Difference between revisions of "Michael Moore"
m |
|||
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
Michael Moore was the subject of the 2004 documentaries '''Michael Moore Hates America'''<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411646/</ref>, '''Fahrenhype 9/11'''<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427228/</ref> and the 2007 documentary '''Manufacturing Dissent'''<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0961117/</ref>. He was also the subject of books include '''Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man''' by David T. Hardy and Jason Clarke<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Michael-Moore-Big-Stupid-White/dp/0060779608/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-2466588-5816760?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174624100&sr=1-1</ref>, '''Forgive Us Our Spins: Michael Moore and the Future of the Left''' by Jesse Larner<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Forgive-Us-Our-Spins-Michael/dp/047179306X/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2466588-5816760?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174623950&sr=8-1</ref>. | Michael Moore was the subject of the 2004 documentaries '''Michael Moore Hates America'''<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411646/</ref>, '''Fahrenhype 9/11'''<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427228/</ref> and the 2007 documentary '''Manufacturing Dissent'''<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0961117/</ref>. He was also the subject of books include '''Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man''' by David T. Hardy and Jason Clarke<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Michael-Moore-Big-Stupid-White/dp/0060779608/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-2466588-5816760?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174624100&sr=1-1</ref>, '''Forgive Us Our Spins: Michael Moore and the Future of the Left''' by Jesse Larner<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Forgive-Us-Our-Spins-Michael/dp/047179306X/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2466588-5816760?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174623950&sr=8-1</ref>. | ||
| − | A new Michael Moore film, ''Sicko'', is due to be released in June 2007. In this documentry Moore will advocate for | + | A new Michael Moore film, ''Sicko'', is due to be released in June 2007. In this documentry Moore will advocate for a government controlled health care system.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386032/</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
Revision as of 02:29, March 24, 2007
Michael Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an Academy Award winning filmmaker and bestselling author who presents left wing views in a polemical way.
Before producing "Bowling for Columbine," Moore was the producer and host of the television series "The Awful Truth," which was typified by a type of sketch-comedy activism that was often directed against large corporations and government agencies.
He is well-known as a practicing Catholic who tithes 10% of his income to the Church, a socialist and a member of the National Rifle Association (although Moore has claimed that he joined this organization in order to make it support gun control). [1] He has been an outspoken critic of the administration of President George W Bush.
Some of his work includes the documentary films Farenheit 9/11, Roger and Me, and Bowling for Columbine, and the books Dude, Where's my Country, Downsize This! Random Threats from an Unarmed American. and Stupid White Men.
His production company which produces feature documentary films is Michael Moore Films [[1]]
Moore has been accused of using deceit to make his points, especially in Fahrenheit 9/11, many of the claims of which a number of people have questioned. [2]
Michael Moore was the subject of the 2004 documentaries Michael Moore Hates America[3], Fahrenhype 9/11[4] and the 2007 documentary Manufacturing Dissent[5]. He was also the subject of books include Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man by David T. Hardy and Jason Clarke[6], Forgive Us Our Spins: Michael Moore and the Future of the Left by Jesse Larner[7].
A new Michael Moore film, Sicko, is due to be released in June 2007. In this documentry Moore will advocate for a government controlled health care system.[8]
References
- ↑ http://www.nationalreview.com/kopel/kopel040403.asp
- ↑ http://slate.msn.com/id/2102723/
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411646/
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427228/
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0961117/
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Michael-Moore-Big-Stupid-White/dp/0060779608/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-2466588-5816760?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174624100&sr=1-1
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Forgive-Us-Our-Spins-Michael/dp/047179306X/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2466588-5816760?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174623950&sr=8-1
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386032/
