Description |
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in. |
Note |
Documentary. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009. |
Contents |
Imperial parallels -- Home loss -- Condo vultures -- What is capitalism? -- New sheriff in town -- General Motors revisited -- Jail a kid for profit -- Poverty pilots -- Dead peasants -- Mike gets religion -- The Plutonomy theory -- Democracy at work -- Derivatives for dummies -- Greenspan gone wild! -- From red tape to robbery -- Friends of Angelo -- Elite crime spree -- American financial meltdown -- Wall Street's ruling class -- Financial coup d'etat -- Armored avenger -- Eat the rich -- The spectre of socialism -- Seeds of revolution -- Workers occupy factory -- FDR's economic bill of rights -- Crime scene. |
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Special features: Sorry, house-flippers and banks, you're toast in Flint, MI -- Congressman Cummings dares to speak the unspeakable -- NY times Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges on the killing machine known as capitalism -- The rich don't go to heaven (there's a special place reserved for them) -- What if, just if, we had listened to Jimmy Carter in 1979? |
Credits |
Directors of photography, Daniel Marracino, Jayme Roy ; editors, Jessica Brunetto, Alex Meillier, Tanya Meillier, Pablo Proenza, T. Woody Richman, John W. Walter, Conor O'Neill ; music, Jeff Gibbs. |
Performer |
Presented by Michael Moore. |
Summary |
Filmmaker Moore examines the history of free-market capitalism in post-Reagan America and questions its efficacy as the basis for the nation's economy. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: R (restricted; under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for some language. |
System Details |
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.78:1 ; Dolby Digital 5.1. |
Source |
NAV 4/10 PPL |
Language |
In English with optional subtitles in Spanish and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
Subject |
Capitalism -- United States.
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Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Capitalism -- Social aspects.
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Capitalists and financiers -- United States.
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Unemployment -- United States.
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Unemployed -- United States.
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DVD-Video discs.
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Feature films.
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-2009.
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United States -- Economic policy -- 2001-2009.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Feature films -- United States.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Moore, Michael, 1954 April 23- Screenwriter. Producer. Director.
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Moore, Anne. Producer.
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Birleson, Rod. Producer.
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Hardesty, John. Producer.
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Gibbs, Jeff. Composer.
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Paramount Vantage.
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Overture Films.
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Weinstein Company.
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Dog Eat Dog Films.
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Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.
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Standard No. |
013132136592 |
Music No. |
OV21365 Anchor Bay Entertainment |
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