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 Michael Moore Quotation"I like America to some extent. Take the Japanese for instance. They are complicated and tend to be reserved in expressing themselves. Sometimes, it is difficult for me to understand them. Americans are simple and clear. They are charming people. You will understand how good an individual American is. What I am not satisfied with America is that the nation cannot control the government and economy. Only a handful of people have the power to control the country." "I don't compromise my values and I don't compromise my work. That's why I've been kicked from one network to the next: I won't give in." "Americans, when they see 'Fahrenheit 9/11', will see things they have never seen before." [When asked by David Letterman why Disney didn't want to release his film, Farenheit 9/11] "They watched it." "Is it wrong for someone who's bought a film on DVD to let a friend watch it for free? Of course it's not. It never has been and never will be. I think information, art and ideas should be shared. I don't agree with the copyright laws and I don't have a problem with people downloading the movie and sharing it with people as long as they're not trying to make a profit off my labour. I would oppose that. I do well enough already and I made this film because I want the world, to change. The more people who see it the better, so I'm happy this is happening," said in response to bootleg copies of the movie popping up. Movie Title: The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) as Michael Moore: [Acceptance speech for Best Documentary, Movie Title: Bowling for Columbine] Michael Moore : Whoa. On behalf of our producers Kathleen Glynn and Michael Donovan from Canada, I'd like to thank the Academy for this. I have invited my fellow documentary nominees on the stage with us, and we would like to - they're here in solidarity with me because we like nonfiction. We like nonfiction and we live in fictitious times. We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. Whether it's the fictition of duct tape or fictition of orange alerts we are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you, Mr. Bush, shame on you. And any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up. Thank you very much. Movie Title: Bowling for Columbine (2002) as Michael Moore: Michael Moore : Why not use Gandhi's way? He didn't have guns, and he beat the British Empire. John Nichols : I'm not... familiar with that. [Describing a toy gun he got for Christmas] Michael Moore : This was my first gun. I couldn't wait to go out and shoot up the neighborhood. Michael Moore : Well, here's my first question. Do you think it's kind of dangerous handing out guns at a bank? Michael Moore : Now wait a minute... The Constitution says you've got the right to bear arms. What do you think 'arms' means? John Nichols : Well it's not like these... [waves his arms] John Nichols : It means we ought to have handguns if we want to. Michael Moore : What about nuclear weapons? Should you be able to have weapons-grade plutonium? John Nichols : [pauses] ... Well I think that oughta be restricted. Michael Moore : Thank you for not shooting me. Michael Moore : What if I had a spear? Marilyn Manson : The two by-products of that whole tragedy were, violence in entertainment, and gun control. And how perfect that that was the two things that we were going to talk about with the upcoming election. And also, then we forgot about Monica Lewinsky and we forgot about, uh, the President was shooting bombs overseas, yet I'm a bad guy because I, well I sing some rock-and-roll songs, and who's a bigger influence, the President or Marilyn Manson? I'd like to think me, but I'm going to go with the President. Michael Moore : Do you know that on the day of the Columbine massacre, the US dropped more bombs on Kosovo than any other day? Marilyn Manson : I do know that, and I think that's really ironic, that nobody said 'well maybe the President had an influence on this violent behavior' Because that's not the way the media wants to take it and spin it, and turn it into fear, because then you're watching television, you're watching the news, you're being pumped full of fear, there's floods, there's AIDS, there's murder, cut to commercial, buy the Acura, buy the Colgate, if you have bad breath they're not going to talk to you, if you have pimples, the girl's not going to fuck you, and it's just this campaign of fear, and consumption, and that's what I think it's all based on, the whole idea of 'keep everyone afraid, and they'll consume.' Michael Moore : If you were to talk directly to the kids at Columbine or the people in that community, what would you say to them if they were here right now? Marilyn Manson : I wouldn't say a single word to them, I would listen to what they have to say and that's what no one did. [Filling out an application for a bank account] Michael Moore : "Have you ever been adjudicated mentally defective? Or have you ever been committed to a mental institution?" Well, I've never been committed to a mental institution. What does that mean, have I "ever been adjudicated mentally defective"? Bank employee: It would be something involved with a crime. Michael Moore : Oh, with a crime. Okay, so if I'm just normally mentally defective but not criminal... Michael Moore : The media, the corporations, the politicians... have all done such a good job of scaring the American public, it's come to the point where they don't need to give any reason at all. Michael Moore : It was the morning of April 20th 1999, and it was pretty much like any other morning in America. The Farmer did his chores. The milkman made his deliveries. The President bombed another country whose name we couldn't pronounce. Out in Fargo, North Dakota, Cary McWilliams went on his morning walk. Back in Michigan, Mrs Hughes welcomed her students for another day of school. And out in a little town in Colorado, two boys went bowling at 6 in the morning. Yes, it was a typical day in the United States of America. [Last Line] Michael Moore : Yes, it was a glorious time to be an American. Michael Moore : Do you like living here? Canadian: I like it very much. [notices his T-shirt that reads "I *heart* NY] Michael Moore : And your T-shirt? Canadian: The T-shirt, too. Michael Moore : In George Bush's America the poor were not a priority. And after September 11th correcting America's social problems took a back seat to fear, panic and a new set of priorities. George W. Bush : [Archive speech] One way to express our unity is for Congress to set the military budget and the defense of the United States as the number one priority, and fully fund my request... Michael Moore : In your mind, somebody might break into your house to harm you or your family. What does that person look like? Man wearing 'Fuck Everybody' Cap: You. Michael Moore : Me? Man wearing 'Fuck Everybody' Cap: Her. Michael Moore : Her? Man wearing 'Fuck Everybody' Cap: Him. Michael Moore : Really? Man wearing 'Fuck Everybody' Cap: The camera guy. Anybody. There could be a gun in the camera for all I know. Michael Moore : I left the Heston estate atop Beverly Hills and walked back into the real world. To an America living and breathing in fear. Where gun sales are now at an all record high. And where, in the end, it all comes back to 'Bowling for Columbine'. John Nichols : I sleep at night with a gun under my pillow. Michael Moore : Aw, come on. Everyone says that. Michael Moore : [narrating] This is Matt Stone. He grew up in Littleton and has fond memories of Columbine. Matt Stone : Yeah, Columbine, it's just, you know, a crappy school in the middle of a bunch of crappy houses. Movie Title: Roger & Me (1989) as Michael Moore: Michael Moore : Well, the million tourists never came to Flint. The Hyatt went bankrupt and was put up for sale, Waterstreet Pavillion saw most of its stores go out of business, and only six months after opening, Autoworld closed due to a lack of visitors. I guess it was expecting a million people a year to go to New Jersey to Chemicalworld, or a million people going to Valdez, Alaska for Exxonworld. Some people just don't like to celebrate human tragedy while on vacation. [last lines] Michael Moore : Well I failed to bring Roger to Flint. As we neared the end of the twentieth century, the rich were richer, the poor, poorer. And people everywhere now had a lot less lint, thanks to the lint rollers made in my hometown. It was truly the dawn of a new era. Movie Title: Michael Moore Hates America (2004) as Michael Moore: [from trailer] Michael Moore : I'm not in anyone's movies other than my own. [a list of other people's movies he's been in scrolls up] Movie Title: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) as Michael Moore / Narrator: Narrator : The first time I met him, he had some good advice for me. Michael Moore : [Calling out] Governer Bush, it's Michael Moore. George W. Bush : Behave yourself, will ya? Go find real work. [last lines] George W. Bush : There's an old saying in Tennessee... well, it's an old saying in Texas, I believe also in Tennessee. "Fool me once..." [Pause] George W. Bush : "... shame on you". Narrator : [Pause] George W. Bush : insert right text here Narrator : [Pauses once again] Narrator : For once. We agree. Narrator : [Quoting George Orwell] It's not a matter of whether the war is not real, or if it is, Victory is not possible. The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous. Hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance. This new version is the past and no different past can ever have existed. In principle the war effort is always planned to keep society on the brink of starvation. The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects and its object is not the victory over either Eurasia or East Asia but to keep the very structure of society intact. Narrator : Who's your daddy? Narrator : He couldn't get his judges appointed. He had trouble getting his legislation passed, and he lost Republican control of the Senate. His approval ratings in the polls began to sink. He was already beginning to look like a lame duck president. With everything going wrong, he did what any of us would do. He went... on vacation. Michael Moore : As the attack took place, Mr. Bush was on his way to an elementary school in Florida. When informed of the first plane hitting the world trade center, where terrorists had struck just eight years prior, Mr. Bush decided to go ahead with his photo opportunity. [Bush enters the classroom] Michael Moore : When the second plane hit the tower, his chief of staff entered the classroom and told Mr. Bush the nation is under attack. [Bush picks up a children's book] Michael Moore : Not knowing what to do, with no one telling him what to do, and with no secret service rushing in to take him to safety, Mr. Bush just sat there, and continued to read "My Pet Goat" with the children. [the time is measured on a clock in the corner of the screen] Michael Moore : Nearly seven minutes passed with nobody doing anything. Byron Dorgan: We had some airplanes authorized at the highest levels of our government to fly to pick up Osama Bin Laden's family members and others from Saudi Arabia and transport them out of this country. Narrator : It turns out that the White House approved planes to pick up the bin Ladens and numerous other Saudis. At least six private jets and nearly two dozen commercial planes carried the Saudis and the Bin Ladens out of the U.S. after September 13th. In all, 142 Saudis, including 24 members of the bin Laden family, were allowed to leave the country. [President George W. Bush is a news conference] George W. Bush : [Regarding the capture of Osama bin Laden] I just don't spend that much time on it, to be honest. Narrator : 'Don't spend that much time on it?' Just what kind of President was he? [Cut to the Oval Office, where Bush is being interviewed] George W. Bush : I'm a war President! Jeffrey Tobin: If there was a statewide recount, under every scenario, Gore won the election. Narrator : It won't matter, just so long as all of your daddy's friends on the Su-preme Court vote the right way. [Michael Moore is interviewing citizens from Tappahonnock, Virginia, population 2,016] Michael Moore : Is there any terrorist target around here? Tappahannock Woman: [Gesturing towards the restaurant behind her] We have a big spaghetti supper in here. Narrator : [On Afghanistan being a part of the Coalition of the Willing] Afghanistan? Hmm... oh, yeah. They had an army. Our army! I guess that's one way to build a coalition: just keep invading countries. Narrator : While Bush was busy taking care of his base and professing his love for our troops, he proposed cutting combat soldiers' pay by 33% and assistance to their families by 60%. He opposed giving veterans a billion dollars more in health care benefits, and he supported closing veteran hospitals. He tried to double the prescription drug costs for veterans and opposed full benefits for part-time reservists. And when Staff Sergeant Brett Petriken from Flint was killed in Iraq on May 26th, the army sent his last paycheck to his family, but they docked him for the last five days of the month that he didn't work because he was dead. Narrator : Not a single member of Congress wanted to sacrifice their child for the war in Iraq. And who could blame them? Who would want to give up their child? Would you? [Shot of President Bush appears onscreen] Narrator : Would he? I've always been amazed that the very people forced to live in the worst parts of town, go to the worst schools, and who have it the hardest are always the first to step up, to defend us. They serve so that we don't have to. They offer to give up their lives so that we can be free. It is remarkably their gift to us. And all they ask for in return is that we never send them into harm's way unless it is absolutely necessary. Will they ever trust us again? Narrator : In his first eight months in office before September 11th, George W. Bush was on vacation, according to the Washington Post, forty-two percent of the time. Narrator : As Bush sat in that Florida classroom, was he wondering if maybe he should have shown up to work more often? Should he have held at least one meeting since taking office to discuss the threat of terrorism with his head of counter terrorism? Or maybe Mr. Bush was wondering why he had cut terrorism funding from the FBI. Or perhaps he just should have read the security briefing that was given to him on August 6, 2001 that said that Osama bin Laden was planning to attack America by hijacking airplanes. Or maybe he wasn't worried about the terrorist threat because the title of the report was too vague. [Cut to 9/11 Commission hearing, where Condoleeza Rice is testifying] Condoleeza Rice: I believe the title of the report was 'Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States.' Narrator : A report like that might make some men jump, but as in days passed, George W. just went fishing. As the minutes went by, George Bush continued to sit in the classroom. Was he thinking, "I've been hanging out with the wrong crowd. Which one of them screwed me? Was it the man my daddy's friends delivered a lot of weapons to? Was it that group of religious fundamentalists who visited my state when I was governor? Or was it the Saudis? Damn, it was them." [An image of Saddam Hussein appears onscreen] Narrator : [As George W. Bush] I think I better blame it on this guy. Narrator : Not even Ricky Martin could fly. |
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