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- Release date: 2007
- Runtime: 97 min
- Genre: Documentary
- Starring: Dave Barber, Peter Bart, Tony Bennett, Elizabeth Bourgeois ... See all
- Director: Rick Caine, Debbie Melnyk
- Plot: Manufacturing Dissent is a topical documentary seeking to separate fact, fiction, and legend. It chronicles Michael Moore on tour during the promotion of Farenheit 9/11, all while exploring the politically charged climate in America that has prompted Moore's ascension from documentary filmmaker to icon of the political left.
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Because a movie about a crusading truth-seeker in a baseball cap plays far better to the average viewer than a movie about a cooperative corporate exec.
By way of suggesting that Moore's refusal to let the truth get in the way of a good story goes right back to the filmmaker's debutante season.
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| Jul 02, 2007Cinematical
Pierson, who teaches a class on producing a film at UT Austin (and who helmed exec-produced* a 2005 doc about himself called Reel Paradise , about the year he and his family spent living in a remote village in Fiji, where they operated a movie theater for the locals), takes Moore to task in his indieWIRE screed, telling the controversial director how angry and disappointed his producing students were when Pierson screened a working version of Manufacturing Dissent for them. ... Full Review
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Bottom Line: Smart, fair primer on Michael Moore's divisive career offers a couple of eye-opening moments
hollywoodreporter.com –
2007-03-13
AUSTIN -- Unlike the majority of often shoddy and questionably motivated deconstructions of Michael Moore, "Manufacturing Dissent" comes from filmmakers sharing his political bent, and labors to present both the pro and the con on the divisive figure. ... Full Article
By Allan Tong When I spoke to Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine, the directors of Manufacturing Dissent (Conrad Black and Michael Moore, respectively) a Chicago court had just convicted Black of four out of 13 charges related to embezzlement of... ... Full Article
Iedereen heeft een mening over hem, net zoals hij een mening over iedereen en alles om zich heen heeft.Het verschil is dat hij de zijne in de meest succesvolle, maar tegelijk ook meest bediscussieerde, documentaires tentoonstelt. ... Full Article
SCREENED AT THE 2007 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL: The equally loved and hated (depending on who you ask) Michael Moore enjoys getting in front of the camera as he exposes political and corporate corruption first in Roger & Me, then in... ... Full Article
Three out of Five stars Running time: 94 mins With a wide-ranging array of interviewees and an amusingly Moore-like approach to its subject, Manufacturing Dissent is an enjoyable documentary, whether you're pro-Moore, anti-Moore or indifferent. ... Full Article
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