The first free feature length movie online was "Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning", released in 2005. An awesome sci-fi parody with high quality special effects. It's so good, I would have actually payed 10 bucks to see it in the movies.

zmd21

Jesus, if you would have preffered to get the Dark Knight free in HD, dont write a post about it.

berbar

@willyboy:

I imagine it'd be really special. And by special I don't mean special like that Kleinaman boy down the street. More special like... like Special K, the cereal. Hey, what do they do with the regular K? And for that matter, what ever happend to K. Ballard? You know, if you said mallard and you had a cold, it would sound like ballard.

terebakashi

@Paul D: I think he made distributors skittish with his Piracy-OK stance (see [www.filmjunk.com]) on SICKO!, which was fairly well-made and could have made more at the box-office if it wasn't for the torrented DVD-quality leak.

Moore on piracy:

"I'm not a big believer in our copyright laws. I think they're way too restrictive. I just read Don DeLillo's book 'Falling Man,' a wonderful book. If I were suddenly to take this out of my bag and say to you, 'Hey, you should read this, it's great' would I be breaking the law? No. I'd be sharing something with you. I'm sharing a work of art with you, and what happens is that if you like that book, there's a very good chance you might go on Amazon next week and order three more of Don DeLillo's books, because you got the free book from me. I've never supported this concept of going after Napster. I think the rock bands who fought this were wrong. I think filmmakers are wrong about this. I think sharing's a good thing."

Right now, Moore and the Weinsteins are on the outs - both over politics and over money.

OMG! Ponies!

Moore is voluntarily putting this out through slacker channels so no one can point to his decreasing box-office viability. After all, if he chooses to give it away, his critics can't say "look how much less he made with these two movies after Farenheit 9/11".

Jeb_Hoge

Downloading it now from iTunes. something I rarely do.

smartboydan hates college

moore is mostly irrelevant anyway given his behavior. much like al franken.

godwhacker

Michael Moore is a no talent hack who looks like Jabba the Hutt's fatter more disgusting little brother.

VideoVampire

Yes, this man presents a very liberal perspective. Although he was right on when discussing Bush's failure in business (Farenheight 9/11) before he took office. He has surrounded himself with people whose ideologies have been persistent in deregulating an industry fueled by greed. Can you imagine if a teacher proposed deregulation as a means of classroom management?

willyboy

@OMG! Ponies!: I rrrrreaaaally don't think Michael Moore would have any trouble getting distribution. His movies always make heap big wampum.

I think releasing it this way has more to do with his politics than any money problems.

Paul D

As if either choice would make a difference lol.

RE-L

@Joseph: I'm at work, so yes, I am forced to run IE6.

For everything else though, I use Firefox 3 on my MBP. I miss spellcheck :(

Jon B.

@Joseph: IE6 also does not support blink tags, so it's got one thing working for it. In other news, evidently the new format still allows blink tags.

OMG! Ponies!

Free downloadable movie: when you can't get a distribution deal.

OMG! Ponies!

FALSE!

First full feature film available on the web was Dick Montana!

[www.dickmontana.com]

dorylomorphs

@Jon B.: He's probably running IE... I think thats the only browser without spell checking embedded.

Joseph

Quite honestly, while I personally agree-looking from outside the US-with the need for change

Joseph

@Jon B.: er...'arguments', yup :D

Jon B.

Wait, another Pro-Liberal post by Gawker?

Let the arguements begin!

(I can't wait til this election is over...)

Jon B.

running for senate out of the box is just arrogant, i would much rather have seen al get his ass handed to him in a series of local elections before the colossal waste of time and money that is being done now.

godwhacker

You forget people like Michael Moore think their opinions are the only opinions. He would be happy if we had a one party Democratic Dictatorship.

Juggrnott

@Jon B.: Yeah, I've always noticed how "Rock The Vote" and other youth voting efforts overwhelmingly have the "wink wink nod nod" approach to "we don't care who you vote for, just vote".

Jeb_Hoge

Godwhacker: "moore is mostly irrelevant anyway given his behavior. much like al franken."

Neither of whom should be allowed anywhere near the government, or in a position to influence young people. To quote a great philosopher: "We have met the enemy and he is us."

GadgetPlay

I'm all for getting the young crowd to get up and vote, but if you are going to do that, bring up the issues they face without hiding your own political agenda into it.

If you want to vote Obama, thats fine.

If you want to vote McCain, thats fine.

But if the purpose of your new movie is to get the young people to vote(period.), then do just that, nothing more.

Jon B.

@Dearhaw: Soooooo I'm just going to take a guess...

You and GadgetPlay don't get along do you?

Personal issues lol...

Jon B.

@Juggrnott:

Which is as true as saying Republican shills--say, like GadgetPlay--would be happy if we had a one party Republican Dictatorship. As long as the party continues to stand for your beliefs and the other parties don't, sure you would be happy if that one party were in power all the time. Problem with single party rule, or a dictatorship (which are, by the way, very different entities), is that those ideal quickly fall apart, and the party, or the dictator, or maybe his son, will no longer stand for your beliefs no matter how fanatic you are.

Except, maybe GadgetPlay.

As for people suggesting the "get out your vote" efforts tend to be skewed Democratic; well duh. Because they know that younger generation overwhelmingly support liberal views. If you had a completely neutral stance and you got out the younger votes, you'd still be favoring Democrats, especially in a race like this year's.

That's why you don't see any Republicans trying to get out the young votes outside of sunday schools. As far as I'm considered, so long as anybody over 18 should have a say in who gets to be our president, and by the law of nature, the future of the country belongs to the younger generation, I will support any efforts to get the younger votes out over no effort at all.

Dearhaw

Now, now, VideoVampire and others.

Those are ad hominem arguments - they attack the person, not what they are saying - so back on topic please...

xThadd

@Juggrnott: unlike the Republicans who think that other peoples opinions are better than theirs? Isn't it the essence of having an opinion to think that it is better than what the other think?

sos10

@nickexperience:

+ Watch video

nickexperience

I knew a guy that worked for Michael Moore and he said that guy was big time dickhead. Arrogant and rich spewing hyperbole and sensationalism from his ivory tower. I'd rather watch this:

nickexperience

@N@tedog: Lets go Mets! :-D

Prey521

@willyboy: "deregulating an industry fueled by greed" what a load. This has all been brought on by regulation, and this administration has bloated the size of the government to the point of economic collapse.
Greed=self interest. People acting in their own self-interest=mutually beneficial trade. government intervention prevents both parties from benefitting.

The Chad

Go Brewers!

N@tedog

I am sure Michael Moore - one of the few folks with the balls to tell the truth - is losing a lot of sleep over the opinions of a bunch of geeks who think they know everything.

You are going to tell the world who should be allowed to speak? Wow, we havn't had one of those for ... oh wait - we have one now.

God you whining conservatives who have had your entire ideology stolen by dubyah are soooo sad...

Oh yes - free movie - I for one say "thanks for the tip".

twoHats

Yeah.. is he telling young people to vote or telling them HOW to vote?

badweasel

@Jon B.:

Now where in the hell did you get that idea? :-p

But seriously, there's nothing you can do that is not political in root nature; even choosing to be apolitical is a political stance. So suggesting that what someone like Moore is doing is somehow hypocritical or worse yet *wrong* because he has a political bias is rubbish, unless you disagree with the basic premise of what he's doing--getting out the young votes--is *wrong*. If someone like--oh, say, GadgetPlay--doesn't like what Moore's doing because he's liberally biased, then I say they should go out and recruit young voters with a neocon bias.

'Course, they won't do it because they know that the chances are, they'll recruit more liberal votes than neocon votes, irregardless of their own biases ;-p

Dearhaw

@GadgetPlay: Posted this in the wrong place: Walt Kelly was a liberal cartoonist. Not exactly a great philosopher but you were on the right track. P.S. To anyone interested, you can donate to Al Franken's campaign and see what he has to say here . He's a passionate, intelligent man who really does his homework on the right. The GOP really, really hates him, though, and they fight eight different kinds of dirty so he may need our help.

GarciaConcern

@godwhacker: As irrelevant as Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Newt Gingrich, and so on and so forth. Really I could go on. And GadgetPlay, Walt Kelly was actually a cartoonist but he was liberal so you were pretty close.

GarciaConcern

@Dearhaw: your post was great up until the "irregardless" part.. but maybe you were intending to use that word for humor.

For those who don't know what I'm talking about... "irregardless" isn't a word. It's "regardless."

s8ist

@The Chad: Your logic is a little off. Robbery also equals people acting in there own self-interest. In that case, only one party benefits.

GarciaConcern

@badweasel: well said.

jbhitter24

twoHats: "I am sure Michael Moore - one of the few folks with the balls to tell the truth - is losing a lot of sleep..."

...but not missing any meals. The only balls Michael Moore has are on a plate of spaghetti. All that lying apparently works up quite an appetite.

GadgetPlay

GadgetPlay: So a fat man is a bad man?

twoHats

I think most folks make up their own minds ... Do you let others tell you how to vote?

twoHats

"This guy should be out of office, and it's time for him to go" (on George Bush)

You know, it's kind of funny... he can't exactly go back to office.

dobbybabee

@Dearhaw: Hell yes he's wrong b/c he's continually lying about issues to get people to vote. As far I'm concerned, no one should do anything to get out the vote. Either people live up to the responsibility and privilege of voting in our republic or shut up b/c you didn't take the time to vote. Argue and win people over with facts and ideas. Michael Moore is worst form of vile b/c he's a propagandist. The truth is only secondary to pushing his bile. As a minority, he offends me and my culture and he's completely and totally intolerant.

coolkiwilivin

@dorylomorphs: hey the truth has never stopped Michael Moore, why should it now.

coolkiwilivin

Seems that everything that's "Free" now, you gotta be in the States or Canada. *sigh*

judacris

"First Free Full Feature Film on the Web"
that is not true my friend. 1st movie under the Creative Commons Lizenz was CH7 which can be downloaded for free since 2004.
[www.ch7.ch]

Who let the Trolls out?

actually some funny stuff in there. not bad.

mconheady

@Jeb_Hoge:
If you consider F911 a box office fluke (5x times more than Bowling) then his trend is still upwards...as sicko made more than Bowling. For a documentary filmmaker, anyone who knows anything about box office receipts knows that Moore is king. For a documentary, his grosses are unheard of. Regardless of political affiliation, which, I assume, is all you can base your comment on, his films make a shit-ton of money considering they are documentaries.

mconheady

Michael Moore is an idiot.

That is all...

richard8a

@s8ist:

Yeah, I was being facetious. However, au contraire, according to many modern dictionaries, "irregardless" now is part of the English lexicon, albeit classified as "informal" ;-)

From the Oxford English Dictionary in OSX:

irregardless |ˌiriˈgärdlis|
adjective & adverb informal
regardless.
ORIGIN early 20th cent.: probably a blend of irrespective and regardless .
USAGE Irregardless, with its illogical negative prefix, is widely heard, perhaps arising under the influence of such perfectly correct forms as : irrespective. Irregardless is avoided by careful users of English. Use regardless to mean 'without regard or consideration for' or 'nevertheless': : I go walking every day regardless of season or weather.

Dearhaw

twoHats: "GadgetPlay: So a fat man is a bad man?"

In this case, absolutely.

GadgetPlay

I watched it. It's one gigantic concert with information spewed throughout (SPOILER). I found it lame.

MosesMonster