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</div><div>fahrenheit 9/11 is a 2004 American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_film" title="Documentary film" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; overflow-wrap: break-word;">documentary film</a> directed, written by, and starring filmmaker, director, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_commentator" class="mw-redirect" title="Political commentator" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; overflow-wrap: break-word;">political commentator</a> and activist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moore" title="Michael Moore" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Michael Moore</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[2]</a> The subjects of the film are the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_George_W.Bush" title="Presidency of George W. Bush" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; overflow-wrap: break-word;">presidency</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W.Bush" title="George W. Bush" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; overflow-wrap: break-word;">George W. Bush</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Iraq War</a>, and the media's coverage of the war. In the film, Moore claims that American corporate media were cheerleaders for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; overflow-wrap: break-word;">2003 invasion of Iraq</a>, and did not provide an accurate or objective analysis of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationale_for_the_Iraq_War" title="" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; overflow-wrap: break-word;">rationale for the war</a> and the resulting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War" title="Casualties of the Iraq War" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; overflow-wrap: break-word;">casualties</a> there.</div>The title of the film alludes to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Bradbury" title="Ray Bradbury" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Ray Bradbury</a>'s 1953 novel <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451" title="Fahrenheit 451" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Fahrenheit 451</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia" title="Dystopia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">dystopian</a> view of the future United States, drawing an analogy between the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoignition_temperature" title="Autoignition temperature" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">autoignition temperature</a> of paper and the date of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">September 11 attacks</a>; one of the film's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagline" title="Tagline" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">taglines</a> was "The Temperature at Which Freedom Burns".The film debuted at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Cannes_Film_Festival" title="2004 Cannes Film Festival" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">2004 Cannes Film Festival</a>, where it was awarded the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palme_d%27Or" title="Palme d'Or" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Palme d'Or</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-festival-cannes.com-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[3]</a> the festival's highest award. It received generally positive reviews from critics, but it also generated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11_controversies" title="Fahrenheit 9/11 controversies" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">intense controversy</a>, particularly including disputes over its accuracy. The film became the highest-grossing documentary of all time (later surpassed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson%27s_This_Is_It" title="Michael Jackson's This Is It" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Michael Jackson's This Is It</a>), grossing over $220 million. A follow-up, titled <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_11/9" title="Fahrenheit 11/9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Fahrenheit 11/9</a>, about the presidency of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Donald Trump</a>, was released in September 2018.<h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.375; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Synopsis[</h2>The documentary begins by suggesting that friends and political allies of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W.Bush" title="George W. Bush" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">George W. Bush</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Fox News Channel</a> tilted the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election" title="2000 United States presidential election" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">election of 2000</a> by prematurely declaring Bush the winner. It then suggests that the handling of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_recount_in_Florida" title="2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">voting controversy in Florida</a> constituted <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_fraud" title="Electoral fraud" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">election f</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_fraud" title="Electoral fraud" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">raud</a>.The documentary then segues into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">September 11 attacks</a> of 2001. Moore says Bush was informed of the first plane hitting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center(1973%E2%80%932001)" title="World Trade Center (1973–2001)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">World Trade Center</a> on his way to an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_schools_in_the_United_States" title="Elementary schools in the United States" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">elementary school</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida" title="Florida" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Florida</a>. Bush is then shown sitting in an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_E.Booker_Elementary_School" title="Emma E. Booker Elementary School" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Emma E. Booker Elementary School</a> classroom with children. When told that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_175" title="United Airlines Flight 175" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">a second plane</a> has crashed into the World Trade Center and that the nation is "under attack", Bush allows the students to finish their book reading, and Moore notes that he continued reading <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pet_Goat" title="The Pet Goat" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The Pet Goat</a> for nearly seven minutes.Moore then discusses the complex relationships between the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">U.S. government</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_family" title="Bush family" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Bush family</a>; and between the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bin_Laden_family" title="Bin Laden family" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">bin Laden family</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Saudi_Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Saudi Arabia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Saudi Arabian government</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Taliban</a>, which span over three decades. Moore then states that the United States government evacuated 24 members of the bin Laden family on a secret flight shortly after the attacks, without subjecting them to any form of interrogation.Moore moves on to examine George W. Bush's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Air_National_Guard" title="Texas Air National Guard" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Texas Air National Guard</a> service record. Moore contends that Bush's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbusto_Energy" title="Arbusto Energy" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">dry-hole oil well attempts</a> were partially funded by the Saudis and by the bin Laden family through the intermediary of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R.Bath" title="James R. Bath" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">James R. Bath</a>, whose name is shown to have been blacked out from Bush's records. Moore alleges that these <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_of_interest" title="Conflict of interest" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">conflicts of interest</a> suggest that the Bush administration does not serve the interests of Americans. The movie continues by suggesting ulterior motives for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan(2001%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–present)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">War in Afghanistan</a>, including a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas_pipeline" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural gas pipeline" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">natural gas pipeline</a> through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Afghanistan</a> to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Indian Ocean</a>.Moore alleges that the Bush administration induced a climate of fear among the American population through the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media_in_the_United_States" title="Mass media in the United States" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">mass media</a>. Moore then describes purported <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterterrorism" title="Counterterrorism" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">anti-terror</a> efforts, including government infiltration of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacifist" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacifist" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">pacifist</a> groups and other events, and the signing of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="USA PATRIOT Act" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">USA PATRIOT Act</a>.The documentary then turns to the subject of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Iraq War</a>, comparing the lives of the Iraqis before and after the invasion. The citizens of Iraq are portrayed as living relatively happy lives prior to the country's invasion by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">U.S. Armed Forces</a>. The film also takes pains to demonstrate war cheerleading in the U.S. media and general bias of journalists, with quotes from news organizations and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_journalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Embedded journalist" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">embedded journalists</a>. Moore suggests that atrocities will occur in Iraq and shows footage depicting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse" title="Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">U.S. abuse of prisoners</a>.Later in the film, Lila Lipscomb appears with her family after hearing of the death of her son, Sgt. Michael Pedersen, who was killed on April 2, 2003, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Karbala(2003)" title="Battle of Karbala (2003)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Karbala</a>. Anguished and tearful, she begins to question the purpose of the war.Tying together several themes and points, Moore compliments those serving in the U.S. military. He claims that the working class of America are always the first to join the Army, so that the people better off do not have to join. He states that those valuable troops should not be sent to risk their lives unless it is necessary to defend America. The credits roll while <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Young" title="Neil Young" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Neil Young</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockin%27_in_the_Free_World" title="Rockin' in the Free World" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Rockin' in the Free World</a>" plays. (Moore had originally intended to use <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who" title="The Who" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">the Who</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won%27t_Get_Fooled_Again" title="Won't Get Fooled Again" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Won't Get Fooled Again</a>" but was denied permission by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Townshend" title="Pete Townshend" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Pete Townshend</a>).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[4]</a>Moore dedicated the film to his friend who was killed in the World Trade Center attacks and to those servicemen and women from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint,Michigan" title="Flint, Michigan" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Flint</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Michigan</a> that have been killed in Iraq: "Michael Pedersen, Brett Petriken and all the soldiers from the Flint area who have died in the Iraq War ... Bill Weems and the 2973 who died on 9/11/01 ... and the countless thousands who have died in Afghanistan and Iraq as a result of our actions."<h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.375; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Production[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fahrenheit_9/11&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Production" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h2>Originally planned to be financed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Gibson" title="Mel Gibson" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Mel Gibson</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icon_Productions" title="Icon Productions" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Icon Productions</a> (which planned to give Michael Moore eight figures in upfront cash and potential backend),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[5]</a> Fahrenheit 9/11 was later picked up by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miramax_Films" class="mw-redirect" title="Miramax Films" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Miramax Films</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Bunch(film_company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wild Bunch (film company)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Wild Bunch</a> in May 2003 after Icon Productions had abruptly dropped the financing deal it made.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[6]</a> Miramax had earlier distributed another film for Moore, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_One(film)" title="The Big One (film)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The Big One</a>, in 1997.At that time, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Disney</a> was the parent company of Miramax. According to the book <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisneyWar" title="DisneyWar" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">DisneyWar</a>, Disney executives did not know that Miramax agreed to finance the film until they saw a posting on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drudge_Report" title="Drudge Report" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Drudge Report</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Eisner" title="Michael Eisner" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Michael Eisner</a> (the CEO of Disney at that time) called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Weinstein" title="Harvey Weinstein" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Harvey Weinstein</a> (co-chairman of Miramax at that time) and ordered him to drop the film. In addition, Disney sent two letters to Weinstein demanding Miramax drop the film. Weinstein felt Disney had no right to block the releasing of Fahrenheit 9/11 since the film's $6 million budget was well below the level at which Miramax needed to seek Disney's approval, and it would not be rated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NC-17" class="mw-redirect" title="NC-17" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">NC-17</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-autogenerated3-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[7]</a> But Weinstein was in contract negotiations with Disney, so he offered a compromise that he would drop the film if Disney did not like it.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-autogenerated3-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[7]</a> Disney responded by having <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Murphy(executive)" title="Peter Murphy (executive)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Peter Murphy</a> send Weinstein a letter stating that the film's $6 million budget was only a bridge financing and Miramax would sell off its interest in the movie to get those $6 million back; according to the same letter, Miramax was also expected to publicly state that it would not release the film.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-autogenerated3-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[7]</a>After Fahrenheit 9/11 was nearly finished, Miramax held several preview screenings; they were "testing through the roof".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-autogenerated1-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[8]</a> Weinstein informed Eisner that Fahrenheit 9/11 was finished, and Eisner was surprised by the fact that Miramax had continued making the film.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-autogenerated1-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[8]</a> Weinstein asked several Disney executives (including Eisner) to watch the film, but all declined; Disney stated again that Miramax would not release the film, and Disney also accused Weinstein of hiding Fahrenheit 9/11 by keeping it off production reports.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-autogenerated1-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[8]</a> Disney sent production vice President Brad Epstein to watch Fahrenheit 9/11 on April 24, 2004.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-autogenerated1-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[8]</a> According to Weinstein, Epstein said he liked the film; but according to the report Epstein sent to the Walt Disney Company board of directors, Epstein clearly criticized it.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-autogenerated1-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[8]</a> Eisner told Weinstein that Disney's board decided not to allow Miramax to release the film.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-autogenerated1-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[8]</a> Weinstein was furious and he asked <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_J.Mitchell" title="George J. Mitchell" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">George J. Mitchell</a> (chairman of Disney at that time) to see the film, but Mitchell declined.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-autogenerated1-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[8]</a> Weinstein asked lawyer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Boies" title="David Boies" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">David Boies</a> to help find a solution;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-autogenerated1-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[8]</a> the Weinsteins and Moore had also hired <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Lehane" title="Chris Lehane" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Chris Lehane</a> to consult on the film's release strategies.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[9]</a> Lehane suggested to reveal Disney's decision to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The New York Times</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[10]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The New York Times</a> reported about Disney's decision on May 5, 2004.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[11]</a> Disney stated that both Moore's agent (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Emanuel" title="Ari Emanuel" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Ari Emanuel</a>) and Miramax were advised in May 2003 that Miramax would not be permitted to distribute the film. Disney representatives said Disney had the right to veto any Miramax film if it appeared that its distribution would be counterproductive to the interests of the company; indeed, Disney had blocked Miramax from releasing two films before: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids(film)" title="Kids (film)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Kids</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogma(film)" title="Dogma (film)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Dogma</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[12]</a>Because of these difficulties, distribution was first secured in numerous countries outside the U.S. On May 28, 2004, after more than a week of talks, Disney announced that Miramax film studio founders Harvey and Bob Weinstein had personally acquired the rights to the documentary after Disney declined to distribute it. The Weinsteins agreed to repay Disney for all costs to that point, estimated at around $6 million. They also agreed to be responsible for all costs to finish the film and all marketing costs not paid by any third-party film distributors.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[13]</a> A settlement between the Weinsteins and Disney was also reached so that 60% of the film's profit would be donated to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charitable_organization" title="Charitable organization" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">charity</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[14]</a>The Weinsteins established Fellowship Adventure Group to handle the distribution of this film. Fellowship Adventure Group joined forces with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_Gate_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Lions Gate Entertainment" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Lions Gate Entertainment</a> (which had released two other Miramax-financed films <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O(film)" title="O (film)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">O</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogma(film)" title="Dogma (film)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Dogma</a>)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[15]</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFC_Films" title="IFC Films" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">IFC Films</a> to release it in the United States theatrically. (Fellowship Adventure Group also handled the film's U.S. home video distribution through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_TriStar_Home_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment</a>). Moore stated that he was "grateful to them now that everyone who wants to see it will now have the chance to do so.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[16]</a>After being informed that the film had been given an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association_of_America_film_rating_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Motion Picture Association of America film rating system" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">R rating</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association" title="Motion Picture Association" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Motion Picture Association of America</a>, Moore appealed the decision, hoping to obtain a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PG-13(Motion_Picture_Association)" class="mw-redirect" title="PG-13 (Motion Picture Association)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">PG-13</a> rating instead. Moore's lawyer, former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_New_York" title="Governor of New York" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Governor of New York</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Cuomo" title="Mario Cuomo" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Mario Cuomo</a>, was not allowed to attend the hearing. The appeal was denied on June 22, 2004, and Cuomo contended that it was because he had been banned from the hearing. Some theaters chose to defy the MPAA and allow unchaperoned teenagers to attend screenings.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[17]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.375; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Release[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fahrenheit_9/11&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Release" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h2><div class="thumb tright" style="clear: right; float: right; width: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em;"><div class="thumbinner" style="min-width: 100px; padding: 3px; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); width: 163px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fahrenheit_911_poster1.jpg" class="image" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c4/Fahrenheit_911_poster1.jpg" decoding="async" width="161" height="250" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="161" data-file-height="250" style="border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /></a><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; border: 0px;"><div class="magnify" style="float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fahrenheit_911_poster1.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url("/w/resources/src/mediawiki.skinning/images/magnify-clip-ltr.svg?8330e"); overflow-wrap: break-word; display: block; text-indent: 15px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; width: 15px; height: 11px; user-select: none;" /></div>Alternate Fahrenheit 9/11 poster</div></div></div>The film was released theatrically by The Fellowship Adventure Group through a distribution arrangement with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_Gate_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Lions Gate Entertainment" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Lions Gate Entertainment</a>. On its opening weekend of June 25–27, 2004, the film generated box-office revenues of $23.9 million in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">United States</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" title="Canada" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Canada</a>, making it the weekend's top-grossing film. Its opening weekend earned more than the entire U.S. theatrical run of any other feature-length documentary (including Moore's previous film, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_for_Columbine" title="Bowling for Columbine" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Bowling for Columbine</a>). The film was released in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">United Kingdom</a> on July 2, 2004 and in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" title="France" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">France</a> on July 7, 2004.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[18]</a>Moore credited part of the theatrical success to the efforts of conservative groups to pressure theaters not to run the film, conjecturing that these efforts backfired by creating publicity. There were also efforts by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism_in_the_United_States" title="Liberalism in the United States" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">liberal</a> groups such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MoveOn.org" class="mw-redirect" title="MoveOn.org" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">MoveOn.org</a> (who helped promote the film) to encourage attendance in order to defy their political opponents' contrary efforts.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[19]</a>Fahrenheit 9/11 was screened in a number of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Middle Eastern</a> countries, including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">United Arab Emirates</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Lebanon</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Egypt</a>, but was immediately banned in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Kuwait</a>. "We have a law that prohibits insulting friendly nations", said Abdul-Aziz Bou Dastour of the Kuwaiti Information Ministry.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[20]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[21]</a> The film was not shown in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Saudi Arabia</a> as public movie theaters were not permitted from 1983 until 2017. The Saudi ruling elite subsequently launched an advertising campaign spanning nineteen US cities to counter criticism partly raised in the film.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[22]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Democratic</a> members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_Provisional_Authority" title="Coalition Provisional Authority" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Coalition Provisional Authority</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Iraq(2003%E2%80%932011)" title="Occupation of Iraq (2003–2011)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">U.S.-occupied Iraq</a> had the film screened at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Palace(Iraq)" title="Republican Palace (Iraq)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Republican Palace</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Baghdad</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-23" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[23]</a>In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Cuba</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootleg_recording" title="Bootleg recording" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">bootlegged</a> versions of the film were shown in 120 theaters, followed by a prime-time <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television" title="Television" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">television</a> broadcast by the leading state-run network. It had been widely reported that this might affect its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Oscar</a> eligibility, since the film was broadcast on television less than nine months after its theatrical release. However, soon after that story had been published, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Motion_Picture_Arts_and_Sciences" title="Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences</a> issued a statement denying this, saying, "If it was pirated or stolen or unauthorized we would not blame the producer or distributor for that".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[24]</a> In addition, Wild Bunch, the film's overseas distributor for Cuba, issued a statement denying a television deal had been struck with Cuban Television. The issue became moot, however, when Moore decided to forgo Oscar eligibility in favor of a pay-per-view televising of the film on November 1, 2004.<h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Critical reception[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fahrenheit_9/11&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Critical reception" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3>The film was received positively by critics. Review aggregator website <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Rotten Tomatoes</a> reports an approval rating of 82% based on 237 reviews, with an average rating of 7.33/10. The site's critics' consensus reads: "Extremely one-sided in its indictment of the Bush administration, but worth watching for the humor and the debates it'll stir."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-RottenTomatoes-25" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[25]</a> It also received a score of 67 (generally favorable) on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Metacritic</a>, based on 43 reviews.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-26" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[26]</a>Film critic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Roger Ebert</a>, who gave the documentary three and a half stars out of four, said that the film "is less an exposé of George W. Bush than a dramatization of what Moore sees as a failed and dangerous presidency", and added: "Moore brings a fresh impact to familiar material by the way he marshals his images".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-27" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[27]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Morgenstern" title="Joe Morgenstern" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Joe Morgenstern</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The Wall Street Journal</a> described the film as "rambling, troubling and sometimes rousing", and wrote: "At its best, "Fahrenheit 9/11" is an impressionist burlesque of contemporary American politics that culminates in a somber lament for lives lost in Iraq. But the good stuff—and there's some extremely good stuff—keeps getting tainted by Mr. Moore's poison-camera penchant for drawing dark inferences from dubious evidence."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-28" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[28]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Entertainment Weekly</a> put it on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "Michael Moore's anti-Bush polemic gave millions of frustrated liberals exactly what they needed to hear in 2004—and infuriated just about everyone else. Along the way, it became the highest-grossing documentary of all time."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-29" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[29]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Commercial performance[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fahrenheit_9/11&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Commercial performance" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3>Grossing over $222 million total worldwide, the film is the highest grossing documentary of all time, according to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_Office_Mojo" title="Box Office Mojo" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Box Office Mojo</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-BoxOfficeMojo-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[1]</a> The film had a general release in the United States and Canada on June 23, 2004. It has since been released in 42 more countries. On <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazeera" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Jazeera" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Al-Jazeera</a> in August 2012, Moore claimed the movie "grossed about half a billion dollars" worldwide.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-30" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[30]</a> It was the highest-grossing film released by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionsgate" title="Lionsgate" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Lionsgate</a> until it was surpassed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_Games(film)" title="The Hunger Games (film)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The Hunger Games</a> in 2012.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-31" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[31]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Home media[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fahrenheit_9/11&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Home media" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3>Fahrenheit 9/11 was released to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD" title="DVD" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">DVD</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS" title="VHS" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">VHS</a> on October 5, 2004, an unusually short turnaround time after theatrical release. In the first days of the release, the film broke records for the highest-selling documentary ever. About two million copies were sold on the first day, most of which (1.4 million) were sold as rentals.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11#cite_note-32" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">[32]</a>A companion book, The Official Fahrenheit 9/11 Reader, was released at the same time. It contains the complete screenplay, documentation of Moore's sources, audience e-mails about the film, film reviews, and articles.<h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Initial television presentations[</h3>The two-hour film was planned to be shown as part of the three-hour "The Michael Moore Pre-Election Special" on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Demand" title="In Demand" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">iN DEMAND</a>, but iN DEMAND backed out in mid-October. Moore later arranged for simultaneous broadcasts on November 1, 2004 at 8:00 p.m. (EST) on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dish_Network" title="Dish Network" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Dish Network</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVN_Entertainment_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="TVN Entertainment Corporation" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">TVN</a>, and the Cinema Now website and material prepared for "The Michael Moore Pre-Election Special" was incorporated into "Fahrenheit 9/11: A Movement in Time", which aired that same week on The Independent Film Channel.The movie was also shown on basic cable television in Germany and Austria on November 1, 2004 and November 2, 2004. In the UK, the film was shown on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Channel 4</a> on January 27, 2005. In Hungary, it was shown on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTL_Klub" class="mw-redirect" title="RTL Klub" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">RTL Klub</a>, a commercial channel, on September 10, 2005, on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magyar_Telev%C3%ADzi%C3%B3" title="Magyar Televízió" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">m1</a>, one of the national channels, on August 13, 2006, on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magyar_Telev%C3%ADzi%C3%B3" title="Magyar Televízió" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">m2</a>, the other national channel, on September 1, 2006. In Denmark, it was shown on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DR(broadcaster)" title="DR (broadcaster)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Danmarks Radio</a> (normally referred to as just DR), which is Denmark's national broadcasting corporation, on April 11, 2006. In Norway, it was shown on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRK" title="NRK" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">NRK</a>, the national broadcasting corporation, on August 27, 2006. The film was screened in New Zealand on September 9, 2006 on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_One(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="TV One (New Zealand)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">TV ONE</a>, a channel of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVNZ" title="TVNZ" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">TVNZ</a>. The next day, the Dutch network <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nederland_3" class="mw-redirect" title="Nederland 3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Nederland 3</a> aired the film. In Belgium, it was shown on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanaal_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanaal 2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Kanaal 2</a> on October 12, 2006. In Brazil, it aired on October 10, 2008 on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Cultura" title="TV Cultura" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">TV Cultura</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_(state)" title="São Paulo (state)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;">São Paulo</a> public broadcasting network.