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Former GM Chief, Subject of 'Roger and Me,' Dies

Nov 30th, 2007 · Former General Motors chief executive Roger Smith has died. He was 82. Smith led the automaker during the 1980s, when the company created the Saturn brand. He was the subject of Michael Moore's documentary Roger and Me.

Keywords: executives · company · Automakers · GM · Smiths · General Motors · 1980 · documentary · Saturn · Michael Moore · Roger Smith

'Sicko's' Peeno Sees Few Gains in Health Insurance

Sep 3rd, 2007 · Dr. Linda Peeno has spent two decades fighting a health insurance industry she was once a part of. Giants such as Humana say the industry has greatly improved patient care. But Peeno says after Michael Moore's Sicko opened, she was once again swamped with e-mails of insurance horror stories.

Keywords: Health · industry · Patient · insurance · horror · Michael Moore · Sicko · Peeno · Linda Peeno · Humana

Eeew, Sick: Health Care, a Rat Chef and 'Die Hard' ***

Jun 29th, 2007 · David Edelstein says Sicko is Michael Moore's best film yet, Ratatouille towers like an Eiffel among animated comedies and the latest Die Hard doesn't make you want to -- quite.

Keywords: Health · animated · chefs · David Edelstein · comedies · Die Hard · Michael Moore · Sicko · Ratatouille · Eeew · Eiffel

Michael Moore Trains Eye on Health Care **

Jun 26th, 2007 · Michael Moore is known for causing corporations and public officials some discomfort in documentaries such as Roger and Me and Fahrenheit 9/11. In his latest picture, Sicko, he casts a critical look at the U.S. health care system.

Keywords: public · Health · corporate · picture · documentaries · Fahrenheit · Michael · Michael Moore · Sicko

From Cannes, a Cinematic After-Action Report ****

May 30th, 2007 · The 60th Cannes Film Festival drew more than 4,000 journalists, so it's possible you've heard a little something about the hits and misses there. Michael Moore screened a damning documentary about the U.S. health-care system, while singer Norah Jones made her acting debut in a film from Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar-Wai. Critic-at-large John Powers reports on other high- and low-lights.

Keywords: critic · Health · Singer · documentary · Hong Kong · Norah Jones · cinematic · John Powers · Wong Kar Wai · Cannes · Cannes Film Festival · Auteurs

Cannes Cheers Films from Moore, Coens ***

May 25th, 2007 · As the Cannes Film Festival marks its 60th year, the premier place for premieres welcomes a pair of American movies: Michael Moore's health-care documentary Sicko and the Coen brothers' violent Western No Country for Old Men.

Keywords: violent · Americans · Health · movies · Premier · documentary · Cannes · Cannes Film Festival · Coen · Michael Moore · Welcome · Sicko

Oscar Rules for Documentary Films to Change ***

Feb 23rd, 2007 · From blockbusters like Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 and Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth to smaller films like Deliver Us From Evil, documentaries are drawing large audiences. But some worry that the Academy's new rules could hamper that trend.

Keywords: academy · Oscar · documentary · blockbuster · documentaries · Al Gore · Fahrenheit · Michael Moore · An Inconvenient Truth · Deliver Us From Evil

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto ****

Mar 2nd, 2006 · Tuba player Michael Moore says playing the tuba is like being the goalie in a hockey game. You don't have much to do the whole game, but when the puck comes you have to be ready. Hear Moore perform Ralph Vaughan Williams' Tuba Concerto with the Atlanta Symphony.

Keywords: players · concerto · vaughan · Williams · Ralph · Moore · hockey · Atlanta Symphony · tuba · puck · Michael Moore · goalie

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