Michael Moore plans Net-only film premiere
Filmmaker Michael Moore plans to premiere his latest documentary exclusively on the Internet for free, forgoing the traditional theatrical release.
Slacker Uprising , which documents Moore's 62-city tour through swing states during the 2004 U.S. presidential election to rally young voters, will be available for download for three weeks, beginning September 23. A DVD of the 97-minute film will be released on October 7 through Amazon.com and Netflix.
"This is being done entirely as a gift to my fans," Moore said in a statement Thursday. "The only return any of us are hoping for is the largest turnout of young voters ever at the polls in November. I think Slacker Uprising will inspire (millions) to get off the couch and give voting a chance."
Moore's camp said no consideration was ever given to a theatrical release for the film, which cost about $2 million to make, perhaps forfeiting a nice profit at the box office. His last two documentaries, Sicko and Fahrenheit 9/11, are two of the three highest-grossing documentaries ever released.
The download will be available on BlipTV. See trailer below
The planned release takes a page out of Radiohead's book, which released its album In Rainbows on the Internet in October 2007. The band invited fans to pay what they wanted for the download, but the music was essentially free for the taking. Radiohead has never revealed the promotion's sales figures, but there was speculation that the money wasn't very good.
Nine Inch Nails, led by Trent Reznor, followed Radiohead by offering the digital version of the album Ghosts I-IV for free, as well as charging for premium versions. As of last month, Reznor said that the album had generated 781,917 transactions and $1.6 million.
Steven Musil is the night news editor at CNET News. Before joining CNET News in 2000, Steven spent 10 years at various Bay Area newspapers. E-mail Steven.
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His last movie failed to win the elections for John Kerry. Don't see why this new propaganda from him should be any different.
Have you ever watched NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN?
Anyone who sees the stark raving mad leftwing hate that permeates from Kieth Olberman and MSNBC, or reads the New York Times, and thinks that is "right wing", is obvioulsy smoking something stronger than crack.
To Kwas, Olbermann is more of a centrist, who just happens to think Bush destroyed our country(just like 75% of us do). The only true liberal on the cable news channels is Rachel Maddow.
Micheal Moore is not just "guilty of hyperbole" or "over-the-top in making his points". Micheal Moore is guilty of outright lies, deliberate distortions, fraud and disinfirmation. Period.
Why, even the left wing "Slate" magazine slammed him for his lies right here:
http://www.slate.com/id/2102723/
Thanks, now lets talk about the damage that the lies of Bush and Cheney wrought.
Slate doesn't look very liberal to me, nor does that article make any compelling argument, no wonder you like it.
As a foreigner who has lived in the US for a few years, I must say that while NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN are far better than FOX and certainly not as right wing, in a grander scheme they do feel more on the right, or a bit right of center. The right like to talk of some liberal bias -- how laughable.
How many of these stations even questioned invading Iraq? Even the slightest? Liberal media yeah right...the same corporations that own these stations are making the bombs we drop. People are getting brainwashed by Fox, they now think anything kind of rational intelligent thought is "elitist". Same thing was done in Germany in the 30's and 40's.
Unless you have been living on Pluto, NBC, CBS,ABC,CNN, MSNBC "question invading Iraq" all the time.
Not only that, these leftwing broadcasting outfits have constantly falsefied stories to make Al Quaeda look good in Iraq, sometimes photoshopped photos, and done everything they can to cover up the fact that America is actually WINNING in Iraq right now, and taking the Al Quaeda vermin apart.
The New ork Times for example has conssitently leaked very sensiive national security information so their pals at Al Quaeda can get all the info they need to defeat the US armed forces in Iraq and Afghganistan. Thank heavens th New York Times aka The Slimes have been woefully unsuccseeful in their evil endeavour.
shel74nf : "the same corporations that own these stations are making the bombs we drop. "
The crazy left strike again.
Perhaps you will show me what oprt of Time Waner(they own CNN) or CBS or ABC or the New York Times, actually make them bombs you are talking about, yes? I think I know as much about the corporate structure of Time Warner and the New York times or LA Times or CBS as anyone else, and I know for a FACT, that they have no section that even comes close to making ANY bombs of ANY description.
The liberal media is a myth perpetrated by the people who control the MSM(conservatives) as some sort of boogie man.
The only thing funnier is that idiots like you parrot the myth as truth and don't mind wars started on lies, incompetence, torture, unintelligent leaders, etc.
Don't get me wrong, I believe everyone should become informed on the issues and then vote, but those who have no clue about the issues have no business helping to decide the future of the country. Voting is an area where rights and responsibilities collide.
Propaganda just isn't in vogue anymore among the left-leaning political set, now that there's a real shot at them regaining power in both Congress and the White House. After all, one cannot be seen as a hysterical conspiracy theorist (with a penchant for ignoring such basic things as logic, fact, and that ever-niggling 'causation vs. correlation' thing) ...especially when the voters might be looking. Mustn't scare them off, you know.
I suspect that if Obama wins and the Dems keep Congress, Moore will be quietly thanked by the Left, then ignored to oblivion and stuffed into a closet somewhere. His time has (thankfully) passed.
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What I am saying is, The left does not want Moore gumming things up now that they have a chance at power with a moderate-looking presidential candidate and full control of Congress.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJv9to8Kc2Q
Only someone living in dreamland would challenge the fact that there are plenty of Al Quaeda vermin operating in Iraq. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi who was swifty sent to meet 12 virgins by US Top Guns, was one of the most vicious, murdering, derranged Al Quaeda killers this world has even seen. Children, babies, the sick in hospitals, it didn't matter, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi still went after them and blew them apart anyway.
CBS is NOT owned by Westignhouse. Has not been owned by ANY bomb making outfit for as long as the war in Iraq or afghanistan has been going on, or even before the first Gulf War in 1990. Better check your facts dude.
ABC is owned by Disney, so unless you are going to tell us that Disney is secretly making bombs at Deisneyland, then you are blowing pure hot air and nothing else.
CNN is owned by Time Warner, that owns Time magazine, Time Warner Cable, People Magazine, Warner Brothers movie studious etc. They have NEVER made a bomb in theit entire lives.
Stop talking nonsense.
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by Kwasiowusu
September 5, 2008 8:33 AM PDT
- galacticcruiser : "As a foreigner who has lived in the US for a few years, I must say that while NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN are far better than FOX and certainly not as right wing"
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See all 38 Comments >>As a foreigner living in our country, you have no idea what you are talking about. Let's face it, the only news the Europeans want to hear is anti-American news. I should know. I used to live in Britian, and had to put up with constant, unrelenring, unremitting anti-Ajmerican hate, from British broadcasting outfits like the notoriously anti-American BBC.
FACT: ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN, New York Times, LA Times Chicago Tribune, Seattle PI, Newsweek, Time mgagazine, and over 98% of the american media are strongly left wing idealogues, strongly shill for ther Democratic Party, and have been campiagning for Obama nonstop since teh start of this elections cycle.
Keith Olberman and his cohorts at MSNBC might as well declare MSNBC as the eadquarters of the Obama campiagn. There is no difference between MSNBC and the propaganda that comes out of Obama. The Mainstream media being in the can for Obama is the reason we have a a 2-bit "community organiser" from the most corrupt political machine in the country, The Democratic Party political machine in Chicagio, is now actually running for president as the Democratic Party candidate. Its a joke.