FILM 1158: ROGER & ME
TRIVIA: The unnamed San Francisco
left-wing magazine that Moore goes to work for at the beginning of film is
Mother Jones. Moore worked for the magazine for three months in 1985 before
being fired for putting his friend on the cover. Moore sued the magazine for
contract breech, and used the money he won in the settlement to partially fund Roger & Me (1989).
This is the only movie where there
has been a successful lawsuit against Michael Moore - filed by
former friend Larry Stecco who successfully argued that his portrayal in the
movie was not an accurate reflection of his character ("False light
invasion of privacy" is the legal term) and won. Stecco was interviewed
attending a society fund raising ball and was made out to be a high-society
rich pig who partied while people where starving outside. He was actually a
lawyer who worked pro-bono for the poorer residents of Flint.
In a radio interview, Michael Moore felt this
film was a failure, since it did not stimulate any interest in development or
investment to the town of Flint.
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