«palme d’or winner michael moore returns home triumphantly»
«the making of this film put moore in a tenuous moral position due to the explosive nature of some of the information he acquired. he had clips showing american soldiers abusing iraqi prisoners months before it became commonly known. torn between what he knew about this abuse and his fear that if he released the pictures first, his detractors would view it as publicity for his movie, moore chose not to publish what he had until after 60 minutes II broke the story. also, he interviewed an entrepreneur named nick berg who was later kidnapped and beheaded in iraq. moore decided to keep that footage out of the movie and later sent a copy to the young man’s grieving family.»the fellowship adventure group, a union of miramax, ifc and lion’s gate films will distribute «fahrenheit 9/11» in the united states starting 25 june. the film accuses bush of stealing the 2000 presidential election, ignoring terrorism warnings during the summer of 2001 and then using the public’s fear of more terrorism to get support for the attack, invasion and occupation of iraq. it also tracks the relationship between the bushes and important saudi families including the bin ladens.
[screenings of michael moore's new film draws celebrity support on both coasts].
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