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shmokes:

--- Quote from: TOK on April 06, 2008, 01:58:28 pm ---
Of course they don't. Everything they know about him, they know about from a terribly lopsided and cruel Michael Moore movie.


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Give me a break.  Bowling for Columbine was not Fahrenheit 9/11.  Hardly anybody has even seen it.  And god knows, Charlton Heston did not need the likes of Michael Moore to gain visibility.  For at least the last fifty years, anybody old enough to drink has known who Charlton Heston is.

mr.Curmudgeon:
And, for the most part, the segment in BfC with Heston has been roundly criticized by both supporters and detractors of Moore. It was just overboard.
Even though Heston's Alzheimer's was not known at the time of the filming, it still came off as a petty and unfair attack.

That said, Heston was still acting as President of the NRA at the time, so he was certainly "fair game" for questioning...it just should have been handled with more finesse. Moore didn't do his otherwise powerful film any favors by badgering an old man.

So...yeah, not everyone who disagrees with Heston's stance on firearms is a "Moore" fanatic.

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: TOK on April 06, 2008, 01:58:28 pm ---
--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on April 06, 2008, 01:20:17 pm ---This thread will quickly fall apart and wind up in PnR. (Which, unfortunately for the late Mr Heston, is where it seems to belong)

RIP Chuck. No one seems to remember you for your civil rights works....

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Of course they don't. Everything they know about him, they know about from a terribly lopsided and cruel Michael Moore movie.

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thats kinda when i lost interest in michael moore. i didnt like hestons views as an nra president but that doesnt excuse moores ambush...

divemaster127:
Politics aside, Charlton Heston, John Wayne, & Jimmy Stewart are my favorite actors of all time
dm

Hoopz:
To post in this thread before it goes to PnR, my favorite movies of his were Planet of the Apes and The Omega Man.  I remember watching The Omega Man on the CBS Late movie after letterman was over in the early 80s in the summer.  What an outstanding movie.

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