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August 3, 2009

Moore: New movie on truth of bailout

By JODEE TAYLOR

TRAVERSE CITY -- Michael Moore said his new movie will "tell you the truth about the bailout, the crash, the robbery that's taken place."

Moore talked about "Capitalism: A Love Story" following a screening of his first movie, "Roger & Me," Saturday night at the Traverse City Film Festival. The new movie is scheduled to be released Oct. 2. Moore said throughout the festival that he had to have a director's cut to the studio by the weekend.

Moore was interviewed onstage after "Roger & Me" by festival board member Larry Charles, director of "Borat" and "Bruno."

"It's a ... documentary on the wonders of capitalism and how much I've been in love with it my whole life," Moore said in response to an audience member's question.

The movie will show "free enterprise is a failure and a lie," he said.

"It's a comedy about this crazy system. Nothing about this system is moral. Even the bishop of Detroit calls it a sin," Moore said.

"You'll see things you've never seen on the evening news," he said. On the way out he expects the audience to "ask the ushers, 'Where are the pitchforks and the torches?" -- metaphorically speaking, of course."

Charles said the movie is "an epic."

"It's an amazing movie. It'll just leave you drained," he said.

Moore said the best footage in the new movie isn't the archival footage, but footage off Fox News.

"That guy Glenn Beck, it's like he exists just to be in my movie," Moore said.

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  • Film festival awards announced

    The full list of awards for the movies in the Traverse City Film Festival, announced late Sunday, includes the Founders Prize for Funniest Fiction Film for "In The Loop" and the Audience Prize for Best Documentary for "Food., Inc."

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  • 2009 film fest is 'pretty popular'
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    John and Ruth Buta spent their 51st wedding anniversary at the Traverse City Film Festival, where they had to sit separately at a sold-out screening of "Mike's Surprise." But the couple got an anniversary gift before the film started, when Ruth Buta's name was drawn for a private "test screening" of festival founder Michael Moore's new film in the next few weeks.

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  • Young filmmakers learn the craft
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    Young filmmakers honed their skills at this year's Traverse City Film Festival. Many said they picked up things they wouldn't be able to learn elsewhere.

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  • Film Festival Outtakes: 08/03/2009

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  • Saturday, August 1, 2009
  • Michigan runners win Stars of the Mile
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    It was a Michigan day. Rondell Ruff won the men's Stars of the Mile -- the reincarnation of the Golden Mile -- by over a second to finish off a Wolverine sweep, as fellow former University of Michigan runner Nicole Edwards won the women's race.

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  • Video: "Mr. JoJangles" in downtown TC

    A video clip of "Mr. JoJangles" performing in downtown Traverse City during the film festival.

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  • No joke! Plans in the works for comedy fest
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    Jeff Garlin, of HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm", and Traverse City Film Festival co-founder Michael Moore told a crowd Saturday at a comedy panel discussion that plans are in the works to hold -- what else? -- a comedy festival in town next spring.

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  • Buskers: Will play for ... fun
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    Buskers are taking to the pavement during the Traverse City Film Festival for an audience of art-lovers.

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  • Festival energy is 'contagious'
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    Festival attendees can take home T-shirts and ticket stubs as mementos of the fifth annual Traverse City Film Festival. Or, they can take home original artwork and memories of local music.

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  • Film Festival outtakes: 08/02/2009

    Saturday's numbers make it look like this year's film festival was ... ta-da! ... the best ever. Estimates have admissions at more than 96,000. That doesn't include "Big" at the Open Space. Last year, there were 80,000 admissions. Plus more outtakes from around town.

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  • Film Festival schedule: 08/02/2009

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  • Friday, July 31, 2009
  • Short films find home at fest
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    Ian Hollander's first job, back in middle school, was at the Bay Theatre in Suttons Bay, working concessions, or in the projection room, or whatever was needed. "That's where I got interested in films," Hollander, 23, said. Now he's making them. Hollander's short film, "All of Me," is one of 14 "Shorts by Students" screening at the Traverse City Film Festival Sunday at noon at the Old Town Playhouse.

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  • 'Roger & Me' gets anniversary screening
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    "Roger and Me" shows Moore pursuing Smith to confront him about the impact on Flint following massive job cuts at GM. The film gets a 20th anniversary screening tonight at 9 p.m. at the State Theatre. The screening is sold out, but standby tickets may be available.

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  • Council says film incentive program is safe
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    Michigan's film incentives are safe, despite reports to the contrary, said the Michigan Film Office director.

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  • Film Festival schedule: 08/01/2009

    The Saturday schedule for the Traverse City Film Festival.

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  • Film Festival outtakes: 08/01/2009

    Zoltar, the wish-granter from "Big," will be at the Open Space before tonight's screening of the movie to field wishes. Plus more outtakes from around town.

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  • Film gurus work hard for the audience
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    A patron wouldn't know it from the plush theater seat, but there's a lot happening in the projectionist booth to make movie magic.

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  • Film Festival schedule: 07/31/2009

    Today at the Traverse City Film Festival

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  • 'Hair' brings out the free spirits
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    As the sounds of a roots band filled the Open Space, Lanae Sambrano-Bartz danced on the grass in bellbottoms and a midriff-baring sweater, a headband holding back her long hair threaded with braids.

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  • Kids festival gets rave reviews
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    Kids eagerly awaited the first film to be shown at the new Traverse City Kids Film Festival. Their line stretched around the block.

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  • Fewer festival films will return to State
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    The people who live in Traverse City can hang onto one thing during the Traverse City Film Festival. Some of these movies are coming back. But there won't be as many returning next year, according to film festival officials. The returning movies don't bring in as many people as other movies, they said, and the only returning movie that drew decent crowds last year was "Kenny."

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  • Students learn the ropes of documentaries
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    It took Kevin McMahon six years to complete his film, "Waterlife" -- two years to make it and four years to raise money for it. It's the kind of detail prospective documentary makers rarely consider but almost certainly will face, McMahon said in a TCFF Film School session Thursday called "Documentary 101."

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