Moore Campaigns for People's Choice Award
The Associated Press
Saturday, December 11, 2004
LOS ANGELES - Filmmaker Michael Moore is back on the campaign trail trolling for votes - this time, for the People's Choice Awards.
His documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" - an unlikely summer blockbuster - was one of the films selected in the "favorite movie" category of the annual populist prize ceremony. On Thursday he posted a letter on his Web site to mobilize fans to cast their ballots for the film.
"Now, normally I wouldn't make a very big deal out of something like this," Moore wrote. He said he was inspired to make his appeal after a group of leading Republicans took out ads in USA Today and Daily Variety that he said included "a not-so-subtle threat to the Academy Awards voters that, in essence, said don't even THINK about nominating 'Fahrenheit 9/11' for Best Picture."
Moore said the People's Choice nomination proves the message of his film still resonates with people across the country, even though President Bush won re-election....
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