Michael Moore Blasts Bank ‘Coup D’Etat,’ State Bailout: Review
Review by Farah Nayeri Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- “We’re here to get the money back for the American people,” says filmmaker Michael Moore, as he tries to take an empty canvas bag into the heavily guarded headquarters of a bailed-out bank. The 55-year-old satirist has much to rant about, what ...
This Is It! World Premiere of 'Capitalism: A Love Story' Tonight ...a message from Michael Moore
Friends, Well, this is it! Tonight, at the Venice Film Festival, I will premiere my new movie, "Capitalism: A Love Story." After 16 months of production, I am proud to present this work of mine to you. It is unlike anything you'll see on the silver screen this year. Twenty ...
By Matthew Belloni / The Hollywood Reporter Since bursting onto the documentary scene 20 years ago with "Roger & Me," a blistering critique of General Motors, Michael Moore has directed the highest-grossing documentary of all time (2004's "Fahrenheit 9/11") and become a professional populist provocateur. The Flint, Mich., native is ...
Michael Moore sends up the bailout
By Alex Dobuzinskis / Reuters Filmmaker Michael Moore ("Fahrenheit 9/11," "SiCKO") is no fan of corporate chieftains. He showed it in 1989 movie "Roger & Me" when he skewered Roger Smith, then chief executive of General Motors, and in 1997 film "The Big One," in which he did the same ...
Michael Moore takes the bull by its horns, finds a new focus
By Anthony Breznican / USA Today Every crusader needs an archenemy, but for a while Michael Moore seemed to be running out of foes. The auto industry he criticized 20 years ago in Roger & Me has crumbled; the president he brutalized in Fahrenheit 9/11 left office with basement-scraping approval ...
GM's demise foretold, says filmmaker Michael Moore
CHICAGO (AFP) — Gadfly filmmaker Michael Moore said Monday that his pioneering 1989 movie "Roger & Me" foretold the demise of auto giant General Motors, which collapsed he said, because of company ineptitude and disregard for its workers. Having railed for two decades about the now-bankrupt car company that dominated ...
GM's demise foretold, says filmmaker Michael Moore
CHICAGO (AFP) — Gadfly filmmaker Michael Moore said Monday that his pioneering 1989 movie "Roger & Me" foretold the demise of auto giant General Motors, which collapsed he said, because of company ineptitude and disregard for its workers. Having railed for two decades about the now-bankrupt car company that dominated ...
Goodbye, GM ...by Michael Moore
I write this on the morning of the end of the once-mighty General Motors. By high noon, the President of the United States will have made it official: General Motors, as we know it, has been totaled. As I sit here in GM's birthplace, Flint, Michigan, I am surrounded by ...
Michael Moore's new documentary to open Oct. 2
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Moore's documentary about the economic crisis will hit theaters on Oct. 2. The announcement was made Thursday by Overture Films and Paramount Vantage. The film is not yet titled. Moore earlier planned to make it more broadly about America as an empire. Instead, the documentary ...
Overture Films and Paramount Vantage Set Release of New Film by Michael Moore
Oscar-winning filmmaker to explore ‘the wonders of capitalism’ (Beverly Hills, CA) May 21, 2009— Overture Films and Paramount Vantage have announced that Oscar-winner Michael Moore’s new documentary feature will be released domestically on October 2, 2009. The as-yet-untitled film will explore the root causes of the global economic meltdown and ...
Closed plant site empties Flint neighborhood
By Jeff Karoub / Associated Press Jeffery Taylor has had a front-row seat to the disappearing act of a key manufacturing center for General Motors - and with it, his neighborhood. From his driveway, he gestures down to a massive concrete slab that was a 130-acre complex of about 20 ...
Moore, Nugent, Wilson sound off on Detroit
By Mike Householder DETROIT (AP) — Michael Moore says parts of it look like "the landscape of another planet." Ted Nugent refers to its "embarrassing filth." Mary Wilson speaks of its beauty and prosperity — from another time, long ago. What is this woeful place? It's Detroit, a city they ...
Michael Moore Rejoices Over Rick Wagoner's Pink Slip
By Anita Lienert / Edmunds Inside Line DETROIT — Michael Moore, the documentary filmmaker who chronicled the General Motors plant closings in Flint, Michigan, in the 1989 movie Roger & Me, says he is stunned and "speechless" by the unprecedented dismissal of GM Chairman Rick Wagoner at the hands of ...
Michael Moore Wants Wall Street Scuttlebutt
New York Times Workers of Wall Street: You may feel unappreciated, or even reviled, these days, but take heart — there’s a big-name movie director who wants to talk to you. Michael Moore, the man behind “Bowling for Columbine,” and “Fahrenheit 9/11,” has put out the call for people in ...
Michael Moore Needs Your Help to Expose Wall Street Swindle
By ZP Heller / Alternet Michael Moore is about to uncover "the biggest swindle in American history," and he needs your help. In an e-mail yesterday, Moore asked for anyone connected to Wall Street or the financial industry to contact him at bailout@michaelmoore.com with information about the economic meltdown. All ...
Wall Street 'Swindle' Gets Moore to Ask Bankers to Spill Beans
By Pat Wechsler Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Moore, whose documentaries skewered General Motors Corp. and the U.S. health-care industry, is searching for current and former bankers to spill the beans on Wall Street for a new film. An e-mail from Moore today asked for volunteers to “step up as ...
Moore's "Slacker Uprising" returning to Salem
By Shawn Estes / Willamette Live It wouldn't be an election season without the hat-wearing filmmaker from Flint, Michigan getting into the thick of it. Michael Moore wouldn't want to let his fans or even foes down. Instead of taking the more obvious celluloid slap at Senator John McCain, Moore ...
Huntington Public Access to air Michael Moore's new film on Monday
Huntington Herald-Dispatch HUNNTINGTON, WV — Huntington Public Access Television (Comcast Channel 20) will air Michael Moore's latest film, "Slacker Uprising", at 8 and 11 p.m., Monday, Sept. 29. "Slacker Uprising" is a feature-length film documenting Moore's 2004 tour of swing states during the previous presidential election year. The film chronicles ...
Michael Moore political movie released free on Web
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Filmmaker Michael Moore released his latest documentary for free on the Internet on Tuesday, marking a first for the maverick director who aims to encourage young people to vote -- preferably for Democrats -- in November's U.S. presidential election. "Slacker Uprising," a feature-length film documenting Moore's ...
Michael Moore offers free download of his latest documentary
As a gift to his US fans, film-maker Michael Moore has released his latest documentary as a free Internet download. "Slacker Uprising" documents Moore's 62-city tour of swing states during the 2004 US presidential election. AFP Oscar-winning film-maker Michael Moore is to release his new film via the Internet for ...
Moore's 'Slacker Uprising' premieres in Ann Arbor
Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Michael Moore is releasing his new film "Slacker Uprising" online and for free, but the world premiere will take place the old-fashioned way: in a movie house. It happens Thursday at the historic Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, which seats 1,700. Admission is free ...
How 'Bout a Free Movie? ...from Michael Moore
Friends, As you may have heard, I've decided to make my new film, "Slacker Uprising," available for free to everyone in the United States and Canada. It is the first time ever that a major feature-length film is debuting as a free download on the internet -- legally. I am ...
MICHAEL MOORE'S NEW FILM TO BE OFFERED FREE ON INTERNET "AS A GIFT TO FANS"
For Immediate Release FIRST EVER MAJOR FEATURE-LENGTH FILM TO BE RELEASED FOR FREE ON INTERNET "SLACKER UPRISING" LOOKS AT YOUTH REVOLT IN 2004 ELECTION AS A SIGN OF WHAT WAS AHEAD IN 2008 FILM WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THREE WEEKS AS A FREE DOWNLOAD BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 23 TRAVERSE CITY, MI ...
As thanks to his fans, Michael Moore is releasing his new film free online
By Jake Coyle / Associated Press Inspired by Neil Young and Radiohead, Michael Moore will release his new film free online. The film, "Slacker Uprising," follows Moore's 62-city tour during the 2004 election to rally young voters. It will be available for three weeks as a free download to North ...
Michael Moore's pals make documentary films
By John Flesher / Associated Press TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – They make movies that deal with unpleasant topics such as war and racism, yet are entertaining and even humorous. They're passionate, mischievously creative, politically liberal. Does this sound like "Michael Moore The Next Generation"? If so, there's a good reason. ...
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March 23rd, 2013
This evening is going be a big moment in turning our country around on the issue of gun violence. That's why I desperately want you ...
March 21st, 2013
I am hosting a nationwide series of house parties this Saturday night where tens of thousands of people will gather together in living rooms to ...
March 15th, 2013
The response to my Newtown letter this week has been overwhelming. It is so very clear to everyone that the majority of Americans have had ...
March 13th, 2013
America, You Must Not Look Away (How to Finish Off the NRA)
The year was 1955. Emmett Till was a young African American boy from Chicago visiting relatives in Mississippi. One day Emmett was seen "flirting" with ...
February 26th, 2013
My Final Word on Buzzfeed and Emad Burnat's Detention at LAX
Thanks to everyone for bearing with me as I spend so much time on what happened to Emad Burnat. It's important to me because he's ...
February 26th, 2013
Michael Moore Responds to Buzzfeed Story on '5 Broken Cameras' Co-Director Emad Burnat
On Tuesday, February 19th, Emad Burnat, the Palestianian co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary '5 Broken Cameras,' was detained with his wife and son at Los ...
February 20th, 2013
Last night was the Motion Picture Academy-sponsored dinner in Beverly Hills honoring the directors and producers of this year's five nominated films for Best Documentary. ...
September 11th, 2010
If the 'Mosque' Isn't Built, This Is No Longer America
OpenMike 9/11/10 Michael Moore's daily blog I am opposed to the building of the "mosque" two blocks from Ground Zero. I want it built on ...
December 14th, 2010
Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange
Yesterday, in the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, the lawyers for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange presented to the judge a document from me stating that ...
May 12th, 2011
Some Final Thoughts on the Death of Osama bin Laden
"The Nazis killed tens of MILLIONS. They got a trial. Why? Because we're not like them. We're Americans. We roll different." – Michael Moore in ...
November 22nd, 2011
Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here?
This past weekend I participated in a four-hour meeting of Occupy Wall Street activists whose job it is to come up with the vision and ...
September 22nd, 2011
A STATEMENT FROM MICHAEL MOORE ON THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS
I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made in Georgia, to never do business in Georgia. I will ask ...
December 16th, 2010
Dear Swedish Government: Hi there -- or as you all say, Hallå! You know, all of us here in the U.S. love your country. Your ...
November 2nd, 2010
This letter contains (almost) no criticisms of how the Democrats have brought this day of reckoning upon themselves. That -- and where to go from ...
'Dirty Wars' by Jeremy Scahill
Why have you started a comedy festival in northern Michigan in the middle of winter?
Because if you were here in the dead of winter in the middle of nowhere (which is actually somewhere to us), you'd need a few laughs too ... Continue Reading
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