Well, this is sorta fun...remember a couple of years ago what the hype for the Oscars was?
Friday, March 21, 2003 12:01 a.m. EST
With Hollywood in a fever pitch against the war in Iraq, Michael Moore is likely to win the Oscar for Best Documentary at Sunday's Academy Awards. "Bowling for Columbine," Mr. Moore's work of anti-American propaganda, has grossed over $15 million, an amazing sum for a film billed as a documentary. But the film, a merry dissection of America's "culture of fear" and love of guns, is filled with so many inaccuracies and distortions that it ought to be classed as a work of fiction.
Mr. Moore is naturally a big hit among the French. The jury at the Cannes Film Festival created a special, one-time only award to honor his film and then gave it a 13-minute standing ovation. "Not since Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer have we seen such a successful export of anti-Americanism," observes Andrew Sullivan in London's Sunday Times.
Thankfully, Moore won't have a chance this year to denegrate the president on the academy awards stage...
Not to say he didn't want it...HE DID...oooohhh...he wanted it in the worst way...in fact, if you remember last fall Moore made the announcement that he wasn't going to submit “Fahrenheit 9/11” for consideration as best documentary at this year’s Academy Awards. Instead, he’s going for the bigger prize of best picture....
...Regardless of who wins the election, Moore said the movie’s presence at the Academy Awards in February will provide another forum for Americans to think about its message....
heh...best laid plans...
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