The Big One (by Michael Moore)
[ People Clapping,
Cheering ]
[ Man ]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
I WANTED TO SEE
IF A POLITICIAN WOULD
ACCEPT MONEY FROM ANYONE.
YOU KNOW, AND I MEAN
ANYONE, ALL RIGHT ?
I DON'T MEAN, LIKE,
R.J. REYNOLDS,
WHICH GAVE A MILLION DOLLARS
TO THE REPUBLICANS...
AND A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS
TO THE NON-SMOKING
DEMOCRATS THIS YEAR.
[ Audience Laughs ]
I'M TALKING ABOUT
TRULY DESPICABLE GROUPS.
SO I FORMED FOUR OF THOSE
DESPICABLE GROUPS MYSELF.
[ Laughter ]
GOT A BANK TO GIVE ME
A CHECKING ACCOUNT
FOR EACH OF THEM,
WITH THE NAME OF THE GROUP
ON THE CHECK,
AND THEN SENT $100 CONTRIBUTIONS
TO EACH OF THE CANDIDATES.
SO BOB DOLE RECEIVED $100
FROM THE SATAN WORSHIPERS
FOR DOLE CLUB.
[ Laughter ]
UH, CLINTON GOT $100
FROM THE HEMP GROWERS
OF AMERICA.
UH, PAT BUCHANAN GOT $100
FROM ABORTIONISTS
FOR BUCHANAN.
[ Laughter ]
AND...ROSS PEROT GOT $100
FROM THE PEDOPHILES
FOR FREE TRADE.
[ Laughter ]
AND WHO DO YOU THINK
CASHED THE CHECK FIRST ?
[ People Shouting ]
THAT'S RIGHT,
PAT BUCHANAN.
AND HERE'S THE CHECK RIGHT HERE,
THE ACTUAL CHECK, WITH HIS
ENDORSEMENT ON THE BACK.
[ Applause ]
ABORTIONISTS FOR BUCHANAN.
MR. "RIGHT TO LIFE"
HIMSELF.THE CLINTON-GORE CAMPAIGN
CASHED THEIR CHECK FROM
THE HEMP GROWERS OF AMERICA.
RIGHT HERE.
THE THING LOOKS LIKE
IT HAD BEEN ROLLED UP...
AND STASHED AWAY FOR ABOUT
WHO KNOWS HOW LONG.
BUT YOU KNOW HOW IT IS WHEN
YOU'RE RECEIVING CONTRIBUTIONS
FROM HEMP GROWERS.
AND ROSS PEROT SENT US
A LOVELY FORM LETTER...
THAT OBVIOUSLY WAS
SPIT OUT OF SOME COMPUTER,
'CAUSE IT SAID,
"I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU
AND YOUR FELLOW PEDOPHILES
FOR YOUR SUPPORT."
[ Laughter, Applause ]
IT'S TRUE.
[ Laughs ]
OH, WE LIVE IN SICK TIMES.
SICK, SICK TIMES.
[ Bell Clanging ]
[ Moore Narrating ] YOU KNOW,
I ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE
HAPPY AND HAVING A GOOD TIME.
TAKE THESE PEOPLE,
FOR INSTANCE.
THEY'VE BEEN HAVING
A REAL GOOD TIME.
ME ?
WELL, I'VE BEEN
OUT OF WORK.
SO I DID WHAT
MOST PEOPLE LIKE ME DO
WHEN THEY CAN'T GET A JOB--
I WROTE A BOOK !
DOWNSIZE THIS! RANDOM THREATS
FROM AN UNARMED AMERICAN.
I SOLD IT TO RANDOM HOUSE.
THEY ASKED ME
IF I WOULDN'T MIND...
GOING ON A LITTLE AUTHOR TOUR,
SAY FOUR OR FIVE CITIES.
I SAID,
"SURE-- SOUNDS GOOD,"
ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING I HAD
NO COLLEGE EDUCATION AND FLUNKED
12th GRADE ENGLISH.
I KIND OF LIKED
THE IDEA OF BEING PART
OF A GO-GO ECONOMY.
I COULD SEE IT NOW--
PULITZERS, NOBELS...
AND APPEARANCES
ON THE JERRY SPRINGER SHOW.
[ Crowd Clamoring ]
THERE WAS JUST
ONE LITTLE PROBLEM
WITH MY MASTER PLAN:
THAT CHECK
I WROTE THE PRESIDENT.
SEEMS THE WHITE HOUSE
DIDN'T LIKE IT.
I TOLD THEM I WAS JUST
HAVING SOME FUN.
...HE WAS A DANGEROUS PERSON.
[ Moore ]
BOY, HE SURE SEEMED
DEFENSIVE.
OF COURSE, AT THAT TIME
NONE OF US KNEW...
THAT LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE
WERE WRITING CHECKS
TO THE PRESIDENT--
AND GETTING BETTER PERKS
THAN ME.WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE I WASN'T
GONNA HAVE THE NORMAL
AUTHOR TOUR,
I CALLED UP A FEW FILMMAKING
FRIENDS OF MINE--
TIA, JIM,BRIAN AND CHRIS--
AND TOLD THEM
TO GATHER THEIR GEAR
AND MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS.
...NOT YOU, BUT--
CHRIS, NEVER THROW AWAY
YOUR TICKETS.
WHY DON'T YOU DO
A SPECIAL ON US ?
ON HOW MUCH
YOU MAKE AND, UH--
AND HOW MUCH WORK WE DO.
DID YOU EVER GET
YOUR UNION BACK ?
WELL, WE, YOU KNOW--
KIND OF, SORT OF.
SORT OF.WE'LL TELL YA THE NEXT TIME,
IF WE DO GET A RAISE, EVER.
YEAH.YEAH. WHEN WAS THE LAST
TIME YOU HAD A RAISE ?
YEAH.UH, I DON'T--
EIGHTY-THREE ?
I DON'T KNOW.
EIGHTY-THREE ?
I DON'T KNOW IF
IT WAS '78 OR '82.
THE CAMERAMAN WASN'T
EVEN BORN IN '83.
OH, MY--THIS IS MY SEAT.
I'LL SEE YA, BOYS.
[ Man ]
ECONOMY WAS FULL ?
YEAH.
IT'S ALL FULL BACK THERE.
I GOTTA SIT UP HERE.
BUT I'LL CHECK IN
WITH YOU GUYS, OKAY ?
ROLL ALONG, ROLL ALONG
ROLL ALONG, ROLL ALONG
CONVOY IN THE SKY
ROLL ALONG, ROLL ALONG
ROLL ALONG, ROLL ALONG
CONVOY IN THE SKY
[ Moore ] EACH DAY
OF THE TOUR WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME:
GET UP AT 4:30 IN THE MORNING,
FLY TO THE NEXT CITY...
AND BE MET BY THE LOCAL
RANDOM HOUSE PUBLICIST,
WHO THEY REFERRED TO
AS MY "MEDIA ESCORT."
THE ESCORT'S JOB
WAS TO KEEP ME
OUT OF TROUBLE...
AND REPORT ALL MY ACTIVITIES
BACK TO HEADQUARTERS.
THE ESCORT FROM RANDOM HOUSE,
SHE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THIS FILM.
IN FACT, NOBODY
AT RANDOM HOUSE
KNOWS ABOUT THIS FILM.
THEY'RE GONNA FIND OUT
SOMETIME TODAY,
AND THEY'RE PROBABLY
NOT GOING TO BE
VERY HAPPY.
THIS IS MY, UH, MEDIA ESCORT
HERE IN ST. LOUIS.
UH, PLEASE INTRODUCE
YOURSELF.I'M ELAINE BLY.
ELAINE BLY, AND IT'S ABOUT
6:15 IN THE MORNING HERE.
BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE
A GOOD DAY. LET'S HOPE.
LET'S GET GOIN'.
[ Laughs ]
[ Moore Narrating ]
NO MATTER WHAT CITY I WAS IN,
IT WAS ALWAYS
THE SAME 20 INTERVIEWS
WITH THE SAME 20 QUESTIONS.
LOOK AT ALL THIS AIRTIME
YOU'VE BEEN GIVING
WHITEWATER...
AND HOW MANY MILLIONS
HAS CONGRESS SPENT
TRYING TO FIND OUT...
WHY JUST SEVEN PEOPLE
LOST THEIR JOBS IN
THE WHITE HOUSE TRAVEL OFFICE ?
AND NOT A DIME HAS
BEEN SPENT INVESTIGATING...
WHAT HAPPENED TO MILLIONS
OF AMERICANS AND THEIR JOBS.
MOST OF THIS WELFARE
THAT WE GIVE CORPORATIONS
COMES IN THE FORM...
OF THINGS LIKE
A MILLION DOLLARS
TO McDONALD'S...
TO HELP THEM PROMOTE
CHICKEN McNUGGETS
IN SINGAPORE.
THAT'S OUR TAX DOLLARS.
OR THE PILLSBURY COMPANY
GETS $11 MILLION...
THAT GOES TO THE PILLSBURY
DOUGHBOY TO BE PROMOTED
IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES.
[ Moore Narrating ]
WITH MY INTERVIEWS OVER,
I TOLD THE ESCORT...
WE'D BE BACK IN A FEW HOURS.
WE HEADED OUT OF THE CITY
TO CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS,
HOME OF THE PAYDAY CANDY BAR.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING
PAYDAYS HERE FOR OVER 60 YEARS.
BACK IN 1992, CLINTON VISITED
CENTRALIA ON HIS FIRST CAMPAIGN
FOR PRESIDENT.
MY OWN STATE IS FULL
OF PLACES...
LIKE CENTRALIA--
PLACES WHERE THERE ARE GOOD
PEOPLE WHO WORK HARD
AND PLAY BY THE RULES,
WHO'VE BEEN FORGOTTEN
IN GEORGE BUSH'S AMERICA.
I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.
WE CAN DO BETTER.
IT IS SCANDALOUS
TO WASTE THE POTENTIAL...
OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY
AND OUR COUNTRY.
[ Bell Clanging ]
[ Moore Narrating ]
THEY USED TO SAY THAT IN
CENTRALIA, EVERY DAY IS PAYDAY.
ON THE DAY I ARRIVED,
THEY WERE TOLD
THIS WOULD BE THEIR LAST.
[ Moore ]
WHO-WHO'S BEEN HERE
MORE THAN TEN YEARS ?
YOU'VE WORKED HERE MORE--
MORE THAN TEN--
WELL, WHO'S BEEN HERE
MORE THAN 20 YEARS ?
SHE WAS HERE
FOR 50 YEARS.
IT WILL BE.
ALREADY IS.
[ Man ]
YOU KNOW HOW WE FOUND OUT
WE WERE LOSIN' OUR JOBS ?
THE HEAD OF LEAF NORTH AMERICA
SENDS A VIDEOTAPE IN
TO ALL THE LEAF PLANTS,
TELLIN' 'EM HOW THEY'RE GONNA
REORGANIZE AND STUFF.
"OH, BY THE WAY, WE'RE SHUTTIN'
THE CENTRALIA PLANT DOWN."
A VIDEOTAPE.
[ Moore ]
"AND BY THE WAY."
YEAH.WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU HAD A STRIKE HERE ?
WE NEVER WERE !
WE'VE NEVER BEEN ON STRIKE.
NEVER BEEN ON STRIKE ?
[ Together ]
NO !NEVER HAD A WALKOUT ?
WE'VE NEVER EVEN
HAD AN ARBITRATION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT KIND OF PROFIT
YOU WERE MAKING HERE ?
TWENTY-SEVEN MILLION
IS WHAT THEY SAID.
TWENTY MILLION HERE,
JUST INSIDE THIS BUILDING ?
PROFIT, OUT OF THIS PLANT.
- AND NOW, NOW WHAT ?
- PEOPLE ARE GONNA GO OFF
THE DEEP END...
THAT LOSE THEIR JOBS
IN AMERICA.
IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
SUICIDES WILL GO UP,
DIVORCE RATES,
UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
START BEATIN' THEIR KIDS
THAT NORMALLY WOULDN'T.
I MEAN, DAMN !
I MEAN, PEOPLE JUST LOSE IT
WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE AN INCOME,
OR THEY HAVE TO GO FROM MAKING
TEN DOLLARS AN HOUR
DOWN TO FIVE DOLLARS AN HOUR.
- IT'S TOUGH.
- [ Moore ] DO YOU KNOW
WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT ?
[ People Murmuring Agreement ]
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THIS ?
[ Woman #1 ] YES.
[ Woman #2 ]
I'M A SINGLE MOTHER.
I CAN'T BUY A HOUSE OR ANYTHING
ON FIVE DOLLARS AN HOUR.
TELL ME SOMETHING. I WANT TO
KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...
WHEN THEY DOWNSIZE EVERYTHING
AND WE GET DOWN TO WHERE
EVERYBODY'S MAKIN' MINIMUM WAGE.
WHO'S GONNA BUY $30,000 CARS ?
WHO'S GONNA BUY HOMES ?
WHO'S GONNA BUY THIS STUFF ?
I WANNA KNOW.
AND IT'S JUST GONNA BE
LIKE A SNOWBALL EFFECT,
BECAUSE THEN THE AUTOMAKERS
ARE GONNA BE OUT OF WORK,
THE CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE'S
GONNA BE--
WHO'S GOT THE MONEY TO BUY IT
IF WE'RE ALL DOWNSIZED
TO $4.75 AN HOUR ?
WHEN'S IT GONNA END ?
[ Moore Narrating ]
THE WORKERS TOLD ME
THAT THE MANAGER FROM PAYDAY...
WAS STILL ACROSS THE STREET
IN THE FACTORY,
SO I DECIDED
TO PAY HIM A VISIT.
HE SAID HE'D TALK TO YOU
WITHOUT THE CAMERA
IF YOU'LL TALK TO HIM.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL COME IN.
YOU STAY HERE.
OKAY ?[ Moore ]
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE
TO THE AMERICAN WORKER ?
THAT IF THEY COME HERE
AND WORK HARD
AND DO WELL,
AND BECAUSE OF THEIR HARD WORK
THE COMPANY DOES WELL,
THEIR REWARD
IS UNEMPLOYMENT ?
[ Man ]
IF THIS PLACE
WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER...
AND WOULD HAVE MADE MORE
PROFIT, IT WOULD HAVE HAD
A QUICKER PAYBACK.
I MEAN, YOU'RE SAYING
EVEN IF THEY HAD MADE
A BIGGER PROFIT,
THE MOVE WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN
QUICKER TO GET OUT OF HERE ?
YOU'RE RIGHT.
IF THE WORKERS HERE
HAD DONE A WORSE JOB--
IF THE CANDY BAR
HADN'T DONE AS WELL--
THERE MIGHT STILL BE
A CANDY BAR PLANT HERE ?
THAT'S TRUE.
THAT'S INSANE.
[ People Chattering ]
PAYDAY BACK TO CENTRALIA
WHERE IT BELONGS.
PAYDAY IN CENTRALIA.
I WANT MY JOB BACK,
INSURANCE.
I NEED IT BADLY.
EVERYBODY ELSE NEEDS IT BADLY.
WE ALL NEED OUR PAYDAYS.
WE WANT OUR JOBS BACK.
[ Woman ]
YEP.WE NEED OUR JOBS BACK.
[ Woman ]
THE WHOLE TOWN
NEEDS THESE JOBS BACK.
[ Audience Applauds ]
HI.THIS IS MY BOOK.
I TAKE THE COVER OFF
BECAUSE I CAN'T STAND
TO LOOK AT THE PHOTO.
[ Laughter ]
LOOK AT-- LOOK--
WHO'S GOT THE--
DO YOU HAVE A BOOK DOWN HERE ?
LET ME SEE IT.
LET ME SHOW YOU THIS.
LOOK AT THIS.
LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS WHAT THEY DID.
LOOK AT MY FINGERNAILS.
THEY DIGITALLY GAVE ME
A MANICURE.
[ Laughter ]
THEY CLEANED MY FINGERNAILS.
LOOK AT THE--
CAN YOU SEE--
LOOK AT THAT.
AND I CALLED THEM UP
AT RANDOM HOUSE,
AND I SAID,
"YOU KNOW, I MEAN,
WHILE YOU WERE IN THERE,
"IF YOU WERE GONNA
BE DOING DIGITAL THINGS,
COULDN'T YOU TAKE
TEN POUNDS OFF THE FACE ?"
"OH, NO, NO, NO.
WE'RE GONNA-- WE'LL CLEAN
YOUR FINGERNAILS, RIGHT ?
BUT THEN YOU GOTTA STILL
LOOK LIKE THIS."
[ Laughter ]
GEEZ.NINETEEN CITIES.
I CAN'T BEAR TO LOOK AT
MYSELF, THANK YOU, ANYMORE.
- [ People Chattering ]
- SIGNATURE ONLY.
SIGNATURE, CITY AND DATE.
"TO MEREDITH,"
SIGNATURE, CITY AND DATE.
CITY AND DATE.
"TO PAT AND TERESA."
[ Woman Laughing ]
HOW'S THAT ?
THAT'S GREAT.
THANK YOU.
YES. THANK YOU.
ANYTHING ELSE ?
SOUNDS LIKE
THE NEXT TITLE.
OKAY.[ Chattering ]
OKAY. BYE.
BYE. WE'RE OFF
TO IOWA. [ Country And Western ]
YOU HEARD ME RIGHT
YOW ! ONE HUNDRED CUPS OF COFFEE
FIVE HUNDRED CIGARETTES
A THOUSAND MILES OF HIGHWAY
AND I AIN'T FORGOT HER YET
BUT I KEEP ON MOVIN'
I KEEP A-MOVIN'
ON DOWN THE LINE
AIN'T NOTHIN' IN MY MIRROR
JUST A CLOUD OF DUST
AND SMOKE WHAT DID YOU EXPECT
WHEN SOME OLD TRUCKER'S HEART
GETS BROKE
HOW DO YOU FEEL
ABOUT THE TWO CHOICES
WE'VE GOT IN THE ELECTION ?
I DON'T CARE
WHICH WAY IT GOES.
YOU DON'T-- YOU WHAT ?
I DON'T CARE
WHICH WAY IT GOES.
WHY IS THAT ?
'CAUSE I JUST DON'T HAVE
NO INTEREST IN IT.
I WISH WE HAD A BETTER CHOICE,
BUT WE GOTTA PICK BETWEEN--
WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT ?
YOU KNOW, BETWEEN
TWO EVILS.
YEAH, OR I CALL IT
"THE EVIL OF TWO LESSERS."
HOW YOU GUYS DOIN'
WITH YOUR JOBS AND
STUFF RIGHT NOW ?
I WORK HARDER THAN I EVER
HAD TO WORK IN MY LIFE.
MY KIDS ARE ALL GROWN UP,
AND I GOTTA WORK
HARDER TODAY...
THAN I DID, YOU KNOW,
20 YEARS AGO.
YOU GOTTA PAY YOUR RENT,
YOUR ELECTRIC, YOUR WATER,
YOUR GAS...
AND FOOD AND CLOTHES
FOR YOUR KIDS.
AND WE'RE-- YOU KNOW,
THERE'S NO MONEY LEFT.
AT THE END OF THE MONTH,
THAT'S IT.
NO. THERE'S NOTHIN' LEFT.
AND YOU'RE WORKING
TWO JOBS ?
YEAH.AND RAISING YOUR KIDS ?
YEAH.HOW DO YOU DO THAT ?
HOW DO YOU WORK TWO JOBS ?
HOW'S THAT WORK OUT ?
I WORK MORNINGS AT ONE
AND NIGHTS AT THE OTHER.
EVERY DAY ?
EVERY DAY, JUST ABOUT.
WHEN DO YOU GET
TO SEE YOUR KIDS ?
I DON'T, NOT THAT OFTEN.
ON THE WEEKENDS, ON A SUNDAY,
IN THE AFTERNOON,
'CAUSE FAIRWAY'S
NOT OPEN, SO--
ON THE WEEKENDS-- THAT WOULD BE
LIKE IF YOU'RE DIVORCED, YOU GET
TO SEE THEM ON THE WEEKENDS.
YEAH, AND I'M NOT DIVORCED.
I MEAN, I'M MARRIED AND HAVE
A HUSBAND, AND I STILL DON'T GET
TO SEE THEM...
BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW,
THE WAY IT IS IN AMERICA
AND AROUND THE WORLD.
- IT'S JUST NOT FAIR.
- ANY WORDS OF ADVICE...
TO ALL THE OTHER--
YOUR FELLOW
AMERICAN VOTERS ?
DON'T VOTE.
DON'T VOTE.
DON'T VOTE ?
[ Laughs ]
IF YOU HAVE TO PICK
BETWEEN THEM TWO, DON'T VOTE.
[ Moore ]
HEY, GUYS, DO YOU GET
THE FEELING WE'RE GONNA HAVE...
THE LOWEST TURNOUT EVER
IN AN ELECTION ?
[ Woman ] YEAH.
IT'S DEPRESSING.
LET'S GO TO McDONALD'S.
IS EVERYBODY STABILIZED
FOR DRIVING HERE ?
I THINK "STABILIZED"
IS THE WRONG WORD...
TO BE USED AS YOU'RE
EATING THIS STUFF.
ARE THERE ANY NAPKINS
IN THERE ?
NO.HEY, THEY PUT VEGETABLES
ON MY FISH FILET.
FUCKERS.[ Moore ]
DO YOU EVER WONDER
WHAT HAPPENED TO STEVE FORBES ?
HE APPEARED FROM NOWHERE.
HAD YOU HEARD OF HIM BEFORE ?
HONEST. COME ON. HONEST.
HAVE YOU HEARD OF--
YOU HEARD OF HIS DAD,
BUT HAVE YOU HEARD--
HAD YOU HEARD OF HIM ?
NO. HAVE YOU HEARD
OF HIM SINCE ?
DID YOU EVER NOTICE WHEN
HE WAS ON TV HIS EYES
NEVER BLINKED ? RIGHT ?
I MEAN, THEY NEVER BLINKED.
I SAW HIM ON LARRY KING.
HE DIDN'T BLINK.
THE WHOLE TIME, THE WHOLE HOUR,
HE NEVER BLINKED.
WELL, ACTUALLY--
A COUPLE NIGHTS LATER,
HE WAS ON NIGHTLINE.
HIS EYES--
THEY HAD THE CAMERA ON HIM
FOR A FULL MINUTE.
NOT ONCE
DID THE EYES BLINK.
...RACE WAS ABOUT
PRINCIPLES AND ISSUES.
THESE PRINCIPLES ARE BIGGER
THAN A SINGLE CANDIDATE,
BIGGER THAN A SINGLE CAMPAIGN.
I THINK THIS IS
VERY STRANGE, SO I CALLED UP
NEW YORK HOSPITAL AND ASKED--
ASKED FOR A DOCTOR
IN THE EYES, EARS, NOSE
AND THROAT DIVISION.
AND I SAID, "DOCTOR,
I'M WATCHING TV RIGHT NOW,
"AND THERE'S A GUY ON THERE,
AND HIS EYES HAVE NOT BLINKED
FOR A FULL MINUTE.
IS THAT POSSIBLE ?"
HE SAID, "NO. TH-THE, YOU KNOW,
HUMAN EYE NEEDS TO BLINK EVERY,
YOU KNOW, 15 OR 20 SECONDS."
I SAID, "I'M TELLING YOU,
NOW WE'RE INTO TWO MINUTES.
WE'RE INTO TWO MINUTES.
THIS GUY'S EYES HAS--
THEY'VE NOT BLINKED,
NOT ONCE."
AND THE DOCTOR SAID,
AND I QUOTE,
"WELL, THAT'S NOT HUMAN."
I'M GETTING A THEORY
GOING HERE IN MY HEAD,
YOU KNOW ?
NOT HUMAN.
RIGHT ?
[ Laughter ]
I'M THINKING,
"DON'T LOOK IN HIS EYES.
DON'T LOOK IN HIS EYES.
LOOK AWAY. LOOK--
DON'T."YOU DON'T LOOK AT HIS EYES,
BUT HE GETS US
WITH THE SOUND.
[ In Monotone ]
"FLAT TAX, FLAT TAX,
FLAT TAX, FLAT TAX--"
AHH !
TURN THAT SOUND DOWN !
"FLAT TAX, FLAT TAX,
FLAT TAX."
[ Moore Continuing ]
SO BACK IN FEBRUARY...
I WAS HERE IN DES MOINES,
YOU KNOW,
FOR THE IOWA CAUCUSES,
AND I DECIDED TO GO OVER
TO THE FORBES HEADQUARTERS...
TO SEE IF STEVE WAS SOME KIND
OF FREAK X-FILE BROTHER
FROM ANOTHER PLANET.
AND THIS GUY COMES OUT,
AND HE SAYS, "HI,
MY NAME IS CHIP CARTER."
"CHIP CARTER ?
THAT'S JIMMY CARTER'S SON."
"NO, I'M THE OTHER
CHIP CARTER."
HE HAD THIS WEIRD LOOK
IN HIS EYES TOO.
[ Moore ]
HOW LONG HAS
MR. FORBES BEEN HERE ?
REALLY, UH, ONLY
BEEN ON THE GROUND
SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS.
INVASION OF IOWA.
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
IN IOWA.STEVE FORBES
WAS BORN WHERE ?
I HAVE NO IDEA.
I CAN'T REMEMBER.
YOU DON'T KNOW ?
[ Laughter ]
WHERE DID STEVE FORBES
COME FROM ?
STEVE FORBES SEEMS TO HAVE
COME FROM NOWHERE.
MM-HMM.RIGHT ?
PRETTY MUCH.
WHERE IS NOWHERE ?
IT'S SOMEWHERE OUT THERE.
[ Laughter ]
I'M FREAKIN' OUT, MAN.
I'M THINKIN', "OKAY.
I'M IN THE RAMADA IN DES MOINES
TONIGHT, AND I'M TRIPLE
DEAD BOLTING THE DOOR."
YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE,
"I AM NOT GONNA DIE
IN DES MOINES,
"YOU KNOW, TAKEN AWAY
BY THESE SPACE BEINGS...
CALLING THEMSELVES
THE FORBES CAMPAIGN."
WHERE ARE YOU TAKING
THE SPACESHIP HERE
AFTER IOWA ?
UH, I'M GONNA
GO HOME TO OKLAHOMA
FOR A FEW DAYS AND REST,
AND THEN THEY'LL SEND ME
TO ANOTHER STATE.
[ Chuckles ]
OKAY. UM, ALL RIGHT.
UH, I THINK WE SHOULD
PROBABLY LET HIM GO.
[ Moore ]
SO ANYWAYS, THE GUY
HAS DISAPPEARED, RIGHT ?
AND THE ONLY TIME THAT NOW
YOU HAVE ANY, ANY IDEA THAT
THEY'RE STILL WITH US...
IS IF YOU EVER NOTICE CERTAIN
PEOPLE READING A PUBLICATION
WITH THE NAME FORBES--
THE NAME OF THEIR LEADER--
ON THE MAGAZINE.
USUALLY MEN IN THREE-PIECE
SUITS, WHITE GUYS THAT LOOK
LIKE THEY GOT A LOT OF MONEY.
THEY'RE THE ALIENS.
BEWARE OF THESE PEOPLE...
WHO READ FORBES MAGAZINE.
[ Moore ]
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ Chattering ]
[ Moore Narrating ]
AS I WAS SIGNING COPIES
OF MY BOOK,
I WAS HANDED
AN ANONYMOUS NOTE.
IT READ, "HEY, MICHAEL,
"WE'RE ORGANIZING HERE
AT BORDERS IN DES MOINES.
"THERE'S A SECRET MEETING
STATEWIDE TOMORROW NIGHT.
"WE THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW
THAT WE, THE RAGTAG EMPLOYEES
AT BORDERS,
"ARE NOT ALLOWED
TO DO THE BOOK TABLE
FOR YOUR READING.
"ONLY MANAGEMENT IS HERE TONIGHT
SELLING YOUR BOOK
TO THESE PEOPLE.
"BORDERS HEADQUARTERS
IN ANN ARBOR SAYS
THEY'RE PROTECTING US FROM YOU.
AH, WELL,
YOU KNOW THE SHTICK.
TAKE CARE."
THEY WERE AWFULLY HAPPY
THAT YOU WERE HERE.
GREAT.THIS WAS NOT MY FIRST STRANGE
ENCOUNTER WITH THE BORDERS
BOOK STORE CHAIN ON MY TOUR.
AT THEIR PHILADELPHIA STORE
I HAD REFUSED...
TO CROSS A PICKET LINE
BLOCKING THEIR ENTRANCE,
AND INSTEAD I HAD BROUGHT
THE PROTESTERS INSIDE WITH ME
TO MY READING.
THAT RESULTED IN BORDERS
REFUSING TO LET ME SPEAK...
AT MY SCHEDULED APPEARANCE
THE FOLLOWING WEEK
IN THEIR NEW YORK STORE.
SO, UH, WE GOT
YOUR NOTE INSIDE.
UH, YOU'RE THE PEOPLE
THAT WORK AT BORDERS ?
MM-HMM.
AND YOU'RE TRYING
TO ORGANIZE THE STORE ?
[ Man ] YEAH.
AND YOU WANTED TO MEET ME
OUT HERE IN THE DARK ?
[ All Laughing ]
WHAT'S GOIN' ON ?
WELL, WE'RE ACTUALLY--
TOMORROW NIGHT IS, UH,
IS A ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING.
THE ENTIRE STORE
IS GETTING TOGETHER,
AND WE'RE MEETING
WITH AN ORGANIZER,
AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO
FROM THERE.
BECAUSE WHY ?
BECAUSE--
THERE'S A CAR.
[ Moore ] WHO'S THAT ?
[ Woman ]
IT'S NO ONE.
UM, IT'S--
[ Moore Narrating ]
THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE AFRAID
OF BEING SEEN WITH ME...
BECAUSE THE BORDERS
REGIONAL MANAGER HAD SHOWN UP
TO THE EVENT UNANNOUNCED...
WITH A MAN
THEY DIDN'T RECOGNIZE.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHO THAT PERSON IS.
NO. WE DON'T EVEN LIKE--
I DON'T WANT TO THINK
ABOUT WHO THAT PERSON WAS.
[ Laughing ]
'CAUSE WE'RE AFRAID ENOUGH
AS IT IS.[ Woman ] SOME THUG.
SOME-- YEAH. SOME
UNION BUSTER GUY FROM OMAHA.
BORDERS WORKERS
SUCH AS YOURSELVES
WERE NOT ALLOWED...
TO WORK THE TABLE
HERE AT THE EVENT TONIGHT ?
[ Both ] RIGHT.
ONLY MANAGEMENT
COULD WORK THE TABLE ?
[ Man ] YES.
[ Woman ] TO FIELD THE
QUESTIONS. TO PROTECT US.
PROTECT YOU FROM WHAT ?
[ Man ] WE DON'T KNOW.
I EVEN ASKED.
I SAID, "YOU MEAN THEY DON'T--"
AND I EVEN--
POINTEDLY, I SAID,
"YOU MEAN YOU
DON'T WANT US TO HEAR
WHAT HE HAS TO SAY ?"
EVERYBODY IN THE STORE
BOUGHT YOUR BOOK AFTER THEY
PUT THE CRUNCH ON.
[ Moore Laughing ]
YOU MEAN, AFTER THEY WHAT ?
AFTER THEY--
WELL, WE FELT PRESSURE--
WELL, AFTER WE ALL GOT
KICKED OFF THE TABLE,
AND THEN WE SAID,
"WHAT'S IN THIS BOOK ?"
"WHY CAN'T WE BE HERE ?"
YEAH, RIGHT.
IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.
THEY THEN TOLD ME THAT BORDERS
WAS DEDUCTING MONEY
FROM THEIR PAYCHECKS...
FOR A HEALTH PLAN
THAT HAD NO DOCTOR
IN DES MOINES.
WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE--
HAVE HEALTH BENEFITS
AT THE MOMENT.
WE'RE PAYING FOR THEM.
WE STARTED PAYING FOR THEM IN
APRIL, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THEM.
SO THAT WAS WHAT
REALLY GALVANIZED
A LOT OF PEOPLE.
THEY WERE SORT OF LIKE,
"I CAN'T-- I'M PAYING
FOR ALL OF THIS AND IT'S NOT--"
SO IT'S ACTUALLY,
WE DON'T HAVE ANY BENEFITS.
ALMOST EVERYBODY
IN THE STORE
HAS ANOTHER JOB.
REALLY ? YOU HAVE TO WORK
A SECOND JOB IF YOU WORK
AT BORDERS ?
YES.
YOU HAVE TO DO IT.
WHAT--
WHAT DO YOU--
WE MAKE SIX BUCKS AN HOUR.
- WHAT SECOND JOBS
DO YOU GUYS WORK ?
- DISCOUNT RETAIL STORE.
YEAH. IN ADDITION
TO WORKING AT BORDERS ?
THEY POST THE RESULTS
BY OUR TIME CARDS,
SO YOU SIT THERE
AND YOU LOOK AT THESE
LONG NUMBERS...
OF HOW MUCH OVER
PROFIT WE'RE DOING
AND HOW WELL WE'RE DOING,
AND THEN YOU'RE PUNCHING
IN AND OUT AND YOU'RE GETTING
YOUR LITTLE PAYCHECK...
WITH YOUR BIG HUNK
FOR HEALTH INSURANCE
THAT YOU CAN'T USE.
AFTER TAXES,
WHAT'S YOUR PAYCHECK?
MINE'S USUALLY ABOUT...
325.
THAT'S EVERY TWO WEEKS.
EVERY TWO WEEKS.
EVERY TWO WEEKS ?
SO THAT'S ABOUT, WHAT--
A HUNDRED AND SIXTY
A WEEK.- SO THAT'S ABOUT 8,000
A YEAR, AFTER TAXES.
- MM-HMM.WHAT DO YOU WANT ?
WHAT DO YOU HOPE
THE UNION WILL GET YOU ?
WE'RE NOT ASKING
FOR 15 BUCKS AN HOUR.
WE'RE NOT EVEN ASKING FOR TEN.
YOU'D BE HAPPY WITH--
GOOD GOD. EIGHT.
GOOD LUCK.
THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
THANKS, MICHAEL.
I REALLY SUPPORT YOU--
THANKS A LOT.
AND I'LL DO WHAT I CAN
TO HELP YOU WIN.
[ Moore Narrating ]
WE HEADED OFF
TO ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS,
WHICH, LIKE MY HOMETOWN
OF FLINT, MICHIGAN,
HAD JUST BEEN NAMED
BY MONEY MAGAZINE AS
THE WORST CITY IN THE COUNTRY.
DRIVING THROUGH ROCKFORD,
I REALIZED THERE WERE OTHER
SIMILARITIES TO FLINT.
WE HAD GAME SHOW HOST
BOB EUBANKS.
THEY HAD ACTRESS
SUSAN SAINT JAMES.
CULTURALLY, WE HAD
GRAND FUNK RAILROAD,
AND THEY HAD THOSE
"I WANT YOU TO WANT ME" GUYS,
CHEAP TRICK.
RANDOM HOUSE HAD ARRANGED
FOR ME TO SPEAK THAT NIGHT
AT THE LOCAL MEDIA PLAY.
[ Italian Accent ]
NO PHOTOS, PLEASE.
NO PHOTOS.
MEDIA PLAY WAS A SPRAWLING
COMPLEX THAT SOLD...
BOOKS, CDS, VIDEOS,
AND YOU COULD PROBABLY GET
A TEN-MINUTE LUBE JOB
WHILE YOU WAIT.
WHICH WAY
TO HOME APPLIANCES ?
I WAS REALLY EXCITED
TO LEARN THAT RICK NIELSEN,
THE LEAD GUITARIST
FROM CHEAP TRICK,
LIVED JUST DOWN THE ROAD.
SO I ASKED MEDIA PLAY'S
P.R. DIRECTOR, PAT, IF SHE KNEW
IF HE WAS IN TOWN.
I THINK SHE WAS WORRIED
I WAS GONNA GO OFF
AND HANG WITH HIM,
SO SHE TOLD ME HE WAS
ABSOLUTELY, DEFINITELY
NOT IN ROCKFORD.
WHY DID I COME
TO ROCKFORD ?
I-I REALLY WANTED TO GO
TO SOME CITIES OTHER THAN
THE ONES...
THEY USUALLY SEND AUTHORS TO--
NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES,
BOSTON, WASHINGTON, RIGHT ?
THE SAME OLD--
AND NOBODY EVER COMES
TO ROCKFORD.
RIGHT ? AND I KNOW
WHAT THAT'S LIKE,
'CAUSE I LIVED IN FLINT
MOST OF MY LIFE.
NOBODY EVER
COMES TO FLINT.
[ Man ]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ People Chattering,
Laughing ]
HOW YA DOIN', MIKE ?
WHO'S THIS TO ?
LAURA.L-A--
U-R-A.WHAT DO YOU DO ?
WHAT DO I DO ?
YEAH.
I SELL CARS.
YEAH ? WHAT KIND OF CARS ?
UH, FORDS.
AND I GOT LAID OFF TODAY.
TODAY ?
OH, I'M SORRY.
WOW. AND THIS
JUST HAPPENED TODAY ?
MM-HMM.DO YOU HAVE KIDS ?
NO, AND I DON'T HAVE KIDS.
BUT, YOU KNOW,
I DON'T KNOW HOW
THEY EXPECT THE PEOPLE...
IN 30 TO 45 TO BE ABLE
TO SUPPORT THEIR PARENTS...
WITH JOBS THAT
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY BENEFITS
ON THEMSELVES, AT MINIMUM WAGE.
I'M REALLY SORRY.
CAN I GIVE YOU A HUG ?
I'LL COME OVER THERE.
OKAY ? I'M REALLY,
REALLY SORRY.
YEAH. THAT'S OKAY.
I TELL YA, EVERY CITY
I GO TO, EVERY DAY,
THIS IS WHAT'S GOIN' ON.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE
IN THIS.WELL, I KNOW THAT AND I'M--
THAT'S WHY I'M GLAD
THAT YOU'RE HERE,
AND JUST SEEING YOU
MEANT A WHOLE LOT,
A LOT TO ME.
THERE YOU GO.
"DOWNSIZED BUT NOT OUT."
WELL, THAT'S TRUE.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT,
HANG IN THERE, OKAY ?
REALLY. SERIOUSLY, MAN.
OKAY ?THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT.
I'M REALLY SORRY.
THANKS FOR COMING
TO NUMBER 300.
[ Laughs ] NUMBER--
FELLOW 300-ITE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
[ Laughs ]
GOOD LUCK,
FLINT, MICHIGAN.
ALL RIGHT. TAKE CARE.
ANY ADVICE FOR--
YOU CAME FROM THE WORST CITY
IN AMERICA.
NOW YOU ARE
IN THE WORST CITY IN AMERICA,
ACCORDING TO MONEY MAGAZINE.
ANY ADVICE FOR THE BELEAGUERED
ROCKFORD RESIDENTS ?
YES. I'VE BEEN TO 20 CITIES
SO FAR IN THIS TOUR,
AND THE ENTIRE COUNTRY
HAS SEEN THE EFFECTS...
OF WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO BE DOWNSIZED,
WHILE THESE COMPANIES...
HAVE GOTTEN FILTHY RICH
AND LOTS OF PEOPLE
HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS.
RICK FROM CHEAP TRICK
IS NOT IN TOWN ?
[ Woman ] THEY'RE NOT IN TOWN.
THEY'RE NOT IN TOWN ?
NOPE, NOT IN TOWN.
AND HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT ?
OH, WE HAVE OUR WAYS.
HOW DO YOU FEEL
ABOUT HOW IT WENT
TONIGHT ?WELL, I HEAR THAT YOU ONLY
RUN ABOUT THREE PERCENT PEOPLE
WHO STAND IN LINE--
OR PEOPLE THAT LISTEN TO YOU
ONLY HAVE ABOUT THREE PERCENT
BOOK SALES.
T-TO ME, YOU MEAN ?
THAT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ?
UH-HUH. BASICALLY, YEAH.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE LISTEN
TO YOU TALK, BUT THEY DON'T BUY
THE BOOK.
RIGHT.GOOD POINT. SO-SO, NOW,
WHERE DO YOU GET THOSE
NUMBERS, FROM THE REPS ?
SALES, UH--
SALES REP--
YEAH. YES.
FROM RANDOM HOUSE ?
MM-HMM. THOSE PEOPLE
TELL YOU A LOT OF THINGS.
YEAH. LIKE WHO--
WHO HAVE YOU TALKED TO ?
UH, OTHER STORES.
OTHER AREAS.
GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE.
BARNES AND NOBLE TONIGHT
WAS REALLY SCARED...
'CAUSE THEY THOUGHT
YOU WERE OVER THERE,
AND THEY WERE WORRIED.
THEY HAD NO BOOKS.
[ Laughs ]
WHY DON'T--
WHY DON'T THEY HAVE
ANY BOOKS ?
I DON'T KNOW WHY.
YOU MEAN
THEY SOLD OUT, OR--
THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T BUY ANY.
YOU DON'T THINK THEY BOUGHT
ANY AT THE BARNES AND NOBLE.
I WANNA JUST REVIEW NOW
WHAT I'VE LEARNED
FROM YOU TONIGHT.
OKAY.NUMBER ONE, UH,
ONLY THREE PERCENT
OF THE PEOPLE...
WHO COME TO HEAR ME SPEAK
HAVE ACTUALLY BOUGHT A BOOK.
MMM, NO. THAT'S LOW.
[ Moore ]
THREE PERCENT ?
I MEAN, THERE WERE 100 OR MORE
PEOPLE HERE, AND THEY SOLD
JUST OVER 100 BOOKS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT
SELL-THROUGH ON AN EVENT.
I MEAN, USUALLY, IF YOU CAN
SELL AT A RATIO OF 50%,
YOU'RE DOING GREAT.
NUMBER TWO,
BARNES AND NOBLE--
DIDN'T HAVE ANY BOOKS.
DIDN'T HAVE ANY BOOKS
'CAUSE THEY PROBABLY
DIDN'T ORDER ANY BOOKS.
[ Woman ] IT'S BEEN JUST A--
[ Moore ]
OH ! THESE ARE ALL YOURS ?
WE WERE--
WE WERE TOLD THAT
THEY HAD NO BOOKS HERE.
THAT IT WASN'T
EVEN ORDERED.
[ Woman ] SERIOUSLY ?
YEAH.
TOLD BY WHO ?
UH, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY,
UH, DOWN THE STREET...
YOU KNOW, THERE,
AT MEDIA PLAY.
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS BELIEVE
EVERYTHING YOU HEAR.
YEAH, I GUESS SO, HUH ?
LAST TIME WE SEND
PEOPLE DOWN THERE, HUH ?
NUMBER THREE, RICK FROM
CHEAP TRICK IS NOT IN TOWN.
NOPE.[ Man ]
HERE'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT KNOW.
IT'S THREE CHORDS.
FOR YOUR LOVE
I'D GIVE YOU ANYTHING
AND MORE THAT'S FOR SURE
FOR YOUR LOVE
DO, DO, DO, DO, DO
DO, DO, DO, DO
YOU WROTE A SONG, YOU KNOW.
TOO BAD THE YARDBIRDS
ALREADY DID IT.
YEAH, RIGHT.
THEY ALREADY COVERED IT.
WHAT THE HELL.
[ Imitating Bob Dylan ]
COME SENATORS, CONGRESSMEN
PLEASE HEED THE CALL
DON'T STAND IN THE DOORWAYS
DON'T BLOCK UP THE HALL
FOR HE WHO HAS STALLED
IS HE WHO IS BALD
OH THE OUTSIDE
[ Humming ]
IT'LL RATTLE YOUR WINDOWS
AND YOU'LL SHAKE
LIKE A STONE
FOR THE TIMES
THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'
OH !
[ Both Humming ]
FOR THE TIMES
THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'
[ Laughing ]
THE ANSWER MY FRIEND
FORGET THIS BOOK TOUR.
I KNOW.
FORGET THE MOVIE CRAP.
COME ON !I COULD BE
A DYLAN IMPERSONATOR.
ON THE ROAD, BABY.
YOU'RE IT.
I AM ON THE ROAD.
THAT'S THE POINT.
FORTY-SEVEN CITIES.
THAT'S COMMENDABLE,
YOU KNOW.HOW DO YOU GUYS DO THIS ?
I MEAN, IT'S TRAVEL AND PERFORM,
TRAVEL AND PERFORM.
THAT'S, UH--
YOU, UH--YOU KIND OF LOOK FORWARD
TO A DAY OFF.
I DID MEDIA PLAY IN ROCKFORD.
SO DID WE.
YOU DID MEDIA PLAY ?
YOU'RE DANG RIGHT,
WE DID.
OH. I DON'T FEEL SO BAD NOW.
OH, THANKS.
BUT I MEAN, I WALKED IN THERE
AND I'M THINKING,
"WHAT IS THIS ?"
I FELT LIKE THAT SCENE
IN SPINAL TAP, YOU KNOW ?
"PUPPET SHOW
AND MICHAEL MOORE,
APPEARING TONIGHT."
WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE
FOR MILWAUKEE ?
WELL, WHAT IS YOUR--
WHERE ARE YOU GOING ?
WE'RE GOING
TO SCHWARTZ'S BOOK STORE.
YEAH, WE'RE
PLAYING THERE NEXT.
YOU'VE--YOU'VE NEVER PLAYED
SCHWARTZ'S.
[ Together ]
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.
PEACE. [ Country And Western ]
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
TILL I WAS GROWN
WHY MY DADDY DIDN'T SPEND
A LITTLE TIME AT HOME
'STEAD OF RUNNIN' 'ROUND
THE COUNTRY
THAT WAY
WHOA I'M LOOKIN' AT THE WORLD
THROUGH A WINDSHIELD
SEEIN' EVERYTHING
IN A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT LIGHT
I GOT A SWEET LITTLE THING
THAT I'M DYIN' TO SEE
IN NASHVILLE
YOU KNOW, MILWAUKEE IS NOT
A NEW YORK OR A CHICAGO
OR AN L.A.,
SO WE DON'T TEND TO HAVE
AS MANY HIGH-PROFILE
CELEBRITY TYPES--
MOVIE STARS, ET CETERA.
SO WE TEND TO GET PEOPLE
WHO DON'T TAKE THEMSELVES
QUITE SO SERIOUSLY IN MILWAUKEE.
UM, WE'RE CONSIDERED
MORE OF A SECOND-TIER CITY,
SO WE GET
MORE THOUGHTFUL PEOPLE,
UM, WHO ARE LITERARY WRITERS
OR NONFICTION WRITERS
OR, UM--LIKE MICHAEL,
WHO IS DOING, UM, REALLY KIND
OF AN INTERESTING BOOK TOUR.
HIS IS THE MOST
FLY-BY-THE-SEAT-OF-YOUR-PANTS
BOOK TOUR I'VE EVER SEEN--
AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS
FOR SEVEN YEARS--
WHERE THINGS ARE JUST
SORT OF SCRATCHED,
AND THINGS ARE ADDED,
AND PEOPLE WANT HIM CONSTANTLY
TO TALK TO HIM,
TO CHAT WITH HIM,
AND HE OBLIGES,
WHICH IS VERY NICE,
BUT IT THROWS THE SCHEDULE,
UH, A CURVE.
[ Man ]
HOW DOES THAT
MAKE YOUR LIFE ?
UM, DO I HAVE
A TWITCH YET ?
UNION LEADERS HAVE HOPPED
INTO BED WITH MANAGEMENT
OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES,
AND EVERY TIME MANAGEMENT
SNAPPED THEIR FINGERS,
YOU KNOW, UNIONS WOULD JUMP,
AND THEY GAVE
ALL THESE CONCESSIONS...
IN THE '80s--
REMEMBER THAT ?
[ Man ]
ONE OF THE, ACTUALLY,
VERY FUNNY PIECES IN THIS BOOK,
IS ABOUT YOUR ATTEMPT TO SEE
IF CANDIDATES WOULD ACCEPT
MONEY FROM ANYONE.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
THAT YOU MADE TO THIS--
MICHAEL !
WE HAVE TO GO !
[ Man ]
WHAT WERE YOU SAYING ?
I SAID HE NEEDS
A MOTHER.HE'S MAKING ME REPEAT THIS.
I REALLY DON'T WANT
TO BE YELLING AT YOU.
YOU HAVEN'T YELLED AT ALL.
YOU'RE THE KINDEST ESCORT
I'VE HAD.OH, WELL, THEN
I CAN GET TOUGHER.
YEAH.YOU'RE WAY TOO EASY
ON ME.[ Alarm Whistle Wailing ]
WHAT THE HELL ?
WE GOT AN AIR RAID
GOING HERE.
THAT'S THE NOON WHISTLE.
THAT'S
THE NOON WHISTLE ?
THAT'S A FRI--
THAT'S A FRIGHTENING
NOON WHISTLE.
DOES THAT HAPPEN
EVERY NOON ?
I THINK SO.
WHAT'S THE POINT OF THAT ?
I THINK IT MEANS
THAT YOU CAN HAVE LUNCH NOW.
WELL, I-- THAT'S TRUE.
ACTUALLY, I LIVED
IN A TOWN LIKE THAT.
[ Man ] JOHNSON CONTROLS,
WHOSE WORLDWIDE HEADQUARTERS
ARE LOCATED IN MILWAUKEE,
ANNOUNCED TODAY
THEY ARE CLOSING THEIR
MILWAUKEE HUMBOLDT FACILITY.
JOHNSON CONTROLS,
A MAJOR SUPPLIER
TO THE AUTO INDUSTRY...
OF ENGINE PARTS,
SEAT COVERS AND HYDRAULICS,
SAID THE MILWAUKEE PRODUCTION
IS BEING MOVED TO MEXICO.
[ Moore Sighs ]
[ Turn Signal Clicking ]
JUST, UM,
JUST TURN IN RIGHT HERE.
[ Clicking Continues ]
[ Man ]
WHAT'S THE DEAL HERE ?
WE'RE NOT GONNA GET--
[ Moore ]
THE DEAL IS YOU NEVER
TURN THE CAMERA OFF.
THAT'S THE DEAL.
LET'S GO. READY ?
NEVER TURN THE CAMERA OFF.
EVERYBODY READY ?
AM I-- I'M ON ?
I'M ON, RIGHT ?
[ Man ]
WHAT'S GOING ON
RIGHT HERE ?
I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT TOO.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT
THEY DID ON THE INSIDE.
I'M TRYING TO STAY
OUT OF THE WAY
OF JOHNSON CONTROLS.
ACTUALLY, I HEARD A SIREN,
AND I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT HAD
SOMETHING TO DO WITH MICHAEL,
AND SO I DECIDED I'D GET
INTO MY CAR RATHER THAN
BEING ROUSTED BY THE POLICE,
BUT IT WAS AN AMBULANCE
GOING BY.DO YOU KNOW WHY HE WENT
IN TO JOHNSON CONTROLS ?
WELL, I KNOW THAT THEY ARE--
THAT THEY'VE JUST LAID OFF
A LOT OF PEOPLE,
BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW
SPECIFICALLY WHAT HE WAS
DOING IN THERE.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
AND YOU ARE ?
I'M BEV JAKOWSKY.
AND YOU'RE WITH ?
UH, JOHNSON CONTROLS.
DO YOU KNOW MR. KEYES,
THE CHAIRMAN ?
I DO.WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT
HIM WITH A CHECK, A LITTLE GIFT
FROM ME, A GOING-AWAY PRESENT.
I DON'T THINK
THIS IS APPROPRIATE.
HI. HOW YA DOING ?
I'M MICHAEL MOORE.
HI. HI, MICHAEL.
HI. I JUST BROUGHT
A LITTLE PRESENT HERE FOR YOU.
OKAY.EIGHTY CENTS, UH, TO PAY
THE FIRST MEXICAN WORKER
FOR THE FIRST HOUR OF WORK.
THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL BE
PAYING MEXICANS DOWN THERE,
80 CENTS AN HOUR.
AND, UH, JUST TO HELP OUT,
YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW,
I GUESS YOU'RE HITTING--
YOU'VE HAD HARD TIMES HERE,
RIGHT ?
NO, WE HAVEN'T HAD HARD TIMES.
YOU'VE ONLY MADE A HALF
A BILLION DOLLARS IN THE LAST
THREE YEARS IN PROFITS.
YEAH, WE-WE--
OUR COMPANY
IS REASONABLY SUCCESSFUL.
OH, THEN--
WE'RE COMMITTED TO
CONTINUING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
THEN WHY WOULD YOU
LEAVE MILWAUKEE
IF YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL ?
BECAUSE WE NEED TO REMAIN
COMPETITIVE IN OUR
BUSINESSES.
SO THANKS VERY MUCH
FOR COMING--
YOU WANT TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL ?
WE NEED TO CONTINUE
TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THE FAMILIES HERE
WHO WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS ?
THE FAMILIES WHO ARE HERE
WHO WILL LEAVE THEIR JOBS,
WE'RE GONNA DO THE BEST
WE CAN TO HELP THEM OUT
IN MAKING THE TRANSITION.
TO WHERE ?
MEXICO, OR--
UH--
THE FAMILIES ARE GOING
TO MEXICO WITH YOU OR--
TO EITHER HELP THEM
FIND OTHER JOBS
AT JOHNSON CONTROLS...
OR OTHER GOOD JOBS
FOR THEM GOING FORWARD.
SO THANKS VERY MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
WILL YOU TAKE THIS ?
SURE. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. EIGHTY CENTS.
I WANT YOU TO GIVE IT
TO MR. KEYES.
OKAY. VERY GOOD.
IS THERE ANY WAY
I COULD MEET HIM ?
NO, I'M AFRAID
HE'S UNAVAILABLE.
BECAUSE, ACTUALLY, I HAVE
ANOTHER PRESENT FOR HIM.
OKAY.THIS IS
THE DOWNSIZER OF THE YEAR AWARD,
AND YOU WIN IT FOR MILWAUKEE.
EACH CITY THAT I'M IN
ON MY BOOK TOUR...
I'M GIVING OUT
VARIOUS DOWNSIZER AWARDS...
TO THE COMPANIES THAT MAKE
MILLIONS IN PROFITS...
AND THEN THROW PEOPLE
OUT OF WORK.
AND BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE THAT
HERE IN MILWAUKEE,
I WANT TO THANK YOU.
YOU'RE SURE MR. KEYES
WON'T SEE ME ?
YEAH. I'M AFRAID
HE'S NOT AVAILABLE.
AND AGAIN,
I'D LIKE TO REQUEST--
BUT HE IS HERE ? HE'S HERE ?
HE'S UNAVAILABLE.
I'M REALLY NOT SURE--
YOU SHOULD TELL HIM I'M HERE.
OKAY. I'M NOT SURE--
HE'LL KNOW WHO I AM.
HE SUPPLIES G.M.
I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST
THAT, UH--
IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME BACK
SOMETIME, MAKE AN APPOINTMENT,
WE CAN TALK SOME MORE.
I'D BE GLAD TO MAKE
AN APPOINTMENT.
BUT I'D LIKE TO REQUEST,
AND JACK IF YOU COULD
HELP ME OUT, PLEASE--
JACK, HOW YA DOIN' ?
MICHAEL MOORE.
WE'D LIKE INFORMATION.
WHAT'S YOUR JOB HERE ?
JACK HIGGINS.
JACK, WHAT
DO YOU DO HERE ?
HUMAN RESOURCES.
HUMAN-- OH, THAT'S ALWAYS
MY FAVORITE DEPARTMENT,
'CAUSE THEY TAKE CARE...
OF THE PEOPLE HERE, RIGHT ?
THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE
GONNA BE LAYING OFF.
THE HUMAN RESOURCES ?
WELL, IT'S NOT ACTUALLY
IN MY AREA, BUT YES,
WE WILL BE DEALING WITH THAT.
WHAT DOES
HUMAN RESOURCES DO ?
OKAY. LET'S HOLD ON.
WE'VE HAD ENOUGH DISCUSSION.
WELL, YOU BROUGHT JACK
OUT HERE TO TALK TO US.
UH, YEAH, JACK CAME OUT
TO KEEP US COMPANY.
[ Laughs ] JACK, GO AWAY.
WE'VE HAD OUR
LITTLE DISCUSSION.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
YOU JUST SAID--
I WISH YOU HAD CALLED
TO LET US KNOW.
AND MAYBE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN
BETTER PREPARED FOR YOUR
CAMERAS AND YOUR SHOW.
WE WISH YOU WOULD HAVE CALLED
AND TOLD ALL THE WORKERS SO THEY
WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER PREPARED.
THEY WERE
YEAH. YEAH. YEAH.
YEAH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING
WITH OUR EMPLOYEES
CONTINUALLY.
THEY'VE KNOWN THIS
FOR YEARS, RIGHT ?
THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE
LEAVING HERE.
EACH YEAR, AS YOU MADE
A BIGGER AND BIGGER PROFIT,
THEY KNEW YOU WOULD LEAVE
MILWAUKEE BECAUSE THEY DID
SUCH A GOOD JOB HERE.
YOU MADE SO MUCH MONEY.
I THINK OUR EMPLOYEES...
HAVE GOT A MUCH BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S
HAPPENING THAN YOU DO.
I HAVE 20 YEARS HERE,
COMING ON FRIDAY,
AND, UH, WE WERE TOLD
YESTERDAY THAT, UH,
THE ENTIRE PLANT
WOULD BE CLOSED.
[ Man ] YOU KNOW WHAT'S--
YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'RE
GONNA RELOCATE, DON'T YOU ?
YES. IT'S GOING TO MEXICO.
REYNOSA, MEXICO.
ONCE YOU'RE LAID OFF,
WHAT'S YOUR PLAN ?
I DON'T HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T KNOW. IT, UH--
YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SEE
WHAT MY OPTIONS ARE,
UH, AND GO FROM THERE.
[ Moore Narrating ]
I ASKED ED IF HE'D LIKE TO HEAD
OVER TO MANPOWER, INCORPORATED,
THE TEMP AGENCY WHOSE
WORLD HEADQUARTERS
JUST HAPPENED...
TO BE LOCATED IN MILWAUKEE.
MANPOWER--
A COMPANY THAT GUARANTEES YOU
A JOB FOR A DAY--
WAS NOW THE NUMBER-ONE EMPLOYER
IN THE COUNTRY.
AND SO, WE THOUGHT,
SEEING HOW THIS IS
SUCH A GREAT COMPANY,
UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD
GET ED A TEMP JOB.
YOU KNOW, I WANT
TO THANK YOU
FOR STOPPING BY,
AND I WISH I COULD
HELP YOU FURTHER
AT THIS POINT,
BUT YOU TOOK ME BY SURPRISE,
AND I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT
MORE ABOUT THE SITUATION.
HOW ABOUT JUST AN APPLICATION
FOR ED TO GET A TEMP JOB ?
SO THANK YOU. PLEASE ?
NO ?
THANKS.MILWAUKEE WAS A GREAT BASE
FOR MANUFACTURING,
AND THERE'S REALLY NOBODY LEFT.
AND NOW, WE WERE ONE
OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES
AROUND HERE,
AND NOW WE'RE GOING,
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO DO.
[ Applause ]
[ Moore ]
YOU KNOW, WHENEVER I--
WHENEVER I FLY
TO ONE OF THESE CITIES,
I USUALLY GET STUCK
NEXT TO SOME BUSINESSMAN,
WHO, AFTER HAVING A COUPLE
OF MARTINIS, LOOKS OVER
AT ME AND, YOU KNOW--
[ Gruff Voice ]
"WHO ARE YOU ?
OH, YEAH. ROGER MOORE.
[ Laughter ]
"I KNOW YOU.
YOU MADE THAT MOVIE.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT
AGAINST PROFIT ?"
THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE
TO SAY, RIGHT ?
"WHAT HAVE YOU GOT
AGAINST PROFIT ?
"COMPANY'S GOT
A RESPONSIBILITY
TO ITS SHAREHOLDERS.
THAT'S OUR SYSTEM--
THE SHAREHOLDERS."
[ Chuckles ]
THAT'S NOT OUR SYSTEM.
OUR SYSTEM'S A DEMOCRACY.
I'VE READ
THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.
THE WORD "SHAREHOLDER"
DOES NOT APPEAR ONCE
IN THAT DOCUMENT.
[ Applause ]
I-I-I'VE SEEN
THE WORD "PEOPLE"--
OF, BY AND FOR
THE PEOPLE--
I'VE SEEN THAT,
BUT I'VE NOT SEEN
THE WORD "SHAREHOLDER."
BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT
THEY LIKE TO SAY.
THEY LIKE THE--
THEY LIKE TO, LIKE,
SPOUT OFF WITH THAT STUFF.
THE SHAREHOLDERS.
PROFIT."COMPANY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO
WHATEVER IT CAN TO MAKE
A PROFIT, MIKE.
YOU CAN'T STOP A COMPANY
FROM DOING THAT."
YES, WE CAN.
[ Laughs ]
WE HAVE A DEMOCRACY.
WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT.
WE CAN PASS
WHATEVER LAW WE WANT,
AS LONG AS IT FITS
INTO THAT CONSTITUTION,
WE CAN PASS
ANY LAW WE WANT.
WE DO IT ALL THE TIME.
IF IT'S JUST ABOUT PROFIT--
IF IT'S JUST ABOUT
MAKING A PROFIT,
WELL, THEN, WHY DOESN'T
GENERAL MOTORS
SELL CRACK ?
[ Laughter ]
HUH ?THEY COULD MAKE
A HUGE PROFIT SELLING CRACK.
A 2,000-POUND CAR
MAKES G.M. ABOUT
A $1,000 PROFIT.
TWO THOUSAND POUNDS OF CRACK,
LET ME TELL YA, THERE'S
A MILLION BUCKS THERE.
SO WHY DON'T THEY
SELL CRACK ?
[ Man ]
THE C.I.A.'S GOT
THE MARKET CORNERED.
THE C.I.A. HAS
GOT THE MARKET.
[ Laughs ]
[ Laughter,
Applause ]
WHERE ARE THE REPUBLICANS
WHEN YOU WANT TO PRIVATIZE
SOMETHING, RIGHT ?
[ Laughter ]
THAT'S--
ACTUALLY, THAT'S
WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
WE NEED TO TURN CRACK
OVER TO GENERAL MOTORS,
'CAUSE THEY'LL REALLY
SCREW IT UP, YOU KNOW ?
WE'LL ELIMINATE CRACK
IN FIVE YEARS...
IF WE JUST TURN IT OVER
TO GENERAL MOTORS.
THEY'LL COMPLETELY MISMANAGE
THE WHOLE THING, RIGHT ?
[ Applause ]
[ Moore ] OH, MY GOD !
WE MADE THE NEW YORK TIMES
BEST-SELLER LIST.
[ Laughing ]
OH, MAN !OH, GOD. OH, MY GOD.
THAT'S SUCH GOOD NEWS.
OH. HAVE YOU CALLED
KATHLEEN ?
OH ! OH, MY GOD !
[ Laughs ]
OH ! OH, I'M STUNNED !
OH, THEY MUST BE
FLIPPING OUT THERE
AT RANDOM HOUSE.
YEAH, OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
[ Laughing ]
ROCKFORD PUSHED US OVER.
ROCKFORD !
IT WAS ROCKFORD !
[ Laughing ]
HOW DO I FEEL
ABOUT THE BOOK BEING SOLD
BY A CORPORATION ?
YEAH. DID YOU EVER CONSIDER
TRYING TO SELL IT AT JUST
NON-CORPORATE BOOK STORES ?
YOU KNOW, I DID,
UNTIL I MADE THE NEW YORK TIMES
BEST-SELLER LIST.
NOW I DON'T
THINK CORPORATIONS
ARE SUCH A BAD IDEA.
FLAT TAX ISN'T A BAD IDEA
EITHER, COME TO THINK OF IT.
THANK YOU.
[ Moore Narrating ]
AT THE STATE CAPITOL
IN WISCONSIN,
I ACCOMPANIED
A GROUP OF WOMEN...
WHOSE WELFARE BENEFITS
HAD JUST BEEN CUT...
BY THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR,
TOMMY THOMPSON...
AND THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT,
BILL CLINTON.
JOINING US, QUITE UNEXPECTEDLY,
WERE TWO MORNING DEEJAYS
FROM THE LOCAL ROCK STATION.
AND THE CRASH-AND-BURNS
CREW HERE ON WJJO,
AND WE'RE GONNA OFFER
TO CLEAN UP HIS OFFICE
TO SHOW HIM...
THAT THESE PEOPLE WANT
THEIR MONEY AND THEY'RE
WILLING TO WORK FOR IT.
MAN, I'M WINDED.
[ Chattering ]
[ People Chattering ]
MICHAEL MOORE.
MICHAEL.GOOD TO MEET YA.
GOVERNOR THOMPSON HERE ?
NO, HE'S ACTUALLY--
HE'S OUT OF STATE.
HE'S OUT OF STATE ?
WELL, WE BROUGHT
SOME PEOPLE HERE WHO
ARE RECIPIENTS OF WELFARE.
THEY WOULD LIKE
TO COME IN AND CLEAN
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
THEY BROUGHT MOPS,
BROOMS, SOME DUST PADS--
OH, WE ALREADY HAVE
PEOPLE WHO DO THAT.
UH, BUT THEY'RE WILLING TO--
THEY WANT TO GIVE IT
AN EXTRA POLISH.
THEY BROUGHT SOME--
[ Man ]
BE A LOT CHEAPER.
YEAH. 'CAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY
PAYING THEM.
WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
PAID TO DO THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW HOW THE GOVERNOR--
YOU KNOW, HE'S KIND
OF WORRIED ABOUT WELFARE.
PEOPLE NOT WANTING
TO WORK.WE GIVE THEM JOBS WHERE
THEY DON'T-- THEY DON'T HAVE
TO GET WELFARE BENEFITS.
THEY'LL GET A REAL PAYCHECK.
YOU'LL ACTUALLY GIVE THEM
REAL JOBS WITH REAL PAYCHECKS ?
SURE. SURE,
WE'LL HELP THEM.
WHERE THEY WON'T BE EVICTED ?
THEY'LL HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY
THE RENT AND GET THE FOOD ?
SURE.YOU'LL DO THAT
FOR THESE WOMEN RIGHT NOW ?
WELL, WE'LL SET THEM UP
WITH THE PEOPLE WHO'LL
HELP THEM DO THAT, SURE.
RIGHT NOW ?
RIGHT NOW YOU WILL ?
SURE. WHERE ARE THEY--
WHERE ARE THEY FROM ?
AND WHAT KIND OF WAGE
ARE YOU GONNA PAY THEM HERE ?
PARDON ?
WELL, WHAT KIND OF WAGE
ARE YOU GONNA PAY THEM ?
MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE LEAVIN'
WELFARE RIGHT NOW ARE MAKIN'
$6.00 AN HOUR.
DO YOU REALIZE
THAT THE AVERAGE JOB...
STARTS AT 5.25 TO 5.75
AN HOUR ?[ Keane ]
FIRST OF ALL, LET ME
EXPLAIN SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
OKAY, SAY IT IS 5.25
AN HOUR, AND YOU'RE
MAKIN' 5.25 AN HOUR.
YOU WILL HAVE,
AT THE END OF THE YEAR,
5,000 DOLLARS MORE REAL INCOME
IN YOUR POCKET THAN BEING
ON THE A.F.D.C.
I DON'T WANT TO BE ON A.F.D.C.
I'M A FULL-TIME STUDENT
WORKING NOW--
THAT'S MY POINT.
IF YOU'RE WORKIN', EVEN
AT THAT $5.00-AN-HOUR JOB,
IF YOU JUST LOOK
AT THE PURE CASH,
THE PURE DOLLARS,
YOU'RE MAKIN' MORE MONEY
AT THAT $5.00-AN-HOUR JOB
THAN YOU ARE ON THE A.F.D.C.
YEAH, BUT I'M NOT GETTIN'
MEDICAL BENEFITS.
SURE, YOU WILL.
I'M NOT GETTIN'
DENTAL BENEFITS.
SURE YOU WILL.
WAIT A MINUTE.
MY CHILDREN ARE NOT
GONNA BE COVERED.
WHO'S GONNA PAY
FOR MY CHILD CARE ?
SERIOUSLY, MA'AM, IF YOU WERE
TO GO THE JOB CENTER--
I'M GOIN' THERE NOW.
THAT'S WHAT I'M
TELLIN' YOU NOW. WE
ALREADY AT THE JOB CENTER.
WE'RE ALREADY ON
THE PAY FOR PERFORMERS.
WE'VE ALREADY BEEN
THROUGH THE GOALS PROGRAM.
WE'VE ALREADY
TOOK THEIR CLASSES.
AND I'M STILL GETTING
SANCTIONED, AND I STILL
DON'T HAVE A JOB,
AND I'M STILL
ON WELFARE.
[ Man ]
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ALL THIS ?
[ Laughing ]
I'M STAYING
OUT OF THE WAY.
YOU KNOW MY PROBLEM.
WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM ?
WELL, GOVERNOR THOMPSON
IS A PERSONAL FRIEND,
AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
IS ALSO A PERSONAL FRIEND,
AND I REALLY DON'T WANT
THEM TO SEE ME HERE...
AND WONDER
WHAT THE HECK I'M DOING.
ROGER SMITH, MY OLD BUDDY,
ALL RIGHT ?
HERE'S GOVERNOR THOMPSON
GIVING A WELFARE CHECK TO ROGER.
[ Keane ] YEAH.
AND HOW MANY JOBS DID THAT HELP
CREATE FOR PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE
COMPLAINING ABOUT TO WORK ?
YEAH, YOU TELL ME, HOW MANY JOBS
HAS G.M. ELIMINATED IN THIS
STATE IN THE LAST TEN YEARS ?
SINCE TOMMY THOMPSON'S BEEN
IN OFFICE, THEY'VE HAD
MORE JOBS IN THIS STATE.
BEEN IN OFFICE.
GENERAL MOTORS ?
YES. SINCE TOMMY THOMPSON
HAS BEEN IN OFFICE.
COME ON.- YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT PEOPLE
GETTING THEIR JOBS BACK,
- WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS...
STOP GIVING AWAY
THE FREE MONEY.
YOU JUST WANT
TO HAVE AN ISSUE.
STOP GIVING AWAY THE FREE MONEY
TO THE CORPORATIONS.
YOU JUST WANT TO HAVE--
WE WANNA WORK !
WE WANNA WORK !
WHERE'S MY BROOM AT,
AND MY TOILET BRUSH ?
THERE'S SOMETHING STINK
UP IN THIS CAPITOL.
[ Woman ]
I AM A MOTHER OF FOUR CHILDREN.
FULL-TIME STUDENT.
MY YOUNGEST CHILD
WILL BE A YEAR,
NOVEMBER 21.
I AM TRYING TO BETTER MYSELF
IN ORDER TO GET A JOB...
WHERE I CAN AFFORD TO LIVE
ABOVE THE POVERTY LINE,
AND IT'S JUST NOT WORKING.
[ Woman #2 ]
SEE THAT SIGN ?
SAY JUSTICE.
WHERE'S MINE ?
WHERE'S MY JUSTICE ?
THIS WAY ?
COME ON, PUMPKIN.
TOMMY THOMPSON.
[ Laughter ]
[ Booing, Hissing ]
WHAT BAD EXPERIENCE
DID HE HAVE
IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ?
[ Laughter ]
"HI. I'M TOMMY THOMPSON."
[ Laughter ]
"MMM ! I'M GONNA TAKE IT
OUT ON ALL THE PEOPLE OF
WISCONSIN WHEN I GROW UP."
[ Laughter,
Applause ]
TOMMY THOMPSON.
I WENT OVER
TO SEE HIM TODAY.
I, UH, WENT OVER THERE...
TO TURN IN
SOME WELFARE MOTHERS.
[ Laughter ]
TO TURN IN
SOME WELFARE MOTHERS,
'CAUSE I AM SICK AND TIRED
OF THESE LAZY WELFARE BUMS--
THESE CHEATS,
THESE CHISELERS--
GENERAL MOTORS, CHRYSLER,
JOHNSON CONTROLS,
PABST BLUE RIBBON,
MILLER, ET CETERA,
ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
[ Cheering,
Applause ]
THE PEOPLE OF WISCONSIN
HAVE BEEN DOLING OUT...
WAY TOO MUCH WELFARE MONEY
TO THESE CORPORATIONS.
DO YOU KNOW, NATIONWIDE,
WE GIVE $170 BILLION
A YEAR...TO CORPORATE AMERICA
IN CORPORATE WELFARE ?
THAT'S FREE CASH,
FREE HANDOUTS.
THREE TIMES WHAT WE GIVE
IN SOCIAL WELFARE.
THREE TIMES.
WE DON'T HEAR A WORD
ABOUT THAT, THOUGH,
DO WE ?WE DON'T HEAR TOMMY THOMPSON
WANTING TO END WELFARE
AS HE KNOWS IT.
SURE.I GOT 20 CITIES LEFT
TO GO, ALL RIGHT ?
SO YOU'RE
AT NUMBER 27 NOW ?
WHAT IS-- YES.
YOU'VE DONE THIS BEFORE.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME.
WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE
FOR ME ON THIS TOUR ?
HOW DO I GET THROUGH THIS ?
ONE PERSON AT A TIME,
YOU LOOK THEM IN THE EYE.
YOU SHAKE THEIR HAND.
YOU DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.
YOU BECOME
A PASSIVE INDIVIDUAL.
RIGHT.YOU GIVE UP ALL SENSE
OF, UH, PERSONAL WILL
OR PREFERENCE.
RIGHT.YOU-YOU ARE--
YOU ARE MEAT.
ANY ADVICE
ON HOW TO DEAL
WITH THE ESCORTS ?
THE ESCORTS ?
YEAH.DON'T-DON'T EVEN
GET INTO THAT.
DON'T EVEN--
DON'T-DON'T-DON'T
GET INVOLVED WITH THAT.
[ Laughing ]
IT'S NOT A GOOD THING.
TAKE COLD SHOWERS
AND, UH, AND, UH,
GO TO CHURCH.
KYRIE ELEISON
CHRISTE ELEISON
AH-AH-AH-AH-AH
[ Laughs ]
THIS--
[ Laughs ]
SISTER HERMAN IN FIFTH GRADE,
YOU KNOW, SHE TAUGHT US
ABOUT IMPURE THOUGHTS.
FIFTH GRADE, ALL RIGHT ?
SHE DID TWO THINGS TO US
IN FIFTH GRADE.
SHE TAUGHT US WHAT
IMPURE THOUGHTS WERE...
AND SHE USED TO COME
INTO THE BOYS' ROOM...
DURING THE TWO TIMES
OF THE DAY YOU COULD
GO TO PEE--
THEY MARCH YOU DOWN
IN A STRAIGHT LINE,
YOU GO IN AND PEE--
AND SHE'D COME IN THERE
AND WATCH US PEE...
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T
PLAYING WITH OURSELVES.
[ Laughter ]
I SWEAR.AND IF IT LOOKED LIKE
YOU WERE HAVING
TOO MUCH FUN PEEING,
SHE'D GO LIKE THIS:
[ Clucking Tongue ]
SO ONE DAY I SAID,
"SISTER,WHEN IS AN IMPURE THOUGHT
A VENIAL SIN AND WHEN
IS IT A MORTAL SIN ?"
YOU KNOW, VENIAL SINS
YOU JUST GO TO PURGATORY,
MORTAL SINS
YOU BURN IN HELL.
AND SHE SAID--
AND I QUOTE--
"A VENIAL SIN IS WHEN YOU
JUST ALLOW THE THOUGHT...
"TO PASS QUICKLY
THROUGH YOUR HEAD
WITHOUT HOLDING IT.
IT JUST GOES
RIGHT THROUGH YOUR HEAD."
WOOSH !
[ Laughter ]
"THAT'S A VENIAL SIN.
"BUT IF YOU HOLD
THAT THOUGHT FOR MORE
THAN FIVE SECONDS,
IT'S A MORTAL SIN."
YEAH. SO I SPENT,
YOU KNOW, LIKE,
MOST OF MY ADOLESCENCE
TIMING MY IMPURE
THOUGHTS."FIVE, FOUR,
THREE, TWO, ONE.
OKAY ! IT'S GONE !
"IT'S GONE !
"HERE COMES ANOTHER ONE.
OKAY !"FIVE, FOUR,
THREE, TWO, ONE.
OH, LUCIFER,
HERE I COME !"
WE WERE OVER
AT THE MALL OF AMERICA,
[ Audience Murmuring ]
JUST BEFORE, UH--
OH !"NO, WE DON'T GO
TO THE MALL OF AMERICA.
[ Laughter ]
"NO. WE'RE-- WE'RE GOING
TO THE STUDENT UNION
AFTER THIS...
"TO LISTEN TO MULTICULTURAL
FOLK MUSIC FROM CUBA...
"AND EAT TOFU
FROM NICARAGUA.
MALL OF AMERICA--
WE DON'T WANT TO BE THERE
WITH THOSE PEOPLE."
WHAT A GREAT PLACE, MAN.
I WISH I'D SPENT
THE WHOLE DAY THERE.
WE-- WE MET--
[ Laughs ]
WE MET SOME INCREDIBLE PEOPLE.
WE MET THIS GUY,
[ Mumbles ]
AND I SAID, YOU KNOW,
"DID YOU VOTE
IN THE LAST ELECTION ?"
HE WAS PROBABLY
IN HIS EARLY 20s.
SAID, "NO.
I WAS IN PRISON."
YEAH, I WAS IN VENTURA.
YOU WERE
IN THAT PRISON ?
CALIFORNIA YOUTH AUTHORITY.
YEAH, I WAS.
WHERE T.W.A. HAS
THAT RESERVATION THING ?
YEAH.IF YOU CALL T.W.A.
AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY
TO MAKE A PLANE RESERVATION,
YOU'RE TALKING TO AN INMATE
IN VENTURA, CALIFORNIA.
HE GOES,
"YEAH, THAT WAS US."
[ Laughter ]
SO YOU MEAN, YOU'RE IN
PRISON, AND YOU'RE TAKING
AIRLINE RESERVATIONS.
AND YOU'RE SENDING PEOPLE
TO THE BAHAMAS,
MM-HMM.AND YOU CAN'T EVEN
WALK OUTSIDE ?
[ Youth ] I THINK IT'S, LIKE,
A "CORPORATIONAL" THING
SO T.W.A. DOESN'T HAVE...
TO HIRE PEOPLE,
AND THEY CAN PAY LESS.
BECAUSE IF YOU INTO A JOB
AT T.W.A., YOU'RE GONNA BE--
THEY'RE GONNA PAY YOU SEVEN,
EIGHT, YOU KNOW,
NINE BUCKS AN HOUR.
[ Moore ] ANY FUNNY STORIES,
I MEAN, PEOPLE CALLING UP
FOR RESERVATIONS ?
OH, YEAH, THERE'S ALL KINDS.
LIKE HOW PEOPLE GET PHONE
NUMBERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT,
AND GET HOOKUPS,
AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE,
GIRLS'LL BE CALLING...
AND IT'LL BE, LIKE,
"HEY, WHAT'S YOUR NAME,"
AND THIS AND THAT.
YOU KNOW, YOUR NORMAL STUFF
THAT WOULD PROBABLY HAPPEN
IF YOU WERE WORKING AT T.W.A.,
YOU KNOW, BUT THEY DON'T
REALIZE THAT,
WHAT THEY'RE REALLY TALKING TO
ARE RAPISTS OR MURDERERS,
OR, YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST,
LIKE--THEY TALK ABOUT, LIKE,
HOW THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO CHANGE
KIDS AND THIS AND THAT ?
YEAH.
I CAME OUT
AS A MURDERER.
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK
ABOUT YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU.
ANYBODY IN HERE.
YOU KNOW ? I--
WHY SHOULD I ?
YOU DON'T GIVE A SHIT ?
NAH. NOBODY GIVES
A SHIT IN THERE.
YOU DON'T GIVE A SHIT--
YOU DON'T GIVE
A SHIT ABOUT ME ?
NO. I DON'T CARE ABOUT--
I DO NOT CARE ABOUT
NOBODY.AND THAT IS--
THAT IS YOUR
BASIC SOCIETY NOWADAYS.
SO YOU COULD FUCK ME UP
RIGHT NOW IF YOU WANTED TO ?
YEAH. I WOULDN'T CARE.
YOU WOULDN'T CARE ?
NO. I WOULDN'T.
SO NEXT TIME YOU'RE, LIKE,
TREATING THAT PERSON
ON THE PHONE REALLY SHITTY,
'CAUSE THEY CAN'T FIND
YOUR FREQUENT FLYER NUMBER,
JUST REMEMBER, YOU COULD
GET A VISIT SOMEDAY.
[ Laughter ]
ISN'T THAT SICK, THOUGH ?
I MEAN, CORPORATIONS ARE
USING PRISON LABOR.
WE'RE NOT TALKING
ABOUT CHINA, HERE.
WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE U.S. OF "A."
SPAULDING PACKAGES
THEIR GOLF BALLS
IN PRISONS IN HAWAII.
MICROSOFT PACKAGES SOFTWARE
IN PRISONS IN WASHINGTON.
EDDIE BAUER HAS CLOTHES MADE
IN PRISONS IN WASHINGTON STATE.
YOU AWARE OF THIS ?
IF YOU LIVE IN COLORADO,
AND YOU'RE GETTING A CALL
FROM A.T.&T.,
A.T.&T. USES PRISONERS TO DO
THEIR MARKETING FOR THEM,
THEIR TELEMARKETING.
THEY'RE CALLING PEOPLE
AT 9:00 AT NIGHT ASKING THEM
TO SWITCH FROM M.C.I.,
AND THEY'RE DOING
20 TO LIFE.
[ Laughter ]
WHAT DO YOU THINK
THEY'RE GETTING PAID ?
VIRTUALLY NOTHING.
WE REALLY--
WHY DON'T WE JUST CLOSE DOWN
ALL THE FACTORIES,
THROW EVERYONE
OUT OF WORK, RIGHT ?
A NUMBER OF THEM WILL
OBVIOUSLY TURN TO CRIME
BECAUSE THEY'LL BE UNEMPLOYED.
WE CAN THEM SHIP THEM
BACK INTO THE FACTORY,
WHICH CAN NOW BE A PRISON,
AND THEY CAN DO THEIR
OLD JOB, WHICH THEY'RE
ALREADY TRAINED TO DO,
AND GET PAID
TWO DOLLARS AN HOUR,
AND THE COMPANY
CAN MAKE A HUGE PROFIT.
[ Applause ]
WHAT A GREAT IDEA !
HUH ?THEN THE DOW
CAN HIT 10,000.
YEAH !BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S--
IT'S KIND OF
A NEW GENERATION...
OF MEDIA GUIDES
COMING IN NOW, AND--
YEAH, COULD WE CHANGE THE NAME
TO MEDIA GUIDE OR SOMETHING,
BUT NOT ESCORT ?
LITERARY GIGOLO ?
YEAH.
[ Chuckling ]
[ Moore Narrating ]
MINNEAPOLIS IS THE HEADQUARTERS
FOR PILLSBURY,
WHICH HAS BEEN USING
FEDERAL FUNDS TO SEND THEIR
DOUGHBOY TO THE THIRD WORLD.
- [ Speaking Spanish ]
- PILLSBURY DOUGHBOY--
[ Spanish ]
[ Moore Narrating ] THIS ESCORT
WOULD BE THE FIRST TO JOIN ME
AS A PARTNER IN CRIME.
OKAY, NOW, IT'S--
ONE SIDE OF IT IS COMING UP
HERE ON THE LEFT.
THIS IS PROBABLY GONNA BE
OUR EASIEST WAY TO APPROACH IT.
HUH ?HI, HOW YOU DOIN' ?
YOU WANNA SHUT
THAT OFF ?
WHAT'S WRONG ?
YOU WANNA SHUT IT OFF ?
YEAH, SHUT IT OFF,
SHUT IT OFF.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING ?
WE'D LIKE TO GO UP
AND TALK TO
THE PUBLIC RELATIONS WOMAN.
YOU DON'T BE TAKING FILM
THROUGH THIS BUILDING.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE PERMISSION
FROM THE BUILDING BEFORE
YOU CAN DO ANYTHING IN HERE.
ALL WE WANT TO ASK IS ABOUT
PILLSBURY AND $11 MILLION--
I DON'T CARE. COME WITH ME.
ALL RIGHT.
CAN WE FILM OUT HERE ?
[ Moore Narrating ]
THEY TOLD ME I WAS ALLOWED TO
ASK THE CHAIRMAN ONE QUESTION...
AS LONG AS I WROTE IT
ON A YELLOW POST-IT NOTE.
OKAY, SO HERE'S THE QUESTION:
"WHY DOES PILLSBURY NEED
$11 MILLION IN WELFARE
FOR THE DOUGHBOY ?"
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO THIS
AFTERNOON IS CHECK IN HERE AND
THEY'LL HAVE SOME INFORMATION.
BUT I'LL CALL.
330-5103.
YEAH.[ Moore Narrating ]
I LEFT PILLSBURY CONFIDENT
THAT THEY WOULD TAKE...
THIS POST-IT NOTE TO
THEIR LEADER AND CONVINCE HIM TO
STOP ACCEPTING WELFARE CHECKS...
FOR THE LITTLE MAN
MADE OF DOUGH.
YOU KNOW I'M STANDING
AT THE STATION
READY TO GO
OH, BIG, OLD AIR-O-PLANE
I'M TRUSTING YOU SO
GET ON UP, BIG BIRD
TO MY BABY'S LOVE
GET ON UP, BIG BIRD
TO MY BABY'S LOVE
GET ON UP
BABE I GOT TO MAKE IT
BABE JUST GET ON UP
BABE 'CAUSE I'VE GOT TO MAKE IT
BABE GET ON UP
[ Fades ]
MICHAEL MOORE,
DIANE MITCHELL
FROM CHICAGO MEDIA.
OH, HI. HOW ARE YOU ?
ARE YOU THE NEW ESCORT ?
HI. HOW ARE YOU ?
YES, I AM.
OH, HOW YOU DOIN' ?
FINE. HOW 'BOUT YOU ?
THEY'RE READY FOR YOU.
OH, THEY ARE.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL,
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
MY PLEASURE, BELIEVE ME.
MICHAEL IS LIKE A, UH,
FLOOR SAMPLE OF WHAT
WE CAN ALL BE.
HE'S A WONDERFUL FLOOR SAMPLE,
AND HE GIVES US COURAGE,
YOU KNOW ?
AND HE SAYS, YOU KNOW,
"WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
EACH ONE OF US CAN.
AND ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS
STAND UP AND STAND TOGETHER."
RIGHT OVER HIM
WE'RE GONNA ROLL
RIGHT OVER HIM
WE'RE GONNA ROLL
THE UNION ON
[ Man ] ONE MORE. ONE MORE.
WE'RE GONNA ROLL
WE'RE GONNA ROLL
WE'RE GONNA ROLL
THE UNION ON
ONE MORE VERSE.
WE'RE GONNA ROLL
WE'RE GONNA ROLL
WE'RE GONNA ROLL
THE UNION ON
HEARING THAT SONG OF THE '30s
OF THE FLINT SIT-DOWN STRIKE...
OF LABOR, THE C.I.O.
I'M SEATED NEXT TO
MICHAEL MOORE. NOW, MANY OF YOU
KNOW WHO MICHAEL MOORE IS.
AND MICHAEL MOORE'S NEW BOOK
IS CALLED DOWNSIZE THIS!
RANDOM THREATS
FROM AN UNARMED AMERICAN.
AND SO, JUST HEARING
THIS PASSAGE FROM THIS
OLD LABOR SONG OF THE '30s,
WHAT THOUGHT COMES
TO YOUR MINDMMEDIATELY ?
I THINK OF MY UNCLE LAVERNE,
ACTUALLY, WHO, UM, WHO WAS
IN THAT SIT-DOWN STRIKE...
60 YEARS AGO
THIS WINTER, STUDS.
AND I THINK ABOUT,
UM, YOU KNOW,
HOW-HOW ALL OF US GAINED...
FROM THAT
AND ALL OTHER LABOR ACTIONS
THAT CAME AFTER THAT.
HOW-- THE STANDARD OF LIVING--
HOW OUR HEALTH CARE,
SOCIAL SECURITY, CHILD LABOR--
ALL THESE THINGS CAME AS
A RESULT OF THE STRUGGLE...
THAT THOSE PEOPLE
PARTICIPATED IN.
AND IF THEY COULD SEE
WHAT'S GOING ON NOW--
[ Scoffs ]
WE COME TO THE BIG SUBJECT.
WE HEAR THE PHRASE TODAY--
"SINCE THE EVIL EMPIRE IS GONE,
WE HAVE A NEW ENEMY
CALLED TERRORISTS."
AND SO YOU HAVE A PICTURE
AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS BOOK,
DOWNSIZE THIS!
TWO PHOTOGRAPHS.
"WHAT IS TERRORISM ?"
AND IT'S ALMOST-- TWO
PHOTOGRAPHS ALMOST IDENTICAL.
DESTROYED BUILDINGS.
THE FIRST ONE'S OKLAHOMA CITY,
OKLAHOMA,1995, AFTER THE BOMBING.
DOWN BELOW:
FLINT, MICHIGAN, 1996.
AND YOU CAN HARDLY TELL
THE DIFFERENCE. THEY'RE
TWO PIECES OF DESTRUCTION.
SO THE QUESTION IS,
"WHAT IS TERRORISM ?"
WELL, OBVIOUSLY,
IF YOU PARK A RYDER TRUCK
IN FRONT OF A BUILDING...
FILLED WITH EXPLOSIVES
AND BLOW UP THAT BUILDING...
AND KILL 168 PEOPLE,
THAT'S AN ACT OF TERRORISM.
THERE'S NO QUESTION
ABOUT THAT.
BUT WHAT DO YOU CALL IT,
STUDS, WHEN YOU POLITELY
REMOVE THE PEOPLE...
FROM THE BUILDING FIRST
AND THEN BLOW IT UP ?
BUT IN THE ENSUING YEARS,
THE PEOPLE THAT USED TO WORK
IN THAT BUILDING--
BECAUSE THEIR LIVELIHOOD
HAS BEEN STRIPPED FROM THEM--
THE PEOPLE
THAT USED WORK THERE--
A NUMBER OF THEM WILL DIE.
THEY'LL DIE FROM SUICIDE.
THEY'LL DIE FROM SPOUSAL ABUSE.
THEY'LL DIE FROM DRUGS
AND ALCOHOLISM.
ALL THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS
THAT SURROUND PEOPLE
WHEN THEY BECOME UNEMPLOYED.
THOSE PEOPLE ARE J JT AS DEAD
AS THE PEOPLE IN OKLAHOMA CITY,
BUT WE DON'T CALL THE ACTIONS
OF THE COMPANY TERRORISM,
DO WE ?WE DON'T CALL THE COMPANY
A MURDERER.
BUT THOSE--
BUT I DO CONSIDER THIS AN ACT
OF ECONOMIC TERRORISM,
WHEN AT A TIME YOU'RE MAKING
A RECORD PROFIT, YOU WOULD THROW
PEOPLE OUT OF WORK...
JUST SO YOU CAN MAKE
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
[ Moore Narrating ]
BACK WHEN WE WERE IN CENTRALIA,
WE HAD PROMISED THE WORKERS...
AT PAYDAY THAT
WHEN WE GOT TO CHICAGO,
WE'D PAY THEIR OWNERS A VISIT.
[ Whistling ]
I-I'LL WRITE IT IN
FOR YOU.
OKAY.WE'RE JUST SUPPOSED
TO TAKE THIS
TO THE CHAIRMAN'S OFFICE--
SURPRISE.YOU'D BETTER CHECK WITH
THAT GIRL IN THERE BEFORE
YOU GO ANYWHERE.
OKAY.[ Woman ]
JIM, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED IN
HERE. YOU HAVE TO GET 'EM OUT.
[ Moore ] ...SURPRISE.
IT'S PAYDAY, FRIDAY.
WAIT A MINUTE.
I GOT A CHECK HERE FOR 65 CENTS
TO BUY THE LAST PAYDAY.
YEAH, BUT WHO SAID, YOU GUYS--
YOU COULD COME IN HERE ?
WE DID.WHO IS
MICHAEL MOORE ?
THAT'S ME.
I'M MICHAEL MOORE.
- ARE YOU SECURITY ?
- YEAH.[ Moore ]
HUH ?
[ Guard ] OUTSIDE.
WHAT ? WE CAN'T WAIT
IN HERE ?[ Woman ]
NO.
NO. OUTSIDE.
OH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
IF YOU DON'T,
WE'LL CALL THE POLICE.
CALL THE POLICE ?
YEAH.NO NEED TO CALL THE POLICE.
YOU CAN JUST GO OUTSIDE.
I'M BRINGING A PRESENT.
[ Man ]
LEAVE YOUR PRESENT
OUTSIDE THE DOOR.
YOU WANNA GET OUTSIDE
THE DOOR, PLEASE ? HUH ?
ARE THEY GONNA CALL UP ?
YEAH, HE DID CALL.
YOU'RE NOT-- YOU'RE NOT
ALLOWED IN HERE. OUTSIDE.
[ Man ]
YEAH, TAKE HIM OUTSIDE THE DOOR
AND WAIT THERE.
- AND WE WANT-- WE WANT--
- THE BOSS IS COMING TO MEET YOU
OUTSIDE THE DOOR.
THE BOSS IS
GONNA COME OUT ?
YEAH. OUTSIDE THE DOOR.
OKAY, GREAT.
A $20 MILLION PROFIT.
WILL YOU STEP OUTSIDE THE DOOR ?
YEAH, I KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.
[ Man ]
GO AND WAIT
OUTSIDE THE DOOR.
DON'T TAKE PICTURES
OF ME, NOW, OKAY ?
YOU AREN'T--
YOU WANNA GO OUTSIDE, SIR ?
[ Woman ]
HEY, HEY, HEY,
HEY, HEY. HEY.
WHAT THE HELL
ARE YOU DOING ?
[ Moore ]
THE BOSS IS COMING ?
IS HE COMING DOWN ? THE BOSS ?
IS HE COMING DOWN ?
[ Car Horn Honks ]
MICHAEL, THE GUY--
THE SUPPLIER THAT JUST LEFT--
HE TOLD ME-- FOR YOU TO SEE--
THE COMPANY WAS JUST SOLD
TO HERSHEY'S TODAY.
THIS COMPANY ?
YEAH. TODAY.
WAS SOLD TO HERSHEY'S ?
TODAY ?
TODAY.HERSHEY. TODAY.
THEY TOOK OVER LEAF,
NORTH AMERICA.
RIGHT ? OKAY,
I GOT THE RIGHT NAME NOW.
IS THE BOSS
COMING DOWN ?
NO ? YOU SAID
HE WAS COMING DOWN.
HE'S NOT COMING DOWN.
HE'S NOT COMING DOWN ?
WELL, YOU TRICKED US.
OH, MAN.
WE'VE BEEN HOODWINKED.
[ Sirens Wailing ]
[ Tires Screeching ]
POLICE ARE HERE.
LET'S-- HEADS UP.
HOW YOU DOING ?
GOOD.
I'M MICHAEL MOORE.
I'M MAKING A DOCUMENTARY FILM
FOR THE BBC, AND, UM--
[ Muttering ]
WHAT'S THAT ?
WE'VE BEEN ASKED
TO ASK YOU TO LEAVE.
TURN THAT OFF, PLEASE.
THEY MADE A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT
TODAY THAT HERSHEY IS TAKING
OVER LEAF.
SO ?AND--
WE JUST WANNA TALK
TO SOME--I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT
THEY DON'T WANNA TALK TO YOU,
AND THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.
WELL, THEY JUST HANDED OUT
A PRESS RELEASE.
WE'RE THE PRESS.
WE'LL LEAVE.
WE'RE NOT ON PUBLIC PROPERTY
IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THAT'S RIGHT.
CORRECT.
THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.
THAT'S CORRECT.
I ASKED YOU
TO TURN THAT OFF.
WE'LL LEAVE. TURN IT OFF.
YEAH, TURN OFF ALL THE STUFF.
THIS IS MICHAEL MOORE.
IF HE ASKS YOU AGAIN,
WE'RE GONNA CONFISCATE
THE EQUIPMENT.
ALL RIGHT, LOOK.
DON'T-- ALL EQUIPMENT,
OFF.ALL RIGHT ?
OFFICER, THERE'S NO REASON--
PUT AWAY THOSE HANDCUFFS.
[ Door Closing ]
"WAIT, WAIT." YOU KNOW--
"WHAT'S YOUR NAME ? LET ME SEE
YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE."
I SAID, "NO, NO, NO.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
WE'RE JUST--"
"THAT'S ENOUGH."
YOU KNOW, AND THE GUY'S GETTING
READY TO READ ME MY RIGHTS.
AND I SAID, "WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU CAN'T ARREST ME.
I'M ON A BOOK TOUR."
[ Audience Laughing ]
[ English Accent ]
I'M AN AUTHOR.
YOU CAN'T ARREST AUTHORS.
[ Chuckling ]
AND THE PRIVATE SECURITY GUY'S
GOING, "ARREST HIM. ARREST HIM.
"WE-WE TOLD HIM. WE TOLD HIM
GET OFF OUR PROPERTY,
AND HE REFUSED TO LEAVE.
HE'S TRESPASSING.
YEAH, ARREST HIM."
I'M GOING, "WAIT A MINUTE.
THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED.
THEY TOLD US TO COME OUTSIDE...
AND STAY HERE AND WAIT
FOR THE BOSS."
"NO, HE DIDN'T.
THAT'S A LIE. THAT'S A LIE."
OF COURSE, HE'D FORGOTTEN
ABOUT THE PEOPLE HE HAD PUSHED
OUT THE DOOR WITH ME.
AND SO I SAID TO THE OFFICER,
"OFFICER, LET'S ROLL
THE VIDEOTAPE."
[ All Laughing ]
[ Humming Western Theme ]
I AM SUPPOSED
TO KEEP THEM ON SCHEDULE.
YES. AND THANK GOD THE 2:00
APPOINTMENT WAS CANCELED TODAY,
OR ELSE WE WOULD BE IN TROUBLE.
YES, I AM, AND SOMETIMES
I'M NOT VERY POPULAR WITH THEM.
BECAUSE I HAVE TO BE A MEANIE.
[ Moore Narrating ]
WELL, SHE WASN'T REALLY
A MEANIE,BUT THIS WAS MY WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY, AND MY WIFE
HAD JUST FLOWN INTO TOWN.
I HAD TO FIND A WAY
TO LOSE THE ESCORT,
AND THEN I REMEMBERED SOMETHING
THAT RICK FROM CHEAP TRICK
HAD SUGGESTED.
WHAT YOU DO-- YOU ASK THEM
TO GO GET YOU SOME CIGARETTES.
THEN YOU CALL SECURITY.
AND WHILE THEY'RE OUT TRYING
TO GET YOU SOME CIGARETTES--
EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T SMOKE--
YEAH.
YOU CALL SECURITY AND SAY,
"THIS GUY, HE'S WEARING A SUIT."
AND YOU DESCRIBE HIM, 'CAUSE
YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU
LOOK-- WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE.
AND YOU SAY,
"I DON'T CARE WHAT HE SAYS.
"HE'S BOTHERING THE DAYLIGHTS
OUT OF ME, AND HE'S NUTS.
HE'S NUTS NO MATTER WHAT.
GET RID OF HIM."
THAT'LL WORK ?
OH, YEAH.
JUST TELL 'EM, LIKE,
HE'S A STALKER OR WHATEVER ?
- OH, YEAH. BUT YOU GOTTA BE
A LITTLE MEAN-SPIRITED.
- YEAH. THAT'LL BE HARD FOR ME.
- I DOUBT IT.
- [ Both Laughing ]
UM, CAN YOU GO GET ME,
UM, LIKE A, UH--
SOMETHING--
LIKE IF YOU GO THROUGH
THOSE DOORS OUT THERE,
I THINK THERE'S
A COKE MACHINE
OR SOMETHING.
RIGHT.
COFFEE DOWNSTAIRS.
COFFEE DOWNSTAIRS ?
YEAH, YOU HAVE TO GO OUT
THROUGH THOSE DOORS,
THOUGH, FIRST, RIGHT ?
YEAH.
OKAY, GO OUT THROUGH
THOSE DOORS AND GET ME
ONE OF THOSE.
OKAY. COFFEE ?
THANKS A LOT.
COFFEE'S GREAT. THANKS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ Chattering ]
UM, YES-- I WOULD SAY YES.
SHE'S CONSTANTLY
THREATENING ME,
AND YOU CAN SEE SHE HAS
THAT STALKER LOOK IN HER EYES.
OKAY, SO YOU DON'T WANT HER
ANYWHERE NEAR YOU ?
NO. AND IF YOU SEE HER
AROUND HERE--
YEAH, SHE MIGHT BE WEARING
EXACTLY WHAT'S
IN THAT PHOTOGRAPH.
OKAY.EXCUSE ME, MA'AM. COULD YOU
PLEASE PUT THE COFFEE OVER HERE,
RIGHT BY THE TABLE, PLEASE ?
I NEED YOU TO LEAVE
THE BUILDING RIGHT AWAY,
OKAY ?
WHY ?I NEED YOU
TO LEAVE THE BUILDING.
THEY'RE TAKING HER AWAY.
HOW IS
HE GONNA GET BACK ?
PLEASE WALK THIS WAY.
OKAY.
OH, WAIT A MINUTE--
NOW, OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, WE SHOULD
TELL HER NOW.
IT'S JUST A JOKE.
UH-OH. UH-OH. OH, MY--
WHERE IS HE TAKING HER ?
OH, GOD. OH, MY--
ALL RIGHT, HERE.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
HANG ON ONE SECOND, ALL RIGHT ?
[ All Laughing ]
YOU'RE A SICK INDIVIDUAL.
WE ONLY DO THIS
TO PEOPLE WE LOVE.
GET OVER THERE.
GO SIGN YOUR BOOKS.
YOU SEE, SHE'S RIGHT BACK
TO ORDERING ME AGAIN. SEE ?
[ Country And Western ]
[ Moore Narrating ]
YOU KNOW WHAT I HATE
ABOUT BEING IN THESE AIRPORTS ?
ALWAYS HAVING TO STEP ASIDE
FOR THOSE BEEPING CARTS...
BECAUSE SOMEONE WHO'S PERFECTLY
CAPABLE OF WALKING TO THE PLANE
IS GETTING A FREE RIDE.
GONE 500 MILES
BEFORE THE DAY IS DONE
I GOT A BAD CASE
OF THE HOMESICK
TRUCK DRIVER BLUES
[ Moore ] WOULD YOU TELL US WHY
13,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LAID OFF
HERE SINCE 1993...
AT A TIME OF RECORD PROFITS,
WHEN YOU'VE MADE
ABOUT $6 BILLION ?
WELL, WE WANTED TO KEEP
THIS COMPANY COMPETITIVE,
THAT WE NEEDED
TO DO SOMETHING
TODAY AND NOW...
IN ORDER TO ENSURE
THAT THIS COMPANY STAYED
HEALTHY AND PROFITABLE.
RIGHT. BUT IT'S OBVIOUS
THAT YOU'RE HEALTHY
AND YOU'RE PROFITABLE.
IT'S $6 BILLION.
THAT'S A HUGE PROFIT.
NO, THAT'S NOT CORRECT.
THAT'S NOT THE, UH--
SIX BILLION'S NOT HUGE ?
[ Together ]
THAT'S NOT OUR PROFITS.
THAT'S THE PROFIT.
NO, IT'S NOT.
WELL, WHAT IS THE PROFIT
SINCE 1993 ?
IT'S, UM--
YOU'RE TALKING
ANNUAL PROFITS ?
YES, ANNUAL PROFITS
SINCE 1993.
OH. SINCE '93.
OH. IF YOU TOTAL IT,
YES, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE--
YEAH.THAT'S WHEN THE LAYOFFS STARTED.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
DURING THAT TIME OF LAYOFFS,
YOU MADE, TAKE HOME,
$6 BILLION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS OF
REHIRING ANY OF THESE PEOPLE NOW
THAT YOU'VE MADE $6 BILLION...
IN THE LAST THREE YEARS ?
WELL, WE ARE A COMPANY
THAT IS PROMOTION FROM WITHIN,
SO WE ARE ALWAYS HIRING
BECAUSE OF--
NO, THE PEOPLE
WHO LOST THEIR JOBS--
ARE YOU GONNA BRING THEM BACK ?
WE CAN'T SAY WHAT WE WOULD DO
AS FAR AS ANYBODY--
ARE YOU DOING WELL ?
SURE, WE'RE DOING WELL.
SO, WHY NOT SHARE THE WEALTH
A LITTLE HERE ?
IT'S GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY,
DON'T YOU THINK ?
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT
A LAW THAT PROHIBITS
PROCTER AND GAMBLE...
FROM LAYING PEOPLE OFF
WHEN THEY'RE MAKING A PROFIT ?
I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO REALLY
BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THAT KIND
OF LEGISLATION AT THIS POINT.
A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT
FOR THE PROCTER AND GAMBLE
CORPORATION:
SUCCESS IN DOWNSIZING.
CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND CALL US IF WE COULD--
CALL US IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS,
AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO, UH--
ALL RIGHT. I WILL
DEFINITELY CALL YOU. OKAY,
DO WE HAVE YOUR CARD SO WE CAN--
I DON'T HAVE A CARD WITH ME.
A PHONE NUMBER ?
DO YOU HAVE A CARD ?
I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL.
NO, I DON'T HAVE A CARD EITHER.
WHO'S GOT A CARD ?
WHO'S GOT A CARD ?
EVERYTHING ON ME HAS
BEEN LAUNDERED IN TIDE.
THANK YOU.
AND THE TIDE THAT HAS
THE LITTLE BIT OF BLEACH IN IT ?
MM-HMM ?I THINK THAT'S GREAT
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T, LIKE,
CREATE THOSE WHITE SPOTS...
THAT SOME OF YOUR COMPETITORS
CREATE IN THEIR PRODUCTS.
ANOTHER TECHNOLOGY
WE'VE PUT INTO TIDE
THAT IS VERY EFFECTIVE...
IS, UM, COLOR GUARD.
COLOR GUARD ?
SO THAT WHEN YOU WASH YOUR DARK
COLORS, THEY'RE NOT GONNA FADE.
SEE, I'M THE KIND OF GUY--
'CAUSE MY WIFE COMPLAINS
ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME--
I REFUSE TO SEPARATE WHITES
FROM COLORS. YOU KNOW, I JUST
THROW THEM ALL IN AT ONCE.
AND I SAY TIDE-- YOU CAN DO
THAT WITH TIDE. IT WILL NOT
BLEED THE COLOR OF THE SHIRT.
AND SHE'S GOING, "NO, NO."
SHE'LL NEVER LET ME PUT
HER UNDERWEAR IN THERE.
ALL RIGHT. WELL,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU. TAKE CARE.
THAT'S MY PEN RIGHT THERE.
[ Man ]
BBC, THE BROADBANK
BURBCASTING CORPORATION.
I WANNA TALK ALSO--
IN THE BOOK, YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT
AMERICA NEEDS IS A MAKEOVER.
WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS,
I'LL BE HONEST, MICHAEL,
I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW,
IS THIS RIGHT TO CHANGE THINGS
IN AMERICA ?
I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN--
SO LONG, WE'VE HAD
THE SAME THINGS.
WE'VE LOOKED UP TO THE FLAG.
WE'VE LOOKED UP TO THE SYMBOLS
OF THIS COUNTRY.
AND YOU WANT TO CHANGE THEM.
THEN I GOT INTO IT A LITTLE BIT,
AND I DO HAVE TO ADMIT
YOU DO MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY, "LOOK,
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG
WITH A LITTLE P.R. MOVE HERE...
NO, THAT'S ALL THIS IS.
...TO IMPROVE OUR IMAGE."
FIRST OF ALL, THE NAME.
YOU KNOW, THE NAME IS SO BORING.
IT'S JUST A DESCRIPTION.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
I MEAN, THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY DID
OVER IN ENGLAND. THEY CALLED
THEMSELVES GREAT BRITAIN.
THEY DID.
YOU KNOW--
[ Booming Voice ]
GREAT BRITAIN.
YOU KNOW ?
BOY, YOU KNOW, THAT DOES
HAVE A BETTER FEEL TO IT.
YEAH, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING
THERE'S NOTHING GREAT
ABOUT THEM. IT'S THE MARKETING.
YOU GET THE WORD "GREAT"
IN THERE, YOU KNOW ?
BUT YOU PUT THAT
ON A BATTLESHIP. YOU KNOW,
IT'S COMING INTO HARBOR.
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW,
THE NATIVES ARE GOING,
"WHOA, RUN AWAY !"
"GREAT."
"GREAT."
[ Booming Voice ]
UNITED KINGDOM. UNITED KINGDOM.
IT'S NOT A KINGDOM. IT'S JUST
A DINKY LITTLE ISLAND.
[ Disk Jockey ]
THE UNITED STATES, WHAT ARE WE ?
IT WOULD BE LIKE IF THE BRITISH
CALLED THEMSELVES A BUNCH OF
LITTLE DISTRICTS ON AN ISLAND.
YEAH.
[ Weak Voice ]
WE'RE THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA, YOU KNOW ?
YOU'RE RIGHT.
LET'S KNOCK THAT OFF.
WHAT WOULD WE CHANGE
IT TO ?
THE BIG ONE.
THE BIG ONE.
THE BIG ONE ?
YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY SAYS,
"WHERE YOU FROM ?"
"I'M FROM THE BIG ONE."
AND IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT,
BITE THE BIG ONE.
AND A NEW SLOGAN TOO, INSTEAD
OF, YOU KNOW, "IN GOD WE TRUST."
LET'S NOT SAY THAT ANYMORE.
LET'S CHANGE OUR NEW SLOGAN TO--
UNTIL WE MEASURE UP
TO GOD.EXACTLY. EXACTLY.
SO A NEW SLOGAN I'M SUGGESTING:
"IN BY TEN, OUT BY TWO."
- [ All Laughing ]
- [ Disk Jockey ]
THAT'S PRETTY GOOD, I GUESS.
ANY OTHERS ?
"AMERICA-- A REALLY GOOD PLACE
FOR A THICK, JUICY STEAK."
THAT DOESN'T GET IT
A SECOND TIME AROUND.
I LIKE THIS TOO.
"OUR CITIZENS ARE ARMED,
AND THEY LIKE TO SHOOT."
MAN, IT'S HARD TO BEAT THAT.
IT'S HARD TO BEAT THAT.
SEE ?SEE, THEN YOU DON'T NEED
TO SPEND SO MUCH ON DEFENSE...
IF YOU JUST HAVE A GOOD SLOGAN
THAT SCARES PEOPLE.
MM-HMM. AND A NEW SYMBOL
FOR THE COUNTRY.
YOU TALKED ABOUT A NEW SYMBOL.
IT WAS YOUR DAUGHTER, I THINK,
THAT LIKED THE IDEA OF--
WE HAVE THE BALD EAGLE.
RIGHT ? WE HAVE THE BALD EAGLE
NOW. AND WE'RE GOING, HEY, HAVE
YOU EVER SEEN A BALD EAGLE ?
I'VE NEVER SEEN A BALD EAGLE.
ANYBODY EVER SEEN A BALD EAGLE ?
NOT IN PERSON.
I'VE NEVER SEEN A BALD EAGLE.
YOU KNOW ? MY DAUGHTER SAYS,
"HEY, HOW ABOUT A BALD MAN ?"
I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THEM.
A BALD MAN-- THAT'S A SYMBOL
FOR AMERICA.
[ Disk Jockey ]
EVERYBODY WANTS TO CHANGE
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
I'VE GOT AN IDEA. VERY SIMPLE.
VERY SIMPLE. WE ALL KNOW IT.
WE SING IT AT THE BALL GAME.
"WE WILL, WE WILL,
ROCK YOU." HUH ?
YOU STAND UP,
HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
WE WILL, WE WILL, ROCK YOU
WE WILL, WE WILL, ROCK YOU
[ Audience Cheering ]
THANK YOU !
WE WILL, WE WILL
ROCK YOU WE WILL, WE WILL
ROCK YOUATTENTION, KMART SHOPPERS:
THIS IS A GREENLIGHT SPECIAL
AT GENERAL MOTORS.
[ Moore ]
HEY, IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR ROBOT
JUST WENT ON STRIKE.
YES.
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
RAISE THE CAMERAS.
YOU GOT SOME LEMON PLEDGE,
I CAN TRY AND TAKE CARE
OF THE TABLE.
WHOA. NOT BAD.
DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR
FIRST VOTE, MR. WILLIAMS ?
UH, IT WAS IN 1980
FOR RONALD REAGAN.
IT'S A PROUD MOMENT.
AND YOU'VE NEVER USED
ANY DRUGS ?
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD CALL
APPLE RIGHT NOW SO YOU COULD DO
A COMMERCIAL FOR THEM.
[ Shouting ]
I DROVE OVER MY LAPTOP.
[ Continues ]
OH, MY GOD,
GENERAL MOTORS !
SELL, SELL !
IT'S GOING UP JUST
AS YOU'RE TALKING HERE.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
[ Shouting ]
HEY, NO WONDER NO ONE VOTES.
I MEAN, THE RICHEST ONE PERCENT
GOT TWO POLITICAL PARTIES.
THERE THEY ARE.
AND WE GOT NONE.
THAT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR.
WE NEED OUR-- HEY, WAIT.
WE NEED OUR OWN PARTY.
AND GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF THIS TRUTH !
[ Announcer ] CONGRESSMAN
DORNAN, WHO WAS DEFEATED
IN HIS REELECTION BID LAST WEEK,
HAS FILED CHARGES CLAIMING
ILLEGAL MEXICANS VOTED FOR
HIS OPPONENT, LORETTA SANCHEZ.
TODAY, FILMMAKER MICHAEL MOORE
VISITED THE OFFICES
OF THE ORANGE COUNTRY REGISTRAR,
AND CITING CALIFORNIA
ELECTION CODE SECTION 2208,
HE FILED CHARGES CLAIMING
THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR DORNAN
WERE INSANE.
PERMANENTE !
...TO SEE THE KAISER !
WE WANT TO SEE THE KAISER !
WE WANT TO SEE THE KAISER !
[ Audience Applauding ]
HELLO. [ Shouting ]
I'M ON A CAMPAIGN, ACTUALLY,
TO GET JESSE HELMS PUT
IN PRISON THIS YEAR.
[ Audience Laughing,
Applauding ]
WILL YOU JOIN ME
IN THIS EFFORT ?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE IT
SO MUCH.
YOU OKAY ?
I HOPE SO.
[ Moore Narrating ]
AFTER VISITING 47 CITIES
IN 50 DAYS,
I WAS ON MY WAY TO PORTLAND,
OREGON, MY LAST STOP
AND THE HOME OF NIKE,
THE LARGEST SHOE MANUFACTURER
IN THE WORLD.
NIKE CHAIRMAN PHIL KNIGHT
WAS NAMED IN MY BOOK AS ONE
OF MY FAVORITE CORPORATE CROOKS.
NIKE MAKES MOST
OF THEIR SHOES IN INDONESIA...
USING TEENAGE GIRLS
AND PAYING THEM LESS
THAN 40 CENTS AN HOUR.
THE COMPANY HAS
THE BACKING OF INDONESIA'S
BRUTAL MILITARY REGIME,
WHICH HAS COMMITTED GENOCIDE
IN EAST TIMOR.
NIKE MAKES NO SHOES
IN AMERICA.
[ Crowd Chanting ]
SHAME ON YOU ! SHAME ON YOU !
WHEN I ARRIVED IN PORTLAND,
I FOUND THE LOCAL CITIZENS
PRETTY UPSET...
ABOUT THE SITUATION.
[ Crowd Chanting ]
...CAN KISS MY BUTT.
PHIL KNIGHT CAN KISS MY BUTT.
[ Moore ]
UH-OH, NIKE HAS SENT IN
THE PORTLAND POLICE.
OFFICER, I WEAR A SIZE 11E.
THANK YOU.
[ Radio Theme ]
[ Disk Jockey ]
MICHAEL MOORE'S MY GUEST.
AND HIS NEW BOOK IS
DOWNSIZE THIS!
AND LET'S GO TO KEITH IN--
KEITH IN NIKE.
WHO'S THIS ?
KEITH PETERS ?
[ Man ]
THAT'S ME.
DO YOU WORK FOR NIKE,
KEITH ?
YEAH.OH, OKAY.
WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION
FOR MICHAEL ?
WELL, YOU KNOW,
I'M A BIG FAN OF MICHAEL
AND I THINK THE MOVIE WAS GREAT,
AND HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME
WALKING AROUND MICHIGAN
LOOKING FOR ROGER,
AND I SAY,
"YEAH, COME ON OUT."
[ Moore ] REALLY ?
YEAH.
IS PHIL THERE ?
YEAH.
AND HE WANTS
TO SEE MICHAEL ?
YEAH.BINGO.
[ Moore ] WHOA.
BINGO.ARE YOU SERIOUS ?
IS THIS A PRANK CALL ?
I'M SERIOUS. COME ON OUT.
WE'LL TALK MOVIES.
WE'LL TALK WHATEVER
YOU WANT TO.
[ Moore Narrating ]
I COULDN'T BELIEVE THE CHAIRMAN
OF NIKE WAS GRANTING ME A VISIT.
I WAS MET AT THE DOOR
BY P.R. DIRECTOR KEITH PETERS,
WHO WARNED ME
THAT PHIL KNIGHT'S WIFE
HAD GIVEN PHIL MY BOOK...
AS HER WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
PRESENT TO HIM...
WITH HIS FACE CIRCLED.
THIS WAS NOT THE WAY I WANTED
TO MEET THE FIRST C.E.O. WILLING
TO TALK TO ME.
HEY.
HOW YOU DOING ?
GOOD.THANKS FOR HAVING ME
IN HERE. I APPRECIATE IT.
NO, IT'LL BE FUN.
I GOT A LITTLE GIFT FOR YOU,
'CAUSE I ALWAYS COME
BEARING GIFTS...
WHENEVER I GET TO MEET A C.E.O.,
WHICH I'LL TELL YOU
ISN'T THAT OFTEN.
THEN YOU DON'T HAVE
TO TAKE TOO MANY GIFTS.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
NO, NO, NO.
THIS IS A GOOD ONE.
YOU'LL LIKE THIS ONE.
I'VE GOT HERE TWO TICKETS,
ONE IN MY NAME AND ONE
IN YOUR NAME,
FOR YOU AND I TO GO
TO INDONESIA TOGETHER,
ALL RIGHT ?
AND YOU SHOW ME
THOSE FACTORIES, YOU EXPLAIN
THIS TO ME, RIGHT--
WHAT WAS THE DATE
ON THOSE TICKETS ?
SUNDAY.OH, NO,
NOT A CHANCE.
NOT A CHANCE.
HUH ? NO ?
NO.
BUT THEY'RE TRANSFERRABLE.
I CAN CHANGE IT TO ANOTHER DAY.
NO, AND I'LL TELL YOU--
SERIOUSLY. LOOK AT THIS.
MICHAEL MOORE--
I GOT IT RIGHT HERE
IN YOUR NAME HERE--
AND PHIL KNIGHT.
PHIL KNIGHT.
LOOK AT THIS. YOU AND ME
ON SINGAPORE AIRLINES.
NO, NO. I'M NOT--
I'M NOT GOING.
IT'S A GOOD AIRLINE.
YEAH, IT'S A GRERE AIRLINE.
HERE, SIT BACK DOWN.
WE GOTTA NEGOTIATE THIS DEAL.
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
HAVE YOU BEEN THERE ?
I'VE NEVER BEEN
TO INDONESIA.
OH, YOU'VE GOTTA GO.
NO, I CAN'T GO BETWEEN NOW
AND THE REST OF THIS YEAR.
YOUR WIFE.
REMEMBER THE WIFE
THAT GAVE YOU THE BOOK ?
MY WIFE MAY MAKE ME GO.
THAT'S WHY I WON'T TELL HER
ABOUT IT.YOU SHOULD TELL HER
MICHAEL MOORE CAME IN HERE
WITH A FREE TICKET.
THIS IS A FREE TICKET.
PHIL !ANOTHER ANNIVERSARY PRESENT.
IT'S A FREE TICKET
TO INDONESIA.
I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I MEAN, BASICALLY,
YOU'VE GOT, UH, YOU KNOW,
AN UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRY
WITH A-A REPRESSIVE REGIME.
AND THE WAY THEY PULL THEMSELVES
OUT OF THIS THING IS BY HAVING--
I THINK TRADE HELPS US.
THAT'S A SEPARATE DISCUSSION
FROM AN AMERICAN COMPANY...
GOING INTO INDONESIA
AND WORKING
WITH A REGIME...
THAT KILLED 200,000 PEOPLE.
THAT'S ALMOST A FORM
OF GENOCIDE.
I KNOW THAT THAT'S GOT
TO BOTHER YOU.
I DON'T KNOW YOU
PERSONALLY, BUT I KNOW
YOU HAVE A CONSCIENCE.
[ Exhales ]
WELL, I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T
APPROVE OF ANY OF THAT SORT
OF THING.BUT, BASICALLY-- I MEAN,
HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE KILLED
IN THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION ?
HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH ?
YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH
IF YOU ARE A BILLIONAIRE ?
WOULDN'T IT BE OKAY TO BE
JUST A HALF A BILLIONAIRE ?
WOULDN'T IT BE OKAY
FOR YOUR COMPANY TO MAKE
A LITTLE LESS MONEY...
IF IT MEANT PROVIDING SOME JOBS
HERE IN THIS COUNTRY ?
NO, BUT I MEAN--
NO, JUST THINK ABOUT THIS.
NO, I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LOT,
AND I'LL GIVE YOU
THE ANSWER TO IT.
BASICALLY, WHAT DRIVES ME
IS NOT MONEY. I'M NOT IN THIS
FOR MONEY ANYMORE.
RIGHT.I'VE GOT ENOUGH. BASICALLY,
WHAT I WANT TO DO BEFORE I GO
TO THAT GREAT SHOE FACTORY...
IN THE SKY IS MAKE THIS
AS GOOD A COMPANY
AS I CAN MAKE IT.
I SIMPLY HAVE A BASIC BELIEF,
HAVING BEEN BURNED ON IT ONCE...
AND REALLY BELIEVING THIS VERY
STRONGLY THAT AMERICANS DO NOT
WANT TO MAKE SHOES.
SO--THEY DON'T WANT TO MAKE SHOES.
THAT ISN'T THEIR AMBITION.
THAT'S FINE.
IF I COULD FIND--
IF I COULD FIND 500 PEOPLE
IN FLINT, MICHIGAN...
WHO WANNA MAKE SHOES,
WILL YOU OPEN THE FACTORY ?
I DIDN'T SAY THEY DIDN'T WANT
TO MAKE SHOES. I THINK
THEY DON'T WANT THOSE JOBS.
NO, IF THEY DO.
IF THEY WILL WORK THOSE JOBS,
WILL YOU COME TO FLINT ?
[ Chuckling ]
WELL, YOU'LL HAVE TO CONVINCE ME
THAT THEY WANNA MAKE SHOES...
IF I CAN DO THAT--
AND CAN DO SO
REASONABLY ECONOMICALLY.
YES. NOW, THEY WON'T WORK
FOR FIVE DOLLARS A DAY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT REASONABLY ECONOMICALLY,
WITHOUT--
I WILL-- I WILL EXPLORE IT.
YOU WILL DO THAT ?
I DIDN'T SAY I'D COME.
I SAID I'LL EXPLORE IT.
YOU'LL EXPLORE IT.
SERIOUSLY, NOW ?
WITH SINCERITY.
WITH SINCERITY.
OH, I'LL SHAKE YOUR HAND
FOR THAT.ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
FILMMAKER MICHAEL MOORE
IS URGING THE WORLD'S LARGEST
ATHLETIC SHOE COMPANY...
TO OPEN A FACTORY,
A FACTORY IN FLINT.
MICHAEL CHASTISED THE CHAIRMAN
OF NIKE, PHILIP KNIGHT,
CRITICIZING THE COMPANY
FOR MAKING MOST OF ITS SHOES
IN INDONESIA.
SO MOORE HAS COME HOME
TO CONVINCE KNIGHT.
HE'S STAGING AN EVENT TOMORROW
IN FRONT OF CITY HALL.
SO TOMORROW AT NOON,
I WANNA PROVE HIM WRONG.
I WANT THE PEOPLE OF FLINT
WHO WOULD LIKE TO WORK,
WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A JOB
AT NIKE, TO COME HERE AND STAND
IN FRONT OF CITY HALL.
I'LL HAVE MY FILM CREW HERE.
DRESS WARM.
AND WE'LL MAKE A VIDEO MESSAGE
TO HIM AND SHOW HIM THAT
THE PEOPLE OF FLINT,
IF THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO WORK, WOULD CERTAINLY WORK.
[ Chanting ]
WE NEED JOBS ! WE NEED JOBS !
WE NEED JOBS !
WE NEED JOBS !
FLINT NEEDS JOBS !
FLINT NEEDS JOBS !
FLINT NEEDS JOBS !
FLINT NEEDS JOBS !
FLINT NEEDS JOBS !
FLINT NEEDS JOBS !
MR. KNIGHT, I'M 37 YEARS OLD.
FOR 25 YEARS,
I'VE BEEN WEARING NIKE.
IF NIKE MEANS THAT MUCH TO ME,
FLINT SHOULD MEAN
THAT MUCH TO YOU.
IF YOU DON'T MAKE 'EM HERE,
WE SHOULDN'T BUY 'EM.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN FLINT
AND ALL OVER MICHIGAN
THAT NEED JOBS,
BUT ESPECIALLY IN FLINT,
AND I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.
IF I CAN BUY MY SON
THESE AIR JORDANS
AND HE CAN WEAR 'EM,
YOU BEST BELIEVE
I WILL HELP YOU MAKE 'EM.
COME TO FLINT.
[ Onlookers ]
ALL RIGHT !
WE'RE HARD WORKERS IN THIS AREA.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING A LONG TIME.
FIVE GENERATIONS,
FOUR GENERATIONS OF HARD WORKERS
PUTTIN' CARS TOGETHER.
WE CAN PUT TOGETHER
YOUR TENNIS SHOE.
PLEASE GIVE US A CHANCE.
THANK YOU.
VERY IMPRESSIVE.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK ?
I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT DON'T HAVE JOBS
WILL TAKE ANY JOB,
BUT THAT GIVEN CHOICE,
THAT AMERICANS REALLY DON'T WANT
TO WORK IN SHOE FACTORIES.
I STILL BELIEVE THAT.
NO, BUT I JUST SHOWED
YOU THESE PEOPLE HERE.
YEAH, THEY SAID THAT. AND I
THINK ANY UNEMPLOYED PERSON WILL
SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE ANY JOB.
I MEAN, BASICALLY,
YOU KNOW, FLINT ISN'T
ON OUR RADAR SCREEN RIGHT NOW...
AS FAR AS A WAREHOUSE
OR A SALES OFFICE.
[ Groans ]
WOULD YOU DO IT AS
A PERSONAL FAVOR TO ME ?
[ Chuckles ] NO.
[ Moore Narrating ]
PHIL SWORE HE WOULD NEVER BUILD
A FACTORY IN FLINT.
BUT HE DID PRESENT ME WITH
THE ONLY AMERICAN MADE PAIR OF
NIKE SHOES, BUILT JUST FOR ME.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT--
HOW 'BOUT THIS ? WHY DON'T YOU
AND I HAVE A RACE ?
NO, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A RACE.
THAT WAS SUGGESTED ALREADY.
NO, WE'LL DO--
NO, HOW 'BOUT THIS ?
WE'LL DO A 100-YARD DASH,
YOU AND ME, RIGHT ?
AND-AND IF YOU WIN,
I-I'LL ALWAYS WEAR THESE NIKES
WHEREVER I GO, ON EVERY TV SHOW,
WHATEVER.IF I WIN, YOU HAVE
TO BUILD THE SHOE FACTORY
IN FLINT, MICHIGAN.
[ Chuckling ]
NO, THERE'S NO RACE.
HOW ABOUT ARM WRESTLING ?
COME ON. COME ON.
NO, I'M NOT GONNA ARM WRESTLE.
YOU WOULD WIN THAT ONE.
NO, NO.
DON'T ASSUME THAT.
NO, I'M NOT GONNA
ARM WRESTLE YOU.
IF YOU WIN--
IF YOU WIN, I'LL WEAR
THOSE NIKE SHOES FOREVER.
NO, NO, NO.
BUT IF I WIN, WE GOTTA
MAKE SOME JOBS IN FLINT.
WE'RE NOT ARM WRESTLING.
COME ON, PHIL.
[ Moore Narrating ]
I ISSUED PHIL
ONE LAST CHALLENGE:
TO CONTRIBUTE MONEY
TO THE SCHOOLS OF FLINT.
IT'S VERY UNLIKELY THAT
I WOULD MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO
THE FLINT SCHOOLS IN THE FUTURE.
IF I MADE THE CONTRIBUTION,
WOULD YOU MATCH ME ?
UM--I'LL CONTRIBUTE $10,000 TO DO
THAT FOR THE FLINT SCHOOL SYSTEM
IF YOU'LL DO THAT.
I WILL MATCH YOU.
YOU'LL MATCH ME.
I WILL.WELL, I'LL SHAKE YOUR HAND
FOR THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY.YES, YOU'RE WELCOME.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
GEEZ, TEN GRAND.
[ Chuckling ]
YOU'RE THE ONE--
YOUR STOCK
WENT UP $3 BILLION LAST YEAR.
I GOT TEN GRAND
OUT OF YOU.
[ Moore Narrating ]
WELL, HEY, IT'S SOMETHING,
RIGHT ?AND I KNOW WHAT MOST OF YOU ARE
THINKING: I SURE WOULD'VE LIKED
TO HAVE SEEN THAT FOOTRACE.
WELL, MAYBE NEXT MOVIE.
MEANWHILE, BACK IN MY NECK
OF THE WOODS IN THE MIDWEST,
THERE WAS SOME PRETTY GOOD NEWS.
THE PEOPLE AT THE BORDERS
IN DES MOINES HAD VOTED IN
THE UNION.
YES ! YES !
IT-IT'S SORT OF STUNNING
AFTER YOU DO SOMETHING
FOR SO LONG.
IT'S SORT OF HARD...
TO ALL OF A SUDDEN
START THINKING
ANY OTHER WAY.
BUT TOMORROW MORNING--
WE'LL PROBABLY ALL SLEEP
THE SLEEP OF THE DEAD TONIGHT.
[ Chuckling ]
THAT'LL BE GREAT.
[ Moore Narrating ]
AND IN SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA:
WE JUST GOT THE WORD.
THE FINAL VOTE WAS 26-20.
WE GOT A UNION.
[ Laughing, Whooping ]
THERE YOU GO.
SWELL MY CHEST
TO FULL SIZE.
I'M GONNA RUN OVER
TO ACME AND LET SOMEONE
OVER THERE KNOW.
OKAY.[ Moore Narrating ]
THE BORDERS WORKERS WERE
SO HAPPY, THEIR FIRST THOUGHT...
WAS TO RUN ACROSS THE STREET TO
TELL THE GROCERY STORE BAGGERS
THE GOOD NEWS.
IT KIND OF GAVE ME
A GOOD FEELING,
THEM REALIZING EVERYONE WAS
SORT OF IN THE SAME BOAT,
AND IF THINGS
ARE GONNA GET BETTER,
IT'S GONNA HAPPEN RIGHT HERE.
THESE COMPANIES--
BIG BUSINESS, RIGHT ?
THEY HAD US TALKING THAT TALK
FOR SO LONG-- FREE ENTERPRISE,
FREE MARKET, CAPITALISM--
WHEN THEY WERE THE LAST ONES
TO BELIEVE IN IT.
I MEAN, IT'S-IT'S ALL
SO WEIRD, ISN'T IT ?
NOW-NOW WE'RE AT A POINT
IN OUR HISTORY...
WHERE WE HAVE ONE CANDIDATE,
ONE PARTY, ONE COMPANY.
[ Audience Laughing ]
I LIKE TO SAY
ONE EVIL EMPIRE DOWN,
ONE TO GO.
[ Audience Clapping ]
I'VE TRAVELED EVERY ROAD
IN THIS HERE LAND
I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE, MAN
I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE, MAN
ACROSS THE DESERTS BARE, MAN
I'VE BREATHED
THE MOUNTAIN AIR, MAN
OF TRAVEL
I'VE HAD MY SHARE, MAN
I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE
I'VE BEEN TO RENO, CHICAGO
FARGO, MINNESOTA, BUFFALO
TORONTO, WINSLOW, SARASOTA
WICHITA, TULSA, OTTAWA
OKLAHOMA--
DID YOU HEAR THE STORY
ABOUT LAST NIGHT--
TURN IT OFF NOW.
LAST-- THE STORY LAST NIGHT
IN THE HOTEL ?
ABOUT THE NAKED MAN ?
I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE, MAN
I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE, MAN
I LOOK OUT THE PEEPHOLE,
AND THERE IS A STARK NAKED MAN--
I MEAN BUTT NAKED, NOTHING ON--
BANGING ON MY DOOR.
AND MY-- THE FIRST THOUGHT THAT
GOES THROUGH MY HEAD IS, "THIS
IS HOW IT'S ALL GOING TO END."
[ Audience Laughing
Hysterically ]
GENERAL MOTORS HAS SENT
A NAKED MAN.
THEY DON'T--
THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE
THE DECENCY TO SEND
THE ASSASSIN WITH CLOTHES ON.
I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE, MAN
ACROSS THE DESERTS BARE, MAN
I'VE BREATHED
THE MOUNTAIN AIR, MAN
[ Moore ] AND IF 12-YEAR-OLDS
ARE WORKING IN THESE FACTORIES,
THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU ?
THERE ARE NOT 12-YEAR-OLDS
WORKING IN THE FACTORY.
HOW OLD ?BASICALLY, MINIMUM AGE IS 14.
WELL, HOW 'BOUT 14 THEN ?
WELL, DOESN'T THAT
BOTHER YOU ?
NO. SHEFFERVILLE, JACKSONVILLE
WATERVILLE, COSTA RICA
PITTSFIELD
SPRINGFIELD, BAKERSFIELD
SHREVEPORT, HACKENSACK
CADILLAC--
[ Woman ]
YOU SHOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
IT WOULD SEND A MESSAGE.
[ Audience Laughing ]
WHAT WOULD BE THE MESSAGE ?
"EAT OUT MORE OFTEN" ?
NO. I'M A BAD EXAMPLE.
I BREATHE
THE MOUNTAIN AIR, MAN
- OF TRAVEL
I'VE HAD MY SHARE, MAN
- I DON'T GIVE A FUCK...
ABOUT YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU.
I'VE BEEN TO PITTSBURGH
PARKESBURG, GRAVELLBURG
COLORADO, ELLENSBURG
REXBURG, VICKSBURG, EL DORADO
LARIMORE, ATMORE
HAVERSTRAW, CHATTANIKA--
AND I THINK I CAN SAY OF
THE POOR LITTLE
INDONESIAN WORKERS:
COME BACK IN FIVE YEARS, THEY'LL
PROBABLY BE-- ONE OF THEM WILL
PROBABLY BE YOUR LANDLORD.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ?
I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE, MAN
ACROSS THE DESERTS BARE, MAN
I BREATHE
THE MOUNTAIN AIR, MAN
OF TRAVEL
I'VE HAD MY SHARE, MAN
AH, AH, AH.
YEAH, YOU'RE POINTING
RIGHT TO YOUR UVULA,
BASICALLY.
MM-HMM. I THOUGHT GUYS
DIDN'T HAVE THOSE.
I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE
NO, I-I THINK
YOU'RE WASTING BATTERIES,
ACTUALLY.I MEAN, AND DAVID
WITH HIS ONLY ONE BATTERY--
BRIAN, WILL YOU BACK OFF ?
YOU SEEM REALLY UPSET.
WELL, I CAN'T SHOOT.
I DON'T HAVE THE BATTERY.
JUST RELAX. THE BATTERIES
ARE CHARGING UPSTAIRS.
SO WE NEED--
WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED,
A TRIPOD ?
I REALLY WANTED THIS
TO HAVE A HAPPY ENDING.
WELL, I THINK--
I REALLY WANTED YOU TO,
AT THE END OF THE FILM, SAY,
"I'M A LITTLE DIFFERENT
THAN WHAT'S GOING ON HERE
IN CORPORATE AMERICA."
YOU KNOW,
"I CARE ABOUT THE FACT
THAT AMERICANS NEED JOBS.
"I CARE ABOUT THE FACT
THAT INDONESIANS NEED
A LIVEABLE WAGE...
"AND THAT KIDS
SHOULDN'T BE WORKING
IN THESE FACTORIES...
"AND THAT I'M GOING TO BE
A MAN OF CONSCIENCE
AND A LEADER...
AND DO SOMETHING
ABOUT IT."
THAT-THAT'S THE ENDING
I WANTED FOR THIS MOVIE.
THAT'S WHAT I REALLY
WAS HOPING FOR HERE. AND--
AND I'M WAITING
FOR THE ENDING
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