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Originally posted by Cerek the Barbaric:
This isn't new news, Chewbacca, but it does serve to illustrate the type of misconception I've been accusing Moore of deliberately creating.
Disney never said that Moore couldn't distribute his film, they just said THEY wouldn't do it. Disney has always said that Moore was free to seek other distributers of his film...this was even mentioned in the article that started this thread.
Miramax is free to seek another distributor in North America, but such a deal would force it to share profits and be a blow to Harvey Weinstein, a big donor to Democrats.
And distribution rights have already been sold to several overseas companies.
But Disney executives indicated that they would not budge from their position forbidding Miramax to be the distributor of the film in North America. Overseas rights have been sold to a number of companies, executives said.
So Disney is NOT trying to prevent Farenheit 9/11 from being seen at all. The only thing they have "forbidden" is for Miramax to be the distributer. But they said that Moore was free to seek other distributers...and given the amount of publicity this movie is already generating, I'm sure he won't have any problem finding one.
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Just seeking a point of clarification re the "were Disney blocking the film or not" line?
If Disney had not sold their rights to the Weinseins or others (as the Chewie article that Cerek responded to indicated), could the film have been legally distributed. Was the point of Moore's protest a means to an end to have Disney sell these rights? From what I can make out, Disney could have played the game by being bloody-minded and not onsold those rights and in fact could have prevented internal US distribution. Could someone please clarify if that was indeed the case? It looks to me like Moore was never free to seek out alternate distributors Cerek - leastwise until Disney onsold their rights.
[ 05-14-2004, 10:40 AM: Message edited by: Davros ]