Celsius 41.11 is a 2004 documentary film produced to be a rebuttal to Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11. 41.11°C was chosen because, according to the makers of the movie, it is the temperature at which the brain begins to die.
The film addresses five charges made against George W. Bush in Moore's film and criticizes 2004 Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry. It was released during the run-up to the 2004 United States Presidential gener...
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Celsius 41.11 is a 2004 documentary film produced to be a rebuttal to Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11. 41.11°C was chosen because, according to the makers of the movie, it is the temperature at which the brain begins to die.
The film addresses five charges made against George W. Bush in Moore's film and criticizes 2004 Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry. It was released during the run-up to the 2004 United States Presidential general election.
It took six weeks to make Celsius 41.11. The production was funded and the film distributed to a limited number of movie theaters by Citizens United, a conservative grassroots political organization. Celsius 41.11 performed less well at the box office than comparible left leaning documentaries and significantly more poorly than Fahrenheit 9/11. The producer attributed this to voter fatigue and to a time tabling clash with the World Series.
The critics' response was described as "irk[ed]" by the BBC. A number of critics described...
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