Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

Director:

Michael Moore

Writer (WGA):

Michael Moore (written by)

Release Date:

25 June 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | History | War

Tagline:

The temperature where freedom burns!

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Iraq | Interview | War On Terrorism | Afghanistan | Terrorism

Awards:

27 wins & 12 nominations

Cast

Ben Affleck	...	Himself (archive footage)
Stevie Wonder	...	Himself (archive footage)
George W. Bush	...	Himself (archive footage)
James Baker III	...	Himself (archive footage)
Richard Gephardt	...	Himself (archive footage)
Tom Daschle	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jeffrey Toobin	...	Himself (archive footage)
Al Gore	...	Himself (archive footage)
Condoleezza Rice	...	Herself (archive footage)
Donald Rumsfeld	...	Himself (archive footage)
Saddam Hussein	...	Himself (archive footage)
George Bush	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ricky Martin	...	Himself (archive footage)
Byron Dorgan	...	Himself (archive footage)
Osama bin Laden	...	Himself (archive footage)
Craig Unger	...	Himself
Larry King	...	Himself (archive footage)
Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz	...	Himself (archive footage) (as Prince Bandar bin Sultan)
Jack Cloonan	...	Himself
Bill Clinton	...	Himself (archive footage)
James C. Moore	...	Himself (as James Moore)
Robert Jordan	...	Himself (archive footage)
Dan Briody	...	Himself
John Major	...	Himself (archive footage)
Helen Thomas	...	Herself (voice) (archive sound)
Carol Ashley	...	Herself
Thomas Kean	...	Himself (archive footage) (as Thomas H. Kean)
Rosemary Dillard	...	Herself
Richard Clarke	...	Himself (archive footage)
Paul Wolfowitz	...	Himself (archive footage)
Dick Cheney	...	Himself (archive footage)
Tony Blair	...	Himself (archive footage)
Martha Brill Olcott	...	Herself
Kenneth Lay	...	Himself (archive footage)
Sayed Rahmatullah Hashimi	...	Himself (archive footage)
Hamid Karzai	...	Himself (archive footage)
Zalmay Khalilzad	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jim McDermott	...	Himself (as Congressman Jim McDermott)
John Rivers	...	Himself (archive footage)
Dave Bondy	...	Himself (archive footage)
Frances Stroik	...	Herself (archive footage)
Mel Stroik	...	Himself (archive footage)
Roy Gladding	...	Himself
Stanley Clarke	...	Himself
John Ashcroft	...	Himself (archive footage)
Thomas Pickard	...	Himself (archive footage)
Aaron Kilner	...	Himself (archive footage)
Richard Pierce	...	Himself (as Sheriff Pierce)
Barry Reingold	...	Himself
Porter Goss	...	Himself (as Congressman Porter Goss)
John Conyers	...	Himself (also archive footage)
Tammy Baldwin	...	Herself (as Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin)
Michael Moore	...	Himself - Narrator
Patrick Hamilton	...	Himself (as Little Patrick Hamilton)
Trooper Brooks	...	Himself
Trooper Kenyon	...	Himself
Britney Spears	...	Herself (archive footage)
Thomas Hamill	...	Himself (archive footage)
Lila Lipscomb	...	Herself
Dale Cortman	...	Himself
Raymond Plouhar	...	Himself
Abdul Henderson	...	Himself (as Cpl. Abdul Henderson USMC)
Howard Lipscomb	...	Himself
Dave Lesar	...	Himself (archive footage)
Michael Mele	...	Himself (archive footage)
Youssef Sleiman	...	Himself (archive footage)
Sam Kubba	...	Himself - Interviewee from American Iraqi Chamber of Commerce (archive footage) (as Dr. Sam Kubba)
George Sigalos	...	Himself (archive footage)
Gordon Bobbitt	...	Himself (archive footage)
Grant Haber	...	Himself (archive footage)
Blaine Ober	...	Himself (archive footage)
John Tanner	...	Himself (as Congressman John Tanner)
Michael Castle	...	Himself - Interviewee (archive footage) (as Congressman Castle)
John T. Doolittle	...	Himself (as Congressman Doolittle)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nick Berg	...	Himself (archive footage) (scenes deleted)
Khalil Bin Laden	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Bath	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Ben-Veniste	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wolf Blitzer	...	Himself (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jon Bon Jovi	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kyf Brewer	...	Pitchman (uncredited)
Stephen G. Breyer	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tom Brokaw	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barbara Bush	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barbara Bush	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jeb Bush	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jenna Bush	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Laura Bush	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tucker Carlson	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Neil Cavuto	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Katie Couric	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Damon	...	Himself (uncredited)
Robert De Niro	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Edwards	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mike Emanuel	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ari Fleischer	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tommy Franks	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Justice Gamble	...	Himself (uncredited)
Charles Gibson	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tipper Gore	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jeff Greenfield	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Katherine Harris	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dennis Hastert	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brit Hume	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jesse Jackson Jr.	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Jennings	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Anthony M. Kennedy	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ted Koppel	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Matt Lauer	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cynthia McKinney	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Timothy McVeigh	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Patsy Mink	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Negroponte	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Saparmurat Niyazov	...	Himself (uncredited)
Sandra Day O'Connor	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Colin Powell	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dan Rather	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
William Rehnquist	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tom Ridge	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Roberts	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tim Russert	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Antonin Scalia	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Max Schreck	...	Graf Orlok - from 'Nosferatu' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bernard Shaw	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
David H. Souter	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Tenet	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clarence Thomas	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Maxine Waters	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Judy Woodruff	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paula Zahn	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Michael Moore

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael Moore		(written by)

Produced by
Jim Czarnecki	....	producer
Rita Dagher	....	associate producer
Carl Deal	....	archival producer
Carl Deal	....	field producer
Joanne Doroshow	....	associate producer
Kurt Engfehr	....	co-producer
Jeff Gibbs	....	co-producer
Kathleen Glynn	....	producer
Monica Hampton	....	line producer
Nicky Lazar	....	field producer
Tia Lessin	....	supervising producer
Jay Martel	....	consulting producer
Agnès Mentre	....	executive producer (as Agnes Mentre)
Anne Moore	....	associate producer
Michael Moore	....	producer
Rachelle Murway	....	online producer
Meghan O'Hara	....	field producer
Bob Weinstein	....	executive producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Jeff Gibbs

Film Editing by
Kurt Engfehr
Todd Woody Richman		(as T. Woody Richman)
Chris Seward		(as Christopher Seward)

Art Direction by
Dina Varano		(uncredited)

Art Department
Bernardo Loyola	....	graphics

Sound Department
Gautam Choudhury	....	additional sound (as Gautam K. Choudhury)
Scott Guitteau	....	sound editor
Bradford L. Hohle	....	consultant: Dolby
Francisco La Torre	....	sound (as Francisco Latorre)
Charles Miller	....	additional sound
Gary Rizzo	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Gary A. Rizzo)
Gary Rizzo	....	supervising sound editor (as Gary A. Rizzo)
Paul Rusnak	....	additional sound
John Countryman	....	digital sound transferer (uncredited)
Sean England	....	digital archivist (uncredited)
James David Redding III	....	sound technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Vico Sharabani	....	Inferno artist
John R. Starace	....	Inferno artist
Nani Sahra Walker	....	digital artist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Andrew Black	....	additional camera operator
Mike Desjarlais	....	camera operator
Nadia Hallgren	....	additional camera operator
Kirsten Johnson	....	additional camera operator
Tom Kaufman	....	additional camera operator
Jason Pollock	....	additional camera operator
William Rexer	....	additional camera operator (as WIlliam Rexer II)
William Turnley	....	additional camera operator
Urban Hamid	....	cinematographer: additional footage (uncredited)

Animation Department
Harold Moss	....	graphics and animation: Flickerlab
Zartosht Soltani	....	animation art director (uncredited)
Nani Sahra Walker	....	assistant animator (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Faith Astrada	....	additional intermediate editor
Francisco Bello	....	assistant editor
Rebecca Richman Cohen	....	first assistant editor
Kelley Cribben	....	post-production coordinator
David L. Feinberg	....	assistant editor
Dasaw Floyd	....	assistant editor
Becky Goldberg	....	assistant editor
Craig Gordon	....	digital intermediate editor
Luis Ortiz Guillen	....	assistant editor (as Luis Alberto Ortiz)
Terry Haggar	....	color timer
Walt Lefler	....	digital colorist (as Walter Lefler)
Robert Mead III	....	assistant on-line editor
Robert Mead	....	on-line assistant editor
Mike Nuget	....	on-line assistant editor
Bangbay Siboliban	....	apprentice editor
David S. Tung	....	conforming editor
Joe Violante	....	laboratory supervisor
Margarita Jimeno	....	editorial assistant (uncredited)
Jeff Smithwick	....	film timer (uncredited)
Harold Lee Yen	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Suzanne Coffman	....	music clearances
Mark Fay	....	song recordist: "Ice Cream Truck #5"
Melinda Simon	....	song recordist: "Ice Cream Truck #5"

Other crew
Robyn Alcock	....	production coordinator
Blake Ashman	....	production assistant
Juan Azize	....	production accountant
Crystal Bahmaie	....	production assistant
Nathaniel Bates	....	production assistant
Joe Beirne	....	technical supervisor
Devereux Chatillon	....	fact checker
Devereux Chatillon	....	legal counsel
Eli Chessen	....	production assistant
Isabella Chung	....	intern
Christina Colby	....	production accountant
Pete Conlin	....	avid technical support
Kesshann Cortez	....	production assistant
Salimah El-Amin	....	archival researcher
Geoff Ernst	....	production assistant
Christine Fall	....	assistant: Dog Eat Dog Films
Brendan Fitzgibbons	....	intern
Derek Fludzinski	....	production assistant
Neil Girardi	....	avid technical support
George Gittoes	....	footage: "Soundtrack to War" courtesy of
Daniel Gregor	....	production assistant
Nadia Hallgren	....	key production assistant
Daniel Hancox	....	intern
Charles Herzfeld	....	laboratory coordinator
Carrie Holecek	....	digital film project manager
Andrew Hurwitz	....	legal counsel
Khaliah Jackson	....	intern
Lewanne Jones	....	archival researcher
Jason Kitchen	....	intern
R.A. LeFande	....	photographs courtesy of (as R.A. Lefande)
Lila Lipscomb	....	photographs courtesy of
Bernardo Loyola	....	title designer
Marie Luna	....	production assistant
Carolyn Rossip Malcolm	....	production accountant
Daniel Maldonado	....	production assistant
Elizabeth Marcus	....	production assistant
Donald McCloskey	....	production assistant (as Don McCloskey)
Lauren Molewski	....	photographs courtesy of: Retna Ltd.
Leilani Montes	....	intern
Huttenberg Nassar	....	key production assistant (as Huttemberg Nassar)
Sue Nelson	....	intern
Julia Nessling-Douglas	....	digital film project manager (as Julia Douglas)
Tim O'Shea	....	intern
Stephanie Palumbo	....	key production assistant
Ernst Peters	....	photographs courtesy of: The ledger
Deborah Petriken	....	photographs courtesy of
Jason Pollock	....	assistant to director
Michael Pollock	....	intern
J. Robb	....	production assistant
Leanne Rock	....	production accountant
Mike Rogers	....	production assistant
Paul Ross	....	production assistant
David Rumble	....	production assistant
Manel Saddique	....	intern
David J. Sams	....	photographs courtesy of
David Schankula	....	researcher
Helayne Seidman	....	photographs courtesy of
Jesse Shane	....	production assistant
Natalie Stanford	....	legal counsel
Amanda Steigerwald	....	production assistant
Romy Stevenson	....	production assistant
Brad Thompson	....	intern
Will Tordella	....	production assistant
Richard Torpey	....	chief engineer
Emma Trask	....	office coordinator
Bill Vourvoulias	....	fact checker
Bill Vourvoulias	....	legal counsel
Evin Watson	....	production assistant
Eric Weinrib	....	archival researcher
Frank Weysos	....	production assistant (as Frank Vasquez)
Douglas Garth Williams	....	intern (as Doug Williams)
Jamie Wong	....	key production assistant
Jeremy Yaches	....	production assistant
Melinda Ziyadat	....	production assistant
Alison S. Cohen	....	production counsel (uncredited)
Christopher Cram	....	production assistant (uncredited)
David Greenbaum	....	executive assistant: Harvey Weinstein (uncredited)
Vsevolod Horodyskyj	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Christian Zak	....	advisor: imaging (uncredited)

Thanks
Terry Allen	....	thanks
Isabelle Audinot	....	thanks
Tim Azarian	....	thanks
Bob Bastian	....	thanks
Mikaela Beardsley	....	thanks
Chris Belcher	....	acknowledgment: archival footage, Alchymedia
Mark Belhumeur	....	thanks
Tarik Benbrahim	....	thanks
Jessica Berman Bogdan	....	thanks (as Jessica Berman-Bogden)
Elmer Bernstein	....	thanks
Anthony Bregman	....	thanks
Elena Brodie	....	thanks
Arthur A. Busch	....	thanks (as Arthur Busch)
Luigi Cazzaniga	....	acknowledgment: archival footage provided by
Pratap Chatterjee	....	acknowledgment: archival footage, CorpWatch
Dominick Costabile	....	thanks
John Davidek	....	thanks
Carl Deal	....	acknowledgment: archival footage provided by
Ric Dispenseri	....	thanks (as Ric Dispinseri)
Michael Donkis	....	thanks
Ari Emanuel	....	thanks
Don Epstein	....	thanks
Mark Fabiani	....	thanks
Mark Friesland	....	thanks
John Fritz	....	thanks
Jonathan Furmanski	....	thanks
Ranko Gak	....	thanks
Barbara Gregson	....	thanks
Urban Hamid	....	acknowledgment: archival footage provided by
Laurent Issure	....	thanks (as Laurent Isaure)
Arthur Jafa	....	thanks
Mort Janklow	....	thanks
Tom Jennings	....	thanks (as Tom Jennings)
Vanessa Jerrom	....	thanks
Jim Kiertzner	....	thanks
Neal Kwatra	....	thanks
Charles Layton	....	thanks
Chris Lehane	....	thanks
Mike Lessin	....	thanks
Tia Lessin	....	acknowledgment: archival footage provided by
Sophia Lin	....	thanks
J. Fred MacDonald	....	thanks
Vincent Maraval	....	thanks
Daniel Marracino	....	thanks
Ed Marritz	....	thanks (as Eddie Marritz)
Julia Martin	....	thanks
David Martinez	....	acknowledgment: archival footage, CorpWatch
Leanne McIntire	....	acknowledgment: archival footage, The Education Channel (as Producer Leanne McIntire)
Tracy McKnight	....	thanks
Eartha Melzer	....	thanks
Josh Miller	....	thanks
Shannon Mills	....	thanks
Moby	....	thanks
Scott Myers	....	acknowledgment: archival footage provided by
Dorenna Newton	....	thanks
Tim Nielsen	....	thanks
Scott Norman	....	thanks
Lisa Oberhofer	....	thanks
Michael Pedersen	....	dedicatee
Richard Ray Perez	....	acknowledgment: archival footage provided by
Brett Petriken	....	dedicatee
Joshua Pines	....	thanks
Mark Punswick	....	acknowledgment: archival footage provided by
Mary Page Riley	....	acknowledgment: archival footage provided by
Erik Rist	....	thanks
Shane Robinson	....	thanks
Candance Robison	....	thanks
Natalie Rose	....	thanks
Steve Rundell	....	thanks
Joan Sekler	....	acknowledgment: archival footage provided by
Jari Sheese	....	thanks
Irv Slosberg	....	thanks
William Sprawls	....	thanks
Tim Squyres	....	thanks
Joel Suttles	....	thanks
Linda Taylor	....	thanks
Robert Taylor	....	thanks
Stacie Teele	....	thanks
Bill Weems	....	dedicatee
Modi Wiczyk	....	thanks
Thomasina Williams	....	thanks
Neil Young	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Fellowship Adventure Group (presented by)
• Dog Eat Dog Films
• Miramax Films (uncredited)

Distributors

• Lions Gate Films (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm (2004) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Alta Films (2004) (Spain) (theatrical)
• BIM Distribuzione (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Bontonfilm (2004) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2004) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Europa Filmes (2004) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Falcom Media (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Fellowship Adventure Group LLC (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• Filmes Lusomundo (2004) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Filmladen (2004) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Frenetic Films (2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• GAGA (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Herald Film Company (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Hopscotch Entertainment (2004) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Hopscotch Entertainment (2004) (New Zealand) (theatrical)
• IFC Films (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• Kino Swiat (2004) (Poland) (theatrical)
• Mars Distribution (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Rosebud (2004) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2004) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2004) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2004) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2004) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Solar Entertainment (2004) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Umut Sanat (2004) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Videocine S.A. de C.V. (2004) (Mexico) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Cameo Media (2004) (Spain) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Concorde Filmverleih (2004) (Austria) (all media)
• Concorde Filmverleih (2004) (Germany) (all media)
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2004) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• Gateno Films (2004) (Peru) (all media)
• Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore (2004) (Italy) (DVD)
• Openpictures (2004) (Bulgaria) (all media)
• Openpictures (2004) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Openpictures (2004) (Slovakia) (all media)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Openpictures (2005) (Albania) (all media)
• Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO) (2006) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (India) (TV)
• Argentina Video Home (2008) (Argentina) (DVD) (as part of the pack 'DT Bowling for Columbine: Una nación bajo las armas - Fahrenheit 9/11'.)
• Danmarks Radio (DR) (????) (Denmark) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2012) (Bangladesh) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2012) (Bhutan) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2012) (India) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2012) (Nepal) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2012) (Pakistan) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2012) (Sri Lanka) (TV)

Other Companies

• ABC News Video Source  archival footage (as ABCNews Videosource)
• Air Power Video and Film Stock Library  archival footage
• Al-Arabiyya Network/M.E.N.  archival footage
• Al-Jazeera  archival footage (as Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel)
• Alchymedia  archival footage
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)  thank you
• Answer Technologies  thank you
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD)  archival footage (as ARD/German Television)
• Archive Films by Getty Images  archival footage
• Argentina Video Home  DVD package design (Argentina)
• Associated Press Television News  archival footage
• Associated Production Music (APM)  stock music (uncredited)
• BBC Worldwide  archival footage
• BDP/Midland  photographs courtesy of
• Bexel  camera equipment provided by (as Bexel)
• Big Noise Films  archival footage
• CBS News Archives  archival footage (uncredited)
• CONUS Communications  archival footage
• Cable News Network (CNN)  archival footage (uncredited)
• Camera Planet  archival footage (as Camera Planet Archive)
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Television Archives  archival footage (as CBC Television Archives)
• Cine Finance  bond company (as Cinefinance)
• Corbis  photographs courtesy of (as Corbis)
• CorpWatch  archival footage
• Creation Films  archival footage
• D.R. Reiff & Associates  insurance
• DHA  archival footage
• Dallas Morning News  photographs courtesy of
• Deep Dish TV  thank you
• Digital Cinema  sound mixing (as Digital Cinema, LLC)
• Epstein, Levinsohn, Bodine, Hurwitz & Weinstein  legal services
• FILM Archives  archival footage
• Fairbanks - Film  archival footage
• Film Sales Company, The  foreign sales
• FlickerLab  graphics and animation
• Footagefinders/Global Imageworks  archival footage
• Four Corners Media  archival footage
• Fox News Channel  archival footage (uncredited)
• GRS Systems  technical services: HD
• George Bush Presidential Library  archival footage
• Getty Images  photographs courtesy of
• Greater Talent Network  thank you
• ITN Archive/Reuters  archival footage
• Image Bank Films by Getty Images  archival footage
• Journeyman Films Ltd.  archival footage
• Lipscomb/Pedersen Family, The  thanks
• Mike Vasilinda Productions  archival footage
• Military Families Speak Out  thank you
• NBC News Archives  archival footage
• National Security News Service  thank you
• New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theater & Broadcasting, The  thank you (as NYC Mayor's Office for Film, Theatre & Broadcasting)
• Orbit Digital  technical support: Avid
• Petriken Family, The  thanks
• Plank Design  thank you
• Questar Pictures  archival footage
• Real Television International  archival footage
• Retna Pictures Ltd.  photographs courtesy of (as Retna Ltd.)
• Rhino Records  soundtrack published by (uncredited)
• Rhinoceros Post  thank you
• Richman Cohen Family Archive  archival footage
• Salter Street Films International  archival footage
• September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows  thank you
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal  fact checking
• Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal  legal counsel
• Streamline Films  archival footage
• Sun Mt. Environmental - Multimedia Center  archival footage
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  thank you (as Technicolor Digital Intermediate)
• Technicolor New York  thank you
• Technicolor North Hollywood  thank you
• Texas Air National Guard  photographs courtesy of
• Texas Military Forces Museum  photographs courtesy of
• The Education Channel  archival footage
• Third Millenium Films Inc.  archival footage
• Transition Productions  archival footage
• Universal Studios Licensing  archival footage
• WBTV Charlotte  archival footage
• WESH  archival footage
• WPA Film Library  archival footage (as The WPA Film Library)
• Webcore Labs  thank you
• Worldwide Photos  photographs courtesy of (as AP/Wide World Photos)
• Zytech Engineering  archival footage

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for some violent and disturbing images, and for language

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Arabic

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Brazil:12 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Chile:14 | Czech Republic:12 | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Germany:12 | Ireland:15 | Kuwait:(Banned) | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 (theatrical) | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:L | Malaysia:18PL | Australia:M | USA:R (certificate #40791) | Italy:T

Filming Locations:

Baghdad, Iraq

Company:

Fellowship Adventure Group

Trivia:

This film was originally planned to be financed by Mel Gibson's Icon Productions, which had promised to give Michael Moore eight figures in upfront cash and potential back-end. Later, this film got financed from Miramax and Wild Bunch in May 2003 after Icon Productions had abruptly dropped the financing deal it made.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator:Was it all just a dream?
Al Gore:God bless you, Florida! Thank you!
Narrator:Did the last four years not really happen? Look, there's Ben Affleck. He's often in my dreams. And the Taxi Driver guy. He was there too. And little Stevie Wonder, he seemed so happy... like, like a miracle had taken place. Was it a dream? Or was it real?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Let the Eagle Soar

The silence before the ovation is what stays with me

Contrary to what so many of us were lead to believe, this movie does not portray a negative message. George W. Bush and his administration aren't painted as fascist tyrants at all. They appear to be fools, power-hungry but fallible. As such, their stranglehold over the American people isn't concrete. There is hope that things can change, and that seems to be the overall message in this film.

For every American soldier Moore shows talking about the adrenaline rush they get when they kill, every soldier that appears on screen as a trigger-happy madman, he shows an American soldier dead on the streets of Iraq. The film progresses as a two-hour reenactment of the thoughts that must go through so many soldiers minds, starting out as a soldier going to war, fighting for the safety of their country against enemies that surely want all Americans dead, but all certainty of their righteousness gives way to hesitation, to men and women questioning why they are there fighting a war that has no clear justification.

Moore also uses his various clips and interviews to show how similar the American civilian population are to the Iraqis. His portrayal of the Saddam-era Iraq was certainly biased, but so many people are happy, looking for joy and prosperity, something that isn't as alien as some of us would like to think of the Iraqis as being. One thing that stays in my mind now, the day after watching this film, is one Iraqi woman crying for her lost family members outside her burned and ruined home, screaming to Allah for help. Comparing that woman to Ms. Lipscombe from Flint, Michigan, who lost her son in the war, crying in her interview with Moore and asking for support from Jesus just shows how this war affects all the people caught up in it equally.

That is to say, all of the people, except those running it. Throughout the horrifying clips of war, we see Bush, who appears to be completely out of touch with how his war is affecting those who are fighting it for him. Bush's bumbling makes up the lighter moments in the film, but in retrospect, they are just as frightening as the War itself.

Moore's overall message was that hope exists, but without action on the part of the silent and downtrodden, that hope will vanish. This is a film designed to have people take action, whether it is in the form of taking to the streets in protest, or simply voting Bush out of office in November. It was a powerful message for a powerful film, and as many have said before me, it received standing ovation at the end. But it was that short moment of silence before the applause that really stays with me. That quiet collective gasp where people are trying to digest the weight of Moore's message.

Yes this movie is biased. It is the war and the world through Moore's eyes, but the message is not buried in the bias. I suppose I can sum it up best by saying this film was painfully human. It is human nature to question injustice and hypocrisy, and Moore is there to remind us of that.