Michael Moore, nurses to tout film 'Sicko' at state Capitol

Marc Shulgold, Rocky Mountain News

Published June 23, 2007 at midnight

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Controversial Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore will visit Denver on Sunday in support of his latest film, Sicko, an examination of the country's health-insurance industry, which opens here Friday.

As he did earlier this week in Chicago, Moore will preside at a rally attended by nurses - in this case, members of the Colorado Nurse's Association.

The association is one of seven organizations co-sponsoring Moore's appearance.

The location of Sunday's rally was changed Friday. Moore will now appear at 6 p.m. on the west steps of the state Capitol.

No permit had been approved for the previously designated site in Governor's Park, said Michael Huttner of ProgressNow, a co-sponsor of the event.

Huttner secured a permit for the new location late Friday, a ProgressNow spokesman said.

After the rally, Moore and the nurses will head to the Denver Pavilions on the 16th Street Mall, where he will hold a news conference and attend a private film screening at 7:15 p.m.

Huttner said that a limited number of tickets to that screening will be given to those attending the state Capitol rally "with the best signs or costumes."

A spokesman for Gov. Bill Ritter said Friday that he had no knowledge of the event.

"There is no affiliation with us," said Will Alston, adding that the governor is on vacation and out of state.

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