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Liberals had a dream about movies and politics this year. They thought that the mass audience would see a film, Michael Moore?s ?Fahrenheit 9/11,? and be touched by its message. They might also sample the half-dozen other political documentaries that itemize the case for the prosecution of the government in power. And on Nov. 2, they would march to the polls, possibly in Moore?s trademark cap and overalls, and vote George Bush out of office...
...writer of TIME?s cover story on the film, I had a close-up view of the ?Fahrenheit? phenomenon. In its first weekend, June 23-25, it grossed more ($23.9 million) than any other traditional documentary. It went on to earn $220 million worldwide, with another $100 million expected in DVD sales. But Moore?s intention was not to make a bundle. He wanted ?Fahrenheit? to be the film that defeated Bush...
...There?s no questioning the impact of ?Fahrenheit.? The week before it opened, the film received a unique blurb: a condemnation from a former U.S. President. George H.W. Bush denounced the movie as ?a vicious personal attack on our son? and labeled its director ?a slimeball.? And four days before the election, Osama bin Laden, in a televised address, referenced the film?s famous scene - of President George W. Bush, in a Florida school room, flummoxed by a whispered word of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center - by charging that Bush ?was more interested in listening...
...past year, the cinematic climate has been saturated with political films. From Fahrenheit 9/11 and Going Up River: The Long War Against John Kerry to Fahrenhype 9/11 and Michael Moore Hates America, it is nearly impossible to visit a theater or video store nowadays and not be bombarded with some political sentiment. Throw into the mix the public expression of movie stars’ leanings, and heated debate between celebrities—Sean Penn’s recent tussle with Team America’s Trey Parker and Matt Stone is just one of many examples—and Hollywood...
...October surprise came in June. Has there ever been a campaign development quite like Fahrenheit 9/11? Everyone had heard of campaign books, but suddenly we all woke up to the election-season power of a shrewdly timed ... documentary. Michael Moore's bumper car of a movie crashed into Bush from all angles while attracting the kind of box-office gross (U.S. numbers: $119 million) that usually goes to Adam Sandler pictures...