Sicko

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1 CD, 700 MB, canal-sicko
IMDB (7.2/10) - VIDEO SAMPLE - NFO - TORRENT

from Releaselog rlslog.net

it's already been screened at Cannes and there's already a ton of controversy in the wake of the eminent releases' wake. this movie is gonna change a lot of perceptions and attitudes, and will undoubtedly unleash a fury of tactics by the ones in power to persuade us otherwise. here's some of the battling that's already going on pre-release. it's some pretty intense LOTR-size epic battling.

excerpts from IMDB's newsfeed on Sicko:

Treasury Could Fine Rescuers Who Visited Cuba with Moore
14 June 2007 (StudioBriefing)
The Treasury Department wants to know how Michael Moore was able to travel with about a dozen 9/11 rescue workers to Cuba, where they were able to buy prescription drugs cheaply and receive free health care under the country's socialized medicine system -- all seemingly in violation of the Cuban embargo, Newsweek magazine observed on its website Wednesday. The rescuers appear in a segment of Moore's forthcoming documentary, Sicko.The magazine reported that Moore's production company credentialed the men as journalists, then flew them to Miami on a charter flight that ordinarily carries only licensed travelers. But Angel Marques, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Miami insisted that no one can board such a flight without a license from the Treasury Department. Newsweek indicated that the Treasury's investigation goes beyond Moore and encompasses the rescue workers as well, each of whom could be fined $65,000.

Michael Moore Hires Famed Lawyer Boies
12 June 2007 (StudioBriefing)
Michael Moore has hired David Boies, arguably the nation's most famous trial attorney, to represent him, following the Treasury Department's announcement that it is investigating Moore's trip to Cuba last year to determine whether it violated the U.S. trade embargo on the country. Boies gained international fame when he led the Department of Justice team in its antitrust case against Microsoft. He also represented Al Gore in his challenge of the Florida election results. In a letter to the Treasury Department Monday, Boies expressed concern that Moore had been "selected for discriminatory treatment by your office" because of the content of Moore's planned documentary on the U.S. health system, Sicko. In the documentary, Moore takes several rescue workers who responded t

Moore Writes Open Letter to U.S. Treasury
14 May 2007 (WENN)
Filmmaker Michael Moore has called on the U.S. Treasury to abandon its investigation into allegations he broke a trade embargo with Cuba by traveling to the Caribbean island with a group of September 11th rescue workers. The stunt was part of the Oscar winner's latest documentary Sicko, a critique of the health-care industry in America. He supposedly traveled with the 10 rescue workers, made ill from their efforts after the terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center, in a bid to seek treatment for them. Last week, Moore received a letter from The Treasury Department's Office Of Foreign Assets Control, notifying him that it was conducting a civil investigation for possible violations of the trade embargo restricting travel to Cuba. Moore has now written a letter to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, in which he accuses U.S. President George W. Bush's administration of investigating him for political reasons. Moore, who has posted his letter online, writes: "For five and a half years, the Bush administration has ignored and neglected the heroes of the 9/11 community. These heroic first responders have been left to fend for themselves, without coverage and without care. I understand why the Bush administration is coming after me - I have tried to help the very people they refuse to help, but until George W. Bush outlaws helping your fellow man, I have broken no laws and I have nothing to hide." And Moore believes that because he criticizes the U.S. health-care industry in Sicko, his film is a target. He adds, "I can understand why that industry's main recipient of its contributions - President Bush - would want to harass, intimidate and potentially prevent this film from having its widest possible audience." As previously reported, Moore has reportedly arranged for the film to be held in a "safe house" outside the U.S. to protect it from government interference - ahead of its planned premiere at the Cannes Film Festival next Saturday.