Michael Moore Offering Free 'Capitalism' Screenings

Tonight, Michael Moore is presenting free and benefit screenings of his new film Capitalism: A Love Story in selected cities across the country. The movie opens nationwide tomorrow, his biggest theater count ever, after setting a 2009 standard for per-screen averages last weekend in New York and Los Angeles. Below is part of a letter from Michael Moore, as well as the cities and theaters showcasing the film this evening:

"To kick off the national release of "Capitalism: A Love Story," I've asked the studio to offer a number of screenings in the nation's hardest hit cities -- the ones with the highest unemployment rates and highest foreclosure rates -- where those who've lost their jobs or who are in foreclosure (or have already been evicted) may attend my film free of charge. They've agreed, and so tonight (Thursday), the night before our opening day, ten cities will grant you free admission if you have fallen on hard times. The list of theaters and cities is below. You don't need to bring any "proof" of your situation -- just show up -- it's the honor system, no questions asked." "Of course, a free movie ain't much when what you really need is a job or a place to live. And that's not going to change until the party that controls both the Congress and the White House wakes up and realizes the American people put them in charge to fix the mess created by the previous administration. For that to happen requires the active involvement of each of us. And, as I show in this movie, it's going to also require us to challenge some fundamental assumptions about an economic system that currently allows the wealthiest ONE PERCENT in this country to have more financial wealth than the bottom 95% combined. That concentration of money and power in the hands of so few people is, I believe, at the core of so many of our problems." "So, if you're going through tough times and you live in one of the areas below, please be my guest tonight, on the eve of my new film's opening. Seating will be on a first come, first served basis."

Get more information about the film and the screenings at MichaelMoore.com. Now, here's where you can check it out tonight: Las Vegas, Nevada
7:00pm
Cinemark Orleans
4600 W Tropicana Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89103 Phoenix, Arizona
7:00pm
Harkins Christown
1620 W Monte Bello
Phoenix, AZ 85015 Fresno, California
7:30pm
Edwards Stadium
250 Paseo Del Centro
Fresno, CA 93720 Saginaw, Michigan
7:00 p.m.
Goodrich Saginaw 8 Theater
3250 Kabobel Dr.
Saginaw, MI 48604 Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina
7:30 p.m.
Regal North Hills Stadium 14
4150 Main at North Hills St.
Raleigh, NC 27609 Tampa / St. Petersburg, Floridav 7:30 p.m.
Muvico Starlight
1800 Highwood Preserve Parkway
Tampa, FL 33647 Elkhart, Indiana
7:00 p.m.
Carmike Encore Park 14
2701 Cassopolis Street
Elkhart, IN 46514 Baltimore, Maryland
7:30 p.m.
The Charles Theatre
1711 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201 Cleveland, Ohio
7:30 p.m.
AMC Westwood Town Center
21653 Center Ridge Road
Rocky River, OH 44116 Peoria, Illinois
7:00PM
Willow Knolls 14 Theatre
4100 W Willow Knolls Drive
Peoria, IL 61615 Benefit Screenings: Miami, Florida
7:30 p.m.
Sunrise Intracoastal
3701 NE 163rd Street
North Miami Beach, FL 33160
Benefiting: Take Back the Land Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 p.m.
Sundance Cinemas 608
430 N. Midvale Blvd.
Madison, WI 53705
Benefiting: Madison Association of Worker Cooperatives/Union Cab/Isthmus Engineering San Francisco, California
7:30 p.m.v Embarcadero Center Cinema
One Embarcadero Center, Promenade
San Francisco, CA 94111
Benefiting: US Federation of Worker Cooperatives Chicago, Illinois
8:00 p.m.
Kerasotes City North
2600 N. Western Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647
Benefiting: United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America Grass Valley, California
7:30 p.m.
Del Oro Theatre
165 Mill Street
Grass Valley, CA 95945
Benefiting: KVMR-FM

Comments

[andrew]

if he is so against capitalism, why doesnt he let everyone see the movie for free? haha.

[SEAN]

haha nice go Michael Moore...

to answer your question andrew...it most likely is because he probably does have costs to pay as well in studio and distribution stuff as well as promotion, I mean theres a lot people do for you to get your movie physically to us the people...

the dude is smart enought to know he is contradicting himself and therefor did this..but to me from the reviews he's been getting, deserves my 10 bucks

[andrew]

couldnt he use the millions he made off of farenheight 9/11?

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