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Manufacturing Dissent (2007) -- A documentary that looks to distinguish what's fact, fiction, legend, and otherwise as a camera crew trails Michael Moore as he tours with his film, Fahrenheit 9/11.

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Writers:
Rick Caine (writer)
Debbie Melnyk (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
5 October 2007 (UK) more
Genre:
Documentary
Tagline:
It's never been so hard to get Michael Moore in front of a camera. more
Plot:
A documentary that looks to distinguish what's fact, fiction, legend, and otherwise as a camera crew trails Michael Moore as he tours with his film, Fahrenheit 9/11. full summary | full synopsis
NewsDesk:
Feature: No More Moore! Onscreen Beefs With Michael Moore
 (From IFC. 7 October 2008, 8:44 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
A Balanced Film On An Unbalanced Filmmaker more

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  (Credited cast)

Additional Details

Also Known As:
Manufacturing Dissent: Uncovering Michael Moore (International: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for some language.
Runtime:
97 min
Country:
Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
USA:R

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Trivia:
This film alleges that Michael Moore did speak with Roger B. Smith twice in 1987 (at General Motors' shareholders meeting) and 1988 (at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York), but Michael Moore didn't put that footage in Roger & Me (1989). However, even Roger B. Smith himself said in a 1990 interview with Los Angeles Times that he had never stayed at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York. Michael Moore himself also denied this allegation to Associated Press: Moore said that he did speak with Roger Smith at the 1987 shareholders' meeting, but that was before he started working on Roger & Me (1989) and the conversation had nothing to do with the film. more
Quotes:
Dave Marsh: If you won't tell the truth because it's bad for the cause then the cause becomes a fiction, which is exactly what's happened. It's happened with the Left in the United States as a whole and it's happened with Michael Moore. more
Movie Connections:
References Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992) more

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100 out of 172 people found the following comment useful:-
A Balanced Film On An Unbalanced Filmmaker, 14 February 2007
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Author: Joshua Tate (joshuadtate@gmail.com) from United States

It's hard to count how many documentaries have been made about Michael Moore, but those made by Canadian left-wing fans seem to be a bit scarcer. Supported largely by Canadian financiers, Manufacturing Dissent starts out as a balanced exploration of filmmaker and political personality Michael Moore. The film documents Moore during his 2004 national touring campaign for Fahrenheit 9/11, his politically sensational documentary that spoke out against the integrity of the Bush Administration. As the film progresses, the filmmakers are disappointingly unsuccessful in securing an interview with Moore, and as they try, facts arise questioning Moore's credibility as a journalist, his film-making techniques, and his personal character. It concludes on a much less optimistic note than at the beginning, gradually disclosing a reluctantly-developed disenchantment with the fervent Midwestern public activist. What makes Manufacturing Dissent particularly unique is its resistance from sensationalizing its condemning findings. With an attitude of professional reserve, Manufacturing Dissent strategically uses subtlety and a careful resolve to disclose straightforward facts and present the comments of interviewees with accuracy and integrity—a set of convictions that many viewers, in turn, observe to be lacking from Moore's bountiful supply. This is a film that speaks, first and foremost, to the die-hard fans of Michael Moore. Leftist followers owe it to themselves to experience the cautious, revealing process that this film provides.

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Come on folks, this film is a load of nonsense. stepchange
There was Fahrenhype 9/11 too. zhadowlord
Funny how now its 'fair and balanced'..... vanight
This movie's producers could be using the same tactics... macraig-2
Very enlightening!!!!!! drf711
Roger Ebert and Errol Morris msh3773
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