Box-Office Success of Moore's 'Fahrenheit 9/11'

By Alex Chadwick,

Madeleine Brand

Published June 28, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to NPR's Madeleine Brand about the box-office success of Michael Moore's controversial documentary Fahrenheit 9/11. The film beat out two mainstream releases to become the number-one movie in the United States over the weekend.

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Alex Chadwick

For more than 30 years, Alex Chadwick has been bringing the world to NPR listeners as an NPR News producer, program host and currently senior correspondent. He's reported from every continent except Antarctica.

Madeleine Brand

Madeleine Brand is the host of NPRs newest and fastest-growing daily show, Day to Day. She conducts interviews with newsmakers (Iraqi politicians, US senators), entertainment figures (Bernardo Bertolluci, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Gervais), and the everyday people affected by the news (an autoworker laid off at GM, a mother whose son was killed in Iraq).

Box-Office Success of Moore's 'Fahrenheit 9/11'

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