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A lawsuit between filmmaker Michael Moore and the Weinsteins over a revenue dispute related to the 2004 documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, which shattered nonfiction box office records, has been settled out of court. In a statement issued by The Weinstein Company, the brothers acknowledged they have settled with Moore and held out the possibility of working with the controversial director in the future:
“Bob and Harvey Weinstein’s Fellowship Adventure Group and Michael Moore have amicably settled the lawsuit involving an accounting dispute on Fahrenheit 9/11, and they look forward to the prospect of working together on future projects.”
No further details were provided. The Weinsteins formed the Fellowship Adventure Group when their former then-parent Disney barred Miramax from releasing Fahrenheit 9/11, which won the Palme d’Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. The lawsuit filed last year in Los Angeles Superior Court alleged that at least $2.7 million in revenues had been “rerouted.” Moore’s attorney Larry Stein said at the time that an independent auditor found the discrepancy. Deadline reported last year Moore received $19.8 million in backend profit for the film which takes a critical look at then President Bush’s reaction to 9/11. Domestically, Fahrenheit 9/11 took in nearly $120 million at the box office.
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Michael Moore is a true patriot and a great American. Can’t wait to see his next film.
Criticizing capitalism while fighting over money made from 9/11. Only Moore could do that with a straight face.
I’d suggest he’s contributed more to our society with his critiques – whether you agree or disagree with them – than you have with you message board comments. Would you disagree?
Oh? What, exactly, has he contributed, other than inspiration to younger budding documentarians who will go on to selectively cook footage and present statements completely out of content to manipulate the truth any way they see fit?
He’s a fat, slovenly, pathetic excuse for a film maker and a human being, and has personally done more to destroy the medium of documentary films than any other individual, force, or factor. The fact that someone who goes out of his way to attack anyone he deems as “too rich” just spent the last several years fighting his business partner over every last cent of profit that came at the expense of the victims of 9/11, is basically the definition of “Hypocrite.”
The Weinsteins are just as hypocritical. That’s who was being sued here. The way you talk, you’d think he was suing the 9/11 victims or something. Who cares if Moore wants to take the Weinsteins on? At least he can thanks to his resources– the same can’t be said for the other filmmakers who have been robbed and screwed over by Harvey and Bob. They all deserve each other.
I think the Weinsteins are pretty unapologetic capitalists…so I see no hypocrisy on their part…they’re doing what they do…Moore however attacks the rich and calls them evil while living amongst them and enjoying their world…he plays on the emotions of the poor and disenfranchised to line his own pockets…he’s a hypocrite of the highest order…goes to OWS then leaves at night for the nearest 5 star hotel…he’s a buffoon
Scumbag lawsuit of the year.
Michael Moore, the one percent?
I hope Moore chokes on the money, or a ham sandwich.
I’m sure AMPAS is proud to have you as a member.
it’s not like he’s fighting for his money from the red cross. the weinsteins were screwing him over and he wanted what he was owed. regardless of how much he made on the film i think anyone would want what they were due if they were in his shoes.
Hey Mikey, be a real hero and donate that money to your favorite charity.
I don’t think Krispy Kreme counts as a charity
You can’t criticize capitalism and fight to be properly, fairly compensated at the same time? In fact I think those two things go together. For all you know he’s putting the money that’s rightfully his into a charity, or into another documentary. Fact is, we don’t know, nor is it our business. But we can gather from the history and lifestyles of the opposing parties here who’s David and who’s Goliath.
Don’t think he ever denied being one of the 1%… just that he should be paying his fair share along with the other uber rich people. Only people who have never SEEN his films would make stupid comments implying he is a hypocrite.
How man hot pockets can this toad jam down his massive pie hole, into his pelican sized gullet? You walk away from a deal with the Weinsteins and you get 20 out of the 23 million, they owe you….. they should be suing you! Why do you think they call it backend?? that’s usually where you get it with the Weinsteins… The hypocrite Moore doesn’t want to go to the mat with the Weinsteins over 3 million dollars or he’s going to see how ugly it can get.
“You walk away from a deal with the Weinsteins and you get 20 out of the 23 million, they owe you…”
So you would walk away and leave 3Mil, you sir are a dope.
This guy is a hypocritical propagandist. I feel bad for all the suckers that buy into it. The joke is on you and he’s laughing all the way to a bank full of ice cream and cheeseburgers. I find it hilarious and pathetic when someone points to one of his movies as evidence of anything. Poor idiots. Poor poor idiots.
His anti capitalism movie kept criticizing government policies and the problems they created in a capitalist society. Well known fact: government interference in the market place is not capitalism. It should have been called Government Regulations: A love story. Not only is he dishonest, but he is stupid too. To go along with being greedy.
The Weinstein brothers could have saved a lot of money by simply buying Mikey one more cheese burger. Then wait for his Aorta to burst. End of problem. And a loud cheer from a majority of people who will be glad to see his hugeness go away for good.
Michael Moore is a joke. He fought for more money over a movie about 9/11 while saying capitalism is bad. If he has any heart at all(which I doubt he does) he would donate that extra money he got to the people who helped saved lives on that day who are now struggling with their health.
Moore will never donate any money he’s a fat greedy pig a terrible hypocrite he has become Roger Smith the Chairman of General Motors from his first documentary Roger & Me where he chased Roger all over Detroit trying to interview him about GM’s mistreatment of its workers on the assembly line. Moore is now the fat capitalist who should be stalked by a young upstart the same way he did oh so long ago.
@ Dave,Jake, and RPF: Are the three of you just unnecessarily upset about something? Jake – specifically you with all the name calling. Do YOU really know what capitalism is? I mean, do you REALLY know how capitalism and globalization works? Or are you pretending? And “laughing all the way to the bank”? Could you possibly shoot for something less original?? In any case – I would like to suggest (call me crazy, but…) that Michael Moore is anything BUT stupid. Sincerely, a “poor” Michael Moore loving “idiot.”
Granger, he did come right out and say he’s not part of the one percent. He did it with a straight face too. I agree with many of his positions, but his arguments, tactics and hypocrisy are a completely different story
What makes you think he’s in the top 1%? He may be in the top 10%, but I don’t know that Michael Moore is a billionaire. Just curious, do you know what the top 1% earners make in a year?
If I had to guess, Michael Moore so thoroughly pissed a handful of very rich people that they have a handful of experienced Moore-hating bloggers on their regular payroll, trolling the Internet for any mention of the man to immediately slam him personally in the most vile and ugly ways their dim minds can imagine.
Moore’s movies are legendary and he is the hero of truth.
I agree with this. If he wants to donate the money, great, but this was money he was contractually owed that the Weinsteins pocketed. Should he have just let them keep it because of the subject of his film? The logic that you should deny all profit, or worse, let your producers keep it, because of your films subject matter is ridiculous. I’d like to see all the righteous haters here let there bosses keep 2.5 million that was siphoned from their paycheck.
According to many of these posts Michael Moore’s weight has a direct correlation to his hypocrisy and greed. Apparently everything in Hollywood is forgivable besides gaining weight.
In the exchange that followed, Morgan asked (rhetorically, he thought), “You’re in the top one percent, right?” To which Moore replied, “I’m not in the top one percent. No.”
Now just for the record, the latest data shows that the top one percent means you’re a person with an adjusted gross income of roughly $380,000. Michael Moore’s net worth is estimated to be around $50 million. Which means he’s closer to being in the top one-tenth of one percent of earners in America.
Michael Moore’s $27 book, which he’s currently promoting on a nationwide tour while simultaneously railing against “greedy” corporations at OWS protests, is published by Grand Central Publishing. GCP is a subdivision of the French company Hachette, which is the second largest publisher in the world. Hachette is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lagardère Group, a multinational conglomerate headquartered in Paris, which does business in nearly 40 countries. Among other things, they hold a 7.5% stake in EADS, a global defense and military contractor, which absorbed the Lagardère subsidiary Aérospatiale-Matra, a French missile and aircraft manufacturer.
Michael Moore is def not part of the 1%. Sure he is doing well, more so than you or I. But he does not make nearly as much money as you think he does. And by the way he is heavily involved in many charities. he just gave money to reopen and repair independent movie theaters in Northern Michigan, and gives a lot to help feeding underprivileged kids. He doesnt ask that everyone give their money away, but that everyone pay their fair share so that the system will work. BTW, 60% of the net profit from the film already went to charity.
Sally i dont know where you get your numbers, but your 1% figures are way off.
My mistake yes if you are talking about the adjusted taxable income bracket, then yes 380,000 or more will put you in the top 1%