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"I just decided to make a movie. I had no training, no film school, but I had been to a lot of movies."
— Michael Moore

Michael Moore leapt into public awareness with "Roger & Me", his 1989 documentary film blasting the chairman of General Motors for destroying the economy of Flint, Michigan (Moore's home town).
His 2002 film "Bowling For Columbine" won an Oscar for Best Documentary feature.

The very controversial documentary film "Fahrenheit 9/11" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2004, and then got even more free publicity when Disney Studios told subsidiary Miramax Films not to distribute the movie, for fear of interference in Bush's re-election. A deal was made and Miramax bought the film outright, then signed with independents Lionsgate & I.F.C. for distribution.
After the record-setting opening of "Fahrenheit 9/11" in June 2004, Moore made the cover of Time Magazine – see two online articles from that July 12th issue: "The World According To Michael" by Richard Corliss & others, and "The Moore Method" sidebar. And he also was listed as one of the Time Magazine 100 (April 2005).

          Not one to avoid the spotlight, Moore revealed in early 2007 that the I.R.S. was going to audit his income tax records because of his trip to Cuba to film parts of "Sicko" – a revelation nicely timed for the opening of that film.
          Moore's sequel project called "Fahrenheit 9/11½" seems to be abandoned.
          Moore's next project is "a look at the global financial crisis and the U.S. economy during the transition between the incoming Obama Administration and the outgoing Bush Administration".

won a shared Emmy for Outstanding Informational Series for "TV Nation" [1994]

Michael Moore won the Best Feature Documentary Oscar®
for "Bowling For Columbine" [2002]

He also won
two International Documentary Association Awards (1990 & 2004)
an Emmy for "TV Nation" [1994], plus 3 nominations
two Producers Guild of America Awards (1995 & 2008)
three awards at Cannes (2002 & 2004)
César Award for Best Foreign Film (2003)
the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary (2003)
W.G.A. Award for Best Original Screenplay (2003), plus 3 nominations
and the Kinema Junpo Award for Best Foreign Language Film Director (2004)

"Capitalism: A Love Story"
documentary [Dog Eat Dog/Weinstein Oct 2009]

Capitalism, A Love Story documentary by Michael Moore

Back in 2008, Michael Moore's next film was described as being about 'the wonders of capitalism'. However, fate provided him with the 'Meltdown', the still-rolling collapse of the U.S. and worldwide economy. The American Dream is looking like a nightmare for more and more ordinary people whose lives have been turned upside down, as families pay the price each day with their jobs, their homes and their savings – the disastrous impact of unregulated corporate dominance and scared politicians seeking re-election over mystified & angry citizens across America. Co-produced, written & directed by & starring Michael Moore; already won 2 awards at the Venice Film Festival
Starz / Anchor Bay color DVD [DUE March 2010] for $20.99

full credits from IMDb • official movie site

"Michael Moore's Slacker Uprising" documentary
aka "Captain Mike Across America" [Dog Eat Dog/Weinstein Sept 2008]

Gadfly filmmaker Michael Moore toured the U.S. to increase voter registration among post-high school youth ('slackers') for the important 2004 Presidential election, and he took his camera crew with him. This film is a record of that ultimately-failed effort (Dubya won), with the omission of death threats and attempts on Moore's life during the tour. In a radical marketing move, Moore made the entire film available online for free, immediate download for three weeks in September & October (after signup; available in U.S. & Canada only), as well as the standard DVD edition. Co-produced, written, directed & narrated by Michael Moore; includes perform- ances or appearances by Roseanne Barr, Joan Baez, Steve Earle, Tom Morello (of Rage Against The Machine band), Viggo Mortensen, R.E.M. band, and Eddie Vedder (of Pearl Jam band)
"sign up to download the entire movie FOR FREE!" {limited time offer, still available in 2009}
Brave New Films widescreen color DVD [10/2008] for $9.95
the DVD also includes 7 short films and other extras
full credits from IMDb • official movie site

"Fahrenheit 9/11½: The Sequel"
[Dog Eat Dog/Miramax; abandoned?]
pre-production info no longer showing on IMDb (10/2008)

"Sicko" documentary [Dog Eat Dog/Weinstein June 2007]

Moore compares the failed American health care system with that of Canada & Cuba. Official tagline: "A comedy about 45 million people with no health care in the richest country on earth."
Co-produced, written & directed by and starring Michael Moore; won ACE & PGA Awards, nominated for WGA Award & for Best Documentary Feature Oscar
Weinstein Company color DVD [11/2007] for $19.99
full credits from IMDb • official movie site

"The Fever"
[on festival circuit 2005; H.B.O. airdate 13 June 2007]

A woman of the privileged class travels to a country torn by civil war. Suddenly ill, she becomes delirious and confronts her internal chorus and the conflict between the desire for comfort and the reality of oppression. Co-produced & directed by Carlo Gabriel Nero; adapted by Wallace Shawn from his play; starring Michael Moore, Vanessa Redgrave, Angelina Jolie & Joely Richardson
H.B.O. Home Video widescreen color DVD [12/2007] for $9.99
full credits from IMDb

"The Fever" play [1991] by Wallace Shawn
Dramatists Play Service pb [1/98] for $6.50
FS&G hardcover [5/91] out of print/used

"Bowling For Columbine" documentary
[Dog Eat Dog/United Artists Oct 2002]

wide poster for Oscar-winning "Bowling For Columbine" documentary by Michael Moore

The highest-grossing documentary feature film, until beaten by Moore's own "Fahrenheit 9/11" in 2004; Moore sets out to explore the reasons why America has an astounding number of deaths by firearms (compared to other countries) and finds answers in the bigotry and anger and fear rampant in a nation with widespread gun ownership, a situtation fanned into recurring violence by corporate greed. Co-produced, written & directed & narrated by Michael Moore; featuring footage of John Ashcroft, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Bill Clinton, N.R.A. officer Charlton Heston, John Kerry, Joseph Lieberman, Timothy McVeigh, Terry Nichols, Oliver North, Augusto Pinochet, Pat Robertson, Chris Rock, Donald Rumsfeld, Prince Charles Windsor, and students & staff & parents from Columbine High School in Colorado
M.G.M. Video widescreen color DVD [8/2003] for $9.49
M.G.M. Video color VHS [8/2003] for $6.98
17"x11" wide poster {at left} available for $14.99 at AllPosters.com
full credits from IMDb • official movie website

"The Awful Truth" TV series
[United Broadcasting / Bravo Cable 1999-2000]
full credits from IMDb

"The Big One" documentary
[Dog Eat Dog/Miramax April 1997]

The Big One documentary film by Michael Moore

While crossing the nation on an escorted book tour (for "Downsize This!"), Moore can't help but seek out corporate execs to mask the burning question of Middle America: "If Fortune 500 companies are posting record-setting profits, why do they continue laying off thousands of American workers?"
Written & directed by & starring Michael Moore; featuring footage of Bill Clinton, Congressman Robert Dornan, Steve Forbes, Garrison Keillor, Nike Chairman Phil Knight, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Jerry Springer & Studs Terkel; won awards at Aspen & Denver film festivals
Miramax Home Ent. color DVD [9/2004] for $17.99
Walt Disney Video color VHS [9/99] out of prodn/used
11"x17" poster available for $14.99 at AllPosters.com
full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Canadian Bacon" comedy [Dog Eat Dog / Maverick Sept 1995]
Co-produced, written & directed by Michael Moore; full credits from IMDb

"Pets or Meat: The Return To Flint"
[Dog Eat Dog Films Sept 1992]
full credits from IMDb

"Roger & Me: A Humorous Look
At How General Motors Destroyed Flint, Michigan"
[Dog Eat Dog / Warner Bros. Dec 1989]
Produced, written & directed by Michael Moore; full credits from IMDb

	"Downsize This!: Random Threats From An Unarmed American" [1996] Harper 8x5¼ pb [9/97] for $11.86 Pan Books 7½x5 pb [11/2002] out of print/used Crown hardcover [9/96] out of print/many, many used Random House audio [9/96] out of prodn/used
	"Stupid White Men ...and Other Sorry Excuses For The State of The Nation!" [2002] largest selling non-fiction book in America for 2002 Regan Books 8x5¼ pb [5/2004] for $11.86 Regan Books 9x5¾ hardcover [2/2002] for $19.72 Phoenix Audio UNABR audio CD [10/2006] 7 disks for $26.56 New Millennium UNABR audio CD [5/2002] out of print/used New Millennium UNABR audio [5/2002] for $24.47
	"Dude, Where's My Country?" [2003] Grand Central Publng 9x5¾ pb [8/2004] for $11.66 Warner 9x6¼ hardcover [10/2003] out of print/many, many used Hachette UNABR audio CD [10/2003] 8 disks for $30.09 Hachette UNABR audio [10/2003] for $32.98
	"Will They Ever Trust Us Again?: Letters from the War Zone - Soldiers, Veterans & Their Families Write to Michael Moore" [2004] Penguin 7½x5 pb [7/2005] out of print/used S&S 8¾x5¾ hardcover [10/2004] out of print/many used S&S UNABR audio CD [10/2004] out of prodn/many used S&S UNABR audio [10/2004] out of prodn/used

	"Forgive Us Our Spins: Michael Moore & The Future of The Left" [2006] by Jesse Larner Wiley & Sons 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/2006] for $18.21
	"Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11: How One Film Divided A Nation" [2006] by Robert Brent Toplin Univ KS Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/2006] for $16.97
	"Michael Moore: A Biography" [2005] by Emily Schultz light-weight content, mixed reviews; included here until a better bio comes along E.C.W. Press 9x6 hardcover [9/2005] for $18.96
	"Moore and Us: One Man's Quest For A New World Order" [2005] by Jesse Larner Sanctuary Publng 7¾x5¼ pb [5/2005] out of print/used
	"The World According To Michael Moore: A Portrait In His Own Words" [2004] by Ken Lawrence Andrews McMeel Publng 6¾x5 pb [9/2004] for $9.95

	Co-directed by Jennifer Abbott & Mark Achbar; co-written by Harold Crooks from Joel Bakan's book; interviewees include Noam Chomsky, Peter Drucker, Milton Freidman, Ray Anderson & Michael Moore Zeitgeist Video color DVD [4/2005] 2 disks for $22.49 full credits from IMDb • official movie website
	"The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit & Power" [2004] by Joel Bakan Free Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2004] for $17.00

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