PostWorks, New York - PostWorks, New York Extends Collaboration with Michael Moore Through "SiCKO" Digital Intermediate

Key art for "SiCKO" absorb 2006 by The Weinstein Company Inc. All Rights Reserved.Store this angel in big sizeNEW YORK - PostWorks, New York's EVP of Technology Joe Beirne's continued history of accommodating with Academy Award acceptable filmmaker Michael Moore afresh added a new chapter, if Beirne and his PostWorks' colleagues completed the Digital Intermediate (DI) for Moore's latest affection documentary, "SiCKO." First appear in the U.S. on June 22, "SiCKO" is already the fourth accomplished grossing documentary in history, as able-bodied as accepting one of the a lot of talked about films of the year. "SiCKO" was produced by Dog Eat Dog Films and The Weinstein Company, and is accepting broadcast by Lionsgate.

Beirne aboriginal met Moore during a "Bowling For Columbine" screening at the Telluride Film Festival, and has served back again as the abstruse administrator on Moore's affection projects. Additionally, PostWorks' EVP Joe Caterini was the authoritative complete editor on "Bowling For Columbine."

"As a Michael Moore blur veteran, I attention ‘Fahrenheit 9/11' as a accurate aberancy in both the political and documentary universes, but ‘SiCKO' in some means surpasses ‘Fahrenheit 9/11' in its ambitions," Beirne explained. "Michael holds himself to a actual top standard, and this blur challenged us on about every level; technically, logistically and creatively. We at Postworks are appreciative to accept been allotment of ‘SiCKO' and are captivated for Michael and The Weinstein Company on its ample success."

Working with assorted cinematographers, writer, administrator and ambassador Moore captured abundant of the film's aboriginal antecedent footage on HDCam application Sony's HDW-F900 24p camera, while aswell application banal and archival footage from a array of sources, including blur as able-bodied as HD footage in both PAL and NTSC standards. After accouterment processing and cross-converting to archival footage, PostWorks' Ben Murray accommodated the blur application one of the company's four Avid DS Nitris systems. Colorist Scot Olive again performed agenda color-correction application Pogle.

"When you accede how complicated the accommodate for SiCKO angry out to be – there were over 3,500 events, hundreds of tapes of antecedent actual alignment from every accessible format, affective graphics, subtitles, assorted languages – it is safe to say that we were advantageous to accept Ben Murray as our editor," said Jennifer Latham, the project's band producer. "He has the ability and accomplishment to aftermath after-effects of the accomplished abstruse accepted accumulated with that ambiguous above of accepting able to accomplish alluringly beneath pressure.

"Scot Olive did a absurd job on the blur as well," Latham added. "He had the unenviable job of authoritative all the footage breeze seamlessly calm in the blush correct."

Looking ahead, Beirne and his PostWorks colleagues are aswell acknowledging Moore's accessible documentary projects, "Captain Mike Across America" and "Michael Moore: Live in London."

More advice on "SiCKO" is accessible online at www.sicko-themovie.com.

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