Fiction

FAST FOOD NATION

Richard Linklater
USA, GBR 2005
113 min
V'11

There’s no doubt that Eric Schlosser’s horrifying, meticulously researched 2001 exposé, “Fast Food Nation”, would have made a devastating documentary. Choreographing more than 40 speaking roles and 100 times that number of cattle, Richard Linklater, who worked closely with Schlosser on the adaptation, is astonishingly successful in creating a coherent, easy-to-follow narrative that encompasses every one of the book’s main issues. His technique is to hang these on a fictional group of people in a single Colorado town, all of whom are connected in some way to the corporate beef industry. Serving as audience surrogate is Don, a mid-level executive with a fast food franchise known, somewhat transparently, as Mickey’s (“Home of the Big One”). Appalled to learn that fecal bacteria have been found on some of the company’s beef patties, Don heads to their supplier in Colorado to investigate. (Keith Dudhnath)

Credits
  • Kris Kristofferson
  • Greg Kinnear - Don Anderson
  • Ethan Hawke - Peter
  • Catalina Sandino Moreno - Sylvia
  • Ashley Johnson - Amber
  • Patricia Arquette - Cindy
  • Wilmer Valderamma - Raul
  • Bobby Cannavale - Mike
  • Ana Claudia Talancon - Coco
  • Bruce Willis
  • Richard Linklater
  • Eric Schlosser nach der Vorlage «Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal» von Eric Schlosser
  • Lee Daniel
  • Michael J. Benavente
  • Sandra Adair
  • Bill Elm
  • Friends of Dean Martinez
  • Bruce Curtis
  • Kari Perkins
Participant Productions, Recorded Picture Company, BBC Films, Fuzzy Bunny Films
HanWay Films
Constantin Film
35 mm
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