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| Garondo Marondo... |
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Michael Moore readies "Fahrenheit 9/11" follow-up By Steve Gorman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore has
begun work on a "searing and provocative" follow-up to his 2004
political documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11," with plans to release it next
year, producers said on Tuesday.
The as-yet untitled movie is being co-financed and distributed by two
small studios -- Overture Films, a subsidiary of John Malone's Liberty
Media Corp, and Paramount Vantage, an art-house label of Viacom Inc's
Paramount Pictures.
Moore, the writer and director, began work on the project in recent
months and agreed to a spring 2009 commercial release, deliberately
choosing to launch the movie after this fall's U.S. presidential
election, said Overture's chief operating officer, Danny Rosett.
In keeping with Moore's penchant for secrecy surrounding his projects,
the studios divulged few details of his latest work except to describe
it as "a searing and provocative follow-up" to "Fahrenheit 9/11."
That film, a scathing critique of President George W. Bush and his
decision to go to war in Iraq, grossed $119 million at the U.S. box
office to become the most commercially successful political
documentary of all time.
Rosett said Moore's focus in his new film is a broader look at the
United States' position as an industrialized nation and world power
since the attacks of September 11, 2001.
"He intends to examine how America's role in the world has changed
over the last eight years," Rosett said, adding that Moore did not
want the film to be seen as a "politically motivated piece."
"That's why I think he felt strongly about not having it come out
before the elections," he told Reuters.
By contrast, "Fahrenheit 9/11" was released months before the 2004
presidential election, with Moore saying then that he hoped it would
help galvanize the U.S. electorate to support Bush's Democratic
opponent, John Kerry.
Bush won election to a second term, but Moore later said he and other
politically active show business figures had helped spare Democrats an
even bigger defeat.
Rosett said Moore's new film would be similar in style to his previous
works, blending archival footage, humor, research and segments
featuring Moore himself.
Moore followed the same format in "Fahrenheit 9/11," as well as in
last year's critique of the U.S. health care system, "Sicko," and his
Oscar-winning 2002 documentary about America's gun culture, "Bowling
for Columbine."
Overture Films will release Moore's new movie in the United States,
and Paramount Vantage will offer it for sale to international
distributors this week at the Cannes film market, where Moore is set
to make an appearance, the studios said.
Reuters/Nielsen
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