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Michael Moore's 'SiCKO' Trailer To Be Projected on Buildings Across the Country on Monday, June 25th
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| Copyright: | PR Newswire | | Source: | PR Newswire | | Wordcount: | 627 |
NEW YORK, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The trailer for "SiCKO," Michael Moore's
expose of the American health care system, will be projected with full sound
and subtitles on the outside of buildings near the headquarters of leading
HMOs, insurance companies and hospitals in New York, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Chicago and Oakland on Monday, June 25th beginning at sundown
through 1:00am.
This innovative campaign will enable millions of Americans including
employees at leading HMOs, insurance companies and hospitals to see a sneak
peak of Michael Moore's acclaimed documentary that explores and examines their
industry's role in our nation's troubled health care system.
SiCKO is written, directed and produced by Michael Moore. The film is
produced by Meghan O'Hara and co-produced by Anne Moore. Kathleen Glynn, Bob
Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein serve as executive producers.
SiCKO opened exclusively at the AMC- Loews Lincoln Square Theater, Friday,
June 22nd and is opening nationwide on Friday, June 29th.
The trailer will be simultaneously projected at the following locations
from sundown to 1am.
LOS ANGELES Projection Site: 4343 W. Sunset Blvd. Locations of interest nearby: Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Hollywood Community Hospital Health Net Guardian Rehabilitation Hospital Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center NEW YORK Projection Site: Times Square, 625 8th Ave. & 40th St. Locations of interest nearby: Benefits Quest, Inc. Empire BlueCross BlueShield Group Health Inc. The Guardian Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York St. Clare's Family Health Center St. Vincent's Midtown Roosevelt Hospital Beth Israel Hospital NYU Medical Center NY Presbyterian Hospital National Jewish SAN FRANCISCO Projection Site: Intersection of Broadway & Montgomery St. Locations of interest nearby: E-surance Kaiser Permanente Sutter Health Saint Francis Memorial Hospital Chinese Hospital Ocadian Hospitals & Care Centers OAKLAND Projection Site: 1950 Franklin St. Locations of interest nearby: Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Center Kaiser Foundation Hospital CHICAGO Projection Site: 525 N. Michigan Ave. Locations of interest nearby: Blue Cross/Blue Shield Wells Fargo Northwestern Memorial Hospital
ABOUT SiCKO
The words "health care" and "comedy" aren't usually found in the same
sentence, but in Academy Award winning filmmaker Michael Moore's new movie
SiCKO, they go together hand in (rubber) glove.
Opening with profiles of several ordinary Americans whose lives have been
disrupted, shattered, and-in some cases-ended by health care catastrophe, the
film makes clear that the crisis doesn't only affect the 47 million uninsured
citizens-millions of others who dutifully pay their premiums often get
strangled by bureaucratic red tape as well.
After detailing just how the system got into such a mess (the short
answer: profits and Nixon), we are whisked around the world, visiting
countries including Canada, Great Britain and France, where all citizens
receive free medical benefits. Finally, Moore gathers a group of 9/11 heroes
-- rescue workers now suffering from debilitating illnesses who have been
denied medical attention in the US. He takes them to a most unexpected place,
and in addition to finally receiving care, they also engage in some unexpected
diplomacy.
While Moore's SiCKO follows the trailblazing path of previous hit films,
the Oscar-winning BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE and all-time box-office documentary
champ FAHRENHEIT 9/11, it is also something very different for Michael Moore.
SiCKO is a straight-from-the-heart portrait of the crazy and sometimes cruel
U.S. health care system, told from the vantage of everyday people faced with
extraordinary and bizarre challenges in their quest for basic health coverage.
In the tradition of Mark Twain or Will Rogers, SiCKO uses humor to tell
these compelling stories, leading the audience conclude that an alternative
system is the only possible answer.
For more information, please go to www.sicko-themovie.com
SOURCE The Weinstein Company
CONTACT: Sarah Rothman, +1-646-862-3823, sarah.rothman@weinsteinco.com, or Julie Cloutier, +1-646-862-3825, julie.cloutier@weinsteinco.com, both of The Weinstein Company
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