Posted on 11/15/2004 10:00:12 AM PST by jimbo123
Make no mistake: Michael Moore is seriously going to try to get his "Fahrenheit 9/11" nominated for Best Picture.
Moore was a guest last night at the premiere of Terry George's beautifully done "Hotel Rwanda," along with Daniel Day-Lewis, Susan Sarandon and Willem Dafoe.
The characteristically slovenly Moore was sans his trademark baseball hat and sported a great haircut as he stumped for Academy support.
"The screeners go out this week and we have a great idea for an Oscar campaign," Moore said. "Now you can make your vote really count."
The appeal is obviously to blue-state voters. Moore is counting on Academy votes coming mostly from California and New York — and wanting to make a statement about the election.
He said that the film has already sold about 4 million DVDs and taken in roughly $250 million around the globe, which is great for any film, but extraordinary for a documentary or non-fiction film. The total worldwide box office has hit $218 million.
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If the Academy even nominates F9/11, let alone votes for it as best picture, they're going to make the term "Academy Award" a biiger joke than, say, an MTV Movie Award.
Of which, this is neither.
I think they're going to see this as their big chance to make a "statement" about the election, though. But you're right. It will show them up as the isolated goofballs they've become.
Needs a "barf alert" on the title. ;)
Oh please let this win "Best Picture". Please please please please please please please....
I'd rather see "Team America: World Police" get it, especially since Moore blows himself up in that one.
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Stupid is as stupid does.
Moore has said, Americans are stupid. He is only trying to prove it in a public forum.
I think it is a good idea, the nomination; the mainstream people will be more enlightened as to what Hollywood and TV stands for.
POS, imho.
Actually I hope it wins, and wins big. It will simply confirm to the rest of the country just how clueless the "elites" are.
I can think of nothing that would result in a greater decline in the aggregate revenues of Hollywood.
I hope they do nominate it..and I hope it wins..we can then split the cultural divide wide open..
It's a gamble on Moore's part. By positioning himself for a Best Picture nod he took himself out of running for Best Documentary by doing so. By pushing for a Best Picture nod...he will possibly piss off actors and producers who could have gotten a chance for their own films to be in that spot.
Moore is taking a big gamble by doing this..of course The Passion of The Christ was and is easily the best film of the last year if not decade.
This is off-topic, but I thought you might find it entertaining.
Has anyone seen the picture of Dick Cheney on Wonkette today ?
It is the same one that was posted by a Freeper on Saturday night but was quickly pulled... you know the one I"m talking about - at the custard place.
I wish I had a link for this, but a few days ago on the Factor, O'Reilly had some hollywood types to discuss their effect on the election. It was stated that Moore was expecting a Best Picture for 911, when O'Reilly predicted a severe backlash. When asked about this, he repeated that if 911 even got nominated for Best Pix, there would be a major boycott of the film industry. I think we have our marching orders.
Let him have his precious little Oscar. Privately, he'll still be bawling his eyes out that his masterpiece couldn't give John Kerry the election.
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