Disney blocking Michael Moores new movie

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1218376,00.html

Fahrenheit 9/11 could light fire under Bush

Charlotte Higgins, arts correspondent
Monday May 17, 2004
The Guardian

Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 is without doubt the most flaming-hot ticket at the Cannes film festival. And with good reason: Moore hopes that it will bring down the US government


There has already been a complicated saga over the distribution of the film. At the start of the month it became clear that Disney, the parent company of Miramax - which made Fahrenheit 9/11 - was refusing to distribute it in the US.
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After a baffling series of rumours and counter-rumours last week, it was revealed that Disney was allowing Bob and Harvey Weinstein, who run Miramax, to buy back their interest in the film so they could seek an alternative distributor. After a fortnight, none has yet been found.

The reasons for Disney's refusal, Moore claimed, were purely political, aimed at delaying the film's release and thus preventing Americans from seeing the explosive material it contains before the election.

[Eric J in MN]

1. If there is anything ordinary Ameircans can do to help get that

If there is anything ordinary Ameircans can do to help get that movie released, I'd by happy to pitch in.

[Lindsey]

2. I had heard that distributers were clamouring to

release this because of how well it last film did.