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'Fahrenheit' prompts Neil Young re-release

LOS ANGELES, June 24 (UPI) -- Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World," which plays over the closing credits of "Fahrenheit 9/11," will be re-released, Daily Variety said Thursday.

Reprise Records will re-release the song as a single, along with a video directed by "Fahrenheit" filmmaker Michael Moore, in late July or early August.

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Young's song criticized President George H.W. Bush when it was released as part of the 1989 album "Freedom."

"Fahrenheit 9/11," which criticizes the policies and leadership of President George W. Bush -- opens nationwide on Friday.

Young presented Moore's movie Tuesday at the Los Angeles Film Festival, where he is this year's artist in residence.

"It's the perfect time for this movie," Young said.

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