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SteamSnipe
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 Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 12:20 am Post subject: Moore trying to get Farenhiet 9/11 run on TV |
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| Moore's website says he is not worried about trying to win an Oscar for his crockumentary, and would like to have his movie run on TV in the final days of the campaign. He is trying to make the arrangements with a network. I think a couple of Swiftboat ads placed in the middle of his movie could cause him to have a massive coronary. |
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nickb
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| Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 5:15 am Post subject: Re: Moore trying to get Farenhiet 9/11 run on TV |
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| SteamSnipe wrote: | | Moore's website says he is not worried about trying to win an Oscar for his crockumentary, and would like to have his movie run on TV in the final days of the campaign. He is trying to make the arrangements with a network. I think a couple of Swiftboat ads placed in the middle of his movie could cause him to have a massive coronary. |
there is now way that will get on tv before the election. the dvd distributor won't allow it, it's bad business. and I heard he's not putting it in for best documentary. however, it wasn't said if it was not being put in for other considerations. |
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msindependent
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| Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 8:55 am Post subject: |
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Here's an article from the Toronto Star about this subject.
Admin - Edited to replace long URL with hypertext link. |
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fanningp
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| Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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So.....now that it's moved out if the "Documentary" category and into the "Motion Picture" category....can we REALLY REALLY please shove it in his face that it was based on pure fiction?
 
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Orolonn
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| Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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He shouldn't be worried about it. I read awhile back that the "Drama-mentory" wasn't even eligible. I believe it was because it was shown some place other than the US, that made it ineligible. But don't quote me on that until I find the article! 
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Orolonn
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| Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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Aha, apparently it was questioned and TPTB changed their minds...
From Newsmax... highlighting is mine
| Quote: | Has Fidel Nixed Moore's Oscar Chances?
Fidel Castro's passionate embrace of Michael Moore's film "Fahrenheit 9/11" may have doomed the rotund producer's chances of winning an Oscar, Hollywood sources say.
By pre-empting the state-run Cuban broadcasting station regular program schedule to show a bootlegged copy of the film, Castro raised questions about the documentary's eligibility for the coveted golden statue.
According to Reuters news service, under rules set by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences films cannot be considered for an Oscar for best documentary if they have been "shown on television or on the Internet within nine months of their theatrical release."
But Moore's league of liberal Hollywood supporters have an out: An unauthorized or pirated film shown on TV would not render the movie ineligible, academy spokesman John Pavlik said on Tuesday.
"If somebody steals your movie and puts it on TV, we're not going to penalize you for it," he told Reuters.
But, he added, the Academy had not looked into the circumstances surrounding the film's prime-time broadcast last Thursday on state-run television in Cuba.
A spokesman for one of the film's U.S. distributors, the Fellowship Adventure Group - formed by Miramax Films co-chairman Bob and Harvey Weinstein - told Reuters the TV broadcast in Cuba was "not authorized."
Another out for Moore's Hollywood fans: The Academy rule restricting TV or Internet display of Oscar contenders applies only to documentaries, so "Fahrenheit 9/11" could still qualify for nomination as best picture, best director or best original screenplay.
Reuters reported that Variety speculated that backers of the film might regard the movie, which has been popular among Hollywood's liberal-leaning elite, as having a better chance of clinching a nomination in the best picture race if it was disqualified from the documentary contest. |
 I wouldn't trust those guys as far as i could throw them when they say it wasn't authorized. Then again personally, I don't think that a movie that is chock full of opinions should be categorized as a documentary...more like my above post says, it should be called a drama-mentory.
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