{"product_id":"the-official-fahrenheit-9-11-reader-paperback","title":"The Official Fahrenheit 9\/11 Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Cannes Film Festival jury voted unanimously to award the 2004 Best Picture Award to Michael Moore and Fahrenheit 9\/11. Since then it has gone on to smash all box office records for a documentary and created an international discussion about the Bush administration and the war in Iraq. The Official Fahrenheit 9\/11 Reader is a powerful and informative book that includes the complete screenplay of the most provocative film of the year. The book also includes extensive sources that back up all facts in the film, as well as articles, letters, photos, and cartoons about the most influential documentary of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Moore\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Flint, Michigan, and attended Catholic schools, including a year in the seminary, which he says accounts for his healthy respect for the fires of hell which seem to be located somewhere just outside Crawford, Texas.\u003cbr\u003eHe was an Eagle Scout, Newspaper Boy of the Week, and the youngest person ever elected to public office in the state of Michigan when he was 18-years old. \u003cbr\u003eMichael Moore is now the Oscar and Emmy-winning director of the groundbreaking and record-setting films \u003ci\u003eRoger \u0026amp; Me, Bowling for Columbine, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFahrenheit 9\/11\u003c\/i\u003e (which also won the top prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival and has gone on to become the highest grossing documentary of all time.)\u003cbr\u003eNo Disney film this year has made as much at the box office as \u003ci\u003eFahrenheit 9\/11.\u003c\/i\u003e It became the first documentary ever to premier at number one in the box-office in its opening weekend. Film Comment has called it \"The Film of the Year.\"\u003cbr\u003eMichael Moore is also America's #1 selling nonfiction author with such books as \u003ci\u003eStupid White Men and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDude, Where's My Country.\u003c\/i\u003e No other author has spent more weeks on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e hardcover non-fiction list in the past two years than Michael Moore. \u003ci\u003eStupid White Men\u003c\/i\u003e was also awarded Britain's top book honor, \"British Book of the Year,\" the first time the award has been bestowed on an American author. \u003cbr\u003eMichael now has two new books being published by Simon \u0026amp; Schuster: \u003ci\u003eWill They Ever Trust Us Again -- Letters from the War Zone, \u003c\/i\u003e which is a compilation of letters he has received from soldiers in Iraq and from their families back home; and \u003ci\u003eThe Official Fahrenheit 9\/11 Reader, \u003c\/i\u003e which contains loads of backup materials for the film, plus essays, and the film's screenplay.\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to winning the Academy Award for \u003ci\u003eBowling for Columbine, \u003c\/i\u003e Michael Moore won the Emmy Award for his NBC and Fox series, \u003ci\u003eTV Nation\u003c\/i\u003e and was also nominated for his other series, \u003ci\u003eThe Awful Truth\u003c\/i\u003e (which the \u003ci\u003eL.A. Times\u003c\/i\u003e called \"the smartest and funniest show on TV.\")\u003cbr\u003eMichael Moore also wrote and directed the comedy feature \u003ci\u003eCanadian Bacon\u003c\/i\u003e starring the late John Candy, and the BBC documentary, \u003ci\u003eThe Big One.\u003c\/i\u003e He has directed music videos for R.E.M., Rage Against the Machine, Neil Young, and System of a Down.\u003cbr\u003eHis other best-selling books include \u003ci\u003eDownsize This! Random Threats from an Unarmed American, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAdventures in a TV Nation, \u003c\/i\u003e which he co-wrote with his wife Kathleen Glynn. His books have been translated in over 30 languages, and have gone to #1 in Italy, Germany, France, Japan, Great Britain, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand.\u003cbr\u003eMichael currently spends his time reading, gardening, and removing George W. Bush from the White House.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 363\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 9.18 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 05, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761490395424,"sku":"9780743272926","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6b762648cae1593a748b95991687d84e.webp?v=1780208775","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-official-fahrenheit-9-11-reader-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}