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| '''Michael Francis Moore''' (born April 23, 1954) is an American ] and author.<ref name=detnews>{{cite web|url=http://www.detnews.com/article/20111111/ENT02/111110322/Michael-Moore-fights-to-save-State-Theatre-in-Traverse-City|title=Michael Moore Fights to Save Theatre in Traverse City|archive-url=http://www.historictheatres.org/michael-moore-fights-to-save-state-theatre-in-traverse-city-mich/|archivedate=June 2011|work=]/]|accessdate=October 19, 2013}}</ref> He is the director and producer of '']'' (2004), a critical look at the presidency of ] and the ], which is the highest-grossing documentary at the American box office of all time and winner of the ].<ref name=mojorank>{{cite web |title=Documentary Movies |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=documentary.htm |publisher=] |year=2007 |accessdate=March 26, 2011 }}</ref> His film '']'' (2002), which examines the causes of the ], won the ]. | |||
| Both ''Fahrenheit 9/11'' and '']'' (2007), which examines ], are among the top ten highest-grossing documentaries.<ref name="mojorank"/> In September 2008, he released his first free movie on the Internet, '']'', which documented his personal quest to encourage more Americans to vote in presidential elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=258 |title=Michael Moore releases Slacker Uprising for free on Net | |||
| |publisher=www.meeja.com.au |date=September 24, 2008 |accessdate=September 24, 2008 }}</ref> He has also written and starred in the TV shows '']'', a satirical newsmagazine television series, and '']'', a satirical show. | |||
| Moore's written and cinematic works criticize topics such as ], ], ] ownership, U.S. Presidents ]<ref> August 13, 2000, Michael Moore.com {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220180917/http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mikes-letter/and-now-for-the-other-republican-convention |date=December 20, 2013 }}</ref> and ], President-elect ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-moore-predicts-trump-impeach-resign_us_58261464e4b0c4b63b0c6dee|title= Michael Moore Predicts Donald Trump Won’t Last The Full 4 Years|date=November 11, 2016}}</ref> the ], the ], and ]. In 2005, '']'' magazine named Moore one of ].<ref name="Joel Stein">{{cite news | author=Joel Stein | title=Michael Moore: The Angry Filmmaker | url=http://www.time.com/time/subscriber/2005/time100/artists/100moore.html | publisher=Time | accessdate=July 19, 2007 | date=April 18, 2005}}</ref> | |||
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| ==Early life== | |||
| Michael Moore was born in ], and raised in ], a suburb of Flint, by parents Helen Veronica (née Wall),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/CSPAN2_20111002_160000_Book_TV|title=Book TV : CSPAN2 : October 2, 2011 12:00pm-3:00pm EDT : Free Streaming|publisher=|via=archive.org}}</ref> a secretary, and Francis Richard "Frank" Moore, an automotive assembly-line worker.<ref name="nytimesbio">{{cite news|title=Michael Moore. Full biography |publisher=New York Times |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/103383/Michael-Moore/biography |accessdate=May 12, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210051016/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/103383/Michael-Moore/biography |archivedate=February 10, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Moore Biography (1954–) |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/47/Michael-Moore.html|publisher=Film Reference|accessdate=July 19, 2007}}</ref><ref name=tsal>{{cite book|last=Rapoport|first=Roger|authorlink=|title=Citizen Moore: the life and times of an American iconoclast|publisher=RDR Books|year=2007|location=|page=19|url=|isbn=1-57143-163-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/flint/obituary.aspx?n=francis-richard-moore&pid=170739508&fhid=10330|title=Francis Richard Moore's Obituary on Flint Journal|publisher=}}</ref> At that time, the city of Flint was home to many ] factories, where his parents and grandfather worked. His uncle LaVerne was one of the founders of the ] ] and participated in the ].<ref>Stated in Moore's film, '']'', 1989, and '']'', 2009.</ref> | |||
| Michael Moore was brought up Catholic,<ref name="OP-20070918">{{cite web|last=Williamson|first=Marianne|url=http://www.oprah.com/oprahradio/Filmmaker-Michael-Moores-Spirituality|title=Filmmaker Michael Moore's Spirituality|work=] |quote = |date=September 18, 2007|accessdate=September 16, 2010}}</ref> and has Irish, Scottish, and English ancestry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/Michael-Moore-talks-Capitalism-and-how-Irish-background-shapes-his-views-62868527.html|title=Michael Moore talks 'Capitalism' and how Irish background shapes his views|date=September 30, 2009|publisher=}}</ref><ref>http://humphrysfamilytree.com/Royal/Larson/Edw1-MichaelMoore.pdf</ref> He attended parochial St. John's Elementary School for primary school and later attended St. Paul's Seminary in ], for a year.<ref name="nytimesbio"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Schultz|first= Emily|title=Michael Moore: a biography|year=2005|pages=7–8|publisher= ECW Press| ISBN= 1-55022-699-1}}</ref><ref name="Moorereligion">{{cite news | author=Richard Knight, Jr.| title=To Your Health: A Talk with Sicko's Michael Moore | publisher=Windy City Media Group | date=June 27, 2007 | url=http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=15370 | accessdate=June 27, 2007}}</ref><ref>Primeau, François. ''American Dissident'', Lulu Press, 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/movies/20head.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2&ref=movies|title=Capitalism's little tramp|publisher=New York Times|date=September 16, 2009|accessdate=September 17, 2009|first=Bruce|last=Headlam}}</ref> He then attended ], where he was active in both drama and debate,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-06-20-moore_x.htm | title=The truth about Michael Moore | author=Gary Strauss | work=USA Today | date=June 20, 2004 | accessdate = July 9, 2006}}</ref> graduating in 1972. As a member of the ], he achieved the rank of ]. At the age of 18, he was elected to the Davison ].<ref name="nytimesbio"/> At the time he was the youngest person elected to office in the U.S., as the minimum age to hold public office had just been lowered to 18.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/12/books/here-comes-trouble-by-michael-moore-book-review.html?_r=2&ref=todayspaper& |title=A Contrarian Since Childhood |work=The New York Times |first=Dwight |last=Garner |date=September 13, 2011 |accessdate=June 28, 2013}}</ref> | |||
| ==Career== | |||
| Moore dropped out of the ] following his first year (where he wrote for the student newspaper '']''). At 22 he founded the alternative weekly magazine ''The Flint Voice'', which soon changed its name to ''The Michigan Voice'' as it expanded to cover the entire state. In 1986, when Moore became the editor of ], a liberal political magazine, he moved to California and ''The Michigan Voice'' was shut down. | |||
| ] in September 2009]] | |||
| After four months at ''Mother Jones'', Moore was fired. ] of '']'' reported this was for refusing to print an article by ] that was critical of the ] human rights record in Nicaragua.<ref name=Schultz>{{cite book|last=Schultz|first=Emily|title=Michael Moore: a biorgraphy|year=2005|publisher=ECW Press|location=47–54|isbn=1-55022-699-1}}</ref> Moore refused to run the article, believing it to be inaccurate. "The article was flatly wrong and the worst kind of patronizing bullshit. You would scarcely know from it that the United States had been at war with Nicaragua for the last five years."<ref>Cockburn, Alexander. "Beat The Devil: Michael meets Mr. Jones", '']'', September 13, 1986.</ref> | |||
| Moore believes that ''Mother Jones'' fired him because of the publisher's refusal to allow him to cover a story on the GM plant closings in his hometown of ]. He responded by putting laid-off GM worker ] (who was also writing for the same magazine at the time) on the magazine's cover, leading to his termination. Moore sued for wrongful dismissal, and settled out of court for $58,000, providing him with seed money for his first film, ''].''<ref>Matt Labash. "Michael Moore, One-Trick Phony". '']''. June 8, 1998.</ref> | |||
| ===Directing/producing=== | |||
| ; '']'': Moore first became famous for his 1989 film, ''Roger & Me'', a documentary about what happened to ], after ] closed its factories and opened new ones in Mexico, where the workers were paid much less.<ref> ''Internet Movie Data Base'', Accessed July 20, 2012.</ref> Since then Moore has become known as a critic of the ] view of ]. "Roger" is ], former CEO and president of General Motors. ], editor of '']'' magazine, said that Moore muddled the chronology in ''Roger & Me'' to make it seem that events that took place before G.M.’s layoffs were a consequence of them. Critic ] defended Moore's handling of the timeline as an artistic and stylistic choice that had less to do with his credibility as a filmmaker and more to do with the flexibility of film as a medium to express a satiric viewpoint.<ref>{{cite news|title=Attacks on 'Roger & Me' completely miss the point of the film |first=Roger|last=Ebert|date =February 11, 1990|publisher=Sun Times|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19900211/COMMENTARY/22010306|accessdate =October 5, 2011}}</ref> | |||
| ; '']'': (1992) is a short (23-minute) documentary film that was aired on PBS. It is based on ''Roger & Me''. The film's title refers to Rhonda Britton, a Flint, Michigan, resident featured in both the 1989 and 1992 films who sells rabbits as either pets or meat.<ref>{{cite news |title='Roger and Me' Revisited |author=Diane Katz |publisher=] |date=September 20, 1992 |accessdate=March 8, 2011}}</ref> | |||
| ; '']'': In 1995, Moore released a satirical film, ''Canadian Bacon'', which features a fictional US president (played by ]) engineering a fake war with Canada in order to boost his popularity. It is noted for containing a number of Canadian and American stereotypes, and for being Moore's only non-documentary film. The film is also one of the last featuring Canadian-born actor ], and also features a number of cameos by other Canadian actors. In the film, several potential enemies for America's next great campaign are discussed by the president and his cabinet. (The scene was strongly influenced by the ] film ''].'') The President comments that declaring war on Canada was as ridiculous as declaring war on international terrorism. His military adviser, played by ], quickly rejects this idea, saying that no one would care about "a bunch of guys driving around blowing up rent-a-cars." | |||
| ; '']'': In 1997, Moore directed ''The Big One'', which documents the tour publicizing his book '']'', in which he criticizes mass layoffs despite record corporate profits. Among others, he targets ] for outsourcing shoe production to ]. | |||
| ; '']'': This 2002 film probes the culture of ], taking as a starting point the ] of 1999. ''Bowling for Columbine'' won the Anniversary Prize at the ]<ref name="cannes-2002.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3137379/year/2002.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Bowling for Columbine |accessdate=October 24, 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> and France's ] as the Best Foreign Film. In the United States, it won the 2002 ]. It also enjoyed great commercial and critical success for a film of its type, and has since gone on to be considered one of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.cwu.edu/media/intnationaldoc20.htm |title=International Documentary Association Top Twenty Documentaries of All-Time|publisher=Central Washington University — Brooks Library (at Archive.org)|accessdate=2009-09-18 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080213002531/http://www.lib.cwu.edu/media/intnationaldoc20.htm |archivedate = 2008-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/aabowlingawardnews.htm|title="Bowling for Columbine" Named Best Documentary Film|date=December 12, 2002|publisher=About.com|accessdate=2009-09-18}}</ref><ref> ]<br />Retrieved 2016-02-08</ref><ref> ]<br/ >Retrieved 2016-02-08</ref> At the time of ''Columbine'''s release, it was the highest-grossing mainstream-released documentary (a record now held by Moore's '']'').<ref name=mojorank/> It was praised by some for illuminating a subject avoided by the mainstream media. | |||
| ; '']'': Examines America in the aftermath of the ], particularly the record of the Bush administration and alleged links between the families of ] and ]. ''Fahrenheit'' was awarded the '']'',<ref name="cannes-2004.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4201423/year/2004.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Fahrenheit 9/11 |accessdate=November 30, 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> the top honor at the ]; it was the first documentary film to win the prize since 1956. Moore later announced that ''Fahrenheit 9/11'' would not be in consideration for the 2005 ], but instead for the ]. He stated he wanted the movie to be seen by a few million more people via a television broadcast prior to election day. According to Moore, "Academy rules forbid the airing of a documentary on television within nine months of its theatrical release", and since the November 2 election was fewer than nine months after the film's release, it would have been disqualified for the Documentary Oscar.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mikes-letter/why-i-will-not-seek-a-best-documentary-oscar-im-giving-it-up-in-the-hopes-more-voters-can-see-fahrenheit-911 |title=Why I Will Not Seek a Best Documentary Oscar (I'm giving it up in the hopes more voters can see "Fahrenheit 9/11") |author=Michael Moore |date=September 6, 2004 |accessdate=March 8, 2011}}</ref> However, Fahrenheit received no Oscar nomination for Best Picture. The title of the film alludes to the classic book '']'' about a future totalitarian state in which books are banned; according to the book, paper begins to burn at {{convert|451|°F|°C}}. The pre-release subtitle of the film confirms the allusion: "The temperature at which freedom burns." | |||
| :As of August 2012, ''Fahrenheit 9/11'' is the highest-grossing documentary of all time, taking in over US$200 million worldwide, including United States box office revenue of almost US$120 million.<ref name=mojorank/> In February 2011, Moore sued producers ] and ] for US$2.7 million in unpaid profits from the film, claiming they used "Hollywood accounting tricks" to avoid paying him the money.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12402807 |title=Film-maker Michael Moore sues Weinstein brothers |publisher=BBC |date=February 9, 2011 |accessdate=February 9, 2011}}</ref> In February 2012, Moore and the Weinsteins informed the court that they had settled their dispute.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/michael-moore-harvey-weinstein-fahrenheit-911-lawsuit-291581 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | first=Matthew | last=Belloni | title=Michael Moore, Harvey Weinstein Settle 'Fahrenheit 9/11' Lawsuit}}</ref> | |||
| ] receiving a standing ovation for ''Sicko'']] | |||
| ; '']'': Moore directed this film about the American health care system, focusing particularly on the managed-care and pharmaceutical industries. At least four major ]—], ], ], and ]—ordered their employees not to grant any interviews or assist Moore.<ref> Inqlings | Michael Moore takes on Glaxo. Michael Klein, September 30, 2005. Archive accessed July 9, 2006.</ref><ref> Drug Firms are on the Defense as Filmmaker Michael Moore Plans to Dissect Their Industry. Original Article — Elaine Dutka, L.A. Times, December 22, 2004. Archive accessed August 9, 2006.</ref><ref> Michael Moore turns camera onto health care industry. Bruce Japsen, October 3, 2004. Archive accessed July 9, 2006.</ref> According to Moore on a letter at his website, "roads that often surprise us and lead us to new ideas—and challenge us to reconsider the ones we began with have caused some minor delays." The film premiered at the ] on May 19, 2007, receiving a lengthy standing ovation, and was released in the U.S. and Canada on June 29, 2007.<ref> Sicko to have unofficial premiere at Democratic fundraiser May 26, 2007. URL accessed October 14, 2007.</ref> The film is currently ranked the tenth highest grossing documentary of all time<ref name=mojorank/> and received an ] nomination for ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i587be3b0ca27043557eff60b69803664 | title=Shortlist for docu Oscar unveiled |accessdate=January 31, 2008|date=November 20, 2007|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080502163927/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i587be3b0ca27043557eff60b69803664 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = May 2, 2008}}</ref> | |||
| ; '']'' and '']'': Moore takes a look at the politics of college students in what he calls "Bush Administration America" with this film shot during Moore's 60-city college campus tour in the months leading up to George Bush's 2004 presidential election.<ref>{{cite web | |||
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| }}</ref><ref>{{IMDb title|0850669|Captain Mike}}</ref> The film debuted at the ] on September 7, 2007. It was later re-edited by Moore into ''Slacker Uprising'' and released for free on the internet on September 23, 2008. | |||
| ; '']'': On September 23, 2009, Moore released a new movie titled ''Capitalism: A Love Story'', which looks at the ] and the U.S. economy during the transition between the incoming Obama Administration and the outgoing Bush Administration. Addressing a press conference at its release, Moore said, "Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy. So Obama will rise or fall based not so much on what he does but on what we do to support him."<ref> ], September 6, 2009.</ref> | |||
| ; '']'': Moore's latest documentary project, examining the benefits of ], saw its premiere at the 2015 ].<ref>{{cite web | |||
| | url = http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-toronto-film-festival-ridley-scott-jay-roach-michael-moore-20150728-story.html | |||
| | title = Toronto 2015: Ridley Scott, Michael Moore films set for world premieres | |||
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| ===Writing=== | |||
| Moore has written and co-written eight non-fiction books, mostly on similar subject matter to his documentaries. '']'' (2001) is ostensibly a critique of American domestic and foreign policy but, by Moore's own admission, is also "a book of political humor."<ref> Unmoored from Reality. John Fund's Political Diary, March 21, 2003. URL accessed August 29, 2006.</ref> '']'' (2003), is an examination of the ]'s relationships with ], the ], and the ], and a call-to-action for liberals in the ]. Several of his works have made bestseller lists. | |||
| ], ] to promote his memoir ''Here Comes Trouble'', September 2011]] | |||
| ===Acting=== | |||
| Moore has dabbled in acting, following a supporting role in '']'' (2000) playing the cousin of ]'s character, who agrees to be part of the scheme concocted by ]'s character. He also had a cameo in his '']'' as an anti-Canada activist. In 2004, he did a cameo, as a news journalist, in '']'', starring ] in the lead. | |||
| ===Television=== | |||
| Between 1994 and 1995, he directed and hosted the ] television series '']'', which followed the format of news magazine shows but covered topics they avoid. The series aired on ] in the UK. The series was also aired in the US on ] in 1994 for 9 episodes and again for 8 episodes on ] in 1995. | |||
| His other major series was '']'', which satirized actions by big corporations and politicians. It aired on ] in the UK, and the ] network in the US, in 1999 and 2000. Moore won the ] in Arts and Entertainment for being the executive producer and host of ''The Awful Truth'', where he was also described as "muckraker, author and documentary filmmaker". | |||
| Another 1999 series, '']'', was aired in the UK only on ], though it was broadcast from New York. This show had a similar format to ''The Awful Truth'', but also incorporated phone-ins and a live stunt each week. | |||
| ===Music videos=== | |||
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| Moore has directed several music videos, including two for ] for songs from '']'': "]" and "]". He was threatened with arrest during the shooting of "Sleep Now in the Fire", which was filmed on ]; and subsequently the city of New York City denied the band permission to play there, even though the band and Moore had secured a federal permit to perform.<ref> Rage against Wall Street. Michael Moore, via MichaelMoore.com, date unspecified. URL accessed July 9, 2006.</ref> | |||
| Moore also directed the videos for ] single "]" in 2001 and the ] song "]". | |||
| ===Appearances in other documentaries=== | |||
| * He appeared in ''The Drugging of Our Children'',<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0850665/| title=The Drugging of Our Children}} at the ].</ref> a 2005 documentary about over-prescription of psychiatric medication to children and teenagers, directed by ], a proponent of ]. In the film Moore agrees with ] that Ritalin and other similar drugs are over-prescribed, saying that they are seen as a "pacifier." | |||
| * He appeared on fellow Flint natives ]'s episode of '']''. | |||
| * He appeared as an off-camera interviewer in '']'', a 1991 documentary about ] groups. At the center of the film is a ] gathering in Michigan.<ref>{{IMDb title|id=0101479|title=Blood in the Face}} Moore details his involvement in the audio commentary on the '']'' DVD.</ref> | |||
| * Moore appeared in the 2001 documovie '']'' discussing Democrats and Republicans. | |||
| * He appeared in '']'', a 2003 documentary about two men who pose as the ]. He appears during a segment concerning working conditions in Mexico and Latin America. | |||
| * Moore was interviewed for the 2004 documentary, ''].'' One of his highlighted quotes was: "The problem is the ]: for corporations, there's no such thing as enough."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thecorporation.com/index.cfm?page_id=3 | title=Who's Who | work=The Corporation Film}}</ref><!-- Having watched the show of July 1, I cannot see that this is correct. * Moore was interviewed by ] in the summer of 2004, and was repeatedly asked what he thought the real reasons were for President Bush's alarmingly aggressive tactics and why so many liberties and rights were being flagrantly disregarded. Despite receiving the question five or six times, Moore's answer was consistently: "I don't know."<ref>{{YouTube|eBfChxsAQA4|Charlie Rose — Michael Moore (From 7/6/04 & 7/1/04)}}</ref> --> | |||
| * He appeared in the 2006 documentary '']'', which chronicles ]'s 2004 Re-Invention World Tour. Moore attended her show in New York City at ]. | |||
| ==Political views== | |||
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| Although Moore has been noted for his political activism,<ref name=detnews /> he rejects the label as redundant in a democracy: "I and you and everyone else has to be a political activist. If we're not politically active, it ceases to be a democracy."<ref>{{cite web | url = http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2007-07-04/features/0706290259_1_sicko-health-care-health-care | title = 'I am the balance', says Moore | work = Minneapolis Star Tribune | publisher = South Florida Sun-Sentinel | date = July 4, 2007 | quote = Moore rejects the label "political activist"; as a citizen of a democracy, Moore insists, such a description is redundant. | accessdate = July 6, 2007 }}</ref> According to John Flesher of the ], Moore is known for his "fiery left-wing ],"<ref>{{cite news | agency=Associated Press | title = Hollywood meets Bellaire as Moore gives sneak peek of "Sicko" | first = John | last = Flesher | date = June 16, 2007 | accessdate = July 6, 2007 | quote = But the filmmaker, known for his fiery left-wing populism and polemical films such as "Fahrenheit 9/11" and Oscar-winning "Bowling for Columbine", told the audience "Sicko" would appeal across the political spectrum.}}</ref> and publications such as the ] Online have hailed him as the "new ]."<ref>Porton, Richard. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929134629/http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-844175_ITM |title=Weapon of mass instruction Michael Moore's ''Fahrenheit 9/11'' |date=September 29, 2007}}. ''Cineaste'' (September 22, 2004). Retrieved May 15, 2009; see also Davy, Michael. . ''Socialist Worker''. July 10, 2004. Retrieved May 15, 2009.</ref> In a speech, he said that ] ''is'' ], ''is'' ]. However, he later said that economic philosophies from the past were not apt enough to describe today's realities.<ref> | |||
| , October 8, 2009</ref> | |||
| Moore was a high-profile guest at both the ] and the ], chronicling his impressions in '']''. He was criticized in a speech by ] Senator ] as "a disingenuous film-maker". Moore laughed and waved as Republican attendees jeered, later chanting "four more years". Moore ] at the crowd, which translates into "loser".<ref> CNN.com. August 31, 2006.</ref> | |||
| During September and October 2004, Moore spoke at universities and colleges in ]s during his "Slacker Uprising Tour". The tour gave away ] and underwear to students who promised to vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.10news.com/politics/3802561/detail.html |title=Moore Offers 'Hell raiser' Scholarship During Speech |work=10News.com |date=October 14, 2004 |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0809/S00509.htm |title=Michael Moore Offers Slacker Uprising Free Online |work=Scoop Independent News |date=September 23, 2008 |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref> One stop during the tour was ]. A fight for his right to speak resulted in massive public debates and a media blitz, eventually resulting in a lawsuit against the college and the resignation of at least one member of the college's student government.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/600110152/Film-dissects-pros-cons-of-Moore-visit.html |title=Film dissects pros, cons of Moore visit |work=Deseret Morning News |date=February 6, 2005 |first=Laura |last=Hancock |accessdate=December 4, 2011}}</ref><ref name="This Divided State"> official website. Accessed July 9, 2006.</ref> The Utah event was chronicled in the documentary film '']''.<ref name="This Divided State"/> | |||
| Despite having supported ] in the ], Moore urged Nader not to run in ] so as not to split the left vote. On '']'', Moore and ] knelt before Nader to plead with him to stay out of the race.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33257-2004Aug1.html |title=Bill Maher: Back for More |publisher=Washingtonpost.com |date=August 2, 2004 |accessdate=March 7, 2012}}</ref> | |||
| Moore drew attention in 2004 when he used the term "deserter" to describe then president ] while introducing Retired Army Gen. Wesley K. Clark at a Democratic Presidential debate in New Hampshire. Noting that Clark had been a champion debater at West Point, Moore told a laughing crowd, "I know what you're thinking. I want to see that debate" between Clark and Bush – "the general versus the deserter". Moore said he was referring to published reports in several media outlets including ''The Boston Globe'' which had reported that "there is strong evidence that Bush performed no military service as required when he moved from Houston to Alabama to work on a U.S. Senate campaign from May to November 1972."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mikes-letter/george-w-bush-awol#article2 |title=George W. Bush, A.W.O.L |publisher=MichaelMoore.com |accessdate=March 7, 2012}}</ref><ref>, January 23, 2004.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews/pm628_20041005.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041013182837/http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews/pm628_20041005.htm|archivedate=October 13, 2004|title=Michigan GOP says Michael Moore tried to buy votes with underwear|date=October 5, 2004|first=Dawson|last=Bell|work=]}}</ref> | |||
| In 2007 Moore became a contributing journalist at '']'', and by May 2014 had authored over 70 articles published on their website.<ref>{{cite news |title=Michael Moore author page at ''OpEdNews'' |url=http://www.opednews.com/author/author2347.html |accessdate=May 19, 2014 |newspaper=]}}</ref> On April 21, 2008, Moore endorsed ] for President, stating that ]'s recent actions had been "disgusting."<ref>|date=April 21, 2008|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20131220180732/http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mikes-letter/my-votes-for-obama-if-i-could-vote-by-michael-moore|archivedate=Dec 20, 2013|accessdate=January 1, 2017}}</ref> Moore was an active supporter of the ] protest in New York City and spoke with the OWS protesters on September 26, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=Something Has Started: Michael Moore on the Occupy Wall St. Protests that Could Spark a Movement|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2011/9/28/something_has_started_michael_moore_on|accessdate=October 29, 2011|newspaper=Democracy Now|date=September 28, 2011}}</ref> On October 29, 2011, he spoke at the ] protest site to express his support.<ref>{{cite news|title=Michael Moore: Occupy movement killed apathy|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-20127435/michael-moore-occupy-movement-killed-apathy/|accessdate=October 29, 2011|newspaper=CBS News|date=October 29, 2011}}</ref> | |||
| Moore praised '']'', tweeting that the movie "is one of the best film satires ever. A rare American movie on slavery and the origins of our sick racist history."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.decapost.com/entertainment/2012/12/31/django-unchained-was-more-than-a-role-for-kerry-washington_s_3821107.html |title='Django Unchained' was more than a role for Kerry Washington |work=DecaPost.com |date=December 31, 2012}}</ref> | |||
| ], New York City, 12 November 2016]] | |||
| Moore's 2011 claims that "Four hundred obscenely wealthy individuals, 400 little ]s – most of whom benefited in some way from the multi-trillion-dollar taxpayer bailout of 2008 – now have more cash, stock and property than the assets of 155 million Americans combined" and that these 400 Americans "have more wealth than half of all Americans combined" was found to be true by ] and others.<ref name="PF-20110311">{{cite news |last1=Kertscher |first1=Tom |last2=Borowski |first2=Greg |title=The Truth-O-Meter Says: '''True''' - Michael Moore says 400 Americans have more wealth than half of all Americans combined |url=http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2011/mar/10/michael-moore/michael-moore-says-400-americans-have-more-wealth-/ |date=March 10, 2011 |work=] |accessdate=August 11, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="HP-20110306">{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Michael |title=America Is Not Broke |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-moore/america-is-not-broke_b_832006.html |date=March 6, 2011 |work=] |accessdate=August 11, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="MM-20110307">{{cite web |last=Moore |first=Michael |authorlink=Michael Moore |title=The Forbes 400 vs. Everybody Else |url=http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/must-read/forbes-400-vs-everybody-else |date=March 7, 2011 |work=michaelmoore.com|deadurl=yes |archivedate=March 9, 2011 |accessdate=August 28, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309211959/http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/must-read/forbes-400-vs-everybody-else }}</ref><ref name="CNN-20100922">{{cite news |last=Pepitone |first=Julianne |title=Forbes 400: The super-rich get richer |url=http://money.cnn.com/2010/09/22/news/companies/forbes_400/index.htm |date=September 22, 2010 |work=] |accessdate=August 11, 2013 }}</ref> | |||
| In an op-ed piece for '']'' published on December 31, 2013, Moore assessed the ], calling it “awful” and adding that, “Obamacare’s rocky start ... is a result of one fatal flaw: The Affordable Care Act is a pro-insurance-industry plan implemented by a president who knew in his heart that a single-payer, Medicare-for-all model was the true way to go.” Despite his strong critique, however, Moore wrote that he still considers the plan a “godsend” because it provides a start "to get what we deserve: universal quality health care.”<ref name="NYT-20131231">{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Michael |title=The Obamacare We Deserve |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/01/opinion/moore-the-obamacare-we-deserve.html |date=December 31, 2013 |work=] |accessdate=January 6, 2014 }}</ref><ref name="TNR-20140105">{{cite news|author=Noam Schieber|title=How Obamacare Actually Paves the Way Toward Single Payer|url=http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116105/obamacare-will-lead-single-payer-michael-moore|date=January 5, 2014 |work=]|accessdate=January 7, 2014}}</ref> | |||
| In December 2015, Moore announced his support for ] ] ] in the ].<ref name="Bernie">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elysabeth-alfano/michael-moore-on-politics_b_8857558.html|title=Michael Moore on Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, The Extreme Right, God and His New Movie, Where To Invade Next|publisher=Huffington Post.com|accessdate=December 30, 2015}}</ref> Moore has stated that Sanders is a "force to contend with"<ref name="Bernie"/> and showed his support on Sanders debate performances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/256885-michael-moore-sanders-won-the-dem-debate|title=Michael Moore: Sanders won the Dem debate|publisher=The Hill.com|accessdate=December 30, 2015}}</ref> In January 2016, he officially endorsed Bernie Sanders for president.<ref>{{Cite web|title = My Endorsement Of Bernie Sanders|url = http://michaelmoore.com/MyEndorsementOfBernie/|website = michaelmoore.com|access-date = February 1, 2016|date = January 31, 2016|last = Moore|first = Michael|authorlink = Michael Moore|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160201090832/http://michaelmoore.com/MyEndorsementOfBernie/|archive-date = February 1, 2016|dead-url = no}}</ref> After Sanders lost the 2016 primaries, Moore then urged Americans to vote for Clinton<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-michael-moore-trumpland-hillary-clinton-election-movie-watch-20161019-snap-story.html |title=Michael Moore filmed 'TrumpLand' just 11 days ago to rally 'depressed Hillary voters' |last=Zeitchik |first=Steven |publisher=''Los Angeles Times'' |date=October 19, 2016 |accessdate=November 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/upfront/2016/11/michael-moore-choice-hillary-clinton-161104095845852.html |title=Michael Moore: 'No choice' except Hillary Clinton |last=Al Jazeera Staff |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date=November 5, 2016 |accessdate=November 9, 2016}}</ref> while also correctly predicting that Trump would win the election for reasons related to the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3919280/What-happened-firewall-mid-west-crumbled-like-Michael-Moore-said-would.html |title=What happened to the firewall? How the Midwest crumbled - just like Michael Moore predicted |last1=Chambers |first1=Francesca |last2=Summers |first2=Chris |publisher=''Daily Mail'' |date=November 9, 2016 |accessdate=November 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2016/07/21/i_think_trump_is_gonna_win_michael_moore_tells_bill_maher_that_dems_need_top_stop_laughing_at_the_rnc_circus/ |title=“I think Trump is gonna win”: Michael Moore tells Bill Maher that Dems need to stop laughing at the RNC circus |last=Gauthier |first=Brendan |publisher=''Salon'' |date=July 21, 2016 |accessdate=November 9, 2016}}</ref> | |||
| ==Personal life== | |||
| Moore married film producer Kathleen Glynn on October 19, 1991. He filed for divorce on June 17, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Moore divorce: Flint native splits with wife of 21 years|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2013/07/filmmaker_michael_moore_files.html|publisher=mlive.com|accessdate=July 19, 2013}}</ref> At the time of his divorce, he was estimated to have a net worth of $50 million.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hollywood Producer Slams Michael Moore for Goldman Sachs Hypocrisy|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-moore-occupy-wall-street-goldman-sachs-257186|publisher=hollywoodreporter.com|accessdate=January 28, 2014|first=Gavin|last=Polone|date=November 3, 2011}}</ref> On July 22, 2014, the divorce was finalized.<ref>{{cite news|title=Filmmaker Michael Moore's Divorce Is Finalized|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/filmmaker-michael-moores-divorce-finalized-24677696|publisher=abcnews.go.com|accessdate=July 23, 2014|date=July 23, 2014}}</ref> | |||
| Moore was raised a Catholic, but is no longer a practicing member of the Church,<ref name="Moorec2">{{cite news|url=http://www.spiritualityhealth.com/articles/what-keeps-me-going-interview-michael-moore|title=What Keeps Me Going: An Interview with Michael Moore|last=Sutherland|first=Paul|date=September 2011|work=|publisher=Spirituality and Health|access-date=September 27, 2016|via=|accessdate=}}</ref> and he disagrees with church teaching on subjects such as abortion<ref name="Moored1">{{cite news | last=Moore | first=Michael | title=Michael Moore to Wesley Clark: Run! | work=MichaelMoore.com | date=September 12, 2003 | url=http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?messageDate=September 12, 2003 | accessdate=September 23, 2009}}</ref> and ].<ref name="Moored2">{{cite news | last=News Service | first=Canwest | title=Moore may tackle gay rights | work=Canada.com | date=June 11, 2007 | url=http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=645ea831-d37c-41f5-ada5-301a47101e8b&k=9796 | accessdate=September 23, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| Following the ], Moore acquired a lifetime membership to the ] (NRA). Moore said that he initially intended to become the NRA's president to dismantle the organization, but he soon dismissed the plan as too difficult.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/nov/11/usforeignpolicy.guardianinterviewsatbfisouthbank|title=Guardian/NFT interview: Michael Moore|first=Andrew|last=Collins|work=]|date=November 11, 2002|accessdate=August 22, 2011|quote=...I became a lifetime member after the Columbine massacre because my first thought after Columbine was to run against Charlton Heston for the presidency of the NRA. You have to be a lifetime member to be able to do that, so I had to pay $750 to join. My plan was to get 5m Americans to join for the lowest basic membership and vote for me so that I'd win and dismantle the organization. Unfortunately, I figured that's just too much work for me so instead I made this movie.|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eweqnTuO-z8C&pg=PT81 |page=81 |title=The World According to Michael Moore: A Portrait in His Own Words |last=Lawrence |first=Ken |publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=1-4494-1332-3}} Moore is quoted from ''Entertainment Weekly'', October 25, 2002.</ref> Gun rights supporters such as ] claimed that there was no chance of that happening;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/206461/i-bowling-i-truths/dave-kopel |title=Bowling Truths |last=Kopel |first=Dave |authorlink=Dave Kopel |date=April 4, 2003 |work=National Review Online |accessdate=December 12, 2011}}</ref> David T. Hardy and Jason Clarke wrote that Moore failed to discover that the NRA selects a president not by membership vote but by a vote of the board of directors.<ref>{{cite book |title=Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man |last1=Hardy |first1=David T. |last2=Clarke |first2=Jason |page=114 |publisher=HarperCollins |year=2005 |isbn=0-06-077960-8}}</ref> | |||
| In 2005, '']'' magazine named Moore one of ].<ref name="Joel Stein"/> Later in 2005, Moore founded the ] held annually in ]. In 2009, he co-founded the Traverse City Comedy Festival, also held annually in Traverse City, where Moore helped spearhead the renovation of the historic downtown State Theater.<ref>{{cite news |title=Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore’s conservative neighbors gawk, revel in his messy divorce |newspaper=] |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/07/22/liberal-filmmaker-michael-moores-conservative-neighbors-gawk-revel-in-his-messy-divorce/ |first1=Abby |last1=Phillip |date=July 22, 2014 |accessdate=June 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-moore/traverse-city-movie-theater_b_1674126.html |author=Michael Moore |title=Emmy-winning Director: I Built a Movie Theater -- and a Film Festival -- and I'd Like You to Come to It |date=July 15, 2012 |newspaper=] |accessdate=June 30, 2015}}</ref> | |||
| ==Work== | |||
| ===Bibliography=== | |||
| * {{cite book | last=Moore | first=Michael | title=] | location=New York | publisher=HarperPerennial | year=1996 | isbn=0-06-097733-7}} | |||
| * {{cite book | last=Moore | first=Michael |author2=Glynn, Kathleen | title=] | location=New York | publisher=HarperPerennial | year=1998 | isbn=0-06-098809-6}} | |||
| * {{cite book | last=Moore | first=Michael | title=] | location=New York | publisher=Regan Books | year=2002 | isbn=0-06-039245-2}} | |||
| * {{cite book | last=Moore | first=Michael | title=] | location=New York | publisher=Warner Books | year=2003 | isbn=0-446-53223-1}} | |||
| * {{cite book | last=Moore | first=Michael | title=] | location=New York | publisher=Simon & Schuster | year=2004 | isbn=0-7432-7152-1}} | |||
| * {{cite book | last=Moore | first=Michael | title=] | location=New York | publisher=Simon & Schuster | year=2004 | isbn=0-7432-7292-7}} | |||
| * {{cite book | last=Moore | first=Michael | title=] | location=New York | publisher=Grand Central Publishing | year=2008 | isbn=0-446-54627-5}} | |||
| * {{cite book | last=Moore | first=Michael | title=]|year=2011| location=New York | publisher=Grand Central Publishing| isbn=0-446-53224-X}} | |||
| ===Filmography=== | |||
| ;Documentary film | |||
| * '']'' (1989) | |||
| * '']'' (1992) | |||
| * '']'' (1997) | |||
| * ''And Justice for All (1998) | |||
| * '']'' (2002) | |||
| * '']'' (2004) | |||
| * '']'' (2007) | |||
| * '']'' (2008 - a re-edited version of Captain Mike Across America, which he had released in 2007) | |||
| * '']'' (2009) | |||
| * '']'' (2015) | |||
| * '']'' (2016) | |||
| ;Narrative film | |||
| * '']'' (1995) | |||
| ;As actor or himself | |||
| * '']'' (1995) {cameo as gun nut} | |||
| * '']'' (1999) (cameo as himself) | |||
| * '']'' (2000) (as actor) | |||
| * '']'' (2001) (Documentary interview) | |||
| * '']'' (2003) (Documentary interview) | |||
| * '']'' (2003) (Guest ''star'') | |||
| ===Television series=== | |||
| * '']'' (1994) | |||
| * '']'' (1999) | |||
| * '']'' (1999) | |||
| ==References== | |||
| {{reflist|30em}} | |||
| ==Further reading== | |||
| * Benson, Thomas W. – Snee, Brian J. (eds.): ''Michael Moore and the Rhetoric of Documentary.'' Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-8093-3407-0. | |||
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