Are you out of job? Homeless? If you haven’t checked your email yet this morning, please allow me to disseminate some incredible news. Michael Moore is here to help. How? Movie night! Oh, that’s right. You might not have a paycheck or a place to live but tonight lady luck enters your universe. Moore is offering free admission to his new movie. For those who haven’t been keeping up, the flick is all about how the Ponzi scheme that is capitalism screwed you, and the reason you’re in your current predicament (it’s a rom-com). While you’ll have to pay for your own popcorn and snacks (this ain’t no free for all), you should allow your mouth to remain agape a little while longer, in awe of such generosity. Would Goldman Sachs ever do anything like this* for you? That’s what I thought.
From: Michael Moore
Date: Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 7:48 AM
Subject: Free Screenings Tonight of “Capitalism” for the Jobless and Homeless in America’s Hardest Hit Cities (plus local benefit premieres all across the country)
Friends,
We’re just one day away from the widest opening I’ve ever had for any of my movies. Tomorrow, Friday, October 2nd, “Capitalism: A Love Story” opens on over a thousand screens across the United States, a record for an independent documentary.
This follows last weekend’s limited opening in New York and L.A. where “Capitalism” set the box office record for the highest per screen average of ANY movie released so far this year. Not just any documentary — any MOVIE! It was, as the studio said, a good indicator of just how well the movie may do when it goes wide this weekend. I sincerely hope they’re right because I believe deeply in this film.
To kick off the national release of “Capitalism: A Love Story,” I’ve asked the studio to offer a number of screenings in the nation’s hardest hit cities — the ones with the highest unemployment rates and highest foreclosure rates — where those who’ve lost their jobs or who are in foreclosure (or have already been evicted) may attend my film free of charge. They’ve agreed, and so tonight (Thursday), the night before our opening day, ten cities will grant you free admission if you have fallen on hard times. The list of theaters and cities is below. You don’t need to bring any “proof” of your situation — just show up — it’s the honor system, no questions asked.
*The best LB has ever done is deeply discounted tickets to watch slides of his youth.
Of course, a free movie ain’t much when what you really need is a job or a place to live. And that’s not going to change until the party that controls both the Congress and the White House wakes up and realizes the American people put them in charge to fix the mess created by the previous administration. For that to happen requires the active involvement of each of us. And, as I show in this movie, it’s going to also require us to challenge some fundamental assumptions about an economic system that currently allows the wealthiest ONE PERCENT in this country to have more financial wealth than the bottom 95% combined. That concentration of money and power in the hands of so few people is, I believe, at the core of so many of our problems.
So, if you’re going through tough times and you live in one of the areas below, please be my guest tonight, on the eve of my new film’s opening. Seating will be on a first come, first served basis.
Also, in another five cities tonight, I have made the film available to local groups to hold benefit screenings to raise money for their local organizations — organizations which are working toward a day when a filmmaker doesn’t have to offer free screenings to people who’ve been put through the wringer. If you live in any of these areas (see below for the list of benefit premieres tonight), please come out and support the good work of these grassroots groups.
So, until tomorrow, thanks for your support, and I’ll see ya at the movies!
Yours,
Michael Moore
“CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY” FREE SCREENINGS:
Las Vegas, Nevada
Thursday, Oct. 1st, 7:00 p.m.
Cinemark Orleans
4600 W Tropicana Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89103
Phoenix, Arizona
Thursday, Oct.1st, 7:00 p.m.
Harkins Christown
1620 W Monte Bello
Phoenix, AZ 85015
Fresno, California
Thursday, Oct. 1st, 7:30 p.m.
Edwards Stadium
250 Paseo Del Centro
Fresno, CA 93720
Saginaw, Michigan
Thursday, Oct. 1st, 7:00 p.m.
Goodrich Saginaw 8 Theater
3250 Kabobel Dr.
Saginaw, MI 48604
Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina
Thursday, Oct. 1st, 7:30 p.m.
Regal North Hills Stadium 14
4150 Main at North Hills St.
Raleigh, NC 27609
Tampa / St. Petersburg, Florida
Thursday, Oct. 1st, 7:30 p.m.
Muvico Starlight
1800 Highwood Preserve Parkway
Tampa, FL 33647
Elkhart, Indiana
Thursday, Oct. 1st, 7:00 p.m.
Carmike Encore Park 14
2701 Cassopolis Street
Elkhart, IN 46514
Baltimore, Maryland
Thursday, October 1st, 7:30 p.m.
The Charles Theatre
1711 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Cleveland, Ohio Thursday, Oct. 1st, 7:30 p.m.
AMC Westwood Town Center
21653 Center Ridge Road
Rocky River, OH 44116
Peoria, Illinois
Thursday, Oct. 1st, 7:00PM
Willow Knolls 14 Theatre
4100 W Willow Knolls Drive
Peoria, IL 61615
I would pay good money for a Gasparino-Moore cage match.
“will grant you free admission if you have fallen on hard times.”
I guess I am in, my bonus last year was subpar. I was forced to downsize from a Patek Philippe to a Hublot. Goddamn economy.
I ♥ this guy! No, I’ll see *ya* at the movies!
I love when he yells at the stock exchange.
I think he should be giving the proceeds from this movie to those hardest hit. As he makes up part of the top 1%, he ought to be doing his part to redistribute that wealth.
MM – Take the fried food out of your mouth long enough to put your money where your mouth is!
@naked
Stop bragging, i sold my A. Lange Sohne for 3lbs of Toblerone and a gum job from a Chinese woman(?). As for time pieces, I’m wearing..I can’t even say it..a Seiko.
how about he takes whatever money he’d spend on dinner tonight and buys a few homeless people a place to live?
what a fucking asshole
Michael Moore ate my Patek and called me a capitalist pig.
He is not nice.
wait, does he seriously think homeless people are going to get this email? jerkoff.
Great! I get to sit next to a bum at a movie made by a bum.
@10
A P.O. Box and a blackberry/ iPhone will get you access to email without a home. But nice try.
@12: If you are homeless, you shouldn’t have a BB/iPhone.
Where are you going to charge your phone every night while you are sleeping in the park?
I’m so there! And I’ll bring Twizzlers!
-LD
You getting this, Dykstra?
@13: Starbucks
I feel like this isn’t Michael Moore’s “widest opening.” That would have likely been when he unhinged his jaw to eat that six pound hamburger.
See you there!
-KL
movie proceeds for the lady cornhuskers pie guild
MM
Mike rides the gravy train again. Capitalism at it’s best.
@13 Fine. Then said individual has no bb/ iPhone, but yet goes to the library and checks their Yahoo email account for free. Happy now, douchebag!
If Michael Moore wanted help the homeless, he could give away some used clothing. The typical suffering homeless people I saw while I lived in LA could have used a pair of Mikey’s BVDs as a tent.
We give that movie…
the finger!
How do I access to the homeless mailing list? I could sell these guys homes by the dozen!
-DMG
I wonder if the bottom ’95%’ actually studied and worked hard and saved and invested instead of starting foodfights in math class and drinking 40oz if they’d have more money?
@25 Fuck you
W
What say, this outgrosses (no pun intended) Ollie’s pic?
In honor of MM’s new film, we should all brainstorm new ways to rip off the lower 95% for our own personal gain. Any ideas? @24 is on the right track.
-Evil Short Seller
I heard he bought ACORNs mailing list.
@21: Why are you so angry?
It isn’t my fault that honey doesn’t attract bees or that you can’t charge a phone in CP.
- 13
If you are mocking me here. I will eat you. whole. In one bite. That is after I devour 262 Mott Street, Suite 102A.
@18….funny stuff. will he smuggle in the boones in a bag
@30/13
Why are the homeless less entitled to a cellphone? And just because they are homeless doesn’t mean they live in the park. In fact, NYC park service won’t let people sleep in the park (it closes from dusk to dawn). Lastly, folks living in SROs and shelters are deemed homeless, but have access to mail service and electrical outlets.
Just tired of small-minded folks such as MM, who gets my panties in a knot. Can’t help it.
Anybody get the new Mariah Carey?
@TC: 13/30 here.
I view a cell phone as a luxury, not a necessity. I view food, water, clothing and shelter as necessities.
If someone cannot afford a place to live and they do not have a job, then they should not spend the few dollars that they have on a luxury item like a cell phone. They should spend their money on life’s necessities, not its luxuries.
If you wanted to justify having a pre-paid phone in case a potential employer called you, then I would be fine with it. But I don’t see why they would need a data plan and a monthly phone plan when they have better things to spend their money on.
When I lived in NYC, I would volunteer for the Coalition for the Homeless from time to time. We made stops inside of the park. The city can say whatever they want; I have seen people come out of the park like the night of the living dead.
That said, I too hate MM.
-13
@28 I’m developing an index for rock. The goal is to sell it to pension funds as an unemployment hedge, and stuctured products around it to addicts for cost management. There’s no competition, so the bid/ask is incredible. Next up is a meth index for the same purpose, which will also open up correlation trading. Guess who I’ve lined up to head that desk…
Elitist shitholes:
If you ask him to donate the proceeds, do the same. Bet you’re not. (Neither am I, but I’m not sayin’.)
I dunno if he has a point or not, but being an ass with straw man arguments helps no one.
We’ve got a situation. You’re not helping. Neither are $300MM golden parachutes for CEOs bankrupting ther companies, High Freq trading, or politicians who lie about stuff hat actually mattters.
So get a useful idea, or STFU.
@37
Who’s Eliot Shitholes?
-Lehman Quant
@38 – He’s that Senator who got caught beating a girl named Ashton Dupost.
-AIG Quant
@25 must have been starting the food fights in English.
@37 Get a job you lazy hippie.
-Wildcard bitches!
@37 I am outraged that you assume that ALL politicians lie about “stuff hats”. You can argue about abortion, fiscial policy or our military involvement in the world but one thing that all politicians and citizens of this great country can unite behind is the equal and fair treatment of stuffed hats.
GFYS
I want some fair and balanced filmmaking. I hope Mel Gibson or somebody like him has an anti-union documentary in the works.
@28 – I’m executing ways to rip off the bottom 99%. I.e., you.
@37
People are saying he should donate the money b/c he is making it by lampooning others for making money. Seems just a little hypocritical doesn’t it? The “elitist shitholes” aren’t asking the impoverished to give them money for getting up on a stage yelling at others for making money. That is the difference. If you don’t get the difference you may be retarded.
@45 – either you’re Greg or you went to the same shitty undergrad and learned the same shitty style of writing. (The third from last sentence – incomprehensible). Your underlying point is also stupid.
@45
So fail. Moore says “Capitalism” is evil, not Wall Street. So ANY money making venture that is not evenly shared is evil in his eyes.
Michael Moore = No Hand Bridge
@46- His point made sense, WTF are you talking about?
Idiot@47- Reading comprehension, please. You are talking about the same thing. @45 was referencing a previous post that was aimed at Wall Street but you would agree that Moore is still a capitalist for doing what he’s doing, right? Thus, hypocritical.
-Not 45 but agree with him
@37 here. First, I apologize for insinuating that I do not wholeheartedly support Stuffed Hats. Indeed, some of my best friends wear stuffed hats.
As for the others, I don’t agree that Capitalism is bad… but come on, people. These packages are WAY out of control for FAILING COMPANIES’ CEO’s. These Boards of Directors have to really start working in the shareholders’ interests, which is their JOB, and stop with the “You give me a nice package on THIS board YOU’RE on, and when it comes your turn, I’ll be sure to hook YOU up.
If you do well, reap the rewards. If you fail, then, well, don’t fear the reaper… or maybe you should. It’s what SAVINGS are for. $10M in the bank can get you through the ‘lean’ times, right?
And someone has to point these things out. I don’t know how much he donates, or what causes he supports, but the messenger should only be put into context for his conflicts of interest (which he indeed seems to have), but not denied completely.
Yes, remember he makes $$$ for the film, but listen to the message anyway, and think about what he says. Then look further if it strikes your fancy.
@37/50 Who would you have Boards accountable to? I hear ACORN has some time on their hands! It is the responsibilies of the shareholders to hold board members accountable. If they shirk their responsibilities “caveat emptor” on them. But take you populist bullshit back to the Daily Kos!
Can’t wait to see this film. Unfortunately, I’m not able to attend a free viewing tonight. Guess I’ll have to shell out the $12. Hope Moore has returned to his “Bowling” & “Roger & Me” quality.
Where the hell is the list of theatres? What kind of half-ass reporting is this?
@53 it’s been added. which are you planning on attending?
54 FTW
Bess- run away with me to the Cleve tonight. We can watch Capitalism for fee and I hear it’s beautiful there this time of year.
-49
“Free” I mean. My treat.
-57
@37/50: Get a clue! We’re in this FOR THE MONEY!!!!!!!!!! I don’t mind golden parachutes, I want one myself!!!
@37/50 When when you whip your shit out to set everyone on the board straight, might want to make sure you don’t waste your wad with a poorly timed typo. It leaves the door open…
Then you get absolutely raped by 42.
At this point your follow at 50 is, well, impotent.
NakedShort FTW.
Hey MM, why don’t redistribute the food in your fridge to the poor. Just sayin’
I’ll be attending the showing in Raleigh/Durham!
-Kenneth Lewis
I’m going to give MM the benefit of doubt and assume he’s ranting against the greed/corruption and not capitalism in general. If that’s the case, I don’t understand the hate for MM on this site. There’s no question of redistribution of wealth. Just some good-natured hate for d-bags like Paulson, Stan O’Neal, Prince and assorted trash from Goldman.
http://mooreperplexed.ytmnd.com/
It is soft porn and I’ll be giving HJs to everyone.
–M Moore
@48 “Michael Moore = No Hand Bridge”
Dude – MM equals buried penis syndrome…My cholesterol goes up just looking at that repugnant slob.