Moore's 'Sicko' Will Be Released Ahead of Schedule

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Hyped in Cuba, unveiled in Cannes, pirated on YouTube, and rallied around last week in Sacramento, Calif., by nurses chanting for the health insurance system’s demise, Michael Moore’s documentary “Sicko” is finally ready to meet its American audience — or at least some of it — a week ahead of schedule.

Executives of the Weinstein Company, which provided backing for the film, a documentary indictment of America’s health care system, said “Sicko” would open Friday on a single screen at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square theater in New York.

Lionsgate, the movie’s distributor, will otherwise proceed with a planned opening in about 250 theaters around the country the following Friday. But it is offering “sneak previews” this week in 27 markets where Mr. Moore’s politically tinged documentaries have played well in the past, including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, and Philadelphia, the Weinstein executives said.

“This gets it started,” said Gary Faber, Weinstein’s executive vice president in charge of marketing, who said the early opening was intended to feed growing demand for the film and was not related to the movie showing up on the Internet.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/movies/19cnd-sick.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

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1. Yah. I think it's ready.

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2. you can post this in LBN as it is only 1 hour old ....

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3. Google video deleted their copy n/t

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4. Due to High Demand, Michael Moore's 'SiCKO' to Open One Week Early

Due to High Demand, Michael Moore's 'SiCKO' to Open One Week Early in New York City This Friday, June 22nd

Due to the fantastic reaction SiCKO received at its premieres and pre-release screenings, the overwhelming demand from audiences who want to see the film, and the early reviews from critics, Michael Moore's highly anticipated and entertaining film SiCKO will open in New York City this Friday, June 22nd, one week earlier than originally planned. Sneak previews of SiCKO will be held around the country on the evening of Saturday, June 23rd (see list of cities below).

SiCKO will open exclusively at the AMC- Loews Lincoln Square Theater this Friday, June 22nd -- one week prior to its nationwide release on Friday, June 29th.

Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of The Weinstein Company said, "Last night's standing ovation at the N.Y. Premiere of SiCKO confirmed what we believed to be true since the film's launch in Cannes, which is that audiences love the movie. Ever since the film began generating tremendous word of mouth we have been contemplating opening SiCKO in one theater in NYC and sneaking the film in the top markets across the country and last night validated that plan. Sneak previews for a strong movie like SiCKO are a great marketing tool."

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Sneak Previews Are Being Held in the Following Cities on Saturday, June 23rd (please check local listings to confirm theater locations):

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