THE PLANK JUNE 15, 2007
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Advertising Age is reporting that a pirated copy of Michael Moore's new movie Sicko has turned up on the Internet and is now easily viewable for free. The article goes on to say that
Moore, and his distributor, The Weinstein Company, have every film maker's worst marketing nightmare on their hands--how to persuade people to go to the theater to see a show that's available free on the Internet.
I don't know. Doesn't this sort of thing actually help Moore's marketing plan--by generating even more free press for his film? (After all, the Ad Age story has already been picked up by Drudge and CBS, not to mention by, uh, me.) If I was as conspiratorial as a certain muckraking "documentarian," why, I might even think that. . . .
P.S. What's up with Ad Age slapping the headline "Al Gore steps in" above the news that Moore has hired David Boies to help him with his Cuba problems? Yes, Boies once repped Gore, but that doesn't mean Gore's helping Moore.
--Jason Zengerle
2 comments
where the popcorn is, in fact, free. The theaters' floors are never sticky, and all the seats are La-Z-Boy recliners. In addition, if you're a Ground Zero survivor, you get a complimentary foot massage. After the movie, everyone goes to the baseball game, where the pitchers all throw in the high 90s and beer costs three cents. After the game, they all go dancing, including thousands of folks in their nineties and above, because in Cuba the excellent health care system allows everyone to live forever, unlike in the United States where greedy drug company CEOs poison orphans, then use the profits to buy heroin that they shoot up with U.S. Senators in their mansions. I know because I saw it on one of those Internets.
- williamyard
June 15, 2007 at 5:22pm
My husband died a year and a day ago, to a cancer that would have been diagnosed in a timely manner, had he the specialist he needed as a patient waiting for the organ transplant he desperately needed. I think everyone should see this film. I don't care if you pay to see it, or dload it. The Weinstein's certainly don't need the money, perhaps they deserve compensation because they at least helped it be released. Moore, he doesn't need the money, and frankly he helped make the health care crisis worse. Just see it and whether you like Moore or not, consider the people, because there are more of them in this position than you might be aware of. Also, whether you might be aware of it or not, you're a lot closer to this reality than you might think.
- MaryM
June 15, 2007 at 6:02pm