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August 1, 2005Glitch puts R-rated film onscreenOrganizers pull plug on anti-Moore movieByRecord-Eagle staff writer TRAVERSE CITY - The "family-friendly" Traverse Bay Freedom FilmFest turned R-rated briefly when the festival accidentally showed the wrong version of one of its films. Festival organizers had planned to show "Michael Moore Hates America," a documentary-style film by Michael Wilson that examines the filmmaking methods of director Michael Moore, at 7 p.m. Friday. But about 10 minutes into the film - one of the festival's main attractions - organizers discovered they'd been sent the original R-rated version, containing profane language. "We knew there were two versions out: one family version, edited for filth, and one potty version," said festival co-founder Genie Aldrich. "Luckily, we had superior films in the hopper so we yanked it." Ann Laurence said she was in the audience at the Park Place Hotel when the film paused and the lights came on. "Then they literally raced to the podium and started apologizing profusely for the horrible language," said Laurence, a Traverse City resident. Though Laurence and a handful of others left, Aldrich said most in the audience stayed and got free popcorn refills while organizers replaced the film with one about former President Ronald Reagan. "The great thing about it was that people got the message in the audience," she said. "People are not stupid. People can see films without the f-word."
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