# Yep..people are staying away from FAHRENHEIT 9/11 in droves. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 26, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324 "2004-06-26T16:32:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/21 "2004-06-27T01:55:09Z")
> [@](#): > > yeah same problem here, although its only 40 miles away the theater there charges $10 a ticket compared to $6 here ☹ I drove over 40 miles to see it. (Got in for $6.50 at the matinee.) ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/22 "2004-06-27T02:06:59Z")
Well, Airman and I have achieved a compromise. He will “let” me see Fahrenheit 9/11 IF I work overtime to pay for it. If I want a Coke, I have to work 2 hours, and if I want popcorn AND the Coke, I have to work 3 hours. Sounds fair to me. It’d just be nice if it were playing closer than Harrisburg. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/23 "2004-06-27T02:31:38Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > Well, Airman and I have achieved a compromise. > > He will “let” me see Fahrenheit 9/11 IF I work overtime to pay for it. If I want a Coke, I have to work 2 hours, and if I want popcorn AND the Coke, I have to work 3 hours. > > Sounds fair to me. It’d just be nice if it were playing closer than Harrisburg. > > Robin Wow. Mrs. Mercotan would rip me a new excretory orifice if I made such a statement to her. But whatever works for you two. More power to you for working out a compromise. I take it hubby’s not going? We’ll be traveling about 40 miles one way to see it together later this week. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/24 "2004-06-27T03:46:14Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Wow. Mrs. Mercotan would rip me a new excretory orifice if I made such a statement to her. > > But whatever works for you two. More power to you for working out a compromise. > > I take it hubby’s not going? We’ll be traveling about 40 miles one way to see it together later this week. No, hubby’s not going. And “let” was in quotation marks for the reason that I’m going to see it regardless. The compromise is just in place to keep the peace. Robin ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/25 "2004-06-27T06:12:16Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Wow. Mrs. Mercotan would rip me a new excretory orifice if I made such a statement to her. You’re darn right she would! And I’d help! That’s contrary to **Mercotan** ethics, that is… ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/26 "2004-06-27T06:26:41Z")
> [@\_xiao\_wenti\_](#): > > Well, I’d like to see it, but so far as I have been able to google, the closest place to see it is in Atlanta – 200 miles. Not even beeing shown in my state. Pshew. There’s a list [here](http://www.f911tix.com/). I’m sure there is at least one place in your state - I don’ t know where you are but each state adjacent to Georgia has at least one place showing. Although you might still be right about Atlanta being the closest - I too will have to drive 200 miles to Atlanta to see it. Which I might do next weekend… ---
**Author:** ![\_xiao\_wenti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b782af/32.png) [@\_xiao\_wenti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_xiao_wenti)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/27 "2004-06-27T11:14:49Z")
Thank you scr4!!! I take back my earlier comments. F 9/11 _is_ being shown in my state and I only have to drive an hour to see it. My googling skills must be poor indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/28 "2004-06-27T14:07:16Z")
> [@elfbabe](#): > > You’re darn right she would! And I’d help! Suuuuuuuuure you would, my little academic subsidy project. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/29 "2004-06-27T14:53:02Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > Well, Airman and I have achieved a compromise. > > He will “let” me see Fahrenheit 9/11 IF I work overtime to pay for it. If I want a Coke, I have to work 2 hours, and if I want popcorn AND the Coke, I have to work 3 hours. How positively…_Republican_…of him. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/30 "2004-06-27T15:20:04Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > How positively…_Republican_…of him. 😉 I think that was the point. Anyway, I think I can manage to spend July 5th to see the movie. Robin ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/31 "2004-06-27T15:27:26Z")
I had the same experience here in Knoxville. Went to the 2 o’clock showing on Friday. There was a line wrapped around the building to buy tickets. My friend and I barely got in the movie. All throughout the showing the audience laughed and cheered and clapped. It was a very boisterous and loud audience. An interesting experience. As we left the theater after the film, there were signs up on the box office proclaiming F9/11 sold-out for the rest of the day. Sure looks like its going to be a very close election. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/32 "2004-06-27T15:49:57Z")
I saw it last night. Here in the Twin Cities, it’s showing all over the place – we had 4 choices for a 9-something show within a 15-minute drive range. The place must be some kind of liberal hotbed. 🙂 The 9:15 show at the Woodbury 10 was about 1/3 to 1/2 full. Since that theater is out at the ass-end of nowhere (outskirts of the metro area, hidden behind a Target), it doesn’t get a lot of attendance for anything. I think that’s one of the largest crowds I’ve seen there. I’m interested in a discussion with Bush supporters as well. I think it will be hard to stay completely civil, on both sides of the debate, since it’s such a polarizing issue, but would be willing to make the attempt. I’d like to know if there are questions raised that need answering in the mind of the Bush voter/supporter who sees F911. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/33 "2004-06-27T16:26:36Z")
> [@Spectre of Pithecanthropus](#): > > I really don’t care for Moore’s ethos that the United States is the most evil nation in living memory, but I do like to see someone shake up the status quo as he tends to do. > > Last I heard, his movie was expected to break all records for a documentary. > > I’m certainly planning to see it. Actually Moore doesn’t think that at all. He belives that we are a basically good people and that America is basically liberal. Now his opinion of the people in charge, CEOs, Government etc. is quite different. ---
**Author:** ![robgruver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@robgruver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgruver)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/34 "2004-06-27T18:36:53Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Please, for the love of God, see something that Moore has made first before making such a claim. From “Roger and Me” down, Micheal Moore is a 100% true-blue America-loving patriot. He is against certain _people_ and _companies_ who are selling his beloved nation down the drain. Point well taken. I have seen everything Moore has done (including the Bravo show) and you hit the nail right on the head. He is a tried and true American using his FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH! I don’t like Bush, the war, or corporations right now. Moore is using his voice to be mine, when no one else will listen to me. Not an American. Pshaw. He is more of an American than most. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/35 "2004-06-27T18:45:12Z")
This thread is better suited for **Cafe Society**. I’ll move it for you. **Cajun Man** for the SDMB ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/36 "2004-06-27T18:59:48Z")
> [@jellyblue](#): > > I’m just hoping it isn’t horribly graphic, although I’m expecting it will be. Hopefully I’ll have enough warning to earnestly begin rooting through my bag at those moments. Assuming you are referring to blood and guts, not just disturbing images of a corrupt moron trying to run the world, I want to let people know it’s not that bad. I faint when I see very graphic images, but I was fine, because the nasty war footage is on screen very briefly. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/37 "2004-06-27T19:14:55Z")
There were several scenes with some blood and guts. It wasn’t as bad as some films. There was one scene with several uses of a strong obscenity. Again, it wasn’t as bad as some films. ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/38 "2004-06-27T19:31:33Z")
It made $22 million in its opening weekend. Thank god this movie is being seen. > **[Entertainment Industry & Celebrity News | Reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment)** > > Complete coverage of the entertainment industry, TV, Music, Movies, celebrities, awards shows and more at Reuters.com ---
**Author:** ![uglyvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f07891/32.png) [@uglyvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglyvan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/39 "2004-06-27T20:00:58Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > [Domestic Box Office For Jun 25, 2004 - Box Office Mojo](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2004-06-25&p=.htm) > > Great money for such a small amout of theaters. > > 1 FAHRENHEIT 9/11 > > 868 $8,200,000 > > 10921.5% / $9,447 > $8,358,000 / 3 Funny, I saw Moore’s film in a very “Bushy” area of Texas. Even though it was a workday at 1:30pm, the theater was nearly full! It looks to me this film is doing extremely well. ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324/40 "2004-06-27T20:08:01Z")
Fans of the movie should look at [Michael Moore’s website](http://www.michaelmoore.com). I love the photo of the great Grand Lake Theater in Oakland (my hometown) with their marquee saying they will not enforce the R rating. There are also photos and accounts from openings around the country. My second favorite is the photo from my current neighborhood theater (in the East Village) of a sign listing added showings throughout the night. People were actually going to see this movie in the middle of the night! It feels like history is being made. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-people-are-staying-away-from-fahrenheit-9-11-in-droves/252324.md?page=3)