*Ø* F-9-11 a record breaker
Fahrenheit 9/11 largest grossing documentary ever
By Michael Moore
" ... ** More people saw Fahrenheit 9/11 in one weekend than all the people who saw "Bowling for Columbine" in 9 months.
"** Fahrenheit 9/11 broke Rocky III’s record for the biggest box office opening weekend ever for any film that opened in less than a thousand theaters.
"** Fahrenheit 9/11 beat the opening weekend of Return of the Jedi.
"** Fahrenheit 9/11 instantly went to #2 on the all-time list for largest per-theater average ever for a film that opened in wide-release ...
"Then there was Roger Friedman from the Fox News Channel giving our film an absolutely glowing review, calling it 'a really brilliant piece of work, and a film that members of all political parties should see without fail.' Richard Goldstein of the Village Voice surmised that Bush is already considered a goner so Rupert Murdoch might be starting to curry favor with the new administration. I don't know about that, but I’ve never heard a decent word toward me from Fox ...
"Newspaper after newspaper wrote stories in tones of breathless disbelief about people who called themselves 'Independents' and 'Republicans' walking out of the movie theater shaken and in tears, proclaiming that they could not, in good conscience, vote for George W. Bush. The New York Times wrote of a conservative Republican woman in her 20s in Pensacola, Florida who cried through the film, and told the reporter: 'It really makes me question what I feel about the president... it makes me question his motives ...'"
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*Ø* Fahrenheit 9/11 Breaks Records in Military Town
'Fahrenheit 9/11' sets record
"'Fahrenheit 9/11,' a left-sided documentary that bashes the Bush administration's war on terrorism, wouldn't find much of an audience in a military town.
"Or so they thought.
"'This has broken all of our past records,' said Nasim Kuenzel, an owner of the Cameo Art House Theatre. 'The movie that I thought would make us hardly any money - I never thought it would break all the records.'
"Both showings sold out Friday at the Cameo, the only theater in Fayetteville to carry the Michael Moore film. A midnight showing added at the last minute Friday brought in 60 more people.
"Saturday and Sunday were just as busy, Kuenzel said, with nearly 1,000 tickets sold over the weekend. As many as 75 percent of moviegoers were soldiers or military families, Kuenzel said."
Source: The Fayetteville Observer (North Carolina)
Fahrenheit 9/11 largest grossing documentary ever
By Michael Moore
" ... ** More people saw Fahrenheit 9/11 in one weekend than all the people who saw "Bowling for Columbine" in 9 months.
"** Fahrenheit 9/11 broke Rocky III’s record for the biggest box office opening weekend ever for any film that opened in less than a thousand theaters.
"** Fahrenheit 9/11 beat the opening weekend of Return of the Jedi.
"** Fahrenheit 9/11 instantly went to #2 on the all-time list for largest per-theater average ever for a film that opened in wide-release ...
"Then there was Roger Friedman from the Fox News Channel giving our film an absolutely glowing review, calling it 'a really brilliant piece of work, and a film that members of all political parties should see without fail.' Richard Goldstein of the Village Voice surmised that Bush is already considered a goner so Rupert Murdoch might be starting to curry favor with the new administration. I don't know about that, but I’ve never heard a decent word toward me from Fox ...
"Newspaper after newspaper wrote stories in tones of breathless disbelief about people who called themselves 'Independents' and 'Republicans' walking out of the movie theater shaken and in tears, proclaiming that they could not, in good conscience, vote for George W. Bush. The New York Times wrote of a conservative Republican woman in her 20s in Pensacola, Florida who cried through the film, and told the reporter: 'It really makes me question what I feel about the president... it makes me question his motives ...'"
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*Ø* Fahrenheit 9/11 Breaks Records in Military Town
'Fahrenheit 9/11' sets record
"'Fahrenheit 9/11,' a left-sided documentary that bashes the Bush administration's war on terrorism, wouldn't find much of an audience in a military town.
"Or so they thought.
"'This has broken all of our past records,' said Nasim Kuenzel, an owner of the Cameo Art House Theatre. 'The movie that I thought would make us hardly any money - I never thought it would break all the records.'
"Both showings sold out Friday at the Cameo, the only theater in Fayetteville to carry the Michael Moore film. A midnight showing added at the last minute Friday brought in 60 more people.
"Saturday and Sunday were just as busy, Kuenzel said, with nearly 1,000 tickets sold over the weekend. As many as 75 percent of moviegoers were soldiers or military families, Kuenzel said."
Source: The Fayetteville Observer (North Carolina)
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