What is Disney showing instead of F911?

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http://www.citypages.com/databank/25/1230/article12264.asp

An earnest ode to old-fashioned characters (including cowboys and Indians), shot in 35mm by a veteran of McDonald's, Coors, and Citicorp commercials, America's Heart & Soul is the rare right-wing documentary. But its basic concept--filmmaker hits the road in search of the "real America"--was inaugurated last year by Twin Cities-based documentarian Mark Wojahn, who created his own American travelogue, What America Needs: From Sea to Shining Sea, with a rather more progressive agenda in mind.

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If you ask me, this movie has nothing to do with America's "heart and soul." It should be called The Wonderful World of Disney.

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1. This is more of a review on what Disney is showing on

July 2nd..
America's Heart & Soul
By Kirk Honeycutt

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Bottom line: Collection of vignettes commemorates the American spirit from a mostly libertarian point of view (Opens July 2)


So this is the kind of documentary Michael Eisner wants to distribute. The Walt Disney Co.'s chief, of course, refused to let Disney-owned Miramax Films distribute Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" because of its hot-button political content. But a flag-waving, unanalytical celebration of patriotism like "America's Heart & Soul" gets the enthusiastic green light. In reality, the political content of Louis Schwartzberg's film is every bit as strong as that of Moore's film. It just happens to appeal more to Disney's corporate heart and soul.

The film would make a better fit on television or at one of Disney's theme parks. In cinemas, "Heart & Soul" is an odd duck, out of sync with the current generation of documentarians whose films dig deep into stories and issues the media generally overlooks. Consequently, its theatrical career may be short but its afterlife much longer. end snips~

More on disney's prefered documentary..
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000554196