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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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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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 123
- FilmAffinity ID
- 484735
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- publication date
- 2007-10-11
- title
- Sicko
- review score
- 74/100
- number of viewers/listeners
- 5088214
Sources (12)
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Article
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.