[P2P-F] Fwd: Where to Invade Next movie

Wed Feb 10 02:22:54 CET 2016

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From: Bob Reuschlein <bobreuschlein at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 4:39 AM
Subject: Where to Invade Next movie
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From: *Michael Moore* <maillist at michaelmoore.com>
Date: Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 11:07 PM
Subject: Sidelined by a Visit to the ICU, I Could Use Your Help
To: LANLAN27 at gmail.com

MY NEW LETTER: "Sidelined by a visit to the ICU, I could use your help" -
Please read & Share! http://michaelmoore.com/WhereToInvadeNextArmy/

Friends,

Thank you to all who have written to me about my stay this past week in the
intensive care unit. Unfortunately, as you may have heard, I came down with
pneumonia. Truth be told, it was pretty serious, and other complications
arose. But then, five days later, I was still alive — thanks to a
combination of Directors Guild insurance, two I-V drips of alleged legal
drugs, and a hospital TV that only got FOX News. I was released on my own
recognizance, which I tried to explain may not be the best idea. I am now
at home resting and binging on the Real Housewives of The Walking Dead. All
my appearances this week and last week supporting the release of my brand
new movie, “Where To Invade Next” (Conan, Bill Maher, Charlie Rose, NPR,
etc.), plus a special primary eve screening tonight in New Hampshire, were
and are cancelled.

Needless to say, I’m pretty devastated. This film means a lot to me. To be
sidelined – I can’t fly, I can’t travel, I can’t leave the house – in this,
the most important week before it comes out… well, you can imagine what I’m
going through. Trying to get back to just *breathing *is enough of a
burden. To think that my film may now not reach the audience I made it for,
let’s just say that doesn’t help the healing process.

Many of you have asked if there’s anything you can do to help me. I have
thought about it – and, yes, actually, there is something you could do to
help me.

I need you to be part of a quickly cobbled-together “army” of grassroots
“ambassadors” who can do the work I was going to do this week to let people
know abut the movie and convince as many as possible to go see it. I
realize you haven’t seen “Where To Invade Next”, so I’m asking you to do
this based upon my past work and your hope that I’ve made a compelling film
that might affect change in this country, that will inspire people to think
about things in a different way. I believe that’s exactly what I’ve done,
and many who’ve seen it agree (LINK
<http://www.salon.com/2015/11/04/michael_moores_gutsy_new_film_our_military_has_not_won_a_war_since_world_war_ii/>).
I also believe this movie can have a huge impact on the elections this
year. It’s won a bunch of film festival prizes, it’s made the Oscars
shortlist, and some have called it my best film ever. Possibly, just
possibly.

But forget all that. Here’s what I will tell you: You are going to be
seriously f***ed up by this film. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever done. It
will truly make your head spin for two hours while you “laugh AND cry —* in
the same exact moment,”* as an audience member said to the cameras on the
way out of the movie’s premiere.

Last week, laying in the hospital, I watched one Presidential candidate
attack the candidate from Vermont for his ideas being “unrealistic,” “pie
in the sky,” and “ideas that sound good on paper, but aren’t going to
happen.” The truth is, all these great “ideas” – free universal health
care, free university, free day care, taxing and policing hedge fund
millionaires – have *already* happened in nearly every other industrialized
country in the world! And I have the evidence – and the film — to prove it!
Throughout “Where To Invade Next”, I invade a whole bunch of nefarious
countries, from Slovenia to Germany to France to Norway, and pry loose from
them the tools they’ve been using to make their countries happy, shiny
places. My goal: to show millions of Americans what these countries have
been hiding from us so we can catch up *and be #1 again!* Remember “WE’RE
#1!!”? Don’t you miss being #1 and waving those big foam #1 fingers at
patriotic rallies? In my invasions, I don’t use any weapons, and no one
gets droned. I show how to actually make all universities free (and great);
how to give all workers five to eight weeks PAID vacation (which increases
productivity and betters the economy); how simple and easy it is to give
mothers (or fathers) up to *a year* of PAID maternity leave (which in turn
benefits the company overall); how in the societies where woman have
achieved true equality and power, everything just seems to get better for
everyone; how to reduce the crime rate by ending the war on drugs and
having a humane prison system (our recidivism rate is as high as 80%;
theirs is 20%); how the economy bounces back faster and is safer when
bankers are put in prison; how students in countries without standardized
tests and needless homework perform better than our students (and that
countries which have more arts and music in their schools do *better* in
math and science)… and on and on and on. By the end of the movie, you’ll
want to go live in one of those countries. But instead, I’ll show you how
we can make all of that happen right here in the USA, right now.

So, what do you think? Can you be a virtual ambassador for “Where To Invade
Next”? I know you can’t go on “Good Morning America” for me, but there are
a few easy things you could do right now from your computer or mobile
device.

Here’s how you can help “Where To Invade Next:”

   1. *First, go see it!* Text some friends right now and say, “hey, let’s
   go see this Friday night!” Commit now to go to a theater that’s playing
   it this coming weekend. It’s opening in every major and mini-major city in
   the country. If you live in a place the size of Binghamton, NY, or Grand
   Rapids, MI, then they’re going to be playing “Where To Invade Next.” The
   final list of theaters will be out later tomorrow, but here’s a partial
   one for now (LINK <http://wheretoinvadenext.com/>).
   2. Right now, you can* TWEET* the following: “. at MMFlint’s 1st film in 6
   years is coming out and he needs our help with #WhereToInvadeNext! Read
   & RT! http://michaelmoore.com/WhereToInvadeNextArmy/“
   3. Right now, you can *FACEBOOK* the following: “Michael Moore’s 1st
   film in 6 years is coming out and he needs our help with
   #WhereToInvadeNext! Read & Share!
   http://michaelmoore.com/WhereToInvadeNextArmy/“
   4. At the bottom of this letter is the hi-res version of the film’s
   poster! Feel free to send it around, post it on your social media, download
   it and print up some flyers, or use it graphically any way that you want.
   5. Send the trailer to everyone on your contact list: (
   https://youtube.com/watch?v=r4JJvfrkH3M)

Over the next few days I’ll send you other things you can do, like
organizing screening parties for this weekend, sending me photos from your
theater that I can post, and sharing with your friends exclusive clips from
the film which I’ll send you.

If a few thousand of you suddenly became champions and ambassadors for
“Where To Invade Next”, then maybe we can pull this off. I certainly would
be forever in your debt. Thanks for being there for me.

All my best,
Michael

P.S. – Please forward this letter to everyone! Or share it on Facebook.
Here’s the hi-res poster:

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