Inspired by Neil Young and Radiohead, Michael Moore volition release his new photographic film online and for free.
The film, "Slacker Uprising," follows Moore's 62-city tour during the 2004 election to rally loretta Young voters. It will be available for three weeks as a free download to North American residents, beginning Sept. 23. An official announcement of the film is planned for Friday.
Moore aforesaid he considered releasing "Slacker Uprising" theatrically as "Michael Moore's big election class movie" as he did with 2004's "Fahrenheit 9/11," which was highly critical of President Bush.
Instead, Moore opted for a symbol of gratitude to his fans as he approaches the 20th anniversary of his first gear film, 1989's "Roger & Me."
"I mentation it'd be a nice way to celebrate my 20th year of doing this," Moore said. "And also aid get out the vote for November. I've been thinking about what I want to do to help with the election this year."
The 97-minute long "Slacker Uprising" will be the first-class honours degree major photographic film to be released in such a way. Last December, "Jackass 2.5" was streamed online and for release, but that was only when a assemblage of leftfield over material from "Jackass 2." Companies like ClickStar, which Morgan Freeman co-founded, have made films static in theaters - such as 2006's "10 Items or Less" - digitally available for purchase or rental.
Experimentation in distribution has been more common in the medicine industry, where the Internet has significantly damaged traditional business models. Moore took notice when Radiohead last year released their seventh album, "In Rainbows," on-line with optional pricing. In 2006, Neil Young streamed his anti-war album "Living With War" for free before its standard release - now a more common practice.
If history is any measure, "Slacker Uprising" could own made a decent union in theaters. His last two films, "Sicko" ($24 million) and "Fahrenheit Sep 11" ($119 billion) are deuce of the three highest grossing documentaries ever.
Moore aforesaid that "Slacker Uprising" cost about $2 million to make and that he will end up paying about $1 million out of his pocket. Neither he nor the distributor, Brave New Films, design to earnings from the release.
The director's last plastic film, "Sicko," leaked online and was downloaded illegally in large numbers racket. He says this download, offered by BlipTV, volition be high-resolution and far better than "YouTube quality."
To receive the download, the great unwashed can sign up at SlackerUprising.com. A "Night of a Thousand House Parties" is planned for Oct. 4, when local neighbourhood screenings ar hoped to be scheduled. A DVD will be released Oct. 7.
Moore utmost week released a paper-back book book, "Mike's Election Guide 2008" and is currently working on a movie for theatrical release next year. That film is expected to examine America as an empire, only the managing director declined to discuss whatever details about it.
For straight off, Moore hopes "Slacker Uprising" will help spur edward Young people to vote this November. After more than 20 one thousand thousand 18 to 29-year-olds roll ballots in 2004 (an 11 pct increase from 2000), he's hoping even greater numbers of "slackers" vote this year.
Moore readily acknowleges this a photographic film for Democrats.
"This film, actually isn't for anybody other than the choir," said Moore. "But that's because I believe the choir needs a song to sing every now and then."
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