Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Filmmaker Moore Says He Has Berg Footage
TwinCities.com ^ | May 27, 2004 | Associated Press

Posted on 05/27/2004 12:53:36 PM PDT by Tamzee

Filmmaker Moore Says He Has Berg Footage

Associated Press

NEW YORK - Filmmaker Michael Moore, whose incendiary new documentary lambastes President Bush's handling of the war, said Thursday that he has footage unused in the film of Nicholas Berg, the American civilian later beheaded in Iraq.

The footage, of an interview with Berg, "is approximately 20 minutes long. We are not releasing it to the media," Moore said in a statement. "It is not in the film. We are dealing privately with the family."

Neither Moore nor his representatives would describe the nature or contents of the interview with Berg, who held staunch pro-war views.

No one answered the phone Thursday at the home of Berg's parents in West Chester, Pa.

"Fahrenheit 9/11," which recently won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, accuses the Bush camp of stealing the 2000 election, overlooking terrorism warnings before Sept. 11, 2001, and fanning fears of more attacks to secure American support for the Iraq war.

Moore's assault on U.S. policy got him into trouble with Disney, which refused to let subsidiary Miramax release "Fahrenheit 9/11." He is still trying to work out a deal for U.S. distribution.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: berg; iraq; lordhawhaw; lumpyriefenstahl; michaelberg; michaelmoore411; moore; nickberg; nickbergvideo
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 161-180181-200201-220221-225 next last
To: Rastus

whoops, my mistake. Thanks. I'm just so passionately 'in hate' with that tub of lard I can't see straight!


181 posted on 05/27/2004 6:59:03 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (The distance from Australia to the USA is shrinking.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 173 | View Replies]

To: Rastus

Thanks for the info on this crybaby.


182 posted on 05/27/2004 7:05:50 PM PDT by Ethyl
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 150 | View Replies]

To: Rastus

Here I go again...I just read it for the tenth time. It says, 'unused footage from the Nicholas Berg film.'
Nothing about Farenheit 911.
Could someone print the original article here maybe?


183 posted on 05/27/2004 7:12:42 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (The distance from Australia to the USA is shrinking.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 173 | View Replies]

To: Miss Marple
Maybe so, beckett. But the question remains, why did Moore interview Berg? How did he even KNOW about him?

It's an interesting question, but not interesting enough to interest the FBI.

184 posted on 05/27/2004 7:14:21 PM PDT by beckett
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 180 | View Replies]

To: beckett

Well, I suppose we will just have to wait to see what happens.


185 posted on 05/27/2004 7:16:00 PM PDT by Miss Marple
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 184 | View Replies]

To: plain talk

That is entirely possible, considering that he charged the families of the Columbine victims to see his "documentary".


186 posted on 05/27/2004 7:16:11 PM PDT by IGOTMINE ("By God, I pity those poor bastards we're going up against. By God I do.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Fred Nerks
Here is the statement:

Filmmaker Michael Moore, whose incendiary new documentary lambastes President Bush's handling of the war, said Thursday that he has footage unused in the film of Nicholas Berg, the American civilian later beheaded in Iraq.

This is an awkward sentence construction. The phrase "in the film" refers to the documentary, not to the beheading film. Later in the story is says it was an interview.

187 posted on 05/27/2004 7:18:39 PM PDT by Miss Marple
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 183 | View Replies]

To: Fred Nerks

this is from salon,
May 27, 2004 | Filmmaker Michael Moore filmed an interview with American Nicholas Berg in the course of producing his documentary film "Fahrenheit 9/11" before Berg left for Iraq, where he was taken hostage and killed, Moore confirmed to Salon in a statement Thursday. The 20 minutes of footage does not appear in the final version of "Fahrenheit 911," according to the statement.


188 posted on 05/27/2004 7:19:06 PM PDT by what i think
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 183 | View Replies]

To: what i think; Miss Marple

Thanks to both for your kind explanation. That despicable worm is still, in my mind, implicated.


189 posted on 05/27/2004 7:30:52 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (The distance from Australia to the USA is shrinking.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 188 | View Replies]

To: Fred Nerks

I still want to know how he knew about Berg. The coincidence explanation fails to explain it, IMHO.


190 posted on 05/27/2004 7:32:35 PM PDT by Miss Marple
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 189 | View Replies]

To: Mo1
Sorry had to stop and make cacciatore! I remember something about that as well. Will look for the links.

Another interesting aspect to the Berg story was his association with the Abu Garhib (sp) prison. Supposedly he was installing a tower there about the time Moore supposedly had pictures taken.

Coincidence or plan?
191 posted on 05/27/2004 7:32:42 PM PDT by BlessedByLiberty (Respectfully submitted,)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 174 | View Replies]

To: Frank_Discussion

Dare I say "I hope you're right!"


192 posted on 05/27/2004 7:33:05 PM PDT by I'm ALL Right! ("A rich man has no need of character. " ~John Kerry's favorite Hebrew Proverb~)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Miss Marple
i agree completely ma'am, the odds of this happening by mere chance are unlikely.
193 posted on 05/27/2004 7:40:30 PM PDT by what i think
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 190 | View Replies]

To: Miss Marple

Moussaoui, berg, moore..

This is apparently a coincidence?

wtf?! The FBI better be on top of this! Or someone!


194 posted on 05/27/2004 7:41:54 PM PDT by Monty22
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 160 | View Replies]

To: Williams

I still don't buy the coincidence that a traiter like Michael Moore who has publicly cheered on the terrorists, and hangs out with extremists like José Bouvé who did prison time in France for bombing McDonalds, just happened to meet up with ( by chance of course) some guy who would later be publicly executed by the head honcho in Iraq.


195 posted on 05/27/2004 7:42:12 PM PDT by Cincinna (Beware HILLARY and her HINO)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 93 | View Replies]

To: Cincinna

I don't either. Something's fishy, to say the least.


196 posted on 05/27/2004 7:46:14 PM PDT by Miss Marple
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 195 | View Replies]

To: woofie

You are too smart not to know that there are no coincidences, certainly none that involve three people seemingly unrelated, coming together in Iraq.


197 posted on 05/27/2004 7:55:03 PM PDT by Cincinna (Beware HILLARY and her HINO)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 164 | View Replies]

To: Miss Marple

That's exactly what I meant when I said the noose was tightening around Moore. Coincidence is not an explanation. I see the release of this information now, that he has film of an interview, as an attempt by a guilty man to somehow throw sand in our eyes, or stave off accusations he knows are in the wind. Guilty people do that, and by doing so, they often only make things worse for themselves. A little paranoia sets in. He knows what he is facing should an investigation be conducted. I want to know, has there been an inquest? If not, will there be one? Is Moore afraid he will be asked to testify, perhaps? Is it possible someone saw Berg and Moore together in Iraq? Is there a money-link? Where did Berg's money come from? How difficult would that be to find out?
I continue to be convinced that both the prison photographs and the Berg video have the Moore MO written all over them.


198 posted on 05/27/2004 7:57:51 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (The distance from Australia to the USA is shrinking.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 190 | View Replies]

To: Miss Marple

Good question. We know little about Michael Moore, less about Nick Berg.
They traveled in circles with some pretty shady characters.
I don't believe that anything that connects Berg, Moussaoui, Abu Graib , Al Zakari and Michael Moore is a coincidence.


199 posted on 05/27/2004 7:59:43 PM PDT by Cincinna (Beware HILLARY and her HINO)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 180 | View Replies]

To: demlosers

Dang...Jabba is looking better and better... ;)


200 posted on 05/27/2004 8:01:30 PM PDT by Libertina
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 161-180181-200201-220221-225 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson