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Slacker Uprising is a movie of Michael Moore
Michael Moore

Michael Francis Moore is an Academy Award-winning United States filmmaker, author and Modern liberalism in the United States political commentator....
’s tour of colleges in battleground states during the 2004 election, with a goal to encourage 18-29 year olds to vote, and the response it received. The film is a re-edited version of Captain Mike Across America
Captain Mike Across America

Captain Mike Across America is a film written, directed and narrated by Michael Moore. It was filmed prior to the U.S. presidential election, 2004, when the polling margin between candidates George W....
, which played at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2007 to tepid response.

It is one of the first feature length films made by a known director to be released as a free and legal download online.






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Slacker Uprising is a movie of Michael Moore
Michael Moore

Michael Francis Moore is an Academy Award-winning United States filmmaker, author and Modern liberalism in the United States political commentator....
’s tour of colleges in battleground states during the 2004 election, with a goal to encourage 18-29 year olds to vote, and the response it received. The film is a re-edited version of Captain Mike Across America
Captain Mike Across America

Captain Mike Across America is a film written, directed and narrated by Michael Moore. It was filmed prior to the U.S. presidential election, 2004, when the polling margin between candidates George W....
, which played at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2007 to tepid response.

It is one of the first feature length films made by a known director to be released as a free and legal download online. The free download
Free content

Free content, or free information, is any kind of functional work, Work of art, or other creative Content having no significant legal restriction relative to people's freedom to use, redistribute, and produce modified versions of and works derived from the content....
 is only available to those residing in the United States and Canada. The film was also made available free for online viewing and download on the Lycos Cinema
Lycos

Lycos is a Web search engine and web portal with broadband entertainment content....
 platform as well as iTunes
ITunes

iTunes is a Proprietary software digital media media player application, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also an interface to manage the contents on Apple's popular iPod digital media players as well as the iPhone....
 and blip.tv. The DVD
DVD

DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
 is also available for purchase on the Slacker Uprising website for $9.95. It had a one-night-only run at the Michigan Theater
Michigan Theater

The Michigan Theater is the name of two movie theaters in the U.S. state of Michigan. There are also three theaters named Michigan Theatre, in Flint, Michigan , Jackson, Michigan , and Lansing, Michigan ....
, where Michael Moore spoke briefly.

Slacker Uprising also features performances by Steve Earle
Steve Earle

Stephen 'Steve' Fain Earle is an United States singer-songwriter, well known for his rock music and country music, as well as his political views....
, Eddie Vedder
Eddie Vedder

Eddie Vedder is an American Singing, songwriter, composer, and guitarist. He is the lead singer and one of three guitarists for the American Rock music band Pearl Jam....
 (of Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam is an American rock music band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder , Jeff Ament , Stone Gossard , and Mike McCready ....
), R.E.M.
R.E.M.

R.E.M. is an American Rock music band formed in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , in 1980 by Michael Stipe , Peter Buck , Mike Mills , and Bill Berry ....
, Roseanne Barr
Roseanne Barr

Roseanne Cherie Barr is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winning United States comedienne, actress and writer. On the opening credits of one final-season episode of her TV show, she was credited as "Roseanne Barr Pentland Arnold Thomas." By 2005, she had resumed referring to herself by her maiden name, "Roseanne Barr."...
, Tom Morello
Tom Morello

Thomas Baptiste Morello is a Grammy Award-winning American guitarist best known for his tenure with the bands Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, and as the acoustic artist The Nightwatchman....
 (of Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine is an American Rock music band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1991. The band's lineup, unchanged since formation, consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford, and drummer Brad Wilk....
 and Audioslave
Audioslave

Audioslave was an American hard rock Supergroup that formed in Los Angeles, California in 2001. It consisted of ex-Soundgarden frontman and rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell and the former instrumentalists of Rage Against the Machine: Tom Morello , Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk ....
), Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. is an Academy Award-nominated United States-Danish people theater and film actor, poet, musician, photographer, and Painting....
 and more.

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