JDG wrote:
>
> At 05:48 PM 7/10/2004 -0500 Gary Denton wrote:
> >In it's first day, Fahrenheit 9/11 became the most popular documentary
> >ever made. Before it opened it won the most coveted and prestigious
> >award at the world's most prestigious film festival.
>
> Amazing that you managed to say all that without using the word "French."
> I don't think that it is even arguable that it won this award based on
> politics and not on film-making merit.
>
> In it's first
> >week it was the number one movie in the country. It will be one of
> >the top ten most popular films of the year, and this for a
> >documentary. It is a leading contender for the Oscars. Over four out
> >of five American film critics recommend the film. There have been
> >lines to get in to see the film in all states, not just Gore country.
>
> This is false. They aren't even releasing this movie in "Bush country."
> To the extent that it is being released in Red States, it is being released
> in Democrat-heavy areas of those States, such as around major universities.
I wouldn't call Crawford Democrat-heavy, and there was a screening
there....
Julia
several screens in Austin, and there were apparently some Red-staters
watching at least some of the first screenings (this is what I have
heard from others)
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