Mel Gibson panics over Michael Moore's new doc

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[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Cold Feet
Mel Gibson panics over Michael Moore's new doc. Plus, Demi the seductress

by BeatBoxBetty

This juicy story just gets better by the moment. Even before it can get off the ground, Michael Moore's next scathing documentary, "Fahrenheit 911," is already causing folks indigestion. Even tough guy Mel Gibson is queasy and uneasy about it. Mel's Icon Productions, which was eager to take on the project before Moore's famous "shame on you, Mr. Bush" Oscar speech, now has cold feet -- and according to Variety, has dropped the financing deal altogether. What timing ...

So who's coming to the rescue? It sure ain't the cavalry. Despite the fact that just about everyone in Hollywood is afraid to touch a film that traces the historical (and profitable) ties between the Bush and bin Laden families, Miramax will provide something they call "bridge financing." According to the Hollywood industry paper, Miramax will outsource with France-based The Wild Bunch to sell distribution.

So why did Gibson bail? Icon wouldn't say. But you can bet that the conservative actor is avoiding it like the plague due to politics. Moore's unflattering Bush biopic will capitalize on timing when it's released to coincide with Bush's re-election campaign in 2004.

[Cachelot]

All but one of the bin Laden family are law abiding Saudi's

No.

[TLBSHOW]

The variety story...

Moore's hot-potato '911' docu loses an Icon


MOORE DOCU DRAMA: Before even a frame of "Fahrenheit 911" has been shot, Michael Moore's new docu continues to be a hot potato.
Mel Gibson's Icon Prods. has abruptly dropped the financing deal it made right after Moore won the Oscar for "Bowling for Columbine" and assailed President George W. Bush's Iraqi invasion.

Moore's savior is Miramax -- sort of. Company will provide "bridge financing" for a pic that traces the historical ties between the Bush and bin Laden families and scrutinizes why the U.S. is so disliked abroad.

The incendiary material might explain why Miramax sources stop short of saying the studio will be the pic's distributor. France-based the Wild Bunch is aboard to sell distribution and allow Miramax a low-risk chance to recoup. Wild Bunch and Miramax originally flirted with Moore's film until Icon made an eight-figure bid in cash and potential backend.

So why did Icon toppers Gibson and Bruce Davey bail? Employing its usual silent strategy, the company wouldn't say. Speculation is that the liberal politics of Moore are closer to those of Harvey Weinstein than the conservative Gibson's. But sources at Icon argued that when Oscar euphoria passed and Bush's invasion routed a tyrant, the bid seemed pricey for a docu, even though Moore's last pic grossed nearly $40 million worldwide. As quickly as the Bush bashers disappeared, they could return, and Miramax is betting Moore's pic will have a captive audience when released to coincide with Bush's re-election run in 2004.

[VRWC_minion]

You got banned because of your condensending posts. This is a place for conservative so we don't need to put up with constantly explaining the same old crap over and over again to liberal folks, especially when they already know everything.

Many liberals stay and debate but they do it with logic and reason and avoid the condensending tone.

[Darheel]

"So why did Gibson bail?"

Because Gibson is a winner. He can smell a stinker like a Slap-Nuts Moore picture miles away. They said: Pull! Gibson: Bang! Darheel: Great shot Mel!

[BerniesFriend]

No..no..don't make another film Michael until you make the much anticipated "Canadian Bacon 2"..

[rwfromkansas]

Sounds like perhaps Mel himself wasn't even involved in the deal if the statement that his politics is one reason why the deal is being nixed is accurate.

[Cachelot]

And you all seriously think you conservatives arent being condensending?

Say, is DU having a group trip here or what? Where's your tour guide? My pitbull would like to meet him/her/it ;).

[DED]

Let he who is stupid enough to believe that one must be perfect before they can speak out against the wrongs of society and politics cast the first stupid comment about Bill Bennett on this thread.

Oh, sorry, you already did.

[DED]

You CLEARLY do not know enough about Michael Moore. He doesn't just bring up topics others ignore - he decides on his point of view and then fabricates from whole cloth the 'evidence' to 'support' his claims.
He and his disciples take the approach, "Don't confuse me with facts - my mind's made up!"

[Cachelot]

There we go... another logical response...

Yep :). Although I may have the idjit-hole wrongly identified: DU'ers are in most respects indistinguishable from LibertyForum denizens, except the latter tend to fantasize about shooting the president (being kluxers and nazis and jihadis and all), while your average pansy demonrat is actually afraid of firearms and would much prefer poison.

Which way do you go, rat?

[1rudeboy]

Do you plan to stick around? If so, I'll post Jim Robinson's response to your "1st Amendment" concerns.

[MeekOneGOP]

Thank you.

[DED]

Here - read it for free! Download at http://sharehouse.xoom.virgilio.it/dnload.php3?FILE_ID=52530

It is worth reading a few pages here and there just to see what a ignorant diatribe it is.

[gcruse]

Tsk tsk. Another 'yeah, but' heard from.
The socons want the levers of state power
so they can dictate what others do, while
excusing themselves with a little dab to
the lips with a frilly hanky. Bless their hearts.

[Pablo64]

You know, I see a picture of that disgusting waste of protoplasm, and I think to myself, "John Candy, Chris Farley...they were both big fat guys. At least they made me laugh. They both die before their time and we're left stuck with this steaming pile of.....!"