Editing Michael Moore (section)

====''Fahrenheit 11/9''====
In May 2017, it was announced that Moore had reunited with [[Harvey Weinstein]] to direct his new film about [[Donald Trump]], titled ''[[Fahrenheit 11/9]]'', which was released in approximately 1,500 theaters in the United States and Canada on September 21, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Moore, Harvey Weinstein Reunite for Surprise Trump Doc 'Fahrenheit 11/9' |url=https://www.thewrap.com/michael-moore-harvey-weinstein-reunite-trump-doc-fahrenheit-119/ |website=TheWrap |access-date=October 7, 2018 |date=May 16, 2017 |archive-date=September 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926111040/https://www.thewrap.com/michael-moore-harvey-weinstein-reunite-trump-doc-fahrenheit-119/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/donald-trump-michael-moore-fahrenheit-11-9-tom-ortenberg-briarcliff-distribution-comscore-1202453789/ |title=How Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 11/9' Landed Its Release Date |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=August 30, 2018 |access-date=August 30, 2018 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415014720/https://deadline.com/2018/08/donald-trump-michael-moore-fahrenheit-11-9-tom-ortenberg-briarcliff-distribution-comscore-1202453789/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="democracynow.org">{{cite web |url=https://www.democracynow.org/2017/9/29/full_intv_michael_moore_on_his |title=Full Interview: Michael Moore on His Broadway Show, Trump, Puerto Rico, NFL & Media Support for War |date=September 29, 2017 |website=Democracy Now! |access-date=June 26, 2019 |archive-date=October 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002082340/https://www.democracynow.org/2017/9/29/full_intv_michael_moore_on_his |url-status=live }}</ref> Sexual assault allegations against Weinstein prompted Moore to revoke the plan to work with [[The Weinstein Company]], which stalled production.<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Moore is reportedly trying to take back his upcoming Donald Trump documentary from the Weinsteins |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-moore-reportedly-trying-to-get-donald-trump-documentary-from-weinsteins-2017-12?r=US&IR=T |website=[[Business Insider]] |date=December 2017 |access-date=August 23, 2018 |archive-date=August 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823110134/https://www.businessinsider.com.au/michael-moore-reportedly-trying-to-get-donald-trump-documentary-from-weinsteins-2017-12?r=US&IR=T |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Roston |first1=Tom |title=Is This the Documentary That Can Take Down Trump? |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/05/donald-trump-russia-documentary-active-measures-jack-bryan |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=May 2018 |access-date=August 23, 2018 |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124001212/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/05/donald-trump-russia-documentary-active-measures-jack-bryan |url-status=live }}</ref>

The title refers to the day when [[Donald Trump]] officially became [[President-elect of the United States]]. In a column for ''Variety'' responding to the film's low opening weekend, "How Michael Moore Lost His Audience," sympathetic film critic [[Owen Gleiberman]] wrote "He's like an aging rock star putting out albums that simply don't mean as much to those who were, and are, his core fans".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/box-office-the-house-with-a-clock-in-its-walls-leads-with-26-8-million-fahrenheit-11-9-falls-flat-1202953783/ |title=Box Office: 'The House With a Clock in Its Walls' Leads With $26.8 Million, 'Fahrenheit 11/9' Falls Flat |last1=Rubin |first1=Rebecca |date=September 23, 2018 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en |access-date=December 12, 2018 |archive-date=December 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213221312/https://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/box-office-the-house-with-a-clock-in-its-walls-leads-with-26-8-million-fahrenheit-11-9-falls-flat-1202953783/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/columns/how-michael-moore-lost-his-audience-fahrenheit-11-9-1202953813/ |title=How Michael Moore Lost His Audience |last1=Gleiberman |first1=Owen |date=September 23, 2018 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en |access-date=December 12, 2018 |archive-date=December 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214021154/https://variety.com/2018/film/columns/how-michael-moore-lost-his-audience-fahrenheit-11-9-1202953813/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  According to [[Glenn Greenwald]], "what he's trying is of unparalleled importance, not to take the cheap route of exclusively denouncing Trump, but to take the more complicated, challenging, and productive route of understanding who and what created the climate in which Trump could thrive."<ref name="Fahrenheit 11/9">{{cite news |title=Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 11/9" Aims Not at Trump But at Those Who Created the Conditions That Led to His Rise |url=https://theintercept.com/2018/09/21/michael-moores-fahrenheit-119-aims-not-at-trump-but-at-those-who-created-the-conditions-that-led-to-his-rise/ |work=The Intercept |date=September 21, 2018 |access-date=August 19, 2019 |archive-date=August 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826113503/https://theintercept.com/2018/09/21/michael-moores-fahrenheit-119-aims-not-at-trump-but-at-those-who-created-the-conditions-that-led-to-his-rise/ |url-status=live }}</ref>