"Weinstein appeared to be enjoying the brouhaha that the film is stirring up before it has even screened. 'I've already told the Treasury that they are saving me money on advertising.'"
Someone needs to teach the gubmint about the Barbara Streisand effect. Alex -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fergie Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 8:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [funsec] Off Beat: U.S. Government Trying to Seize New MichaelMoore Film -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Via The Guardian. [snip] Cannes is smacking its lips in anticipation of filmmaker and provocateur Michael Moore's latest jeremiad against the US administration, which receives its premiere at the film festival today. Sicko, a documentary tackling the state of American healthcare, focuses on the pharmaceutical giants, and particularly on health insurers. The film has already caused Moore - who won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2004 with Fahrenheit 911 - to clash with the American authorities. Now, according to movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, whose Weinstein Company is behind the film, the US government is attempting to impound the negative. [snip] More: http://film.guardian.co.uk/cannes2007/story/0,,2083430,00.html Background story: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0510071moore1.html - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.1 (Build 1012) wj8DBQFGTko9q1pz9mNUZTMRArVlAJ4oCGbRPK5SFWQQ+zLNkMzDP0rUmACg4Iv2 PunlReaxjkKY/G260Z2ZlQ4= =N2tP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. .... _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
