[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by Ronn_Bman: Come to think of it, this was a publicity stunt, but only in the sense that such a huge deal was made about something so mundane, but I don't think MM planned it. My best guess is that he couldn't be happier about the controvesy though.

Well, I have to disagree with you on a couple of points, Ronn. This wasn't the same as LOTR because Michael Moore knew Disney was NOT going to distribute the film BEFORE production even started on the film. Michael Eisner told Miramax and Michael Moore's agent LAST MAY that Disney would not distribute the film. So Moore knew this was going to happen from the very beginning.

And Michael Moore was the one who went out of his way to make such a big deal about something that really IS a mundane (and very common) part of the film-making business. As you said, he couldn't be happier about the controversy - that is why he took the measures necessery to ensure the controversy occurred.

Go back and read the opening post. Michael Moore is simply telling a bald-faced lie saying that Disney pulled this stunt at the last minute and without his knowledge. He has known from the moment he started shooting the first scene that Eisner would not allow Miramax to distribute the film.

And I emphasize again that - despite the title of this thread - Disney never forbade him to distribute his film at all. They just said that Disney wouldn't distribute. Moore knew since last May he would have to find another distributer and Disney never did anything to hinder that process, even though Michael Moore has done his best to make it appear otherwise.