The Associated Press: Michael Moore to release new film online for free

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Michael Moore's Internet Uprising
Published 9/4/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Joe Leydon) at MovingPictureBlog
... as a free Internet download -- and not as a theatrical feature -- because he thought it would be "a nice way to celebrate" his 20th anniversary as a filmmaker... Well, maybe, just maybe, the decision also had something to do with the critical response that greeted the film last year when it was shown at the Toronto Film Festival under the title ...

There's a new, free Michael Moore movie coming out
Published 9/5/2008 by Bol at ByronCrawford.com
... can sign up via email to receive a copy of Slacker Uprising when it's released, September 23rd, at the Slacker Uprising website. The film is described as following Michael Moore on a tour he went on in 2004 to rally young people to vote in that year's presidential election. (And we all know how well that turned out.) It sounds like it might be similar to The Big One, a film that followed him on a tour he went on to promote a book he wrote back in the mid '90s. Checkit: Michael Moore to release new film online for free [AP] And check the trailer for ...

News Ticker: Alice In Chains, Michael Moore and Metallica
Published 9/5/2008 by Daniel Kreps at Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
... Inspired by how Radiohead’s In Rainbows changed the traditional business model, Sicko director Michael Moore will make his new film Slacker Uprising available as a free download starting September 23rd. ...

Newsbites: The docs and biopics edition!
Published 9/6/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Peter T Chattaway) at FilmChat
... documentary Captain Mike Across America got pretty bad reviews when it premiered in Toronto last year. That might explain why Moore has decided to bypass theatres altogether and release the film, for free and under an entirely different name, over the internet later this month. Now known as Slacker Uprising, the film will be available to Americans and Canadians here for three weeks, beginning September 23, and then it will be released on DVD. -- Associated Press