Fahrenheit 9/11 wins Palme d'Or at Cannes!

[Equipoise]

Results stolen from another site
Cannes 2004 WINNERS

Palme d’Or
Fahrenheit 9/11

Grand Jury Prize
Old Boy

Jury Prize
Tropical Malady and Irma P. Hall for her role in The Ladykillers

Best Director
Tony Gatlif, Exils

Best Actor
Yagira Yuya, Nobody knows (he’s 14 years old!)

Best Actress
Maggie Cheung, Clean

Best Screenplay
Comme une Image (Look At Me)
The Competition Jury was comprised of: Hong Kong helmer Tsui Hark, Finnish critic Peter von Bagh, vet director Jerry Schatzberg, Belgian comedian Benoit Poolevoorde, British thesp Tilda Swinton, actresses Kathleen Turner and Emmanuelle Beart, writer Edwidge Danticat, and headed by Quention Tarantino.
OPENING FILM

Bad Education, Spain, Pedro Almodovar

CLOSING FILM

De-Lovely, U.S. Irwin Winkler

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

La Nina Santa - Argentina, Lucrecia Martel
Clean - France-U.K., Olivier Assayas
Comme Une Image - France, Agnes Jaoui
Exiles - France, Tony Gatlif
Life is a Miracle - France, Emir Kusturica
The Edukators - Germany, Hans Weingartner
2046 - Hong Kong, Wong Kar-wai
Le Conseguenze Dell’Amore - Italy, Paolo Sorrentino
Innocence - Japan, Mamoru Oshii
Nobody Knows - Japan, Hirokazu Kore-eda
Old Boy - South Korea, Park Chan-wook
Woman is the Future of Man - South Korea, Hong Sang-soo
Tropical Malady - Thailand, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Fahrenheit 9/11 - U.S., Michael Moore
The Ladykillers - U.S., Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers - U.S.-U.K., Stephen Hopkins
The Motorcycle Diaries - U.S.-U.K., Walter Salles
Shrek 2 - U.S., Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon

OUT OF COMPETITION

Cineastes a Tout Prix - Belgium, Frederic Sojcher
House of Flying Daggers - China-HK, Zhang Yimou
10e Chambre: Instants d’Audiences - France, Raymond Depardon
La Porte Du Soleil - France-Egypt, Yousry Nasrallah
Five - Iran-France, Abbas Kiarostami
Our Music - Switzerland, Jean-Luc Godard
Bad Santa, US, Terry Zwigoff
Dawn of the Dead - US, Zack Snyder
Kill Bill Vol. 2 - U.S., Quentin Tarantino
Mondovino - U.S., Jonathan Nossiter
Troy - U.S., Wolfgang Petersen

SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

Accordeon - Michele Cournoyer
Closer - David Rittey
Der Schwimmer - Klaus Huettmann
Flatlife - Jonas Geirnaert
Gerard Mon Amour - Madeleine Andre
L’Evangile du Cochon Creole - Michelange Quay
La Derniere Minute - Nicolas Salis
Quimera - Erik Rocha
Thinning the Herd - Rie Rasmussen
Trafic - Catalin Mitulescu

UN CERTAIN REGARD 2004

OPENER

Bienvenue en Suisse - Switzerland, Lea Fazer

CLOSER

La Rage au Coeur - Youssef Chahine

MAIN PROGRAM

Terre et Cendres - Afghanistan, Atiq Rahimi
Somersault - Australia, Cate Shortland
Hotel - Austria, Jessica Hausner
Passages - China, Yang Chao
A Tout de Suite - France, Benoit Jacquot
Nelly - France, Laure Duthilleul
Marseille - Germany, Angela Schanelec
Control - Hungary, Antal Nimrod
10 on Ten - Iran-France, Abbas Kiarostami
Don’t Move - Italy, Sergio Castellitto
Cronicas - Mexico, Sebastían Cordero
Dark Night - Portugal, Joao Canijo
Schizo - Russia, Gulshad Omarova
Moolaade - Senegal, Ousmane Sembene
Sword in the Moon - South Korea, Kim Eui-suk
Poids Leger - Switzerland, Jean-Pierre Ameris
Dear Frankie - UK, Shona Auerbach
Whisky - Uruguay, Juan-Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll
The Assassination of Richard Nixon - U.S., Niels Mueller
Fahrenheit 9/11 was the first documentary to win Cannes’ prestigious Palme d’Or since Jacques Cousteau’s “The Silent World” in 1956.

[carnivorousplant]

Or what?

Sorry.

I’m looking forward to seeing it.

[helieo]

Good for Michael Moore. I’m really looking forward to seeing it - as long as he gets a distributor in this country.

[RikWriter]

With the self-congratulatory mood over there, it should have been renamed the Palme de Rosie…

[voguevixen]

While I disagree with a bit of what Moore believes, I really enjoy his work and the way he is not afraid to stir up crap to get people talking and question the way things are done/not done and get people arguing and giving issues some thought.

Fahrenheit 9/11 was the first documentary to win Cannes’ prestigious Palme d’Or since Jacques Cousteau’s “The Silent World” in 1956

Wow. Even if you hate the guy, you gotta admit that’s pretty sweet.

[milroyj]

They’re allowing fiction in the documentary category these days?

[vibrotronica]

It reportedly received a 15-minute standing ovation when it was screened. I can’t wait to see it.

[capacitor]

Wow, talk about an earthquake from the normally timid art media world!

[Larry_Mudd]

Whaddya expect from some Frenchie film festival? They’re all downright un-American!
[/xenophobic reactionary]

I’m really looking forward to seeing this, after reading Roger Ebert’s review.

It sounds much more “documentary” than BFC.

[litost]

I have seen Moore’s previous films and from what I have seen, he isn’t that good a film-maker. A good polemicist, may be, but I get the feeling this award is more for political reasons than for the art of film-making.

And, that bothers me.

[Larry_Mudd]

I think it’s premature to judge the film by Moore’s earlier films, litost.

From the Ebert article I linked to:

The response at the early morning screening I attended was loudly enthusiastic. And at the official black-tie screening, it was greeted by a standing ovation; a friend who was there said it went on “for at least 25 minutes,” which probably means closer to 15. […]

The film doesn’t go for satirical humor the way Moore’s “Roger & Me” and “Bowling for Columbine” did. Moore’s narration is still often sarcastic, but frequently he lets his footage speak for itself. […]

After the first press screening on Monday, journalists noted on their way out that Moore was more serious in this film and took fewer cheap shots. But there are a few.

[chique]

@milroyj

They’re allowing fiction in the documentary category these days?

Oh, so you’ve seen it! Great! Can you tell me about some of the inaccuracies in the movie?

[litost]

@milroyj

They’re allowing fiction in the documentary category these days?

It’s not the documentary category.

[flickster]

I’m sure the French had no political motivation in naming the hairy palm, oops, Palme d’Or winner :rolleyes:

[chique]

@flickster

I’m sure the French had no political motivation in naming the hairy palm, oops, Palme d’Or winner :rolleyes:

Funny, I don’t see any French names on the jury list Equipoise put in his OP. Maybe you should roll your eyes at the Finns, Belgians, British, Americans, and Hong Kong(ese? ers?) instead?

[flickster]

Yes, I’ll gladly roll my eyes at them and everyone else involved.

IMHO, if they had rewritten Gigli and inserted some “Bush Sucks” comments, it would have won as well.

[Larry_Mudd]

@flickster

I’m sure the French had no political motivation in naming the hairy palm, oops, Palme d’Or winner :rolleyes:

Pssst… you forgot the ironic [/reactionary xenophobe] tag that lets people know you aren’t really that silly.

…right?

[gobear]

The mods might as well toss this one in the Pit, and I’ll wait until then to give my views on A)judging a film before you see it, and B)French-bashing (so 2003!)

[flickster]

Hmmm, just did a little looking back at the past Palme d’Or winners. Of the last 30 years, I have only seen 3 of the winners, but I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not a big film buff.
Here’s a handy link of past winners, how many have you seen?
http://www.dolby.com/events/cannes/palme.html

[Larry_Mudd]

Huh. I’ve seen exactly half of them.