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Michael Moore: Cannes Film Festival
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Michael Moore's highly anticipated documentary "Fahrenheit 911" explores the period before, during, and after 9/11. Scheduled to open in the U.S. on July 2, 2004, the film will premiere at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.
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Moore's rebuttal came in his next film, his most successful to date. Farenheit 9/11 criticizes Bush's responses to the terrorist attacks, especially his decision to launch a war in Iraq. The film received a 20 - minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival, where it ... became the first documentary to win the festival's top prize, the Palm D'or. The prospect of a major theatrical release appeared questionable for a time, after the Walt Disney Company refused to let the film's distributor, Miramax, release the film. Ultimately, Miramax heads Bob and Harvey Weinstein were permitted to purchase the film from Disney, and they in turn sold it to IFC Entertainment and Lion's Gate Entertainment. The film made almost $22 million the weekend it was released, topping the previous box - office record for a documentary set by Bowling for Columbine.
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Moore's documentaries have won numerous awards, including and Academy Award for Documentary Feature, and the Palme d'Or, the top honor at the Cannes Film Festival. His television series was "The Awful Truth", which satirized actions by big corporations and politicians. He won the Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award in Arts and Entertainment, for being the executive producer and host of "The Awful Truth".
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Moore questioned the timing of the investigation, noting that “Sicko” premieres May 19 at the Cannes Film Festival and debuts in U.S. theaters June 29. The Bush administration knew of his plans to travel to Cuba since last October, said Moore, who went there in March with about 10 ailing workers involved in the rescue effort at the World Trade Center ruins.
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In 2004 Moore released a broadside attack against President George W. Bush, Fahrenheit 9/11, which won the highest award at the Cannes Film Festival. It was later shown... that this film too was rife with lies and distortions.
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Moore, who scolded Bush over the Iraq war during the 2003 Oscar telecast, received the letter Monday, the person said. “Sicko” premieres May 19 at the Cannes Film Festival and debuts in U.S. theaters June 29.
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