Posted on 05/31/2006 8:20:48 AM PDT by raccoonradio
(CBS4) MIDDLEBORO A local veteran who lost parts of both of his arms in Iraq, is suing filmmaker Michael Moore. Sgt. Peter Damon says Moore recycled old news footage of Damon, and used it in a way that made him seem anti-war.
The snip-it appears in Moore’s film "Fahrenheit 9/11."
Sgt. Peter Damon, a father of two from Middleboro, strongly supports the war effort in Iraq and never agreed to appear in Moore’s movie. According to the New York Post, he is now suing for $85 million.
Damon was interviewed by NBC in 2003 while being treated at Walter Reed Army Hospital. The interview was about a new painkiller being used on injured soldiers. Damon says he did not express any views on the war itself in that interview.
Michael Moore used a clip from that interview in "Fahrenheit 9/11." It shows Damon lying on a gurney, saying he feels like he’s being "crushed in a vice."
The scene appears in a sequence that talks about how the government is abandoning veterans.
You may recall Peter Damon threw out the first pitch at Fenway Park after returning home to Middleboro. The non-profit group Homes For Our Troops also built a home for the Damon family, specially designed for Peter’s physical needs.
The NY Post says the lawsuit also names NBC, Miramax, and other production companies.
Miramax is Disney, isn't it?
Good for him for once again taking up the good fight.
related story from last Oct. No word if Fatboy Mikey Moore
has a similar organization in place to help the wounded...
:
CBS4) MIDDLEBORO A veteran from Middleboro, badly wounded in Iraq, is waking up in his new home on Friday, thanks to dozens of people who built it for him.
Army Sergeant Peter Damon and his family just moved into a Middleboro home on Thursday. Its unique features are designed to help Damon, who lost his arms two years ago in an explosion while working on a helicopter.
“I can't thank everyone who worked on this house enough,” says Damon. “This is such a wonderful thing that people would invest their time and there generosity into coming up here and working on a project like this.”
The new home was made possible by “Homes For Our Troops” – an organization dedicated to helping injured war veterans.
59 different companies joined the effort to help build the home.
Go get em Sarge!
This isn't the first time I've heard someone complaining that Moore took their statements out of context in "Fahrenheit 9-11".
Memo to Michael Moore;
Don't eat all of those steaks and fries and stuff your fat face any time soon. Looks like you will be coughing up $85,000,000.00 to someone who actually deserves it a hell of a lot more than you! Hope you enjoy writing that check you fat bozo assclown!.
The Geezerwheezer
I would pay to get on the jury that decides this case.
Good for him.
Anyone know if he has set up a PayPal for his legal expenses? I would contribute in a heartbeat.
Yes it is, but the two scummers who ran Miramax were pushed out by Disney and now have their own new company.
I normally don't like high priced lawsuits, however I am behind Sgt. Damon on this.
And there is no better place to attack gliberals then where it hurts them the most: in the pocketbook!
I'm dying to hear Michael Moore's defense: "It's fiction."
"No word if Fatboy Mikey Moore
has a similar organization in place to help the wounded..."
No, but I'm certain he would be willing to attend any pot-luck affairs that might be organized.
I'm with you R.
good news bttt
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