Michael Moore Decides Next Documentary 'Sicko'

[Tuesday, July 27th, 2004]
Michael Moore has decided on his next documentary which is called Sicko, his critique of health-maintenance organizations, according to AP.

Moore would not provide details but said financing of his next movie was in the works, thanks to Fahrenheit 911, which cost just $6 million to make.

"Clearly, if you make a movie that has this ratio of how much it costs to its gross, you're going to find an easy time making your next film," Moore said in a conference call with reporters over the weekend.

The idea for "Sicko" stems from a segment Moore did on his "The Awful Truth" TV show, in which he staged a mock funeral at an HMO for a patient denied an organ transplant he needed to survive. The HMO relented and paid for the transplant.

Moore, an Academy Award winner for Bowling for Columbine, said he would have plowed ahead with Sicko even if Fahrenheit 911 had not given him new commercial clout to raise money.

"I've never let that get in the way, anyway," Moore said. "Even if this movie hadn't done as well, that movie was going to get made, because I think the American people are clamoring to see the HMOs punished."

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