Michael Moore: Disney Blocks Distribution of Film

Wednesday, May 5, 2004

(9:41 AM ET)

The Associated Press

``Some people may be afraid of this movie because of what it will show,'' Moore wrote. ``But there's nothing they can do about it now because it's done, it's awesome, and if I have anything to say about it, you'll see it this summer -- because, after all, it is a free country.''

LOS ANGELES -- AP
The Walt Disney Company is blocking its Miramax Films division from distributing Michael Moore's documentary ``Fahrenheit 911,'' which criticizes President Bush, according to a statement on Moore's Web site.

The film is highly critical of Bush's handling of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and his actions leading up the attacks.

``I would have hoped by now that I would be able to put my work out to the public without having to experience the profound censorship obstacles I often seem to encounter,'' Moore wrote in the statement.

Miramax spokesman Matthew Hiltzik did not immediately return calls for comment Wednesday. Disney spokesman John Spelich also did not return calls early Wednesday.

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So, Moore seems to believe that any company he works for is to become his personal political platform. “... after all, it is a free country.”

Of course when the company informs him that they will block him (“... after all, it is a free country.”) -- it becomes “censorship”!!!

What a free jerk,

Dan