seems a group of indipendent distributors is talking about the possibility of joining together to solve this question after Disney decided to boycott Moore's work.
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The movie will be seen here, it's inevitable now that it's won the Palme d’Or. Although it will most likely will be banned until after the presidential election here in the United States this november. All the Bush Adminstration/and other partry's of interest need to do is delay the film from coming out until after that time. It will eventually show up, just not until after the election..
check this out:
May 6, 2004 – Editorial, New York Times
Disney's Craven Behavior
Give the Walt Disney Company a gold medal for cowardice for blocking its Miramax division from distributing a film that criticizes President Bush and his family. A company that ought to be championing free expression has instead chosen to censor a documentary that clearly falls within the bounds of acceptable political commentary.
The documentary was prepared by Michael Moore, a controversial filmmaker who likes to skewer the rich and powerful. As described by Jim Rutenberg yesterday in The Times, the film, "Fahrenheit 9/11," links the Bush family with prominent Saudis, including the family of Osama bin Laden. It describes financial ties that go back three decades and explores the role of the government in evacuating relatives of Mr. bin Laden from the United States shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The film was financed by Miramax and was expected to be released this summer.
Mr. Moore's agent said that Michael Eisner, Disney's chief executive, had expressed concern that the film might jeopardize tax breaks granted to Disney for its theme park, hotels and other ventures in Florida, where Jeb Bush is governor. If that is the reason for Disney's move, it would underscore the dangers of allowing huge conglomerates to gobble up diverse media companies.
On the other hand, a senior Disney executive says the real reason is that Disney caters to families of all political stripes and that many of them might be alienated by the film. Those families, of course, would not have to watch the documentary.
It is hard to say which rationale for blocking distribution is more depressing. But it is clear that Disney loves its bottom line more than the freedom of political discourse.