The Rabid Anti-American March of the Right continues. After censoring last week’s Nightline and running Howard Stern off the air, it looks like it’s now Academy Award Winning Director and #1 Best-Selling Author Michael Moore’s turn. Coulda seen this one coming.
Disney has blocked distribution of Moore’s latest documentary “Farenheit 9/11” (his last one won the Oscar) according to an article in today’s New York Times citing their right to prevent Miramax (a Disney-owned subsidiary) “from from distributing films under certain circumstances, like an excessive budget or an NC-17 rating.”
According to Moore, the reason they are blocking it, is neither of the above. From the Times piece…
“Michael Eisner asked me not to sell this movie to [Miramax head] Harvey Weinstein; that doesn’t mean I listened to him,” Mr. Emanuel said. “He definitely indicated there were tax incentives he was getting for the Disney corporation and that’s why he didn’t want me to sell it to Miramax. He didn’t want a Disney company involved.”
Disney executives deny that accusation, though they said their displeasure over the deal was made clear to Miramax and Mr. Emanuel.
A senior Disney executive elaborated that the company had the right to quash Miramax’s distribution of films if it deemed their distribution to be against the interests of the company. The executive said Mr. Moore’s film is deemed to be against Disney’s interests not because of the company’s business dealings with the government but because Disney caters to families of all political stripes and believes Mr. Moore’s film, which does not have a release date, could alienate many.
It should also be noted that the non-alienating, family friendly movie Pulp Fiction and the charmingly sweet non-alienating family blood-baths Kill Bill Vols 1 & 2 were Miramax projects distributed by Disney.
Are there still any real conservatives out there who actually stand by what is now going on in this country?
If you can’t beat ’em, censor ’em, I guess. Unbelievable.
Why do these liberal types like Moore and Hollywood actors want to alienate 50% or more of their audiences? That is all Disney is doing – they want to keep their audience.
You do realize that nobody will be forced to go see that movie, right?
You do realize that they also distributed KILL BILL, PULP FICTION and many other such films that might "alienate 50% or more of their audience", right?
Your argument – as usual – holds no water. Had it been "PASSION OF THE CHRIST" they had passed on, your fake "Conservative" friends and you would have called for a boycott of Disney.