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Half Of Nation Outraged At New, Not-Yet-Released Michael Moore Film
June 18, 2007 | Issue 43•25

WASHINGTON, DC—Though the film isn't scheduled for release until June 29, a New York Times/CBS News poll found that nearly half the nation believes Michael Moore's new health care documentary Sicko is "unpatriotic," "disgusting," and "ill-informed."

"This film is absolutely tasteless and misguided, and I can't believe theaters are even showing it," said GOP presidential candidate Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS), who, along with the rest of the nation, has not yet seen the film. "I thought the role of a documentary filmmaker was to be objective, but moviegoers are going to leave the theater thinking that there is something wrong with some part of the United States, and that is just flat-out untrue."

The other half of the nation has praised Sicko, calling it a "real eye-opener" that would "challenge people's preconceived notions."

Sicko Opens This Weekend

Sicko, Michael Moore's documentary attack on the American health care system, opens this weekend. What are some of the film's highlights?

• Man in a bunny suit being turned away from the E.R.
  
• GlaxoSmithKline CEO Jean-Pierre Garnier at screen door in pajamas and hair curlers, refusing to be interviewed
  
• That infamous moment when President Bush's aide whispers to Bush that his LDL count is really, really bad
  
• Surgeon General caught on film coughing, sneezing
  
• A brief segment on global warming, just to cover all the bases
  
• Uninsured toddler dumped on Dick Cheney's lawn at 3 a.m.
  
• Waiting room montage set to Robert Palmer's "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)"
  
• 30 seconds of unbiased, objective journalism

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