Posted on 05/21/2007 5:35:58 AM PDT by Zakeet
The Mike-and-Leo activist double-bill hit Cannes this weekend, as Michael Moore and Leonardo DiCaprio each unveiled new films they referred to as "calls to action."
Moore earned tears and cheers from a standing-room only crowd with his new documentary, Sicko, focusing on the failures of the American health care system. Separately, DiCaprio, the star of Titanic and The Departed, talked up his new documentary, The 11th Hour, on the failing health of the planet.
Moore's last two documentaries, Bowling for Columbine (2002) and Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) have become two of the most successful documentaries in history (Fahrenheit 9/11 earned $122-million U.S. in Canada and the United States) by tapping into a wave of dissatisfaction with the George Bush government.
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Moore faces a storm of potential legal problems for Sicko's climatic sequence, when he takes a group of ill 9/11 rescue workers, who have been denied insurance benefits, for treatment in Cuba. The Treasury Department has notified Moore that he may be investigated for breaking the U.S. trade and travel embargo against Cuba.
He said he has until tomorrow to explain himself.
On the advice of his lawyers, he managed to get a duplicate of the master copy of Sicko out of the United States in case the film, which is scheduled to open in June, is seized as evidence.
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Incidentally, from the end of the story:
Asked if he had flown in by private jet, DiCaprio swallowed, offered a close-lipped smile and said, "Not this time." In fact, he said, the commercial airline lost his luggage. He suggests, indirectly, that such questions are probably not in the helpful spirit.
Enjoy.
Not this time? NOT THIS TIME???
And Mikey, here’s your beautiful socialist paradise of “Kyoo-ber” that you don’t dare show...
Too bad some conservative filmmaker doesn’t make a documentary about illegal immigration.
Of course, “conservative filmmaker” might be an oxymoron.
Shame he couldn't have waited until 2008 for Sicko.
Michael Moore - making his pitch to be the Leni Riefenstahl of the Left.
Oh please! With that crowd all you'd have to do is print "America Sux" on the screen and let it run for 90 minutes and they'd cheer.
Someone could make a documentary about their hypocrisy and call it “The Whale and the Weasel.”
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/new-documentary-reveals-michael-moores-deceptions
Michael Moore’s movies are successful,because they appeal to the brain dead morons who assimilate him.
“A mental institution Michael, you might want to think about that.”
‘nuff said.
“failures of the American Health care system.”
Yeah, that’s why every person in the world comes here when they have a major health problem. American medicine is the best in the world. Maybe they should look at their own 2 year wait for simple surgery.
I would be more impressed if Moore had done pieces on Canadian and UK heath schemes.
"Not this time" because the paparazzi would be watching to be sure his actions matched his words.
He suggests, indirectly, that such questions are probably not in the helpful spirit.
And shhhh!, we just don't talk about those things! Haha, what a hypocrite.
and 
Don't worry, fast food, he's coming back for you!
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