Love him or hate him... he's got something to say:
"Michael Moore has known for a year that we will not distribute this movie, so this is not news." Yes, that is what I thought, too, except Disney kept sending us all that money to make the movie. Miramax said there was no problem. I got the idea that everything was fine.
"It is not in the best interests of our company to distribute a partisan political film that may offend some of our customers." Hmmm. Disney doesn't distribute work that has partisan politics? Disney distributes and syndicates the Sean Hannity radio show every day? I get to listen to Rush Limbaugh every day on Disney-owned WABC. I also seem to remember that Disney distributed a very partisan political movie during a Congressional election year, 1998, a film called "The Big One" by, um, ME!"
Keep an eye out for his new film, soon to be screened at The Cannes Film Festival:
"Farenheit 9/11": the temperature at which freedom burns.
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About Me
- Jim Parsons
- * Chief Marketing Officer (cofounder) Swarmteams – a mobile social networking company based on research in the field of biology and the principals of effective collaboration found in nature (Bioteaming Manifesto).
* EVP Mexens Technologies home of the Navizon Wireless Positioning System for Handheld Devices.
* Infosplit: VP Business Development for IP GeoLocation services firm (acquired April ’04 by Quova)
* Streamcheck: VP Business Development, QoS Streaming Media Metrics (acquired by Keynote Systems, June ’03)
* RealNetworks (pre-IPO): Senior Manager, Channel Development
* Apple Computer: Worldwide Channel Manager for Publishing, Entertainment & New Media markets.
* Aldus Corporation (PageMaker): founding/ managing director of Canadian subsidiary (acquired by Adobe Systems).
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