Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Michael Moore

Writer (WGA):

Michael Moore (written by)

Release Date:

25 June 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Comedy | History | War

Tagline:

The temperature where freedom burns!

Plot:

Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11; and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Plot Keywords:

Michael Moore | Afghanistan | War On Terrorism | Iraq | Interview

Awards:

26 wins & 12 nominations

Cast

Ben Affleck	...	Himself (archive footage)
Stevie Wonder	...	Himself (archive footage)
George W. Bush	...	Himself (archive footage)
James Baker III	...	Himself - Former Secretary of State (archive footage)
Richard Gephardt	...	Himself - Congressman (archive footage)
Tom Daschle	...	Himself - Senator (archive footage)
Jeffrey Toobin	...	Himself - Author of "Too Close to Call" (archive footage)
Al Gore	...	Himself - U.S. Vice President and Senate President (archive footage)
Condoleezza Rice	...	Herself - National Security Advisor (archive footage)
Donald Rumsfeld	...	Himself (archive footage)
Saddam Hussein	...	Himself (archive footage)
George Bush	...	Himself - Former U.S. President (archive footage)
Ricky Martin	...	Himself (archive footage)
Byron Dorgan	...	Himself - Senator in Subcommittee on Aviation (archive footage)
Osama Bin Laden	...	Himself (archive footage)
Craig Unger	...	Himself - Interviewee
Larry King	...	Himself - On "Larry King Live" (archive footage)
Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz	...	Himself - Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to USA (archive footage) (as Prince Bandar bin Sultan)
Jack Cloonan	...	Himself - Interviewee as Retired FBI Agent
Bill Clinton	...	Himself (archive footage)
James C. Moore	...	Himself - Interviewee as Investigative Reporter and Author (as James Moore)
Robert Jordan	...	Himself - James Baker's Law Partner (archive footage)
Dan Briody	...	Himself - Inteviewee as Author of "The Halliburton Agenda"
John Major	...	Himself (archive footage)
Helen Thomas	...	Herself - White House Correspondent (voice) (archive sound)
Carol Ashley	...	Herself -Interviewee as Mother of 9 / 11 Victim
Thomas Kean	...	Himself - Chairman of 9 / 11 Commission (archive footage) (as Thomas H. Kean)
Rosemary Dillard	...	Herself - Interviewee as Widow of 9 / 11 Victim
Richard Clarke	...	Himself (archive footage)
Paul Wolfowitz	...	Himself (archive footage)
Dick Cheney	...	Himself (archive footage)
Tony Blair	...	Himself (archive footage)
Martha Brill Olcott	...	Herself - Interviewee as Unocal Project Consultant
Kenneth Lay	...	Himself (archive footage)
Sayed Rahmatullah Hashimi	...	Himself - Taliban Minister (archive footage)
Hamid Karzai	...	Himself (archive footage)
Zalmay Khalilzad	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jim McDermott	...	Himself - Interviewee as Psychiatrist (as Congressman Jim McDermott)
John Rivers	...	Himself - CEO of Executive Chute Corporation (archive footage)
Dave Bondy	...	Himself (archive footage)
Frances Stroik	...	Herself (archive footage)
Mel Stroik	...	Himself (archive footage)
Roy Gladding	...	Himself - Interviewee as Mayor of Tappahannock
Stanley Clarke	...	Himself - Interviewee as County Sheriff of Tappahannock
John Ashcroft	...	Himself - Attorney General and Songwriter (archive footage)
Thomas Pickard	...	Himself - Acting FBI Director (archive footage)
Aaron Kilner	...	Himself (archive footage)
Richard Pierce	...	Himself - Fresno County Sheriff (as Sheriff Pierce)
Barry Reingold	...	Himself - Interviewee
Porter Goss	...	Himself - Interviewee as Chairman of House Intelligence Committee (as Congressman Porter Goss)
John Conyers	...	Himself - House Judiciary Committee Member (also archive footage)
Tammy Baldwin	...	Herself - Interviewee as House Judiciary Committee Member (as Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin)
Michael Moore	...	Himself - Narrator
Patrick Hamilton	...	Himself - Baby (as Little Patrick Hamilton)
Trooper Brooks	...	Himself - Interviewee as Oregon State Trooper
Trooper Kenyon	...	Himself - Interviewee as Oregon State Trooper
Britney Spears	...	Herself - Interviewee (archive footage)
Thomas Hamill	...	Himself - Interviewee as Halliburton Fuel Tanker Driver (archive footage)
Lila Lipscomb	...	Herself - Interviewee as Executive Assistant of Career Alliance
Dale Cortman	...	Himself - Marine Staff Sergeant
Raymond Plouhar	...	Himself - Marine Sergeant
Abdul Henderson	...	Himself - as Marine Who Served in Iraq (as Cpl. Abdul Henderson USMC)
Howard Lipscomb	...	Himself - Interviewee
Dave Lesar	...	Himself - CEO of Halliburton (archive footage)
Michael Mele	...	Himself - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (archive footage)
Youssef Sleiman	...	Himself - from Iraq Initiatives (archive footage)
Sam Kubba	...	Himself - Interviewee from American Iraqi Chamber of Commerce (archive footage) (as Dr. Sam Kubba)
George Sigalos	...	Himself - Interviewee as Vice President of Halliburton (archive footage)
Gordon Bobbitt	...	Himself - Interviewee from Kalmar RT Center (archive footage)
Grant Haber	...	Himself - Interviewee from American Innovations Inc. (archive footage)
Blaine Ober	...	Himself - Interviewee from High Protection Company (archive footage)
John Tanner	...	Himself (as Congressman John Tanner)
Michael Castle	...	Himself - Interviewee (archive footage) (as Congressman Castle)
John T. Doolittle	...	Himself (as Congressman Doolittle)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nick Berg	...	Himself (archive footage) (scenes deleted)
Khalil Bin Laden	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Ben-Veniste	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wolf Blitzer	...	Himself (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jon Bon Jovi	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kyf Brewer	...	Pitch man (uncredited)
Stephen G. Breyer	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tom Brokaw	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barbara Bush	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barbara Bush	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jeb Bush	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jenna Bush	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Laura Bush	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tucker Carlson	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Neil Cavuto	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Katie Couric	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Damon	...	Himself - soldier in hospital (uncredited)
Robert De Niro	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Edwards	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mike Emanuel	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ari Fleischer	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tommy Franks	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Justice Gamble	...	Himself (uncredited)
Charles Gibson	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tipper Gore	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jeff Greenfield	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Katherine Harris	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dennis Hastert	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brit Hume	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jesse Jackson Jr.	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Jennings	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Anthony M. Kennedy	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ted Koppel	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Matt Lauer	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cynthia McKinney	...	Herself (uncredited) (archive footage)
Timothy McVeigh	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Patsy Mink	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sandra Day O'Connor	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Colin Powell	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dan Rather	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
William Rehnquist	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tom Ridge	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Roberts	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tim Russert	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Antonin Scalia	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Max Schreck	...	Graf Orlok - from 'Nosferatu' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bernard Shaw	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
David H. Souter	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Tenet	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clarence Thomas	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Maxine Waters	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Judy Woodruff	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paula Zahn	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Michael Moore

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael Moore		(written by)

Produced by
Jim Czarnecki	....	producer
Rita Dagher	....	associate producer
Carl Deal	....	archival producer
Carl Deal	....	field producer
Joanne Doroshow	....	associate producer
Kurt Engfehr	....	co-producer
Jeff Gibbs	....	co-producer
Kathleen Glynn	....	producer
Monica Hampton	....	line producer
Nicky Lazar	....	field producer
Tia Lessin	....	supervising producer
Jay Martel	....	consulting producer
Agnès Mentre	....	executive producer (as Agnes Mentre)
Anne Moore	....	associate producer
Michael Moore	....	producer
Rachelle Murway	....	online producer
Meghan O'Hara	....	field producer
Bob Weinstein	....	executive producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Jeff Gibbs

Film Editing by
Kurt Engfehr
Todd Woody Richman		(as T. Woody Richman)
Chris Seward		(as Christopher Seward)

Art Direction by
Dina Varano		(uncredited)

Art Department
Bernardo Loyola	....	graphics

Sound Department
Gautam Choudhury	....	additional sound (as Gautam K. Choudhury)
Scott Guitteau	....	sound editor
Bradford L. Hohle	....	consultant: Dolby
Francisco La Torre	....	sound (as Francisco Latorre)
Charles Miller	....	additional sound
Gary Rizzo	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Gary A. Rizzo)
Gary Rizzo	....	supervising sound editor (as Gary A. Rizzo)
Paul Rusnak	....	additional sound
John Countryman	....	digital sound transferer (uncredited)
Sean England	....	digital archivist (uncredited)
James David Redding III	....	sound technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Vico Sharabani	....	Inferno artist
John R. Starace	....	Inferno artist
Nani Walker	....	digital artist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Andrew Black	....	additional camera operator
Mike Desjarlais	....	camera operator
Nadia Hallgren	....	additional camera operator
Kirsten Johnson	....	additional camera operator
Tom Kaufman	....	additional camera operator
Jason Pollock	....	additional camera operator
William Rexer	....	additional camera operator (as WIlliam Rexer II)
William Turnley	....	additional camera operator
Urban Hamid	....	cinematographer: additional footage (uncredited)

Animation Department
Harold Moss	....	graphics and animation: Flickerlab
Nani Walker	....	assistant animator (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Faith Astrada	....	additional intermediate editor
Francisco Bello	....	assistant editor
Rebecca Richman Cohen	....	first assistant editor
Kelley Cribben	....	post-production coordinator
David L. Feinberg	....	assistant editor
Dasaw Floyd	....	assistant editor
Becky Goldberg	....	assistant editor
Craig Gordon	....	digital intermediate editor
Luis Ortiz Guillen	....	assistant editor (as Luis Alberto Ortiz)
Terry Haggar	....	color timer
Walt Lefler	....	digital colorist (as Walter Lefler)
Robert Mead III	....	assistant on-line editor
Robert Mead	....	on-line assistant editor
Mike Nuget	....	on-line assistant editor
Bangbay Siboliban	....	apprentice editor
David S. Tung	....	conforming editor
Margarita Jimeno	....	editorial assistant (uncredited)
Jeff Smithwick	....	film timer (uncredited)
Harold Lee Yen	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Suzanne Coffman	....	music clearances
Mark Fay	....	song recordist: "Ice Cream Truck #5"
Melinda Simon	....	song recordist: "Ice Cream Truck #5"

Other crew
Robyn Alcock	....	production coordinator
Blake Ashman	....	production assistant
Juan Azize	....	production accountant
Crystal Bahmaie	....	production assistant
Nathaniel Bates	....	production assistant
Joe Beirne	....	technical supervisor
Devereux Chatillon	....	fact checker
Devereux Chatillon	....	legal counsel
Eli Chessen	....	production assistant
Isabella Chung	....	intern
Christina Colby	....	production accountant
Pete Conlin	....	avid technical support
Kesshann Cortez	....	production assistant
Salimah El-Amin	....	archival researcher
Geoff Ernst	....	production assistant
Christine Fall	....	assistant: Dog Eat Dog Films
Brendan Fitzgibbons	....	intern
Derek Fludzinski	....	production assistant
Neil Girardi	....	avid technical support
George Gittoes	....	footage: "Soundtrack to War" courtesy of
Daniel Gregor	....	production assistant
Nadia Hallgren	....	key production assistant
Daniel Hancox	....	intern
Charles Herzfeld	....	laboratory coordinator
Carrie Holecek	....	digital film project manager
Andrew Hurwitz	....	legal counsel
Khaliah Jackson	....	intern
Lewanne Jones	....	archival researcher
Jason Kitchen	....	intern
R.A. LeFande	....	photographs courtesy of (as R.A. Lefande)
Lila Lipscomb	....	photographs courtesy of
Bernardo Loyola	....	title designer
Marie Luna	....	production assistant
Carolyn Rossip Malcolm	....	production accountant
Daniel Maldonado	....	production assistant
Elizabeth Marcus	....	production assistant
Donald McCloskey	....	production assistant (as Don McCloskey)
Lauren Molewski	....	photographs courtesy of: Retna Ltd.
Leilani Montes	....	intern
Huttenberg Nassar	....	key production assistant (as Huttemberg Nassar)
Sue Nelson	....	intern
Julia Nessling-Douglas	....	digital film project manager (as Julia Douglas)
Tim O'Shea	....	intern
Stephanie Palumbo	....	key production assistant
Ernst Peters	....	photographs courtesy of: The ledger
Deborah Petriken	....	photographs courtesy of
Jason Pollock	....	assistant to director
Michael Pollock	....	intern
J. Robb	....	production assistant
Leanne Rock	....	production accountant
Mike Rogers	....	production assistant
Paul Ross	....	production assistant
David Rumble	....	production assistant
Manel Saddique	....	intern
David J. Sams	....	photographs courtesy of
David Schankula	....	researcher
Helayne Seidman	....	photographs courtesy of
Jesse Shane	....	production assistant
Natalie Stanford	....	legal counsel
Amanda Steigerwald	....	production assistant
Romy Stevenson	....	production assistant
Brad Thompson	....	intern
Will Tordella	....	production assistant
Richard Torpey	....	chief engineer
Emma Trask	....	office coordinator
Joe Violante	....	laboratory supervisor
Bill Vourvoulias	....	fact checker
Bill Vourvoulias	....	legal counsel
Evin Watson	....	production assistant
Eric Weinrib	....	archival researcher
Frank Weysos	....	production assistant (as Frank Vasquez)
Doug Williams	....	intern
Jamie Wong	....	key production assistant
Jeremy Yaches	....	production assistant
Melinda Ziyadat	....	production assistant
Alison S. Cohen	....	production counsel (uncredited)
Christopher Cram	....	production assistant (uncredited)
David Greenbaum	....	executive assistant: Harvey Weinstein (uncredited)
Vsevolod Horodyskyj	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Christian Zak	....	advisor: imaging (uncredited)

Thanks
Terry Allen	....	thanks
Isabelle Audinot	....	thanks
Tim Azarian	....	thanks
Bob Bastian	....	thanks
Mikaela Beardsley	....	thanks
Chris Belcher	....	acknowledgment: archival footage, Alchymedia
Mark Belhumeur	....	thanks
Tarik Benbrahim	....	thanks
Jessica Berman Bogdan	....	thanks (as Jessica Berman-Bogden)
Elmer Bernstein	....	thanks
Anthony Bregman	....	thanks
Elena Brodie	....	thanks
Arthur A. Busch	....	thanks (as Arthur Busch)
Luigi Cazzaniga	....	acknowledgment: archival footage provided by
Pratap Chatterjee	....	acknowledgment: archival footage, CorpWatch
Dominick Costabile	....	thanks
John Davidek	....	thanks
Carl Deal	....	acknowledgment: archival footage provided by
Ric Dispenseri	....	thanks (as Ric Dispinseri)
Michael Donkis	....	thanks
Ari Emanuel	....	thanks
Don Epstein	....	thanks
Mark Fabiani	....	thanks
Mark Friesland	....	thanks
John Fritz	....	thanks
Jonathan Furmanski	....	thanks
Ranko Gak	....	thanks
Barbara Gregson	....	thanks
Urban Hamid	....	acknowledgment: archival footage provided by
Laurent Issure	....	thanks (as Laurent Isaure)
Arthur Jafa	....	thanks
Mort Janklow	....	thanks
Tom Jennings	....	thanks (as Tom Jennings)
Vanessa Jerrom	....	thanks
Jim Kiertzner	....	thanks
Neal Kwatra	....	thanks
Charles Layton	....	thanks
Chris Lehane	....	thanks
Mike Lessin	....	thanks
Tia Lessin	....	acknowledgment: archival footage provided by
Sophia Lin	....	thanks
J. Fred MacDonald	....	thanks
Vincent Maraval	....	thanks
Daniel Marracino	....	thanks
Ed Marritz	....	thanks (as Eddie Marritz)
David Martinez	....	acknowledgment: archival footage, CorpWatch
Julia Martin	....	thanks
Leanne McIntire	....	acknowledgment: archival footage, The Education Channel (as Producer Leanne McIntire)
Tracy McKnight	....	thanks
Eartha Melzer	....	thanks
Josh Miller	....	thanks
Shannon Mills	....	thanks
Moby	....	thanks
Scott Myers	....	acknowledgment: archival footage provided by
Dorenna Newton	....	thanks
Tim Nielsen	....	thanks
Scott Norman	....	thanks
Lisa Oberhofer	....	thanks
Michael Pedersen	....	dedicatee
Richard Ray Perez	....	acknowledgment: archival footage provided by
Brett Petriken	....	dedicatee
Joshua Pines	....	thanks
Mark Punswick	....	acknowledgment: archival footage provided by
Mary Page Riley	....	acknowledgment: archival footage provided by
Erik Rist	....	thanks
Shane Robinson	....	thanks
Candance Robison	....	thanks
Natalie Rose	....	thanks
Steve Rundell	....	thanks
Joan Sekler	....	acknowledgment: archival footage provided by
Jari Sheese	....	thanks
Irv Slosberg	....	thanks
William Sprawls	....	thanks
Tim Squyres	....	thanks
Joel Suttles	....	thanks
Linda Taylor	....	thanks
Robert Taylor	....	thanks
Stacie Teele	....	thanks
Bill Weems	....	dedicatee
Modi Wiczyk	....	thanks
Thomasina Williams	....	thanks
Neil Young	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Lions Gate Films (presented by)
• IFC Films (presented by)
• Fellowship Adventure Group (presented by)
• Dog Eat Dog Films
• Westside Production Services (copyright owners)
• Miramax Films (uncredited)

Distributors

• Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm (2004) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Alta Films (2004) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
• BIM Distribuzione (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Bontonfilm (2004) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Cameo Media (2004) (Spain) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Concorde Filmverleih (2004) (Austria) (all media)
• Concorde Filmverleih (2004) (Germany) (all media)
• Danmarks Radio (DR) (200?) (Denmark) (TV)
• Distribution Company (2004) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Europa Filmes (2004) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Falcom Media (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Fellowship Adventure Group LLC (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• Filmes Lusomundo (2004) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Filmladen (2004) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Frenetic Films (2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• GAGA Communications (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Gateno Films (2004) (Peru) (all media)
• Herald Film Company (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Hopscotch Entertainment (2004) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Hopscotch Entertainment (2004) (New Zealand) (theatrical)
• IFC Films (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• Kino Swiat (2004) (Poland) (theatrical)
• Lions Gate Films (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• Mars Distribution (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Openpictures (2004) (Bulgaria) (all media)
• Openpictures (2004) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Openpictures (2004) (Slovakia) (all media)
• Openpictures (2005) (Albania) (all media)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Rosebud (2004) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Scanbox Danmark (2004) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2004) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Scanbox Sweden (2004) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2004) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Solar Films (2004) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Umut Sanat (2004) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Videocine S.A. de C.V. (2004) (Mexico) (theatrical)
• Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO) (2006) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (Switzerland) (DVD)

Other Companies

• ABC News Video Source  archival footage (as ABCNews Videosource)
• Air Power Video and Film Stock Library  archival footage
• Al-Arabiyya Network/M.E.N.  archival footage
• Al-Jazeera  archival footage (as Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel)
• Alchymedia  archival footage
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)  thank you
• Answer Technologies  thank you
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD)  archival footage (as ARD/German Television)
• Archive Films by Getty Images  archival footage
• Associated Press Television News  archival footage
• Associated Production Music (APM)  stock music (uncredited)
• BBC Worldwide  archival footage
• BDP/Midland  photographs courtesy of
• Bexel  camera equipment provided by (as Bexel)
• Big Noise Films  archival footage
• CBS News Archives  archival footage (uncredited)
• CONUS Communications  archival footage
• Cable News Network (CNN)  archival footage (uncredited)
• Camera Planet  archival footage (as Camera Planet Archive)
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Television Archives  archival footage (as CBC Television Archives)
• Cine Finance  bond company (as Cinefinance)
• Corbis  photographs courtesy of (as Corbis)
• CorpWatch  archival footage
• Creation Films  archival footage
• D.R. Reiff & Associates  insurance
• DHA  archival footage
• Dallas Morning News  photographs courtesy of
• Deep Dish TV  thank you
• Digital Cinema  sound mixing (as Digital Cinema, LLC)
• Epstein, Levinsohn, Bodine, Hurwitz & Weinstein  legal services
• FILM Archives  archival footage
• Fairbanks - Film  archival footage
• Film Sales Company, The  foreign sales
• FlickerLab  graphics and animation
• Footagefinders/Global Imageworks  archival footage
• Four Corners Media  archival footage
• Fox News Channel  archival footage (uncredited)
• GRS Systems  technical services: HD
• George Bush Presidential Library  archival footage
• Getty Images  photographs courtesy of
• Greater Talent Network  thank you
• ITN Archive/Reuters  archival footage
• Image Bank Films by Getty Images  archival footage
• Journeyman Films Ltd.  archival footage
• Lipscomb/Pedersen Family, The  thanks
• Mike Vasilinda Productions  archival footage
• Military Families Speak Out  thank you
• NBC News Archives  archival footage
• National Security News Service  thank you
• New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theater & Broadcasting, The  thank you (as NYC Mayor's Office for Film, Theatre & Broadcasting)
• Orbit Digital  technical support: Avid
• Petriken Family, The  thanks
• Plank Design  thank you
• Questar Pictures  archival footage
• Real Television International  archival footage
• Retna Pictures Ltd.  photographs courtesy of (as Retna Ltd.)
• Rhino Records  soundtrack published by (uncredited)
• Rhinoceros Post  thank you
• Richman Cohen Family Archive  archival footage
• Salter Street Films International  archival footage
• September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows  thank you
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal  fact checking
• Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal  legal counsel
• Streamline Films  archival footage
• Sun Mt. Environmental - Multimedia Center  archival footage
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  thank you (as Technicolor Digital Intermediate)
• Technicolor New York  thank you
• Technicolor North Hollywood  thank you
• Texas Air National Guard  photographs courtesy of
• Texas Military Forces Museum  photographs courtesy of
• The Education Channel  archival footage
• Third Millenium Films Inc.  archival footage
• Transition Productions  archival footage
• Universal Studios Licensing  archival footage
• WBTV Charlotte  archival footage
• WESH  archival footage
• WPA Film Library  archival footage (as The WPA Film Library)
• Webcore Labs  thank you
• Worldwide Photos  photographs courtesy of (as AP/Wide World Photos)
• Zytech Engineering  archival footage

Also Known As:

Fahrenheit 911 (USA) (working title)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Fahrenheit 11 de Setembro (Brazil) [pt]
Fahrenheit 9/11 (Finland) [fi]
Fahrenheit 9/11 (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Fahrenheit 9/11 (Greece) [el]

MPAA:

Rated R for some violent and disturbing images, and for language.

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Arabic

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Hong Kong:IIB | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:L | Malaysia:18PL | Australia:M | USA:R (certificate #40791) | Italy:T | Argentina:13 | Brazil:12 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Chile:14 | Czech Republic:12 | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Germany:12 | Ireland:15 | Kuwait:(Banned) | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 (theatrical) | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Baghdad, Iraq

Company:

Lions Gate Films

Trivia:

The story read in the classroom on 11 September 2001 was "The Pet Goat" by Siegfried Engelmann in the textbook Reading Mastery 2, Storybook 1.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator: Was it all just a dream?
Al Gore: God bless you, Florida! Thank you!
Narrator: Did the last four years not really happen? Look, there's Ben Affleck. He's often in my dreams. And the Taxi Driver guy. He was there too. And little Stevie Wonder, he seemed so happy... like, like a miracle had taken place. Was it a dream? Or was it real?

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Crap Shoot: The Documentary (2007)

Soundtrack:

L'Eyefull Shower

A whirlwind tour of corruption and diplomatic deceit

"Fahrenheit 9/11" is an important film, dealing in detail with the great issues of current American society, with a degree of skepticism that our newsmedia has proven entirely incapable of exhibiting in the last decade. Lone gadfly Michael Moore cannot singlehandedly reverse the effects of a servile corporate media, but he can -- and does -- fling it right back in their faces. Is it any wonder televised interviews with Moore have been less-than-cordial of late?

It doesn't matter. For a film like this, any publicity is beneficial, and Michael Moore has gone out of his way to thank his conservative detractors for their support.

As a movie, it's a whirlwind tour of corruption and diplomatic deceit at the highest levels of the industrial-political machine, mixed with direct examination of the lives of the "ordinary" people affected by the decisions of the aristocratic few. Much like a roller-coaster ride, it pulls you up the first steep incline with images of the 2000 presidential election followed by the major players in the bush administration getting ready for their performances, and then comes the first plunge: a stomach-wrenching drop into the black screen, with only the sounds of that awful day in September when "everything changed". Fade back in on the people of New York, confused, hurting, seeking their loved ones in the rubble.

From here on, there is no stopping for breath. We observe the flight of Saudi aristocrats who, but for their political connections, might have been held as material witnesses. Moore depicts vividly the links between the Bush family and their Saudi friends, one of whom (Prince Bandar) "earns" the Bush surname. On it goes, fact after fact after irrefutable and disgusting fact. Many of us entered the theatre thinking we knew the score, but seldom has an overview of each tree led to such a complete vision of the forest.

Along the way, we'll see behavior from members of the bush administration that cannot be described as flattering -- but once again, this isn't up for debate. It's the facts, it's what they themselves said. You can argue context, but the footage speaks for itself. And more than anything else, this is where Michael Moore proves he's grown as a director. No longer are his films chock-full of his narrative, he lets the evildoers hoist themselves on their own petards without as much overdubbed commentary. His statement rests in the overall structure of the film, rather than his usual assortment of shame-defying pecadillos and exposes.

Which is not to say that fans of his spirited antics won't have something to watch, as he drives around the capital building in an ice cream truck reading the Patriot act to the representatives who never bothered to read the legislation they passed, or chases after congressmen trying to get them interested in enlisting their children for a tour of duty in Iraq.

Aaah, Iraq. The second half of the film deals with the buildup to and execution of our current adventure in nation building. Iraq is shown with a brief clip from before and a whole lot of after -- with its people confused, hurting, seeking their loved ones in the rubble. Our soldiers are also given plenty of time on-screen, time to describe what it's like, time to proclaim the thrills, dangers, and ennui of life as an occupying army. Far from being unsupportive as claimed by its detractors, this film makes every effort to give the front-liners their say. Wounded soldiers are treated with no less compassion than the other victims in this film. And unlike the corporate newsmedia, Moore's cameras dare to follow the injured to the Walter Reed medical center and into their underfunded rehabilitation.

And it follows the heart of a patriotic woman from Moore's hometown of Flint whose soldier son makes the ultimate sacrifice for Bush's folly.

This is, above all, a sympathetic, patriotic and humanistic movie. Even its main star, George W. Bush, is given a measure of understanding. We understand that he is out of his league, unable to push for the appropriate diplomatic solutions with Saudi Arabia, forever beholden to the corporate interests that purchased his throne, barely capable of coherent thought, and not at all comfortable with the responsibilities of the presidency. He would far rather be golfing, or "lookin' for bugs", or hanging at fundraisers with "the haves and the have-mores"; the presidency is a burden he clearly cannot bear. He almost begs to be removed from office.

This movie has a lot more to say than any reviewer's encapsulation can convey. Ignore the naysayers who, in all likelihood, haven't even seen the film. Understand that the facts are the facts, the presentation is Mr. Moore's, and your opinion is your own.

My opinion: 10/10 -- If there's a documentary/editorial piece that could touch this one, I haven't seen it yet.