Practicing censorship?



As a delegate to the National Education Convention, I was able to see the movie "Fahrenheit 9/11' with about 8,000 other teachers, and after taking my wife to see it at Edward's Theaters in West Covina, I am convinced that 10-15 minutes was edited from the original.

The beginning of the movie should have started with Michael Moore's intro to the theme and how Flint, Michigan was so prominent. At Edward's, the beginning started with the Florida election and TV projections. This was not the only thing missing. Some of the graphic parts, although "gory,' were also missing.

Perhaps management did that to fit a time frame and thus make it more profitable. The trouble with that is, some of the message was lost. Part of the message was that the media controls what we see and hear. Apparently that part of the movie was accurate but was censored to minimize damage to the media. Whatever readers' feelings on this, it does make you think!

Al Yerkish

West Covina



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I must have seen a cut version of the movie, because the one I saw started with the elections as well. This was at the Alhambra Edwards theater.

Time to ask for answers.

I'm not sure who to contact about this, but here's an address to the corporation that operates the theaters:

Regal Entertainment Group

7132 Regal Lane

Knoxville, TN 37918

And here's a web page for comments:

http://www.regalcinemas.com/corporate/comments.html