‘Fahrenheit 9/11′ Download and Reviews

December 9, 2009 by Paul Wall
Filed under Comedy, Documentary, Drama

“Fahrenheit 9/11″ Movie Details

Fahrenheit 9/11 tagline: The temperature where freedom burns!

Fahrenheit 9/11 DVD Cover

Download “Fahrenheit 9/11″ 2004

Actors:

Ben Affleck	Himself
Stevie Wonder	Himself
George W. Bush	Himself
James Baker III	Himself – Former Secretary of State
Richard Gephardt	Himself – Congressman
Tom Daschle	Himself – Senator
Jeffrey Toobin	Himself – Author of “Too Close to Call”
Al Gore	Himself – U.S. Vice President and Senate President
Condoleezza Rice	Herself – National Security Advisor
Donald Rumsfeld	Himself
Saddam Hussein	Himself
George Bush	Himself – Former U.S. President
Ricky Martin	Himself
Byron Dorgan	Himself – Senator in Subcommittee on Aviation
Osama Bin Laden	Himself

Directors: Michael Moore

IMDB Rating: 7.6/10 out of 72,047 votes

“Fahrenheit 9/11″ Movie Review

“Fahrenheit 911″ Plot Summary

Michael Moore’s view on what happened to the United States after September 11; and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. add synopsis

Not Eggs-actly Accurate

Michael Moore has done it again assembled a disembodied collection of sound bites, disjointed and almost always out-of-context film footage, Corporation bashing, cynical one-liners, tearful testimony of doubtlessly hurt family members threaded into the narrative, vague coincidence, rambling discourses by carefully chosen downtrodden `common folk’ and any clip in which an important figure is seen as a pompous no-nothing. In `Fahrenheit 911′ we have the added treat of listening to the testimony of a handful of reluctant non-com warriors and the stern admonition that our soldiers are willing to go in harm’s way, but only if we REALLY need them to do so

In a bit of a surprise move the film opens with a shotgun of facts aimed at building the case that President Bush is President only because a small group of vaguely interconnected power brokers (not) somehow colluded to make him so a wild stretch right out of the box. Mr. Moore could surely turn this segment into a documentary in its own right. Unfortunately this is a sour grapes kick off for a documentary, and we in the audience sensed this. Also early on we see protests (after we’ve been made to feel bad about voting George Bush into office in the first place) along the parade route on Inauguration Day and much is made of the point that in a time of celebration the nation is already sundered. Mention is made that even eggs were thrown. We are stunned (well, maybe not stunned) as a solitary egg is discerned striking a car. Generally Presidential-grade vehicles are up to such punishment. As metaphor, this film could not be more appropriately compared to anything but this lamely impactful footage documenting an egg plopping onto the pavement after striking the auto

There are a plethora of quotes floating on the Internet which indicate threats of terrorism against the U.S. were perceived many years ago. bin Laden’s propensity to initiating violent anti-American activities was known and even prominent figures in government long before G.W. Bush became President testified as to the likelihood of weapons of mass destruction being likely found in Iraq. But we are a nation famed for second-guessing nearly any headline; I am sure there is a JFK re-visit being written at this very moment. The visit to Flint, Michigan to work the angle of the poor being the sole source of our military personnel was noticeably patched in, almost as an aside. If one is building a case that rich power brokers arrange wars, why even worry about the source of troops? That never seems to come up in academic studies of how and why a war begins. It is very refreshing to see large crowds in attendance at the local plex to view a film the subject of which is normally strictly art-house fare. In this sense the movie is exciting; certainly any documentary that gets Americans talking about politics is a good thing. It will be interesting to see counter-reactions (not News-At-Eleven clips of Hollywood actors smugly winking at us) to the fanfare accorded this movie’s release

So you need go only as far as this medium to find as many counter-arguments to any that Moore presents. Ho-hum. Until `Fahrenheit 911′ came along `Super Size Me’ was a shoe-in as the Best Documentary of the year. Now it may be a horse race to see which wins the Oscar, but the Academy members have surely punched their vote cards already, if not only figuratively

Rating: Three Stars