[R-G] Fwd: "Fahrenheit 9/11" Wins Top Prize in Cannes

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> Fahrenheit 9/11 Wins Top Prize in Cannes 
> May 23, 2004 
> 
> Friends, 
> 
> Hello from Cannes! I’m sure by now many of you have heard the good news—
“Fahrenheit 9/11” has won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. It is 
the first time in nearly 50 years a documentary has won the Palme d’Or (the 
Golden Palm). 
> 
> Myself and twenty-six members of our crew are here in Cannes and we are in 
a state of shock. None of us expected this. First came the critics’ reviews 
on Monday (The New York Times called it my best film ever), then the audience 
reaction at our premiere (a 20-minute standing ovation, a new all-time record 
for the festival), the International Federation of Film Critics Award on 
Friday, and then the best film prize last night. It’s all been an incredible 
week for us and I can’t wait to get back home and show you all this 
wonderfully powerful film we’ve made. 
> 
> No, we still don’t have a distributor in America as I write this but after 
winning the world’s top film prize I’d give it about one more day (if that) 
before we have someone brave enough (and smart enough) to show Americans what 
the world can already see (Albania, this week, became the final country—other 
than the U.S.—to sign on with a distributor). 
> 
> I am still hoping for a July release (4th of July weekend?) both in the 
U.S. and around the world. 
> 
> I fully expect the right wing and the Republican Party to come at me and 
this film with everything they’ve got. They will try, as they have 
unsuccessfully in the past, to attack me personally because they cannot win 
the debate on the issues the film raises—namely, that they are a pack of 
liars and the American people are on to them. And, if the early screenings 
of “Fahrenheit 9/11” are any indication, those who see this movie will never 
view the Bush administration in the same way again. Even if you already can’t 
stomach George W. Bush & Co., I think this movie will take you to places you 
haven’t gone before, with laughter and with tears. 
> 
> I will let you all know—as soon as we have a distributor—the date the film 
is opening. Until then, check out some of the articles that have been written 
(http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/), and check out the awards 
ceremony from Cannes: 
> http://festival-cannes.fr/video/video.php?
langue=6002&mp=ASF&debit=h&lsttype=31033&uid=71399 
> 
> Thanks everyone for your support. 
> 
> Yours, 
> Michael Moore 
> mmflint at aol.com 
> www.michaelmoore.com 
> 
> P.S. When you hear the wackos on Fox News and elsewhere refer to this prize 
as coming from “the French,” please know that of the nine members of the 
Festival jury, only ONE was French. Nearly half the jury (four) were 
Americans and the President of the jury was an American (Quentin Tarantino). 
But this fact won’t stop the O’Reillys or the Lenos or the Limbaughs from 
attacking the French and me because, well, that’s how their simple minds 
function.
> 
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