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Fahrenheit 9/11 (Fahrenheit 911)

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Original title

Fahrenheit 9/11 (Fahrenheit 911)

Year

2004

Running time

112 min.

Country

United States

Director

Michael Moore

Screenwriter

Michael Moore

Cast

Music

Jeff Gibbs

Cinematography

Mike Desjarlais

Producer

Dog Eat Dog Films. Distributor: Miramax, IFC Films

Genre

Documentary | 9/11. Iraq War

Synopsis

The Winner of the Palme d'Or of the 57th edition of the Cannes Film Festival is this Michael Moore's controversial documentary, widely admired by liberals and equally despised by conservatives, lambasting G.W. Bush and his administration. ''Fahrenheit 911'' is Michael Moore's reflections on the current state of America, including the powerful role oil and greed may have played after the 9-11 attacks. In this provocative exposé, Moore will tell the one story no one has dared to tell as he reveals the events that led the US into that apocalyptic September 11th moment and why the country is now at war.

The film is the highest grossing documentary of all time.

Rankings Position

#17 9/11 Documentaries

Awards: 2004: Cannes Film Festival: Palme d´Or (Golden Palm) to Best Film & FIPRESCI Award

2004: Los Angeles Film Critics Awards: Nominated for Best Documentary

2004: 4 Razzie Awards, including Worst Actor (George W. Bush). 5 Nominations

2004: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Documentary

2004: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director / Documentary

2004: Critics' Choice Awards: Best Documentary

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Critics' reviews

a compelling, persuasive film (...) Moore has toned down his usual exuberance (...) But he remains one of the most valuable figures on the political landscape (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"Informative, provocative, frightening, compelling, funny, manipulative and, most of all, entertaining (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Claudia Puig: USA Today
"Should be seen because it takes off the gloves and wades into the fray, because it synthesizes the anti-Bush argument like no other work before it, and because it forces you to decide for yourself"

Ty Burr: Boston Globe
"The somber tone notwithstanding, this film is on fire. It's an exhausting, shattering thing to watch, and the mood it casts lasts for days"

Mick LaSalle: SFGATE
"[It] filters the actions of the Bush administration through a nose-thumbing outrage that might have been irresponsible if Moore’s words weren’t girded by images that spoke 1,000 more"

Owen Gleiberman: Entertainment Weekly
"If there was any movie to affect the political middle this may be it."

Desson Thomson: The Washington Post
"Even if one agrees with all of Moore's arguments, the film reduces decades of American foreign policy failures to a black-and-white cartoon that lays the blame on one family."

Kirk Honeycutt: The Hollywood Reporter
"Michael Moore's inflammatory polemic is (...) certainly emotional and manipulative, brilliant and brazen (...) But it lands a kidney punch on the complacency of the political classes (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian

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Ranking Lists Position

2 My Favorite Documentaries (503)
45 My Top 10 Movies from 2004 (74)

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