If you can't win fair, cheat:
Despite being broadcast on television in Cuba, Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11 will not declared ineligible for next year's Oscars, according to reports.
According to Academy Award rules, any documentary film broadcast on television or the internet within nine months of release will be disqualified.
Honestly, I'm the one being unfair here. Read the next graf:
In the case of Fahrenheit 9/11, the US distributor said the Cuban TV broadcast was not authorized for broadcast.
It's not like Castro is a huge fan of US law, so Moore and the Academy get a by on this one.
Will F-9/11 win the Oscar? I'm of two minds on that question.
If the awards were being given before the election, you're damn right Moore would pick up (and possinly eat whole) his second Oscar. But that ain't the case.
If Kerry wins November, Moore wins in March -- if nothing else, as a big wet thank you from grateful Academy voters (Roger L Simon excepted).
If Bush wins...
Then either Hollywood decides to play Suck Up and give the award to some other (and actual) documentary, or...
Gives the award to Moore anyway, as an I Told You So to the whole wide world.
Either way, I can't say I care much.
That's because you don't have to live with that stupid industry.
Why aren't real documentary makers rising up in protest?
They stand with Moore in order to protest Bush's policies, remember?
I'd say the opposite - if Kerry wins, no point in getting more Moore all over the Oscars' credibility.
Maybe MM will make up a new word again if he wins..
But really.. there are much more deserving (and actual) documentaries, starting with "Riding Giants".....
Thank god you took the time to remind us that Michael Moore is overweight. I'd nearly forgot. While you're at it, I hear that Ted Kennedy's got a weight problem too.
I'd be careful with the fat jokes, republicans. After all, have you ever travelled to GW's 'base' in the midwest and south. Not a lot of triathletes, that's all I'm sayin'
Hey Drew, have you heard Kerry served in Vietnam?
My favorite idea was to submit "A Mighty Wind" as a documentary last year--since they'd already given the Oscar to Columbine, why not?
I can barely stand award ceremonies when I am receiving the award. There is no chance on earth that I am going to watch another industry's award show.
Oh, come on. It's already got the French on board, what could STOP it from getting an Oscar?
