Whether you wanted to tout the Traverse City Film Festival, a gubernatorial candidate or any number of paid commercials, "Larry King Live" Tuesday night was the place to be.
Festival founder Michael Moore was interviewed live from an outdoor studio on Front Street. The show is broadcast on CNN.
The interview was interrupted numerous times by commercials, often in the middle of a sentence. The broadcast would resume again — often in the middle of sentence — only to be interrrupted again.
No one was available for comment at Charter Communications, the local cable provider.
Moore still managed to tout the festival from its Opening Night party. He told King they'd sold 100,000 tickets so far and pumped $60 million into the local economy through the film festival and the downtown State Theatre. He mentioned his State Theatre Project, which aims to help restore shuttered theaters in other cities.
King said he'd been to Traverse City before for a conference "a couple years ago."
The crowd on Front Street mostly was polite, save for one autograph seeker and one politically minded spectator who chanted "Kildee for governor," apparently referring to Dan Kildee, who dropped out the race in March. Most of the crowd was eating from the "world bazaar" food offered at the party — or talking about movies.
— Jodee Taylor
2010 Traverse City Film Festival
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Michael Moore stands on Front Street as he is interviewed for the Larry King Live show Tuesday during the Traverse City Film Festival. Record-Eagle/Keith King
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Awards, party accompany film festival's end
The sixth annual Traverse City Film Festival festival concluded Sunday night with more movies, a closing night party and awards.
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Film Festival Outtakes: 08/02/2010
Those pants, trolls, capitalism and jitneys.
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Kids Fest bigger, more sophisticated
Doug Spence put his children to bed late after the Open Space film.
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Filmmakers must deal with variety of obstacles
A record number of speakers took the stage at the City Opera House for the largest discussion panel in the Traverse City Film Festival's six-year history.
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Daniel Ellsberg speaks via Skype
When Michael Moore said he's having a hard time supporting the troops, Daniel Ellsberg talked him down.
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Film festival outtakes: 08/01/2010
Lock your bike, second mortgages, cane toad cooking tips and more.
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Quirky late-night shows attract unique crowd
Elsa Frank stood at the front of a line on Front Street with her face illuminated by the lights from the State Theatre's marquee. She anxiously waited for the Traverse City Film Festival's midnight movie, where the late-night fare tends to be a little different than other festival offerings — and so do the people.
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Cubans dream through art
A contingent of Cuban filmmakers here for the Traverse City Film Festival got a standing ovation Friday as they took the stage at the City Opera House for a morning panel discussion.
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Acting session provides industry insight
Actress Elizabeth Guest and student actor Joe Carroll played out a scene in a lecture hall at Northwestern Michigan College, trying to show how film acting comes together from table readings to blocking scenes for the camera.
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Film Festival Outtakes: 07/31/2010
Outtakes also features tweets from the film festival.
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Musicians lining up to play at Film Festival
Back when Michael Sullivan started recruiting musicians for the Traverse City Film Festival, he had to fill many empty slots himself. Now the fest features musicians from all over the country.
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3-D techs keep movies on cutting edge
The lights went down in the Lars Hockstad Auditorium and hundreds of movie-goers wearing 3-D glasses laughed together at the first image of a big, fat cane toad.
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Festival honors Sony Classics leaders
The Traverse City Film Festival honored two men whose support of independent films gave movie-goers a chance to see now-classic cinema.
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Film festival Outtakes: 07/30/2010
Movie at Insideout Gallery; Downtown retailers get creative; "PARK(ing) celebration" held; tweets from the fest and more.
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Panelists call movie lovers to big screen
A Traverse City Film Festival panel Wednesday bemoaned the lack of audiences willing to immerse themselves in a movie at a theater.
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'Cane Toads' producer is area resident
The cane toads invading Australia have a local connection. Clark Bunting, a part-time resident of Silver Lake, is the executive producer of the 3-D documentary screening tonight and Friday at the Traverse City Film Festival.
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Local couple's movie wins bumper contest
The "ABC's" bumper that answers the question, "Why Traverse City?" took the top prize — $1,000 — in this year's Traverse City Film Festival Bumper Contest.
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Video: Film Fest bumper contest winner
Joe Carter's winning entry in the Traverse City Film Festival bumper contest.
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Charter blames CNN for interruptions
Charter Communications blamed CNN for local television commercials that interrupted a live interview with Michael Moore from the Traverse City Film Festival.
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Film Festival Outtakes: 07/29/2010
3-D shirts, 3-D in our living rooms, happy tweeters; and more
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Video: Traverse City on 'Larry King Live'
Video of Traverse City Film Festival co-founder Michael Moore being interviewed live from Front Street as broadcast on CNN's "Larry King Live."
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Crowds flock downtown for start of film fest
The sixth annual Traverse City Film Festival had just started and already there were accolades.
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Merchants hoping for boost from festival
All of Traverse City is braced for the sixth Traverse City Film Festival and the estimated $10 million it pours into the community.
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Film Festival Outtakes: 07/28/2010
Casting call, tweets, fund drive for State Theatre tiles ... and Lars seats?
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Schedule of free music at Lay Park
Schedule of free music at Lay Park, part of the Traverse City Film Festival.
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'Larry King' (partly) live from TC tonight
The “Larry King Live” show will broadcast — at least partly — from downtown Traverse City tonight.
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Thousands expected to attend Film Festival
The sixth annual festival kicks off today with two opening films instead of one, "Twister" at dusk at the Open Space, and an elaborate downtown street party.
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Editorial: Film Festival bringing movies, a lot more
The issue: 6th Annual TC Film Festival; Our view: Great movies and a great time
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Moore hopes to revive old theaters
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore has a new project on tap: revitalizing derelict, depressed downtown theaters in communities across Michigan.
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Eat like a star: Movie-inspired meals are available locally
Flicks and food is a classic combination. This year's Traverse City Film Festival features a smorgasbord of cuisine-inspired cinema. Here's where to eat locally like you're in the movies.
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Giving back — to both humans and animals
It's no secret that the Traverse City Film Festival and its State Theatre have helped revitalize downtown Traverse City with year-round entertainment. But the nonprofit organization also gives back behind the scenes in both big and small ways.
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Tweet us during the Film Festival
We want the Record-Eagle coverage of the sixth Traverse City Film Festival to include your tweets.
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TCFF public ticket sales begin Saturday
Tickets for the Traverse City Film Festival go on sale to the general public Saturday, July 17.
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Film Festival announces music-themed lineup
The quality of American independent cinema is crashing. So says Michael Moore, founder of the Traverse City Film Festival.
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