Fahrenheit 9/11 gets industry “thumbs up”

June 9, 2004 D. H. McKee

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Director Michael Moore’s controversial anti-Iraq war film “Fahrenheit 9/11” has won a standing ovation from an audience of film industry professionals attending its West Coast debut at Academy Award headquarters.

After an audience of more than 600 people in the theatre of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences cheered, whistled and laughed their way through the two-hour film on Tuesday night, they jumped to their feet to give Moore a standing ovation as he took the stage.

Clearly buoyed by the reception, Moore, whose film is scathingly critical and mocking of President George W. Bush, declared: “There has been a shift in this country. … The average American is finally beginning to figure it out. We were duped (into invading Iraq).”

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