Michael Moore's new film SLACKER UPRISING availible for FREE online!
09-23-08, 12:48 AM
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Michael Moore's new film SLACKER UPRISING availible for FREE online!
Love him or hate him, you have to admire his enthusiasm.
Summary:
Slacker Uprising is a movie of Michael Moore’s tour of colleges in battleground states during the 2004 election, with a goal to encourage 18-29 year olds to vote, and the response it received.
Slacker Uprising also features performances by Eddie Vedder (of Pearl Jam), Roseanne Barr, Tom Morello (of Rage Against The Machine) and more.
Summary:
Slacker Uprising is a movie of Michael Moore’s tour of colleges in battleground states during the 2004 election, with a goal to encourage 18-29 year olds to vote, and the response it received.
Slacker Uprising also features performances by Eddie Vedder (of Pearl Jam), Roseanne Barr, Tom Morello (of Rage Against The Machine) and more.
Friends,
It's officially September 23rd and my new film, "Slacker Uprising," is now premiering live at SlackerUprising.com! It is available for free as a gift from me to all of you. And you have my permission to share it or show it in any way you see fit.
Watch it all: http://slackeruprising.com/download/...ource=30238192
At that link, there are five ways you can watch it free and without advertising:
1. blip.tv is providing streaming right from slackeruprising.com, free of commercials and advertising.
2. Amazon Video on Demand will provide a higher resolution version of the above stream for people with lots of bandwidth. It will be available in a few hours.
3. iTunes will make it easy for you to download "Slacker Uprising" on your iTunes, iPod, or Apple TV, and view it there or transmit it to your television. This way, the film can be portable as well as for home viewing. This will be available soon.
4. Hypernia is providing bandwidth and servers to host MPEG4 and DivX versions of "Slacker Uprising" online, so you can burn a DVD or download the film to watch on your computer, XBOX, or PS3.
5. Lycos is providing free streaming of the film and an on-demand version.
Stream it, download it, burn it now. It's the first time a major feature-length film is being released for free on the internet. You can be part of this historic moment by logging on now!
Enjoy!!
Michael Moore
[email protected]
MichaelMoore.com
SlackerUprising.com
P.S. Remember, we're doing something that's never been done, so I have no idea how it will all go! Don't give up if it seems to go slow (like with any streaming, give the downloading a head start before you hit play), and don't forget there are two places where you can actually download it to your hard drive and three ways to stream it. You can get to all of them at the link above.
P.P.S. If you're not yet registered to vote, here's a good link: https://www.voteforchange.com/. There's less than two weeks for you to get registered, especially if you have moved since the last time you voted.
It's officially September 23rd and my new film, "Slacker Uprising," is now premiering live at SlackerUprising.com! It is available for free as a gift from me to all of you. And you have my permission to share it or show it in any way you see fit.
Watch it all: http://slackeruprising.com/download/...ource=30238192
At that link, there are five ways you can watch it free and without advertising:
1. blip.tv is providing streaming right from slackeruprising.com, free of commercials and advertising.
2. Amazon Video on Demand will provide a higher resolution version of the above stream for people with lots of bandwidth. It will be available in a few hours.
3. iTunes will make it easy for you to download "Slacker Uprising" on your iTunes, iPod, or Apple TV, and view it there or transmit it to your television. This way, the film can be portable as well as for home viewing. This will be available soon.
4. Hypernia is providing bandwidth and servers to host MPEG4 and DivX versions of "Slacker Uprising" online, so you can burn a DVD or download the film to watch on your computer, XBOX, or PS3.
5. Lycos is providing free streaming of the film and an on-demand version.
Stream it, download it, burn it now. It's the first time a major feature-length film is being released for free on the internet. You can be part of this historic moment by logging on now!
Enjoy!!
Michael Moore
[email protected]
MichaelMoore.com
SlackerUprising.com
P.S. Remember, we're doing something that's never been done, so I have no idea how it will all go! Don't give up if it seems to go slow (like with any streaming, give the downloading a head start before you hit play), and don't forget there are two places where you can actually download it to your hard drive and three ways to stream it. You can get to all of them at the link above.
P.P.S. If you're not yet registered to vote, here's a good link: https://www.voteforchange.com/. There's less than two weeks for you to get registered, especially if you have moved since the last time you voted.
Last edited by CKMorpheus; 09-23-08 at 01:04 AM.
09-23-08, 09:07 AM
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I went to his "show" at Key Arena in Seattle that may be in this movie. A friend of mine and I were in the right-hand side 4th row on the aisle. I'm not sure if I'm going to watch this or not. It would be interesting to see how he edits this "movie" to make it look like he was correct. He made quite a few predictions that were far from coming true. The biggest of which, was that if they were able to drum-up a record voter turn-out that the democrats would win (because democrats always win when people show up to vote). That might account for all the illegal voting that took place in Seattle that election.
09-23-08, 02:07 PM
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I think this is cool. I'll give it a go. I don't always like Moore and an easily see why Republicans hate him. I guess he does point his finger at them a lot but then again these are the people that voted for Bush...twice.
09-23-08, 02:19 PM
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^My problem with Moore has nothing to do with which side he votes for (I lean towards democrats as well). I don't even mind that he pushes his ideas on people. What bugs me is that he creates "documentaries" and that he claims to deal with the truth all the while spinning every "fact" in his favor.
With that said, I do like the fact that he's releasing his movie for free. I just doubt that I'll watch it unless I can watch it with people and spark a (friendly) debate with them.
With that said, I do like the fact that he's releasing his movie for free. I just doubt that I'll watch it unless I can watch it with people and spark a (friendly) debate with them.
09-24-08, 10:00 AM
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^My problem with Moore has nothing to do with which side he votes for (I lean towards democrats as well). I don't even mind that he pushes his ideas on people. What bugs me is that he creates "documentaries" and that he claims to deal with the truth all the while spinning every "fact" in his favor.
09-24-08, 12:55 PM
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The thing I try to remember is what I learned the very first day of film class. There is no way for a documentary to be unbiased nor is it supposed to be. Since it is the vision of the director (usually) what you see is always going to be how he sees the truth whether they intended it or not.
09-24-08, 01:01 PM
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I watched this last night...it's easily Moore's weakest film (yes, even worse than Canadian Bacon!) - I can see why he went the "free" route with it. It's not so much a movie as it is a highlight reel of the tour he took to college campuses in 2004. I would have felt disappointed had I paid money to see this in a theater. As home viewing, it's okay - but it's a one-viewing kind of movie.
09-24-08, 02:09 PM
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That's what I was thinking. Does Moore think that just because it's about an "election" that automatically makes it topical?
09-24-08, 03:43 PM
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Moore mentions from the get-go in the documentary that this was a failed attempt trying to get the current administration out of office and the only success was Kerry only age group win was the the group the tour was geared to.
09-24-08, 04:53 PM
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I think ultimately the message is to make sure you and your friend are registered to vote. You've be surprised how many people are not registered to vote.
09-25-08, 05:13 PM
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I've downloaded it a couple of times, and the first time it was 1:02 and the second time it was 1:08. I did it via bittorrent from the official site. Anyone else having trouble getting the full movie?
09-25-08, 09:12 PM
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The thing I try to remember is what I learned the very first day of film class. There is no way for a documentary to be unbiased nor is it supposed to be. Since it is the vision of the director (usually) what you see is always going to be how he sees the truth whether they intended it or not.
09-26-08, 08:20 AM
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Still no luck for me. I tried streaming it, but it is taking way too long to let it buffer, even after I left in for a couple of hours (could be because I am in Canada). I did a direct download from the page now as well, and that also stops at 1:08. Very odd. Seems like I might be the only one with the problem.
09-26-08, 09:45 AM
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09-26-08, 09:47 AM
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