In order to minimise the damage done by pirate files being widely available across the net, Michael Moore�s film �Sicko� will be released a week earlier by The Weinstein Company.

The film, a documentary criticising America�s health system, was leaked onto various peer-to-peer file sharing websites, giving the studio a massive headache: how do you convince people to pay $10 to see a movie that�s free in certain places?

The film�s woes do not end there, however, Sicko goes up directly against Angelina Jolie�s new movie A Mighty Heart.

Moore had commented that the leak was due to sabotage by certain affected parties.