Healthy debate surrounds Moore's docu 'Sicko'

May 16, 2007 Pro- and anti-Moore factions are trading blows in the U.S. following news that the U.S. Treasury Department is investigating the "Fahrenheit 9/11" director for possibly violating America's trade embargo with Cuba by taking ailing Sept. 11 rescue workers to the island for medical treatment. The director went so far as to send a duplicate master of the film to a "safe house" outside the country to ensure he would have no problem providing Cannes with a print. TFM Distribution, which is releasing "Sicko" in France, said they were waiting to see the reaction of the Cannes audience before forming a promotion strategy for the film.

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