I don't know about Moore implicating his agent in divulging this information about the Florida taxes but we'll have to see how it infolds before we know if it is a fabrication. I seriously doubt it considering how politics works in its machiavellian process.
Saying he knew a year before doesn't make it a fabrication -- the film hadn't gained any notoriety until its nomination at Cannes and the premier. I'll practically guarantee it appeared somewhere in the trades but wasn't considered a big news item by the major media. I wouldn't doubt that Moore could have played that up no more than I have no doubt Mel Gibson who knew that Passion plays were considered anti-semitic even by the Catholic church a year before he previewed his film. There's been a suspicion he purposefully leaked out the controversy. Although it's possible in both cases, I wonder if we will ever know if that's what occurred. Moore and Gibson are smart guys and both have had problems in distributing their films. In fact, Gibson was told by studios and distributors at least a year before that no matter what anyone thinks Passion plays are too controversial, and because of the origins of the script relying on the nun Emmerich (known as a virulent anti-semitic) texts, they were reluctant to distribute the film.
Moore will get distribution and Mel will go on to use his gains to make "Mad Max III." (Will "Mad Max" find faith in the turmoil of the future?
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