WASHINGTON, June 24 (UPI) -- Muckraking filmmaker Michael Moore dismissed a complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission alleging his new film violates federal election law.
"It is a blatant attempt by a right-wing Republican group to stop people from seeing my movie," Moore said during a Thursday press conference on Capitol Hill held by members of the Congressional Black Caucus in praise of the film, "Fahrenheit 9/11."
The complaint from the Republican-allied 527 soft-money group Citizens United is based on the argument Moore intends to influence the election with a privately funded film.
The film was screened to a nearly all-Democratic audience of 800 invited guests Wednesday.
One Democratic aide who saw the film told UPI while highly critical of Bush, it skewers lawmakers across the board, both Democrats and Republicans.
More also noted he has not endorsed any candidate for president, nor will, despite his clear support for Democratic Party causes.
He also urged Democrats to "rediscover their backbones."
While Moore and his supporters argue the effort by conservatives to derail the movie are just attempts at censorship, that effort is failing if the response to the film so far is any indications.
He told reporters his film has broken box office records for ticket sales at the two Manhattan theaters where it has been showing since Tuesday.
