“An event of colossal and overwhelming significance may happen all at once, but the words which describe it have to come one by one in a long chain.”
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100%: the Story of a Patriot (1920)
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[The Political 'Fahrenheit' Sets Record At Box Office, The New York Times, 28 June 2004, Sharon, Waxman]
On the movie Fahrenheit 9/11 breaking all box office records for a documentary in its first weekend, and becoming the first documentary ever to become number one at the box office in North American ticket sales.
2004, Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)