WGA Members Snub Michael Moore
Michael Moore Fails to Make Cut with Writers Guild
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Two days after being snubbed when the Oscar nominations were announced, Michael Moore was left off the list Thursday when the Writers Guild of America unveiled nominees for its first documentary writing award for a feature film.
The six nominated pictures are "The Hunting of the President," which alleges a campaign against Bill Clinton from his early days in Arkansas through his impeachment; "Control Room," an inside view of the Arab television network Al Jazeera during the war in Iraq; "Bright Leaves," a reflection on Big Tobacco by the great-grandson of a tobacco baron; "Home of the Brave," a study of murdered civil-rights activist Viola Liuzzo; "In the Realm of the Unreal," which follows artist, novelist and janitor Henry Darger; and "Super Size Me," a first-person take on the perils of overeating fast food.
Of those films, only Morgan Spurlock's "Super Size Me" has been nominated for a best documentary Academy Award.
WGA officials said Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" was eligible but Moore elected not to submit it. Moore's "Bowling for Columbine" won the WGA Award for best original screenplay in 2003, the first time that a documentary had ever been nominated in that category.
"Fahrenheit 9/11" also failed to earn an Academy Award nomination this week. In that case, however, he had declined to submit "Fahrenheit" in the documentary category because he planned a TV airing before the Nov. 2 election -- and that disqualified the documentary under Academy rules. "Fahrenheit" was eligible in other categories, and Moore unsuccessfully campaigned for a best picture nomination.
The winner of the WGA Documentary Screenplay Award will be named at a reception for documentary filmmakers Feb. 15 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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[nq:1]Michael Moore Fails to Make Cut with Writers Guild WGA officials said Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" was eligible but Moore ... [/nq] It can hardly be called a snub by the WGA if Moore didn't submit the film, can it? Besides, as much as I support Moore's work, I'm glad to see some of these other documentaries get some attention.
- [nq:1]Michael Moore Fails to Make Cut with Writers Guild WGA officials said Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" was eligible but Moore ...
- [/nq] It can hardly be called a snub by the WGA if Moore didn't submit the film, can it?
- Besides, as much as I support Moore's work, I'm glad to see some of these other documentaries get some attention.
- -ksharp
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It can hardly be called a snub by the WGA if Moore didn't submit the film, can it? Besides, as much as I support Moore's work, I'm glad to s
0On 28 Jan 2005, ksharp posted thus:
[nq:1]It can hardly be called a snub by the WGA if Moore didn't submit the film, can it?[/nq]
You took the words right out of my post. Neither the WGA nor the Academy has snubbed him.
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0[nq:2]It can hardly be called a snub by the WGA if Moore didn't submit the film, can it?[/nq]
[nq:1]You took the words right out of my post. Neither the WGA nor the Academy has snubbed him.[/nq]
OK. Ya got me.
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0[nq:1]It can hardly be called a snub by the WGA if Moore didn't submit the film, can it? Besides, as much as I support Moore's work, I'm glad to see some of these other documentaries get some attention. -ksharp[/nq]
He didn't submit because they ****** him off -
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