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| Michael Moore Film gets Middle East release | ||
| 2004-06-17 | ||
United Arab Emirates based Front Row Entertainment is planning to release Michael Mooreâs Fahrenheit 9/11 in the Middle East beginning on July 14 according to managing director Gianluca Chacra. The film will first be sent out on 18 screens in the United Arab Emirates and will be released in Syria (2 screens), Jordan (3 screens), Lebanon (10 screens) and Egypt (5 screens) six days later on July 20. Other territories which Front Row will handle include Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia â however, all of the above countries are awaiting censorship clearance. According to Chacra, Saudi Arabia âdoes not have theatres as interaction between males and females is forbidden, yet, theyâve offered to have it on one screen with different shows for females and males. Weâre scared most of these countries will have a problem (with censorship approval) due to the Saudi content in the film. Yet, with the Dubai Film Festival coming up, I think theyâll want to show the world theyâre quite democratic and open-minded.â
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #9 Dear Badanov, Hizbullah is considered a terrorist group right? Ok great. What do you call a country that threatens other countries of wars and ends up killing thousands of innocent civilians in the name of "freedom" and capitalism? Answer that! Do you see Italy, germany, France, Spain raising their war flags up in the name of freedom and capitalism? it's clearely a political and economical interest Mr. Bush is leading. Tell me another thing, in Africa, several countries are at war... how come the Americans aren't helping these guys? Aren't they supposed to raise the flag of freedom there too? How many other countries are curreently facing wars? Where does the US stand on this? The clearely don't have interest there just yet. QUIT BEING SO NAIVE DUDE! September 11 was on its way and if there's one person that should be blamed that is Mr. Bush. His negligence brought September 11. he is to be blamed for the 3,000 plus people that innocently died that day! How come that didn't happen in other countries? Badanov, i seriously think you should get on the net and read more news and probably you'll understand that what is happening is a consequence to what the US is doing... Ciao, The Dude |
| Posted by: The Dude 2004-07-01 5:46:08 AM |
| #8 "On the contrary it shows how your President relies on ignorants and people living on welfare to bring them down to Iraq." With such superior Zeropean sources of information, you must be secretly running the world. *golf clap* I will sleep better tonight. Thanx. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-20 2:34:01 AM |
| #7 why don't you come to Europe and get some sense into your think head! hezbollah is a political party for your info not only a terrorist group. Ahhh, Eurostani logic! Now, since the way you structured your sentance, that it is okay for a political party such as Hezbollah to have at terrorist arm, is it also okay to further consider that wing to be a simple band of thugs who are begging us to kill them? You cool with that? Reading your reply, one may get the idea that Eurofolks think murder is a perfectly acceptable method of political discourse. I guess y'all didn't learn from 40 years of Stalin or 12 years of Hitler. Old habits, especially bad ones, die hard, sorta the way Eurostan is going: dying hard. And please come back to post some more, so your twisted logic and your all too perfect willingness to accept barbarism as a way of life can be deconstructed into the heaping, steaming pile of dung that it actually is. |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-06-20 2:24:55 AM |
| #6 Arabs might believe in conspiracies but at least they're not media driven people. Mind you that the news you watch in the US isn't the same we watch in Europe. I'm glad F-9/11 is being released in the Middle East and soon enough in Europe. You call yourself land of the brave and free? Then why are you maiking such a big fuss out of this film? If you wanna go watch it watch it. If you don't... then don't. No need to bitch and whine about things like that. #2 I wonder how many American soldiers and civilians will be killed as a result of Michael Moore's film? None of you have seen the film... I have and I think it doesn't necessarily mean that more soldiers are going to be killed... On the contrary it shows how your President relies on ignorants and people living on welfare to bring them down to Iraq. Think soldiers enjoy Iraq??? Did you ever think of Iraqi soldiers??? Or why not mention the torture they've been through? Why don't you think of these guys too? Or isn't just because you're an all mighty american people can't touch you? PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.... why don't you come to Europe and get some sense into your think head! hezbollah is a political party for your info not only a terrorist group. If they wanna support it... so be it. I'm sure Moore isn't exaclty in contact with them... If you read the article carefully, they contacted that company in Lebanon who happens to be distributing the movie. Anyway, I'm dying to watch it again... See you there or better see you in front of the theatre bitching about! The Dude |
| Posted by: The Dude 2004-06-20 2:00:55 AM |
| #5 I'm glad that this film playing in the middle east will show other people that all Americans aren't pro-war. I think it can only save American lives, both overseas and at home. I'm a long-time boycotter of the Disney monster, so I'm with you there. |
| Posted by: ex-con 2004-06-18 4:18:11 PM |
| #4 Urgent to all Rantburgers: This is a serious (and evil) thing Moore is doing--because, as we all well know, Arabs, in general, believe any stupid fancy tale they hear--especially if it smacks of "conspiracy." Falsely sensing that the majority of Americans are divided in the war effort, will embolden them and the fanatics among them, beyond belief. "Moving pictures" equals "truth" in the Arab world. If you really want to do something about this, instead of simply complaining about it here (which, of course, is fun and all . . . ): CONTACT DISNEY/MIRAMAX and threaten to boycott their projects/products because of their irresponsibility as a corporation, and their blatant political campaigning during an election year against one candidate over another. Include your personal experience with Disney/Miramax projects/products so far (what you've appreciated, and how often you've purchased movie tickets, dvd's, etc., or have purchased products associated with Disney films) versus how you feel now (tell them how disappointed you are) and what you're going to do as a consumer, (like not go see their latest releases, etc.), then back your submission up with a few linked articles regarding terrorists, the WOT etc. (which you can easily get from Rantburg links) if e-mailing, or print or fax them to include if you're sending FAX or personal letter. *** Be sure to tell them that you know that Miramax is one of their companies, purchased in 1993. *** And remember: All the execs at Disney/Miramax care about is #1: money, #2: public image (because it affects #1, i.e. money). If people make their voices heard, it will have an impact. Address: Richard W. Cook, Chairman, Walt Disney Studios Walt Disney Studio Entertainment 500 S. Buena Vista St. Burbank, CA 91521-9722 The Walt Disney Company Main Switchboard: (818) 560-1000 FAX: 818-560-1930 Disney has an e-mail address too: (studiooperations@disneyonline.com) but you must go to the disney site first, then click on production services or post production services to get to the live e-mail link. The Disney Corporation family includes all kinds of companies, such as ABC, ABC News, K-Mart, ESPN, Mattel Toys, etc. listed here , and of course there's all kinds of other things like Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruises. For the ambitious, carbon copy "cc" your correspondence to the heads of all the individual Disney enterprises. Trust me--word will get around. Worries will spread like wildfire. Mentioning stock issues will also go a long way. Here's the link to the Miramax fact sheet, with address, phone and background of the company. Address: Bob Weinstein, Co-Chairman Harvey Weinstein, Co-Chairman Miramax Film Corp. 375 Greenwich St. New York, NY 10013 Phone: (212) 941-3800 FAX: 212-941-3949 Disney/Miramax top competitors are: DreamWorks SKG Warner Brothers Sony Pictures Entertainment You can link these companies here (scroll down), and send notes of appreciation that they aren't doing this type of thing. Believe me, it will cause a big ruckus! Unfortunately, PIXAR (Finding Nemo etc.) is also part of Disney. Write them and tell them they should hook up with someone else (they're going to anyway in 2006, but enourgement never hurts!). Steve Jobs (Apple Computers) is the CEO and Chairman of Pixar, and owns 54% of the company. Tell him if you own or plan to purchase Apple Computer products (which are the best, IMO) like iTunes and tell Steve you're glad he's discontinuuing relationship with Disney/Miramax. I went to college at the same time as Jobs did, and at that time everyone at the university knew about the "crazy guy" building something "futuristic" in his garage! He's a terrific guy and would appreciate hearing from you. Steve Jobs, Chairman/CEO Pixar Animation Studios 1200 Park Ave. Phone: (510) 752-3000 FAX: 510-752-3151 Emeryville, CA 94608 Hey--There's more than one way to fight the WOT! Let's show Michael Moore and his group what we got! BOOM! |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2004-06-17 3:24:28 PM |
| #3 It too bad that our side doesn't have an organization that can buy time close to the Cabal's evening Pravda report. Can't you see the furrowed brow of Jennings talking about the "Arab Street" in "uprising". Then after a Burger King whopper ad (in Moore's honor) a political ad from a soft money group, of course, which discusses Michael Moore's film release in the Mideast, inciting actions against our troops. It ends, "This is the kind of support Kerry is attracting. Bush-Cheney 2004." Now the Pres. would call this kind of thing "uncivil", so the actual campaign wouldn't release it. But with adequate test audience filtering, handled the right way, it might be useful, as long as the "proper" McCain-Feingold disclaimers are used. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-06-17 11:52:50 AM |
| #2 I wonder how many American soldiers and civilians will be killed as a result of Michael Moore's film? Sadly, I think many. Although Moore considers himself quite an intellectual, he is rather dull-witted about the likely consequence of his self-promotion. His skewed views on what happened are likely to inflame the radical Islamists to take action against our military folks as well as tip some plain folks to the side of the violent actors in the WoT. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-06-17 11:28:01 AM |
| #1 Oh Great! I wonder how many American soldiers and civilians will be killed as a result of Michael Moore's film? Will he be held responsible (by even the media) when someone does get killed due to the lies and distortions in his film? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-06-17 10:29:07 AM |