Vote for F-911 People's Choice Award

[Supormom]

http://www.pcavote.com/
December 8, 2004

Dear Friends,

May I take a break from our post-election despair to share with you a
little piece of happy/silly/cool news?

"Fahrenheit 9/11" has been nominated by the People's Choice Awards as
the American public's "Favorite Film of the Year." The five nominees
were chosen from a poll of thousands of Americans in mid-to-late
November. The other nominees for best film are "Spiderman 2," "The
Incredibles," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (with Jim
Carrey),
and "Shrek 2." It is the first time ever a documentary has been
nominated for best film by the People's Choice Awards.

The People's Choice Awards are considered, among all the awards shows,
to be the one which most accurately reflects the "mainstream" public
opinion in the United States.

OK, now, here's the best part: YOU get to vote! Online. Now. Just go to
http://www.pcavote.com/voting/film/f01.shtml click on the little
circle
next to "Fahrenheit 9/11" in the "Favorite Movie" category and
press the
"vote" button. Voting is going on now and continues only through this
coming Monday, December 13, at 3:00pm ET, so send an e-mail to your
friends and let them know they can vote, too. Winners will accept their
awards live on CBS on January 9.

Now, normally I wouldn't make a very big deal out of something like
this. It's nice and I'm honored, but it's not exactly the number one
priority on any of our minds these days. In fact, when we found out we
were nominated over a week ago, I didn't even think to tell you about
it
or put it up on our website.

But then a group of top Republicans took out a full page ad in USA
Today
(and placed a similar one in the Hollywood trade magazine, Variety)
proclaiming that "An election is over, but a war of ideas continues."
The point of the ad was to say that while they, as right wing
conservatives, were proud of getting rid of Kerry, there was still one
more nuisance running around loose they had to deal with -- me! They
also issued a not-so-subtle threat to the Academy Awards voters that,
in
essence, said don't even THINK about nominating "Fahrenheit 9/11" for
Best Picture. And Bill O'Reilly recently bellowed that if the Oscars
recognize my work this year, Middle America will boycott Hollywood.

Oops. I guess he spoke too soon. Because now along comes Middle
America's favorite awards show, the People's Choice, and the People's
Choice this year, along with a Spiderman superhero and a lovable green
ogre, is a film that apparently continues to resonate throughout the
country. The truth about Iraq, Bush, terror and fear. The election has
not altered or made irrelevant, unfortunately, a single one of these
issues. That they (and the film that dealt with these issues) are still
at the forefront of the majority of the public's minds should give
serious pause to Mr. Bush as he brags about a nonexistent "mandate" and
begins to spend his "political capital."

He may have been (barely) the people's choice on November 2 (Ohio
recount excluded), but now the people get to vote again, this time for
a
movie. It's about the best we can do right now, and, trust me, it won't
be long before we start the real work we need to do to get our country
back.

Again, go to http://www.pcavote.com/voting/film/f01.shtml if you want
to
vote for our film. I promise, if we win, to give a nice and polite
speech.

Yours,

Michael Moore
www.michaelmoore.com <http://www.michaelmoore.com/>
[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>

P.S. Please feel free to post or forward this to your friends...

[imenja]

1. W should be a choice for favorite villain

George W in Fahrenheit 911 for worst villain. Can we launch a write in campaign?

[Supormom]

2. W would be a much better choice than Sirius Black.

[imenja]

3. it's hard to vote when I haven't seen most of the movies

not that I'd even want to see many of them. They should let you opt out of a question or enter a write-in, like W.

[truthseeker1]

4. Already voted

but thanks for reposting this for others who might not have done so yet.