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From: Michael Moore <maillist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2018 17:39:20 +0000
Subject: FAHRENHEIT 11/9...a note from Michael Moore
To: carjar82@xxxxxxxxx
In my lifetime, I've had maybe only a dozen days like the one I've
woken up to this morning.
** FAHRENHEIT 11/9...a note from Michael Moore
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In my lifetime, I've had maybe only a dozen days like the one I've
woken up to this morning.
It's the day that a new film of mine will have its World Premiere, and
that is what will happen tonight for FAHRENHEIT 11/9 at the Opening
Night kick-off of the Toronto International Film Festival, North
America's premiere film event. I am just hours away from that moment
when the lights will dim, the curtain will rise and my work, with all
its revelations and warnings and dangerous ideas -- well, dangerous
politically to a President who has no intention of ever leaving office
unless the Secret Service physically drags him out of there -- will be
shared with the world. This siren call of a movie is my contribution
to ignite the fire underneath a despairing, dispirited public who must
-- MUST -- do its job and end the madness at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
I have spent the better part of this year constructing a film that
will not only explain how the @#&% we ended up with Trump, but also
help show us the way out. I must warn you -- I do not pull ANY punches
in the film. No one is spared - not even me.
It is already being talked about as one of the most anticipated films
of the fall, and just yesterday, this wonderful piece was published in
The Hollywood Reporter!
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/michael-moore-his-new-movie-trump-2020-election-fascism-1139176
This film is THE moment of truth we've all needed for sometime, and I
truly believe its release nationwide on Sept. 21st will be the real
beginning of the end for Donald J. Trump (and perhaps, more
importantly, the eventual end of the rotten, corrupt system that gave
us Trump in the first place).
I also believe we have, as we approach November 6th, a massive tsunami
of women, young people and people of color (i.e., TWO-THIRDS of the
American public) who maybe -- just maybe -- will drown the whole
stinkin' lot of them in a record number of ballots for a midterm
election.
But this will not happen on its own -- and any early celebrations of
victory like those that happened in 2016, are sure to keep the
Republicans in power for years to come.
Donald J. Trump did not just fall from the sky. His rise to the
presidency was not an aberration and should not have come as a shock.
It was the logical end result of a long, downward spiral in America
that culminated in one of our most loathsome citizens conquering our
most powerful office. One of our most deceptive minds, commanding the
bully pulpit. One of our most fraudulent hucksters, armed with the
powers of the presidency to protect him.
Ever since that fateful morning at 2:29 AM on 11/9/16 when the
Associated Press officially called the election for our nation’s new
leader, we have been trying to save what's left of our democracy. This
is not a film telling you what a jerk Donald Trump is or what an
buffoon Donald Trump is or what a liar Donald Trump is. You already
know all that. Everybody already knows all that (except for your
conservative brother-in-law whose mind you’ll never be able to
change). I wouldn’t waste your time or my time making that kind of
film. And with all due respect to your conservative brother-in-law, we
don’t need him. We’re the majority in this country, he’s the minority,
he knows it and that’s why he’s so mad!
Instead, my team and I have been on a mission to tell a much, much
more important story. It’s a story about hope... and what comes after
it. It’s a story about deception and betrayal. It’s a story about what
happens to people when they’ve hit rock bottom. It’s the story about
who we are as a people and what it means to be an American in the era
of Donald J. Trump. Finally, it’s a story about where we might be
heading as a society.
My crew and I have moved heaven and earth to make sure we deliver this
film to you in time to have an impact on this year's midterm
elections. I’m excited to announce to you that “Fahrenheit 11/9” will
open in more movie theaters than any of my previous films -- over
1,500 theaters across America!
(It will also be opening in dozens of countries around the world.)
We open nationwide on September 21st, 45 days before the most
important election in American history (and with voter registration
still open nationwide!).
I’m writing you today because I need your help. I’ve made a film that
was meant to be seen on a big screen, in a dark theater, filled with a
hundred strangers. My hope is that you will experience the magic of
cinema the way it was meant to be experienced, in a movie theater.
It's the best way to truly feel the big story I'm telling you.
Any bit of anger, despair, or frustration you’ve felt over the past
few years must be channeled into action this fall!
I am on my way to Toronto. I don't have to make a run for the border a
la "The Handmaid's Tale" -- yet. For tonight, I'll just be showing a
movie. Then on Monday night in Flint, I will hold the US premiere of
FAHRENHEIT 11/9
(https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2018/09/post_505.html).
After that, everyone will have the chance to see it.
We are the majority -- never forget that. But we need to rise up.
That’s the only way out of this mess.
All my best,
Michael Moore
Mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:Mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
P. S. I'll bring you into the world premiere tonight via Facebook Live
just before 11pm ET.
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