Captain Mike Across America (2007)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Michael Moore

Writer (WGA):

Michael Moore (written by)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

They slept till noon... but still had time to vote

Plot:

Footage from Michael Moore's 60-city tour of college campuses and other venues showcases what the filmmaker calls "the birth of a new political generation." |

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

Michael Moore	...	Narrator
Tom Morello	...	Himself
Viggo Mortensen	...	Himself

Also Known As:

Michael Moore's Uprising (USA) (complete title)
Slacker Uprising (USA) (new title)
The Great '04 Slacker Uprising (USA) (working title)
Uprising (USA) (working title)
We Were This Close (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

Canada:102 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Canada:PG | UK:12 | Singapore:PG | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Dog Eat Dog Films

Trivia:

Michael Moore first documentary without a narration by him.

Movie Connections:

References The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Soundtrack:

No One Left

Pretty stirring stuff....

Firstly, this is a film that is really about more than just raising awareness of the need to vote.

It comes across as a film about the right to protest, the right to object, the right to meet, and the right to live in a democracy.

Whatever your political persuasion a good society needs its Michael Moore's, he's a voice of conscience, a voice that says what needs to be said when no-one else will do. He is doing what MLK and Bob Dylan did in the 1960s, what Democrates did in the Agora in Ancient Greece... Michael Moore is the voice of the underdog for a new generation - who genuinely cares that the excluded, the poor, the workers, and the unemployed are Americans too.

Even if you hate MM, and really disagree with everything he's ever made, you should still agree that his films are a voice that is allowed to be heard.

The documentary itself is without a doubt good propaganda for the Democratic vote, but it also pretty good entertainment - it is very funny, and very, very poignant in places...

....And the students love him.

Pretty stirring in places, with some good live music thrown in, MM is an excellent orator - let's just hope he never becomes a politician - even though he's got the chops for it - because he is the living proof that to hope is to be an American. And that one person can by getting off his or her slacker behind remind us what is means to care for We, the People rather than just Me...

Definitely worth the free download...