Fahrenheit 9/11
- IMDb link: 0361596
- IMDb rating: 7.5 (135,017 votes)
- Genres: Drama, War, Documentary
- Director: Ben Affleck, Michael Moore
- Cast: George W. Bush, Max Schreck, Michael Moore, Kyf Brewer and others
- Release date: 25 Jun 2004
- Release year: 2004
- Runtime: 122 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: cover up, cult film, expose, imperialism, american history, human rights, post september 11 2001, anti war, independent film, propaganda
Plot:
Following up on 'Bowling for Columbine', film-maker Michael Moore provides deep and though-provoking insights on the American security system, the paranoia level, fear, uncertainty, false values, and patriotism, which all combined to set the stage for George W. Bush to launch a war on Iraq instead of focusing on getting the real culprit(s) behind the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. This documentary also focuses on how some Saudis were safely and secretly flown out of America while planes were ostensibly grounded after the attacks. Archived film footage, candid interviews with politicians, and an overall waste of public funds for a war that was initiated on false pretension to wit: a weapon of mass distraction--to take the focus away from the real enemy and get Americans glued to their TV sets to watch innocent Iraqis and Afghans getting killed. And a war that would eventually alienate the U.S. and its citizens from almost every country on Earth.