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The Awful Truth - The Complete First Season

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The Awful Truth - The Complete First Season (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 8 Fresh: 6  Rotten:2 Average Rating: 6.1/10
Runtime: 5 hrs
Synopsis:
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award winning, and always confrontational filmmaker Michael Moore (ROGER & ME, TV NATION) comes a television series that publicly exploits the truths that many would rather be kept secret. His insistent and excessively persistent "guerilla" style... [More]
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award winning, and always confrontational filmmaker Michael Moore (ROGER & ME, TV NATION) comes a television series that publicly exploits the truths that many would rather be kept secret. His insistent and excessively persistent "guerilla" style approach has led him into controversial confrontations with the Mayor of New York, high-powered industrialists, and numerous conflicts with the law. Even his Corporate Crime-Fighting Chicken landed itself in Disney World's very own jail! Comedy meets controversy in this collection of all 12 episodes from the show's premier season. [Less]

Genre: Television

Starring: Michael Moore

Director: Michael Moore

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Jul 10, 2002

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Moore is in essence a standup comedian, as one can hear in the rhythm of his voice when he speaks to the audience, but he has a strong liberal political bent, at times validating his humor with superb journalistic resourcefulness and at times succumbing t

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06/15/07 12:55 PM
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08/04/05 03:55 AM
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07/24/05 08:35 PM
Emanuel Levy
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02/04/05 03:33 PM
Mike McGranaghan
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Michael Moore playfully attacks corruption in politics, greed in corporate hallways, and absurdities in American culture.

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11/21/04 10:42 PM
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06/02/03 09:09 PM
Kevin N. Laforest
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Funny and ballsy

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05/12/03 07:36 PM
Mike Pinsky
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07/31/02 10:30 AM
Philip Martin
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