"Fahrenheit 9/11" adds 316 theaters today- 526 more Friday - total 1710

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http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040630/NEWS01/406300360/1002

Controversial 'Fahrenheit 9/11' to open in Jackson


Wider release set for record-setting documentary critical of President Bush

By Gary Pettus
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Some moviegoers' fears that Fahrenheit 9/11 would be shut out of Jackson have melted. Michael Moore's red-hot documentary is scheduled to open in at least three area theaters on Friday.

The controversial film attacking the Bush administration will begin showing at Tinseltown in Pearl, Parkway Place 10 in Flowood and Northpark 14 in Ridgeland.

The movie became the most successful documentary in history on Monday when it earned more than $23.9 million in its opening weekend — a figure on par with some successful feature films. It debuted at 868 venues on Friday after a June 23 opening in New York.

In three days, it exceeded the overall gross of Moore's 2002 anti-gun violence documentary, Bowling for Columbine, reports www.boxofficeprophets.com, a Web site that analyzes the film industry.

The movie's distributor, Lions Gate, expanded its release this week based on that success. It will be in more than 1,700 theaters this weekend.<snip>

("Fahrenheit 9/11" adds 316 additional theaters today and 526 more Friday to bring its total run to 1,710, as - per WSJ - "figuring out how to prevent the movie from becoming an even wider cultural phenomenon is dividing the political right.")

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2004/06/30/flick_flap/

Flick flap
June 30, 2004

LOVE IT OR HATE IT, Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" challenges people to think hard about their country and their president -- and that makes it a must-see.<snip>

Moore's attempt to link Saudi influence on President Bush with Osama bin Laden's escape is tenuous at best, and the suggestion that bin Laden family members got air passage out of the United States when all flights were grounded is not based on fact.<snip>

The film rightly questions the Bush administration's justification for war, the politicizing of the terrorist threat, and the strictures on individual liberty in the US Patriot Act.<snip>

At least 12 other political movies are out or in production. Such is the intellectual richness of a free society, which should welcome them all, no matter who is pilloried or praised.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. ..............

[David__77]

2. Excellent news!

The right couldn't squelch this one. But I think the hard right "Move America Forward" headed by the racist/fascist Republican Howard Kaloogian provided a LOT of help to the film. Their McCarthyite tactics served to inspire much public interest. We even have someone like Dale Earnhardt Jr. saying that his associates should see it in order to fulfill a sort of civics lesson.

[WI_DEM]

3. this is excellent news

alot of people and not only progressives are seeing the most important film of the year--it is a hit and that is exciting.

[Kahuna]

4. I just checked nj.com. F911 is now playing in Newark. I'm very..

happy about that since Newark is a large minority city. I didn't like that a theater that caters to minorities didn't think that minorities would be interested in seeing the film. They must have heard about how bootlegs are selling like hotcakes in Newark.

[RobertSeattle]

5. When will it show near Crawford TX?

As of today, no theaters withing 30 miles of Crawford (Zip 76638) have it playing.

http://www.fandango.com/my_box_office.asp?searchby=2&txtCityZip=76638&x=16&y=10

[Lisa0825]

6. I talked to a rep at the Crawford Peace House during the state convention,

and he said there was someone in contact with the distributer, trying to arrange a screening there. They were not able to get it for the opening, and I don't think the theater there would show it. I do know that someone has been trying to make this happen, though!

[RobertSeattle]

7. Cool

Might I also suggest send the DVD to everyone in Crawford when it it released? :evilgrin:

[watercolors]

8. Cobb theaters not show it

Merritt Island, Fl, just called the Cobb theater to see when it is scheduled to show, got a very snotty reply:" we will not be showing that movie here!" I just replied "I feel sorry company feels that way,its very unpatriotic, I will travel to Melbourne where it is playing in two theaters, and will not patronize your theater again." Its a new larger theater group, new building, only opened a few weeks ago.