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Anti-Bush documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" available on Satellite TV, Internet
www.chinaview.cn 2004-11-02 09:48:46

    LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- The controversial anti-war documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" was available Monday on a Satellite TV and on the Internet on the eve of the US presidential elections.

    The 122 minute-long movie was available on the website of online video-on-demand firm CinemaNow for 30 million households using broadband Internet at the price of 9.95 US dollars per viewing.

    Additionally, EchoStar made the movie available to its more than 10 million Dish Network satellite TV service subscribers, also for 9.95 dollars.

    It remained uncertain how the documentary, which strongly criticizes US President George W. Bush for his launching Iraqi warand reactions to the Sept. 11 terror attacks, will benefit Democratic challenger John Kerry.

    Another agreement was reached last week for two Monday night pay-per-view showings of the film by Los Angeles-based TVN Entertainment, which reaches about 1 million homes through variouscable systems.

    "The potential audience out there is quite large for this," said Mark Benoit, a spokesman for "Fahrenheit 9/11" director Michael Moore.

    "Fahrenheit 9/11," which Walt Disney Co. refused to distribute due to its political controversy, won best picture at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and has grossed more than 119 million dollarssince June, setting a box office record for a documentary. Enditem

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