I just saw F9/11!

[nodehopper]

The theater was sold out for all the showings until 1 AM, there was a line outside the theater and around the block for later seatings.

The crowd was wonderful, no disruptions, everyone applauded at the end.

Outside the movie theater various groups were handing out information and selling the Bush Deck.

It was absolutely amazing. My friend that I was with said that it might be the most imporatnt film ever made. I kind of agree. It's certainly not the *best* film ever made, but it might end up being the most important one. And if it gets Dubya out of office in November, if it finally breaks through the apathy of American viewers and the Fox brain static, Michael Moore should get a Nobel Peace Prize.

[PartyPooper]

1. Thanks for your report!

:toast:

[joefree1]

2. Ah man, I can't wait until Friday in Sacramento

Where did you see F911? We're looking forward to a big opening here in California.



See what other DUers are doing for F911 opening night:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=106x8384

"If you have no enemies, it is a sign fortune has forgot you."
- Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)

[nodehopper]

3. NYC, the Loews theater in the East Village

It's playing there and in another theater uptown. At the one I went to they are literally running all-night showings. Someone who worked at the theater said that a whole crowd of people who got off work at bars at 4 AM showed up for the 5 AM showing last night.

[lanparty]

33. Lowes and the Carlyle group

According to Al Franken, the Carlyle group just bought Loew's theatres. So I would expect F911 to be pulled from those theatres pretty soon.

[robertarctor]

8. It opened Wednesday in NYC, limited release

I saw it last Saturday at a critics' preview at the Crest in Sactown. Some wingnut jackass was bitching that it wasn't about Clinton. I had to hold my tongue.

You gonna see it at the Tower or one of the Century theatres? You'll love it, I'm guessing. I can't wait to go see it again on Sunday with my wife.

[joefree1]

13. It's playing at the Tower?

Didn't know that. I'm visiting my folks from LA. My brother from Seattle and I are going per my pledge to MoveOn.org. We HOPE we run into some neo-cons.

[NightOwwl]

17. Hi neighbor!

I'll be seeing it in Folsom 7:20pm on Friday. Counting down the hours! :hi:

I wonder if some of our Move America Backward friends will be there to liven things up? :evilgrin:

[nodehopper]

howdy

there weren't any at my screening...honestly the emotions were running so high in the theater, I don't think they would dare...at least I hope so. I am excited for you that you are seeing it Friday night!

[MontecitoDem]

4. Great news!

I saw the preview the other day at the theater. When it ended everyone was silent - like they were holding their breath. I started to clap my hands and the entire theater erupted - whistles, claps, cheers. Cannot wait for opening night!

We are having voter registration tables outside the theater all day on Friday!

[nodehopper]

11. That is fantastic about voter registration,

I hope it happens in a lot of places.

[TheWizardOfMudd]

5. How about some details on the content?

Thanks.

[thebigidea]

7. or less information! I just want to hear about the cab or subway ride...

[nodehopper]

12. cab or subway ride??

I posted some spoilers below, skip my next response if you don't want to read specifics about the content.

[nodehopper]

9. okay--warning: SOME SPOLERS

I really liked the structure of the film, the first half provided the context for the second half, the first half was much more biting satire, and second half more horrifying and emotional.

Specific spoilers ahead

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The film starts out with the Florida election and the first 8 months, then the obscenely hilarious credits.

After the credits the film tackles 9/11 and Bush's response (Moore put a timer in the corner of the screen to show that Bush just sat there in the FL classroom for 7 minutes after he learned about the second plane, reading My Pet Goat)

Then there is a comprehensive historical overview of the Bush/Saudi ties, including Arbusto, classified details from Bush's National Guard records, Saudi inventment in the Carlyle group, the Saudi flights out of the country on 9/13, etc. He shows clips of the Taliban visiting Texas while Bush is the governor.

The film covers the bombing of Afghanistan, the build-up of the war and the invasion of Iraq itself.

For me the two most affecting moments in the film were the footage of the Iraqi woman whose house has been bombed and her family members killed, and she is screaming for God to avenge them, and the mother from Flynt who starts out supporting the war, and hating protesters, and coming to a different realization once her son is killed. She reads his last letter about how much he hates it there.

Moore makes really good points about how it's the poor, the American disenfrachized class that is recruited for slaughter in the "liberation:" campaigns. He shows misconduct by the GIs abusing Iraqi prisoners and frames it in terms of "immoral actions breed immoral actions"; the film on the whole is sympathetic to soldiers and gives many of them a forum to voice their disgust or at least ambivalence.

And the footage of John Ashcroft singing "Let the Eagle Soar," a John Ashcroft original composition is something to make you doubt your eyesight. Like, how can it be for real? But it is.

[TheWizardOfMudd]

15. Thank you

You made my night!

Can't wait to see it.

[nodehopper]

23. you're welcome ! :)

[Nevernose]

18. Too much vibrato

http://www1.cnn.com/video/us/2002/02/25/ashcroft.sings.wbtv.med.html

It's like I'm living in some kind of existentialist Hell...

[hang a left]

19. OMG what a freak!

What a stupid song and what's with the palm rubbing everytime before the chorus. It would be funny if it wasn't so scary. These people are friggin crazy.

[grasswire]

20. I played...

...the sound track of Let the Eagle Soar for a friend's pet cockatiel the other day. This bird is quite a connisseur of opera. It went just wild at Ashcroft's singing. Shrieking, jumping around.

[nodehopper]

22. hahaha, I just spilled my morning coffee laughing

[Vickers]

25. Holy fucking shit.

:wow::wow::wow::wow::wow::wow::wow::wow::wow::wow::wow::wow:

That is the most ungodly fucked up thing I have ever seen in my entire life. That makes Lee Greenwood look like Kurt Cobain.

I curse you for posting a link to that!

:P

[King Coal]

27. Goddam, take that sob up to the stope and let him bar down the back.

Talk about a slab hanging from the hanging wall. Shiite. Nothing good can come from that song. Let the Eagle Shit would sound better, at least we might get paid.

[fizzana]

6. All three generations of my family are going Saturday

From my 86 year-old father (possibly the most radical one in the family) to my 21 year-old niece. We're going to the Galleria in the San Fernando Valley (spiritual home of the Valley Girl).

[nodehopper]

10. that is awesome!

[Hutzpa]

14. Watchout now, y'all need to get back safely you hear n/t

[TriMetFan]

16. nodehopper Thanks

[Eloriel]

21. Thanks for the report!

Can't wait to hear from more people who've seen it.

:kick:

[GumboYaYa]

24. In St. Louis they are showing it at the theater in the most upscale

mall in town. Something tells me that the patrons of the other stores are going to have quite a shock when the F911 viweres tsart showing up in various different anti-bush tshirts and start passing out anti-bush literature. It should be interesting.

[TNOE]

26. I know this has been asked and answered

but now that I am so dying to see it - where is the link where it will be shown nationwide? Thanks if you have it.

[Mixxster]

28. Try this:

http://www.f911tix.com/

[TNOE]

29. Thank you so much

2 places within easy driving distance. This will definitely be my Friday night! Can't wait.

[Cheswick2.0]

30. It doesn't open here until tomorow

I can't wait to see it.

[King Coal]

31. Kick to let the Eagle Soar

[ElementaryPenguin]

32. Thanks for this post, nodehopper!

I can't wait to see it this weekend! I loved "Dude, Where's My Country" and "Stupid White Men"! Moore has truly made himself the anti-establisment hero of the 2000's.