Moore takes top award for 'Fahrenheit 9/11'
May 23, 2004 16:00:46 GMT -5
Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on May 23, 2004 16:00:46 GMT -5
May 23, 2004
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CANNES, France -- Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11," a documentary denouncing the presidency of George W. Bush, won the Palme d'Or here Saturday night as the best film in the Cannes Film Festival. It was the first documentary to take the Palme since 1956, and was a popular winner; at its official screening it received what the festival director said was the longest ovation in Cannes history.
"What have you done?" an emotional Moore asked the jury headed by Quentin Tarantino. "The last time I was on an awards stage, all hell broke loose." That was at the 2003 Academy Awards, when Moore turned cheers to boos as he shouted, "Shame on you, Mr. President." This time he did not mention Bush, quoting instead Abraham Lincoln: "If you just give the people the truth, the Republic will be safe."
Immediately after the awards, Tarantino told me backstage: "This prize was not for politics. It won because it was the best film."
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BY ROGER EBERT FILM CRITIC Advertisement
CANNES, France -- Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11," a documentary denouncing the presidency of George W. Bush, won the Palme d'Or here Saturday night as the best film in the Cannes Film Festival. It was the first documentary to take the Palme since 1956, and was a popular winner; at its official screening it received what the festival director said was the longest ovation in Cannes history.
"What have you done?" an emotional Moore asked the jury headed by Quentin Tarantino. "The last time I was on an awards stage, all hell broke loose." That was at the 2003 Academy Awards, when Moore turned cheers to boos as he shouted, "Shame on you, Mr. President." This time he did not mention Bush, quoting instead Abraham Lincoln: "If you just give the people the truth, the Republic will be safe."
Immediately after the awards, Tarantino told me backstage: "This prize was not for politics. It won because it was the best film."
- www.suntimes.com/output/eb-feature/cst-nws-cannes23s1.html