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Report: Disney Blocking Anti-Bush Documentary

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore's documentary linking President Bush with powerful Saudi families, including that of Osama bin Laden, is stirring up controversy even before its release.

That's if it even gets released.

Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety said in its Wednesday edition that Walt Disney Co. has moved to prevent its Miramax Films unit from distributing "Fahrenheit 911."

The Disney edict could herald the bloodiest political battle yet between Miramax's feisty co-chairman Harvey Weinstein and Disney CEO Michael Eisner, who oversaw the purchase of Miramax a decade ago, Daily Variety said.

"Fahrenheit 911," Moore's follow-up to his Academy Award-winning film "Bowling for Columbine, will still premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in France later this month. Rumors had been circulating of a July release date in North America, but the film does not appear on Miramax's summer schedule, the paper said.

It quoted a Miramax spokesman as saying that the company was "looking forward to resolving this amicably."

Officials from Miramax and Disney were not immediately available for comment on the report.

LOSER!!! WOO HOO way to go Disney!!

Yeah...what a loser....did anyone watch the oscars and see him get crunched by the elephant in the beginning it was so fun to watch....LOSER!

I guess Disney reads the polls too!

Ick!! Did ya have to make his picture so big????

Sheesh, if he was the last man on earth, I'd go...oh wait, I'm already there.

Sheesh, if he was the last man on earth, I'd go...oh wait, I'm already there.

Disney cannot afford a losing box-office flop again; it would drive their stocks to new lows, and open the door for a hostile takeover.

Disney's WALLET is the prime motivation here.

vbhoutex wrote:Sheesh, if he was the last man on earth, I'd go...oh wait, I'm already there.

Whatever the motivation, 3 cheers to Disney Execs!