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Sicko
Sign in to saveSicko is a 2007 American political documentary film by filmmaker Michael Moore. Investigating health care in the United States, the film focuses on the country's health insurance and the pharmaceutical industry. Moore compares the for-profit non-universal U.S. system with the non-profit universal health care systems of Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Cuba.
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Sicko is a 2007 English-language documentary film directed, written, and produced by Michael Moore. The film, which has a runtime of 123 minutes, was produced by The Weinstein Company and Dog Eat Dog Films. It features cast members Michael Moore and Tony Benn. The narrative is set in Canada and focuses on the main subject of healthcare in the United States.
The movie was distributed by The Weinstein Company, Starz Entertainment, and Netflix. It was released on May 18, 2007, and later became available via video on demand. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film. Its budget was 9,000,000, and it generated 24,538,513 in revenue.
Critical reception included a review score of 91%, a rating of 7.7 out of 10, and a score of 74 out of 100. It also holds an IMDb rating of 8.0 and a TMDb vote average of 7.348. The tagline for the film is "This might hurt a little." Keywords associated with the work include corruption, bureaucracy, Cuba, medicine, and Guantanamo Bay.
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7.4A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States whose main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s lives. "The more people you deny health insurance, the more money we make" is the business model for health care providers in America.
Cast
- Michael Moore as Self
- Tony Benn as Self
- Tucker Albrizzi as Self
- Reggie Cervantes as Self
- John Graham as Self
- Aleida Guevara as Self
Themes
- corruption
- bureaucracy
- cuba
- medicine
- guantanamo bay
- health care reform
- health care
- assurance
- money
- hospital
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Sicko
- Film.image
- Sickoposter.jpg
- Film.alt
- Michael Moore, seen wearing a nurse uniform, puts on a medical glove. The tagline reads "THIS MIGHT HURT A LITTLE."
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Michael Moore
- Film.writer
- Michael Moore
- Film.starring
- Michael Moore
- Film.narrator
- Michael Moore
- Film.music
- Erin O'Hara
- Film.studio
- Dog Eat Dog Films
- Film.runtime
- 123 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $9 million
- Film.gross
- $36 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- healthcare in the United States
- Director
- Michael Moore
- Screenwriter
- Michael Moore
- Producer
- Michael Moore
- Production company
- The Weinstein Company
- Narrative location
- Canada
- Duration
- 123
- FilmAffinity ID
- 484735
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2007-10-11
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
- distributed by
- Starz Entertainment
- title
- Sicko
- review score
- 74/100
- number of viewers/listeners
- 5088214
Sources (12)
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Encyclopedic overview
28 sectionsContents
- Synopsis
- Canada
- HMO origin in the 1970s
- United Kingdom
- France
- Return to US
- Cuba
- Cast
- Laws discussed
- Release
- Box office
- Critical reaction
- Awards
- Response
- News media
- Healthcare industry
- Wendell Potter
- Think tanks
- Moorewatch
- WikiLeaks cable on Cuba and ''Sicko''
- Legal controversy
- Unauthorized distribution
- Treasury Department probe
- Deleted scenes and extras
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Sicko is a 2007 American political documentary film by filmmaker Michael Moore. Investigating health care in the United States, the film focuses on the country's health insurance and the pharmaceutical industry. Moore compares the for-profit non-universal U.S. system with the non-profit universal health care systems of Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Cuba.
Produced on a roughly $9 million budget, Sicko grossed $25 million theatrically in North America. This exceeded the official expectation of The Weinstein Company, which had hoped to be in line with Bowling for Columbines $22 million U.S. box office gross.
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