Michael Moore Hates America

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Michael Moore Hates America
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Directed by	Michael Wilson
Produced by	Carr Hagerman
Written by	Michael Wilson
Starring	Andrew Breitbart Peter Damon Dinesh D'Souza Sandra Froman Michael Moore
Cinematography	Carr Hagerman Christopher Ohlsen Michael Wilson
Editing by	Greg Browning
Distributed by	HCW Films
Release date(s)	2004
Running time	125 min
Country	United States
Language	English
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Michael Moore Hates America is a documentary film directed by Mike Wilson that criticizes the prominent political film director and author Michael Moore. It premiered September 12, 2004 in Dallas, Texas at the American Film Renaissance film festival, which was described as "the first conservative film festival in the country" [1].

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The film parodies the "shrillness" of American political discourse as exemplified by Moore. The tagline for the film is "A documentary that tells the truth about a great nation", and it purports to be more than merely a criticism of Moore but also a defense of American culture and values.

The movie is subtitled A Documentary That Tells the Truth About a Great Nation, an allusion to Moore's movie Roger & Me, during which Moore attempts to chase down Roger Bonham Smith for an interview. In this case, it is Wilson who seeks an interview with Moore. Wilson also adopts other aspects of Moore's style in his efforts at satirizing Moore. For instance, Wilson interviews a mix of "average Americans" across the country and well-known figures like conservatives Dinesh D'Souza, David Horowitz and Andrew Breitbart, liberal Albert Maysles and fellow libertarians such as Penn Jillette and Tim Slagle. Wilson revisits some of Moore's shooting locations and subjects from Roger & Me and Bowling for Columbine, and attempts to discredit many aspects of Moore's films. According to several critics, the main thrust of the film has less to do with Michael Moore than it does with the subject of authenticity and responsibility in documentary film.

Chicago movie critics Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper gave the film "Two Thumbs Up."^[1] The review stated: "It's kind of a sweet movie in its own way. It's not really angry about anything." Ebert and Roeper interviewed Wilson on his movie.