 In May 2004, Michael Moore (II) (qv) announced that Disney (which  owns Miramax, the films distributor) had officially prohibited  Miramax from releasing the film and expressed his frustration that  the film was being stifled. Disney said that the decision had been  made a year earlier in May 2003 when it told Miramax that it would  not be willing to distribute the film. Disney chief executive,  Michael Eisner (qv), said that Moore was announcing it at that  time to create publicity for the films screening at the Cannes Film  Festival. Moore claimed that Eisner had expressed concern that the  film might jeopardize tax breaks granted to Disney for its theme  park, hotels, and other ventures in Florida, where Jeb Bush (qv),  President George W. Bush (qv)s brother, is governor.