Fahrenheit 911 Censored
In PA Repub Voter Stronghold?
By Tom Flocco
6-27-4
PHILADELPHIA -- Michael Moore's controversial new movie Fahrenheit
9-11 was completely blacked out in densely Republican vote-heavy
Delaware county and faced near total censorship in the fifth largest
U.S. market--Philadelphia and its Delaware Valley suburbs--as the film
opened yesterday on just 12 screens out of 377 total ( 3 % ) in 43
Philadelphia area theaters. Moore wrote, produced and directed the
movie documentary critical of President Bush's war policy and actions
during the September 11, 2001 attacks.
The film is appearing on only 4 screens out of 197 ( 2 % ) in the
heavily Republican voter strongholds of suburban Delaware ( 0 screens
), Bucks ( 3 ) and Chester ( 1 ) counties. This, as political
cognoscenti in the Keystone State are fully aware that sell-outs and
public awareness of the explosive picture could ultimately affect the
size of the suburban GOP voter turnout this Fall in southeastern
Pennsylvania--and ultimately the electoral college.
The Regal Entertainment Group maintains a strong movie theater
presence in the suburban marketplace surrounding Philadelphia; but it
also keeps close financial ties to President Bush. This, as Regal is
showing Moore's Fahrenheit on just 4 of its 108 movie screens in
Philadelphia and its suburbs.
http://tomflocco.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=67
Figures, can't have the people find out what is going on now can we.
"Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged
to stick with possibilities:truth isin't"
Mark Twain
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| User: "Marvin The Paranoid Android" |
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27 Jun 2004 11:37:53 AM |
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wrote:
Fahrenheit 911 Censored
In PA Repub Voter Stronghold?
By Tom Flocco
6-27-4
PHILADELPHIA -- Michael Moore's controversial new movie Fahrenheit
9-11 was completely blacked out in densely Republican vote-heavy
Delaware county and faced near total censorship in the fifth largest
U.S. market--Philadelphia and its Delaware Valley suburbs--as the film
opened yesterday on just 12 screens out of 377 total ( 3 % ) in 43
Philadelphia area theaters. Moore wrote, produced and directed the
movie documentary critical of President Bush's war policy and actions
during the September 11, 2001 attacks.
The film is appearing on only 4 screens out of 197 ( 2 % ) in the
heavily Republican voter strongholds of suburban Delaware ( 0 screens
), Bucks ( 3 ) and Chester ( 1 ) counties. This, as political
cognoscenti in the Keystone State are fully aware that sell-outs and
public awareness of the explosive picture could ultimately affect the
size of the suburban GOP voter turnout this Fall in southeastern
Pennsylvania--and ultimately the electoral college.
The Regal Entertainment Group maintains a strong movie theater
presence in the suburban marketplace surrounding Philadelphia; but it
also keeps close financial ties to President Bush. This, as Regal is
showing Moore's Fahrenheit on just 4 of its 108 movie screens in
Philadelphia and its suburbs.
http://tomflocco.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=67
Figures, can't have the people find out what is going on now can we.
"Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged
to stick with possibilities:truth isin't"
Mark Twain
This seems to be the trend ... theatre chains with conservative interests
are declining to screen the movie.
Oh well, their loss.
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27 Jun 2004 05:23:38 PM |
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Fresh from an Iraqi prisoner interrogation Marvin The Paranoid Android <marv@galaxy.com> smirked:
This seems to be the trend ... theatre chains with conservative interests
are declining to screen the movie.
If they expected a strong audience, they WOULD be showing it.
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27 Jun 2004 08:50:18 PM |
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Never anonymous Bud wrote:
Fresh from an Iraqi prisoner interrogation Marvin The Paranoid Android
<marv@galaxy.com> smirked:
This seems to be the trend ... theatre chains with conservative interests
are declining to screen the movie.
If they expected a strong audience, they WOULD be showing it.
It was the No. 1 movie this weekend.
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27 Jun 2004 08:37:06 PM |
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Fresh from an Iraqi prisoner interrogation Marvin The Paranoid Android <marv@galaxy.com> smirked:
It was the No. 1 movie this weekend.
Because of markets like NY and Los Angeles.
It's NOT #1 in many small markets.
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| User: "Marvin The Paranoid Android" |
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27 Jun 2004 11:59:01 PM |
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Never anonymous Bud wrote:
Fresh from an Iraqi prisoner interrogation Marvin The Paranoid Android
<marv@galaxy.com> smirked:
It was the No. 1 movie this weekend.
Because of markets like NY and Los Angeles.
It's NOT #1 in many small markets.
If it isn't playing.
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28 Jun 2004 06:09:44 PM |
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Marvin The Paranoid Android <marv@galaxy.com> wrote in
news:cbniv90176b@news3.newsguy.com:
Never anonymous Bud wrote:
Fresh from an Iraqi prisoner interrogation Marvin The Paranoid
Android <marv@galaxy.com> smirked:
This seems to be the trend ... theatre chains with conservative
interests are declining to screen the movie.
If they expected a strong audience, they WOULD be showing it.
It was the No. 1 movie this weekend.
And the only other new movie that came out was 'White Chicks', not much
competition there.
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27 Jun 2004 08:57:37 AM |
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In article <71ftd09phpcjalq69cht4uk53vvkk4m2gc@4ax.com>, wrote:
Fahrenheit 911 Censored
In PA Repub Voter Stronghold?
By Tom Flocco
6-27-4
PHILADELPHIA -- Michael Moore's controversial new movie Fahrenheit
9-11 was completely blacked out in densely Republican vote-heavy
Delaware county and faced near total censorship in the fifth largest
U.S. market--Philadelphia and its Delaware Valley suburbs--as the film
opened yesterday on just 12 screens out of 377 total ( 3 % ) in 43
Philadelphia area theaters. Moore wrote, produced and directed the
movie documentary critical of President Bush's war policy and actions
during the September 11, 2001 attacks.
I don't think that's censorship, I think it's dumb movie chains
"misunderestimating" their markets, or failing to reach an agreement with the
distributors of the movie. One town near us that's very artsy/liberal, wasn't
showing the film, but another theatre in a more redneck area was. I think the
one chain (Regal) was just too dumb to realize that all the hype given to
Moore's film would draw in people.
Woods
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27 Jun 2004 05:41:29 PM |
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On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 08:24:09 -0400, wrote:
Fahrenheit 911 Censored
In PA Repub Voter Stronghold?
By Tom Flocco
6-27-4
PHILADELPHIA -- Michael Moore's controversial new movie Fahrenheit
9-11 was completely blacked out in densely Republican vote-heavy
Delaware county and faced near total censorship in the fifth largest
U.S. market--Philadelphia and its Delaware Valley suburbs--as the film
opened yesterday on just 12 screens out of 377 total ( 3 % ) in 43
Philadelphia area theaters. Moore wrote, produced and directed the
movie documentary critical of President Bush's war policy and actions
during the September 11, 2001 attacks.
So, where's any censorship? They have decided that the film won't
draw in their area, and they are probably right. They might do better
with the upcoming documentaries "Michael Moore Hates America" and
"Michael and Me".
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