's movie Sicko

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Update from on his movie " Sicko. "

An Update from (and an invitation to his film festival)

Friends,

Just a quick note to let you know how things are going.

Back in February, I asked if people would send me letters describing their

experiences with our health care system. I received over 19,000 of them. It

was truly overwhelming as we literally took a month and read them all. To

read about the misery people are put through on a daily basis by our

profit-based system was both moving and revolting. That's all I will say

right now.

We've spent the better part of this year shooting our next movie, " Sicko. "

As we've done with our other films, we don't discuss them while we are

making them. If people ask, we tell them " Sicko " is " a comedy about 45

million people with no health care in the richest country on earth. "

But like my other movies, what we start with (General Motors, guns, 9/11)

is not always what we end with. Along the way, we discover new roads to go

down, roads that often surprise us and lead us to new ideas -- and

challenge us to reconsider the ones we began with. That, I can say with

certainty, is happening now as we shoot " Sicko. " I don't think the country

needs a movie that tells you that HMOs and the pharmaceutical companies

suck. Everybody knows that. I'd like to show you some things you don't

know. So stay tuned for where this movie has led me. I think you might

enjoy it.

At this point, we've shot about 75% of " Sicko " and will soon begin putting

it together. It will be released in theaters sometime in 2007.

And if you don't hear much from me in the meantime, it's only 'cause I'm

busy working. I realize that my silence doesn't stop the opposition with

their weird obsession for me! It seems like not a week passes without my

good name being worked into some nutty news story or commentary. (I have to

say, though, I did enjoy Tom Delay blaming me and Ms. Streisand for why he

had to resign from Congress!)

I hope all of you are enjoying your summer. If you're near the state of

Michigan later this month, I'll be putting on the second annual Traverse

City Film Festival in Traverse City, Michigan. I've personally selected 60

or so movies that I love, many of which did not get the notice or

distribution they deserved. Others are brand new independent movies and

documentaries that I hope will find a large audience when they are released.

The film festival will take place in this beautiful town in northern

Michigan, from July 31st to August 6th. Appearing in person with their

films will be O. ( " Three Kings " ), Lawrence Bender ( " An

Inconvenient Truth " ), Terry ( " Hotel Rwanda " ), Larry

( " Borat " ), plus Jeff Garlin, Jake Kasdan, and other filmmakers. We're also

going to show every feature film made by the greatest American director of

all time, Stanley Kubrick. Joining us in person will be his executive

producer, Jan Harlan, and actors Malcolm McDowell ( " A Clockwork Orange " )

and Modine ( " Full Metal Jacket " ). We'll also be presenting a

special salute to films made in Iran (a sort of " Let's get to know them

first this time! " effort).

If you'd like to see the entire list of films, click here. Tickets go on

sale today (July 7) at noon. To purchase your tickets (all seats $7), click

here or call 231-929-1506. Last year we had 50,000 admissions, and we

expect most films to sell out early this year.

Well, that's it for now. Bush has quietly closed down the special section

of the CIA that was devoted solely to capturing Mr. bin Laden, so we can

all rest easy now. I wonder who his next scary evildoer will be. A fearful

nation awaits its marching orders, sir!

Yours,

mmflint@...

P.S. Don't forget to visit my website which I update every day with all the

news the Bush stenographers (a/k/a " Mainstream Media " ) fail to put on page one.

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