Michael Moore says he will release his next movie free online, the "first major major film to be released in such a way," according to the Associated Press.
The film, called Slacker Uprising (trailer embedded), documents the director's 62-city tour during the 2004 U.S. presidential election, during which Moore rallied young voters to support Democrat John Kerry.
"I thought it'd be a nice way to celebrate my 20th year of doing this," Moore said of the freebie release. "And also help get out the vote for November. I've been thinking about what I want to do to help with the election this year."
Moore said the film is definitely aimed at Democrats. "This film really isn't for anybody other than the choir," he said. "But that's because I believe the choir needs a song to sing every now and then."
According to the Associated Press:
The director's last film, Sicko, leaked online and was downloaded illegally in large numbers. He says this download, offered by blip.tv, will be high-resolution and far better than "YouTube quality."
To receive the download, people can sign up at SlackerUprising.com. A "Night of a Thousand House Parties" is planned for Oct. 4, when local neighborhood screenings are hoped to be scheduled. A DVD will be released Oct. 7.
Such releases are more common in the music industry, where artists like Radiohead and Trent Reznor have experimented with alternative release and pricing schemes.
From the trailer, Slacker Uprising looks mostly like a self-congratulatory mix of archival footage -- Moore addressing auditoriums filled with college students, Moore tossing out ramen noodles and Moore trotting out stars to slam the Bush administration -- and TV news reports about the director's campaign to mobilize the youth vote.
Seen with Moore are many of the usual musico-political elite -- Eddie Vedder, Tom Morello, R.E.M., Steve Earle, Joan Baez -- and Hollywood stars like Viggo Mortensen and Roseanne Barr.
It's perhaps not the kind of movie that would have raked in millions of dollars anyway, but Moore gives the lowdown on his free download gambit.
"This is being done entirely as a gift to my fans," Moore said in a statement on his website. "The only return any of us are hoping for is the largest turnout of young voters ever at the polls in November."
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Even if that fat, bloated windbag paid me to watch it, I would still refuse.
LOOKS PHENOMENAL!
PLEASE EMAIL ME THE MOVIE!
Ironic that Moore is touting his triumphant slacker uprising since they didn't even manage to get Kerry elected. They are slackers I guess. Like Moore, any movement can be considered a triumph.
Aren't all of Michael Moore's movies "for the choir"? I don't think I've ever heard of a Michael Moore movie that wasn't in some way inflammatory toward conservatives/Republicans.
FREE means one thing crap. Moore couldn't find a publisher for this movie because sadly no one cares about him unless his movie about the current election not 2004.
please just ignore my brother micheal. ever since he was a kid he would bore us to death with "documentaries" that he made for the family to watch. mom and dad were kind, they encouraged him and supported him, even though behind his back they would cry themselves to sleep at night pondering why they were cursed with him...
please don't encourage him, leave him alone and maybe he will go away like we all want anyway...
Title seems about right.. Kerry lost.. GO SLACKERS. BAAHHAHAA
to all those who curse Michal Moore, he is a mudraker. We need more of them sadly. inflamed people are courageous people and as Ben Franklin once said "God forbid we go forty years without revolution". If you hate him then get off your own arse and tell a story to people.
It's unfortunate that our electoral college caters to morons in "red" states who haven't realized that their elected officials have sold them out and that there are never going to be jobs for them. All the smart people left their "red state" a long time ago looking for a job that can support their family.
Yet another movie that I won't see....
At least wired wrote this article in a non-partisan way. GOOD JOB WIRED!
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It's just too easy to make fun of Moore and his movies, so I will refrain.
I won't ...
First he gives them away for free and pretty soon Moore will be paying people to watch the suckfest that his movies are!
"Moore said the film is definitely aimed at Democrats. "This film really isn't for anybody other than the choir," he said. "But that's because I believe the choir needs a song to sing every now and then.""
Maybe Moore is unaware of "Obamamania"? Moore does nothing but sing to the choir, regardless of what political stripes you may have. If the Democrats were smart, they'd ship him off to Antarctica to shore up support there until November.
He's a talented filmmaker but as a "journalist", he's simply the far left version of Fox News.
I'm guessing that "slackers" were chosen as subjects because he's tired of getting sued every time he puts out a film.
I'll give him credit that it's not about the money at least because even though he can afford to invest in some personal hygiene products, he still looks like he just woke up in a bus shelter.
A film by Micheal Moore on John Kerry?
Isn't he aware that John Kerry isn't even in the race?
Which planet is Michael Moore on?
Unless of course this will be another one of his fantasy movies.
You Americans hate Moore just because besides having the ALL world laughing at you and pointing how stupid your country, your laws, your social system and you rulers are ... you still have an AMERICAN stating the exact same thing.
Go back to your funny Georgian conflict ... ei guess what, why don't you ask KOSOVO to help you in Georgia?
Shut the fuck up you fat pile of evil smelling shit, and go eat some MOORE twinkies
Exactly what we need.. a bunch of ignorant, slackers that know nothing of the issues acting like sheep and voting however this idiot says they should.
Grats on being a moron with the rest of them!
Bruno,
If America is the joke of the world, then why do so many people from around the world try to come here every year? I'm sure whatever country you're from isn't backwards. Lastly, if you want to verbally attack Americans, maybe you should learn the language first. Dumbass.
"Exactly what we need.. a bunch of ignorant, slackers that know nothing of the issues acting like sheep and voting however this idiot says they should.
Grats on being a moron with the rest of them!"
Sounds like you're already brainwashed yourself if you still want a republican in office after the travesty that was the past 8 years.
Michael Moore On!
Michael MooreOn!
Michael MoorOn!
Michael MorOn!
say that fast over and over.
I've seen everyone of his Docufictionaries. He seems to enjoy taking a slight truth, interposing disjointed comments together to make it seem they are all related, and calls it fact.
Like his Sicko movie. At first I thought it was about himself.
My Canadian friend who saw that sicko movie with me commented later that if American medical system were to go the way of Canadian medical system, then only the poor would have access to mediocrity doctors, the rest of us would have to heal ourselves as socialized medicine isn't meant to make anyone healthy.
Fighter,
strange, cause I don't see people from EU trying hard to emigrate there ... the ones that move there are the ones that live a miserable life in the countries you explore (read most of south america and africa).
About my grammar/spelling, I bet it's way better than your Portuguese/Spanish/French/Italian, so ok, you actually speak 1 language better than me (like most, not all, of the americans) ... congrats for all you wide knowledge on foreign languages.
Ah, now that I read the premise this definitely won't be something I want to watch. Cool that he is offering it for free. I haven't appreciated any of Michael's liberal banter since the early 90s - he's gone off the deep end since then and is no longer relivant and rarely accurate.
"Even if that fat, bloated windbag paid me to watch it, I would still refuse."
Yeah, if being stupid and uneducated is all you have left in the world you had better stick to it.
I really hope Michael addresses the biggest issue behind low voter turnout, which is not apathy but conflicting work schedules. Election day is held during work hours on a Tuesday.
If the US government really wanted to get better voter turnout, they would make Election Day a national holiday: http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/make-election-day-a-national-holiday
Michael Moore could personally drive to my house with a new entertainment system and offer to play the movie for me AND give me the entertainment system AND a check for $1000....and I would still kick him in the sack and slam the door in his face.
I want to see this because I'm curious and it's free so why not. If I like it I will watch it, if I don't I'll turn it off.
Also, I DEFINITELY agree with Vadim that the day we vote should be a national holiday or at least on a weekend, it's too important not to be.
What's wrong, Moore? Can't find a distributor for your next, revolutionary movie? Suck it up man. You failed. Bush won. Twice. And McCain and Palin have it in the bag. As to quote Tom Cruise (of all people) Go fuck yourself you fuckin' fucker.
Billy BobBilly Bob,
What is are 'mediocrity doctors?' Your grammar is as cutting as your argument.
Quoting Drew:
"What's wrong, Moore? Can't find a distributor for your next, revolutionary movie? Suck it up man. You failed. Bush won."
Yup, Micheal Moore couldn't find a distributor for his new movie ... just like Radiohead couldn't for their new album ... it's a shame what's happening these days, people just giving away stuff for free. Oh dear lord, where are the sacred values of capitalism so dear to the God abiding Americans? This world is lost, LOST I tell you !
Michael Moore is a narcissistic blow-tard and a pompous ass. I'm voting for McCain simply to smite that anti-american, bloated fart sack.
He has to release for free, no one is buying his LIES anymore.
I a sorry. I a big a Dummy. My country is a poor and a I a no educated. They a try and a raise a me right, but my a brain a no good. I a no complete a second a grade and a fail in life. I stumble upon a library and type a slowly on a what a they call a com-put-er. At a least a that is a what the lady at the a desk a call it. Michael Moore is a way smarter then even a me.
Fat idiot releases movie, no one cares...news at 11: 00....
Seems like Michael Moore is the average American...fat,loud and obnoxious. He pisses his fellow countrymen off because it's like looking in a mirror and not liking what you see.
please just ignore my brother micheal. ever since he was a kid he would bore us to death with "documentaries" that he made for the family to watch. mom and dad were kind, they encouraged him and supported him, even though behind his back they would cry themselves to sleep at night pondering why they were cursed with him...
please don't encourage him, leave him alone and maybe he will go away like we all want anyway...
SURE, AND YOU ARE A COUCH POTATO, THE BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY, AN IDIOT WITHOUT A LIFE OR A THING TO DO BUT COME AND TRY TO BE FUNNY RESULTING ONLY IN A VULGAR DISPLAY OF IMBECILITY. IF YOUR BROTHER IS A WASTE YOU SHOULD BE SENT TO WAR AND DIE THERE.
Bruno, Well done
I think all those americans are righting bad things about Moore are just stupid. You don't like his movies 'cos they showed what a real american is. Go Mooore, you're the only American that can tell the truth. don't comment on my language mistakes, I'm better than americans I'm speaking more languages than you do
Go Michael Moore you Rock...
and every republican that is young, is just a dumb A...
"why are the sacred values of capitalism so dear to the God abiding Americans? This world is lost, LOST I tell you !"
I agree with you Bruno, this question boggles my mind as well. I think it's because they don't want to open their eyes to how fucked up their country is, and if they have, they're too lazy to do anything about it.
Bowling on Columbine - kids go crazy 'cos "families", as the old and "neo"-cons like to call it, are nothing but an utopian concept on indulgent christian minds. They just do not exist, as a real form of social organisation. AND the fact that it's easy for the regular joe to buy a gun in the US. IMHO, point: proven.>
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Bowling on Columbine - kids go crazy 'cos "families", as the old and "neo"-cons like to call it, are nothing but an utopian concept on indulgent christian minds. They just do not exist, as a real form of social organisation. AND the fact that it's easy for the regular joe to buy a gun in the US. IMHO, point: proven.>
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Fahrenheit 9/11 - not really in the mood to go the GOP way in this one, really. Think it's enough to say that watching this movie is the most honest way to try to understand what happened that day back in 2001. IMHO, point: proven.>
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Sicko: following a trend of the "purest" American philosophy, creed or dogma... ...the health care system ended up being considered a product. Unlike 90% of the world's governments do, in the US you gotta pay to be alive. The fact that you're a hard worker, peaceful fellow is not enough for people to save your life, in case you forgot your health plan ID card. Well, I can only say 'good to go!', if that's what you think is fair. I'm glad I don't live there. IMHO, point: proven.>
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This new movie - How could I know, I haven't watched it! All I have to say is that I don't care if Kerry lost; he's still a lot less BS than GWB and McCain will ever manage to be.>
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So, given my humble opinions above, can someone tell me where exactly are Moore's lies?
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enough,enough,enough I agree with you all the way i certaintly glad there are people like yourself out makes me proud to be a american again when people ? that again i went into the air force oct 1963 lackland there was a fight between a black and white the white kid was going to show us how they treat there blacks then then the news came they shot the president every thing changed every body was together i liked that then i got to dover,del things changed back again same divide in the barracks went to japan 1965 the it changed to them will not repeat what was said about them came back to the world 1967 and times they be a changing so i thought alright finally went in the workplace and the same old BS started again 33yrs later i am disabled moved back to my hometown PA same BS again the resans they won't vote for barack are unreal will not use any of them here don't have to you all know so i end it'2008 ENOUGH,ENOUGH,ENOUGH so please mike keep going keep it up and neverwver stop disapointed in PA
Yeah, giving it away for free as a "gift" because nobody would pay for it. I don't care if you are Republican or Democrat, if you release a political documentary, you have a responsibility to be balanced in your argument. He might have some success if he at least presented an opposing argument to half of what he talks about. I think many of the other posters are correct in saying that even his usual fanbase is getting tired of his biased "films". At some point, even the most strict political activists want to feel that they are being shown both arguments and simply choosing the best one.
Adrian,
i think, you're being unfair there. Is there really any reason for him to provide "balanced" view? Does he really, for example, should have spent half of "9/11" for retelling the popular tales of "there were terrorists and WMD, that's why we invaded"? I don't think so. Opponents of his views usually are more numerous, certainly more capable of spreading their point, and, most importantly, not providing balanced arguments, too. I don't see, why he should do their work for them. But yeah, i think he targets his films to be more of popular scandal, rather than some serious research. It's the only thing, that undermines his work, but, otherwise, i've never seen anyone, who raises the questions he did. Better be that way, than none at all.
The true is the true
Thanks Michael you are the best
I don't know why you would even bother to vote, YOU don't choose your president, the electoral college does.
Democracy my A$$
"why are the sacred values of capitalism so dear to the God abiding Americans?"
Actually, they're not as dear as the hype might have you believe.
The US government recently assumed control of key mortgage firms in one of the largest and most extensive government bailouts in US history.
check this http://restofthemovie.com
You know, I am a Christian. But please let me qualify that. I am actually for Michael Moore and this "Slacker Uprising". I think the Christians in America have largely been misled. They cannot see the satanism in Bush et al. And like the Bible said - that many would call his name but few would be chosen. And now we know why. My fellow Christians in following Bush are in fact anti-Christs.
Ken
Wildlanders.com
I is American, Michal More is a stupid loser. I graduated from an American High school so I am ways smart. I can Prey to Jesus and will kick ass whenever I want, particularly of those muslim obamas out there. We are so much better than the rest of the world, we got the best schools, the best health care, the best government. Yay America.
So I asked the Holy Spirit: "What would Jesus do?", and suddenly a thunderous but peaceful voice whispered to my ears softly saying: "He would vote for Obama the the BLESSED!" "He would vote for change we can believe in!" RIGHT WING CHRISTIAN EXTREMISTS CHRIST IS COMING A SECOND TIME TO WHIP YOU OUT OF YOUR TEMPLE OF IGNORANCE, YOU REDNECK HIPOCRITES, GRAB A BOOK AND READ SOMETING EXTRA!!!
LOL...still made you talk about it even if you don't like him or what he stands for.
:D
I love your work Mr. Moore and I am looking forward to seeing your latest release. Thank you for making it free and as a UAW member, I applaud you.
PS. I have many friends in Traverse city it is such a beautifull community and perhaps we will meet someday, the good lord willing.:-)
Honestly, aren't you replublicans realizing how stupid you look and sound? You're all a bunch of ignorant meat heads....what do michael moores looks have to do with his drive, passion, intelligence, and care for the people of america.Yes, he cares about americans..no hes not the anti christ your freakin wierdos. I dont understand you people...did your mommys drop you as babies? It is so apparent that we as a country cannot afford another hotheaded, ignorant, replublican.
if you are trying to download the movie from overseas, here are some links that will work. i'm not sure why they are blocking it for people abroad. never mind, they have left some backdoors open.
http://www.llamasonic.com/slacker-uprising-overseas-direct-download
Oh boy, do I see idiots here!
I don't understand you stupid republicans!
Wtf is your problem?
Moore is just trying to do what he believes is right, and in the process smacking the bush admin to death, and rightfuly so!
So go to hell, you stupid idiots!
P.S. Way to go, Shanna!
I is Bob.
I is stupid.
I go to pick my nose now!
Hee Hee (Bush-like laugh)
Fat idiot, I am.
I go to shit now!
Here is a list of all of the stupid people that have posted on this form so far:
Free is still too expensive
scooter
Jon
michael moore's brother toby
m3kt3k
Jonathan
ian
Anonimosity
John Q
Billy Bob
wob
hooray
fighter
ronin
Billy BobBilly Bob
Scott
Sam
Drew
Greg
Jason
Philopoemen
hosehead
gina
Breno
Adrian
toast
Bob
In short, almost everyone here is an idiot.
Do you here me republicans?
You are nothin' but a bunch of fat stupid retarded f**king idiots!!!!!
MM...needs to go back to his momma and get a hug or something. He is the biggest douche ever. Documentary!?? Really...come on sheep...errr...people. Wake the fuck up!
Shut up, 'republican4ever'!
>:-(
Moore is just trying to do what he believes is right, and in the process smacking the bush administration to death
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AWESOME MOVIE!!
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Gotta love Michael Moore's documentaries. Keep up the good work Michael! and thanks for the freebie.