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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (35886)	7/16/2004 9:03:01 PM
From: lorne	Respond to of 81568

HOLLYWOOD VS. AMERICA Airman's funeral used in 'Fahrenheit 9/11' Family of major livid Michael Moore showed ceremony footage July 15, 2004 "A maggot that eats off the dead" – that's what the mother of a U.S. Air Force major killed in the Iraq thinks about filmmaker Michael Moore, who used footage from the man's Arlington Cemetery funeral in his anti-Bush movie "Fahrenheit 9/11." Air Force Maj. Gregory Stone was killed in March 2003 when a grenade was thrown into his tent, allegedly by Sgt. Hasan K. Akbar, who is on trial for murder. "It's been a big shock, and we are not very happy about it, to say the least," Kandi Gallagher, Stone's aunt and family spokeswoman, told the Washington Times. "We are furious that Greg was in that casket and cannot defend himself, and my sister, Greg's mother, is just beside herself," Gallagher said. "She is furious. She called [Moore] a 'maggot that eats off the dead.'" The video footage shows Stone's fiancée, Tammie Eslinger, kissing her hand and touching it to his coffin, the Times reported. Gallagher says the family doesn't know how Moore got the footage, but is considering taking legal action against the director. "Fahrenheit 9/11" opened June 25 in U.S. theaters and has brought in $80.1 million so far. ______________________________________________ HOLLYWOOD VS. AMERICA Injured reservist surprised to be shown in Moore film Director puts amputee in 'Fahrenheit 9/11' without his knowledge, friend is 'shocked' July 15, 2004 An Army reservist who lost parts of both arms in the war in Iraq was surprised to discover he appears in Michael Moore's anti-Bush film "Fahrenheit 9/11." Peter Damon, now recuperating at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. from an October incident, is shown in the controversial film in a hospital speaking to an off-camera interviewer, The Enterprise newspaper of Brockton, Mass., reports. His wife, Jennifer Damon, said neither she nor her husband were aware the footage, from NBC Nightly News, would be used in the film. "He's in there," she told the paper. "I saw it and I told him that he should probably go see it too." Damon was working on a Blackhawk helicopter in Balad, Iraq, Oct. 21 when a tire exploded. He appears in the clip with his injured arms in bandages, speaking for about half a minute after a voice-over by Moore introduces that part of the film. Released June 25, "Fahrenheit 9/11" so far has earned $80.1 million. In its scathing denunciation of President Bush, the film shows graphic footage of bodies of U.S. soldiers in Iraq being burned. John Gonsalves, founder of Homes For Our Troops, a group working to build the Damons a home, said he learned from a neighbor of Peter's appearance in the film. "I was shocked. I would have expected if Peter was in the movie that someone would have at least talked to him about it, which I thought was kind of unfair," Gonsalves told The Enterprise. "I think for Michael Moore to portray Peter in there without any knowledge is terrible." The Brockton paper said it received no response by press time from the film's New York City publicity firm, Ken Sunshine Consultants Inc. NBC News says it's the practice of all news organizations to license its footage and, as a general rule, NBC does not obtain releases from people who appear on their news programs. But it would be the responsibility of Moore to get permission. "When we do license footage — as in this instance — NBC includes a provision that it is the responsibility of the licensee, not NBC, to obtain all required consents and releases necessary to use the footage," wrote spokeswoman Barbara Levin Jennifer Damon told The Enterprise only her husband could comment on the consent issue. The paper said it could not be determined by press time whether Peter Damon signed any release form with NBC.