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...Disney, for one, was not impressed. Earlier this month, the company ordered its subsidiary, Miramax Films, not to release the film. Moore says that his lawyer was told by Disney CEO Michael Eisner that distributing it would harm the company?s negotiations for favorable treatment for its Florida theme parks from that state?s governor, one Jeb Bush. Harvey Weinstein, co-chair of Miramax, is now trying to buy the film back from Disney and to fashion his own coalition of the willing - other distributors happy to profit from Disney?s timidity. The result of this internal agita will...
...Moore's new docucomedy, Fahrenheit 9/11, which--like his best-selling books and Oscar-winning movie, Bowling for Columbine--details what he considers the corrupt ethics of conservative politicians and Big Business. Just before its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, word emerged that Walt Disney Co. CEO Michael Eisner had forbidden Miramax Films, a Disney division, to distribute the film. Eisner told reporters last week that he had rejected the movie because he did not want Disney to get dragged into partisan battles in an election year. But the Miramax camp scoffs at that claim, pointing out that Disney...
Harvey and Bob Weinstein, the Miramax bosses who earlier chafed at Eisner's overruling of their plans to release Kevin Smith's religion spoof Dogma, are said to be outraged that he dismissed the Moore film without having seen it. The Weinsteins are looking for a new distribution plan, but according to a Miramax source, they may also evoke a little-used clause in their contract to arbitrate the matter with Disney. Publicly, Moore is steamed. But as he doubtless knows, the clouds of this stormy controversy have a silver lining: free publicity. --By Jeffrey Ressner
...company to distribute—defying its contract with Miramax. Even more disturbing than Disney’s disavowal of any and all products deemed too political, Moore’s agent has told The New York Times that Disney’s chief executive Michael D. Eisner made clear to him the decision was largely motivated by tax incentives concerning its theme park in the state of Florida...
...While Eisner denies the allegation that his company indulges Gov. Jeb Bush in exchange for money, the key issue remains. Disney has a right to distribute what it wants to distribute, but we also reserve the right to criticize malicious decisions. Disney’s choice to use its powerful financial position to keep political expression from the public is an insult to all Americans. If Disney is willing to allow Miramax to make the movies it wants to make, Disney ought to be willing to follow through with its own contract to distribute those films...