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by Michael Moore

  • ISBN: 0446541214
  • Category: Politics
  • Author: Michael Moore
  • Subcategory: Politics & Government
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  • Language: English
  • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; Large Print edition (September 13, 2011)
  • Pages: 592 pages
  • FB2 size: 1764 kb
  • EPUB size: 1658 kb
  • Rating: 4.3
  • Votes: 848
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If you like Michael Moore, you will love this book

If you like Michael Moore, you will love this book. If you think you don't like Michael Moore, but have never actually seen any of his work, then read this book and watch his movies. You may find yourself surprised. This tells the story of his accepting the Oscar, his speech, and subsequent ostracization by the film industry. It may be too little too late, but I want him to know that the opening of his book has inspired me to let people know the difference they've made in my life, much as his inaction as a high school student/school board member inspired him to stand up for what is right.

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Capturing the zeitgeist of the past fifty years, yet deeply personal and unflinchingly honest, HERE COMES TROUBLE takes readers on an unforgettable, take-no-prisoners ride through the life and times of Michael Moore

Capturing the zeitgeist of the past fifty years, yet deeply personal and unflinchingly honest, HERE COMES TROUBLE takes readers on an unforgettable, take-no-prisoners ride through the life and times of Michael Moore. Alternately funny, eye-opening, and moving, it’s the book he has been writing-and living-his entire life.

Here Comes Trouble: Stories from My Life is an autobiography by American filmmaker Michael Moore. James Sullivan of The . Club stated that " a disjointed series of scenes from a life spent making a scene", and rated the book as a "B-". However, Andy Lewis of The Hollywood Reporter stated that "though occasionally uneven, the best parts of Here Comes Trouble are fabulous.

Michael Moore-Oscar-winning filmmaker, bestselling author, and the nation's official provocateur laureate-is back. has been added to your Cart.

Here Comes Trouble is Michael Moore's anti-memoir. Breaking the autobiographical mould, he hilariously presents 20 far-ranging, irreverent vignettes from his own life. Moore is his own meta-Forrest Gump, as one moment he's an 11-year old boy stuck on a Senate elevator with Bobby Kennedy, and the next moment he's inside the Bitburg cemetery with a dazed and confused Ronald Reagan. And he became the youngest elected official in the country at age 18 by enlisting an "army of local stoners" who had no idea what they were doing as his campaign staff

Here Comes Trouble picks up special gravity when he tells other people’s stories: the gay kid down the block who later threw himself . Stories From My Life.

Stories From My Life.

Here Comes Trouble' is Michael Moore's blistering anti-memoir a hilarious book tracing the origins of his political . Here Comes Trouble" is a book that has it all. Michael Moore wrote this book just like his movies, a little funny a little sad and extremely thought provoking.

Here Comes Trouble' is Michael Moore's blistering anti-memoir a hilarious book tracing the origins of his political rabble-rousing and his early forays into campaigning for change. Michael Moore has been called an iconoclast a maverick a vital dissenting voice and a one of the most un-American people alive.

THE QUOTABLE MICHAEL MOORE Excerpts from Michael Moore's Here Comes Trouble: Stories from My Life: Wishes for my early demise seemed to be everywhere. They were certainly on the mind of CNN's Bill Hemmer one sunny July morning in 2004

THE QUOTABLE MICHAEL MOORE Excerpts from Michael Moore's Here Comes Trouble: Stories from My Life: Wishes for my early demise seemed to be everywhere. They were certainly on the mind of CNN's Bill Hemmer one sunny July morning in 2004. He had heard something he wanted to run by me. And so, holding a microphone in front of my face on the floor of the 2004 Democratic National Convention, live on CNN, he asked me what I thought about how the American people were feeling about Michael Moore: "I've heard people say they wish Michael Moore was dead

In 2003, the film director Michael Moore made his infamous Oscar acceptance speech in which he called George Bush a "fictitious president" who had sent America to war "for fictitious reasons".

In 2003, the film director Michael Moore made his infamous Oscar acceptance speech in which he called George Bush a "fictitious president" who had sent America to war "for fictitious reasons". He was rewarded with a vandalised statuette, half a ton of manure on his front lawn and so many threats of violence that he was forced to hire a bevy of ex-Navy Seals to see off any would-be assassins. Public opinion would swing round to his way of thinking, helped in no small way by his 2004 film about the war on terror, Fahrenheit 9/11

"I had an unusually large-sized head, though this was not uncommon for a baby in the Midwest. The craniums in our part of the country were designed to leave a little extra room for the brain to grow in case one day we found ourselves exposed to something we didn't understand, like a foreign language, or a salad." Michael Moore-Oscar-winning filmmaker, bestselling author, the nation's unofficial provocateur laureate-is back, this time taking on an entirely new role, that of his own meta-Forest Gump. Breaking the autobiographical mode, he presents twenty-four far-ranging, irreverent, and stranger-than-fiction vignettes from his own early life. One moment he's an eleven-year-old boy lost in the Senate and found by Bobby Kennedy; and in the next, he's inside the Bitburg cemetery with a dazed and confused Ronald Reagan. Fast-forwarding to 2003, he stuns the world by uttering the words "We live in fictitious times . . . with a fictitious president" in place of the expected "I'd like to thank the Academy." And none of that even comes close to the night the friendly priest at the seminary decides to show him how to perform his own exorcism. Capturing the zeitgeist of the past fifty years, yet deeply personal and unflinchingly honest, HERE COMES TROUBLE takes readers on an unforgettable, take-no-prisoners ride through the life and times of Michael Moore. No one will come away from this book without a sense of surprise about the Michael Moore most of us didn't know. Alternately funny, eye-opening, and moving, it's a book he has been writing-and living-his entire life.
Reviews about Here Comes Trouble: Stories from My Life (7):
Bludworm
Michael Moore takes us back to his hometown of Flint, Michigan. A blue collar, working class suburb north of Detroit.
Like many of us, Moore remembers when his hometown was thriving. How neighbors looked out for one another. How
lives were similar from house to house.

Then, the auto industry, cut 50,000 jobs---in the blink of an eye. People's income stopped.
Life went on but incomes did not. People were thrown into destitute situations.

Crack cocaine hit the streets with a rush. The combination of poverty and drugs created a change in Flint that still has not been addressed, nor corrected. Known as 'Little Detroit'--people of Flint were left to their own remedies for survival.
Buildings decayed with lack of use. Families fell apart. Suicides & homicides increased 200%.
Flint disappeared in front of the citizen's eyes.
Xarcondre
For me, Michael Moore burst onto the scene with "Roger and Me", his documentary of the Detroit auto industry. Brilliant. But nothing in comparison to what he accomplished in his later movies, especially "Bowling for Columbine," "Fahrenheit 911," and "Sicko."

If you like Michael Moore, you will love this book. If you think you don't like Michael Moore, but have never actually seen any of his work, then read this book and watch his movies. You may find yourself surprised.

This autobiography/memoir tells the story of his accepting the Oscar, his speech, and subsequent ostracization by the film industry. What I didn't know was how bad it got for him - his life threatened to the extent that he had to hire trained body guards to surround him whenever he went out; that his life and that of his family were under constant threat.

Moore takes us back to his beginnings as a social activist, writer, and ultimately, film-maker, filling in all those years I knew nothing about. His is a true hero's journey.

I loved this book. Thank you Michael Moore, for your courage. I am proud to be sharing the planet with you.
Thofyn
I think this was my favorite book of 2011!

Most likely because he does so much narration in his movies, I found I was "hearing" this in Moore's voice. The book jumps around chronologically from chapter to chapter, and I liked piecing things together bit by bit. I don't think it would have been as interesting if he had just told us the story of his life start to finish. Some stories were poignant, some were scary, some were hilarious, some were surprising, some heartbreaking (I cried during the chapter Pietà)...but what they all do is give you a complete answer to exactly what created Michael Moore as he is today. From the time he was born to the time the book was published, he includes events that show exactly how he came to be who he is, and really, how he always WAS that person. The book is more about him than it is about politics, but there are some politics in there of course. It's incredible and beautiful and powerful and it makes me realize that with as much as I've felt I've stood for in my life, it really just isn't enough.

Hard to put down, but the great thing is, with the book written out of order, each chapter is essentially it's own story, so you can treat it as a book of short stories if you are intimidated by longer books.
Nikobar
Being a conservative, I was curious about this feather ruffler, Michael Moore, so I bought his book. How easy it was to read, how personal. I laughed, cried, went a little crazy, too. Michael Moore is a precious, beautiful, soul. I love him. I am glad I read his book. Grandma was right about him.
Beranyle
It is unbelievable how many important events in modern history Michael Moore has either been witness to or directly involved in. I liked that each chapter was a separate vignette and Michael Moore's family history and his childhood recollections are every bit as interesting as the larger scale historical events. The opening explanation of the dark days after Bowling for Columbine's release and subsequent Academy Award win when Mr. Moore was booed for speaking the truth left me feeling guilty for my ignorance of the level of backlash Mr. Moore received for standing up for what was right. I was introduced to his movies by a high school theology teacher and have been a fan ever since. I wish I had reached out and let him know that there were people on his side. It may be too little too late, but I want him to know that the opening of his book has inspired me to let people know the difference they've made in my life, much as his inaction as a high school student/school board member inspired him to stand up for what is right. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, order this book now!). I loved it so much I bought the audiobook for my father for Christmas and we listened to the entire thing on a long drive over the holidays. Hearing the stories in his own voice made it that much more interesting!
hulk
A most enjoyable and inspirational read. i needed this pump-me-up to energize my battery in the direction of doing something to help others in need. Amazing the fires one person can start! Right now mine is making calls to try to change the integris medical system's phone answering debacle. You get an automated system, can wait for over an hour on hold never getting an answer, and you can't leave a voicemail! This book should put some fuel in your tank for your own causes. Enjoy!!!
Nalmezar
Great book, Michael. Michael lives in Michigan probably about 75 miles from me. I like Michael and I like his works. I enjoyed reading about his life growing up. Most of the things that he does can not be explained away by his childhood, however. But I am glad for almost all of the things that he does because the things that he does needs to be done. He brings the things "swept under the rug" right into the light and that is how it should be. Where he gets the courage to just step right out there and call it what it is, is beyond me and beyond my capability. But I am very glad that he does speak up. Thanks, Michael, for being forthright. Keep doing what you do.

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