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Michael Moore - Fahrenheit 9/11
AUDIO CD 2004
Original Soundtrack, Original Score Composed and Performed by Jeff Gibbs
UPC 081227843427
The soundtrack to Michael Moore's anti-George W. Bush documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11 wasn't released until the movie's video release on October 5, 2004. Usually, soundtracks are released nearly simultaneously with the theatrical release, but since Fahrenheit was pushed into theaters at the end of June, it took a little bit of time to get the soundtrack rights together -- plus, the later release places the soundtrack right in the midst of the election season, since it arrives in stores the day of the Vice Presidential debate and five days after the Squabble in Coral Gables. Anyway, the soundtrack is pretty much what you'd expect -- excerpts from Jeff Gibbs' original soundtrack interspersed between all the pop songs used in the movie, including the Go-Go's' "Vacation," Elmer Bernstein's "Magnificent Seven Theme," Joey Scarbury's "Theme From 'Greatest American Hero' (Believe It or Not)" and J.J. Cale's "Cocaine." As an album, it's a prototypical soundtrack, only holding together musically as a souvenir of the film itself, but on that level, it should please fans of the film
Tracklist:
- The Un-President
- Vacation
- Bush Waits...and Waits
- Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, For String Orchestra & Bell
- We Gotta Get Out of This Place
- Weapons of Deceit
- Deserter
- Cocaine
- Shiny Happy People
- Magnificent Seven Theme
- Afghan Victory Dance
- Fire Water Burn
- The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)
- Aqualung
- All They Ask
- Rockin' in the Free World
Michael Francis Moore (IPA: /mʊər/, respell: MOOR; born April 23, 1954) is an American documentary filmmaker and author. He is best known for his work on globalization and capitalism.
Moore won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for Bowling for Columbine, which examined the supposed causes of the Columbine High School massacre and the overall gun culture of the United States. He also directed and produced Fahrenheit 9/11, a critical look at the presidency of George W. Bush and the War on Terror, which earned $119,194,771 to become the highest-grossing documentary at the American box office of all time. The film also won the Palme d'Or at the 2004 Cannes film festival. His documentary Sicko, which examines health care in the United States, is one of the top ten highest-grossing documentaries. In September 2008, he released his first free movie on the internet, Slacker Uprising, which documented his personal quest to encourage more Americans to vote in presidential elections. He has also written and starred in the TV shows TV Nation, a satirical news-magazine television series, and The Awful Truth, a satirical show. In 2018 he released his latest film, Fahrenheit 11/9, a documentary about the 2016 United States presidential election and the subsequent presidency of Donald Trump.
Moore's written and cinematic works criticize topics such as globalization, large corporations, assault weapon ownership, Presidents Bill Clinton,George W. Bush and Donald Trump, the Iraq War, the American health care system and capitalism overall. In 2005, Time magazine named Moore one of the world's 100 most influential people.
Fahrenheit 11/9 is a 2018 American political documentary by filmmaker Michael Moore about the 2016 United States presidential election and the subsequent presidency of Donald Trump. The film had its world premiere on September 6, 2018 at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released in the United States on September 21, 2018, by Briarcliff Entertainment.
It grossed $6.7 million worldwide, one of the lowest totals of Moore's career. It received mostly positive reviews, with review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes saying it "[preaches] to a specific choir, but for anyone who's enjoyed Moore's filmography [it is] another worthy chapter."
The film received a nomination for Best Documentary Screenplay from the Writers Guild of America. It also received four nominations at the 39th Golden Raspberry Awards and won three, including worst actor for Donald Trump.
