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Overview

User Rating:
7.2/10   577 votes
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Director:
Aaron Woolf
Writers:
Ian Cheney (writer)
Curtis Ellis (writer)
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Release Date:
25 April 2009 (Japan) more
Genre:
Documentary more
Tagline:
You are what you eat
Plot:
King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation... more | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
Corn | Food | Iowa | Farm | Diet
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NewsDesk:
King Corn
 (From The AV Club. 13 May 2008, 9:01 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Well done more (16 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Earl L. Butz ... Himself (as Earl Butz)

Ian Cheney ... Himself
Curt Ellis ... Himself
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (HDCAM) | Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Certification:
USA:Unrated
Filming Locations:
Greene, Iowa, USA
Company:
ITVS more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Walter Willet: One great changes in the American food supply during the last 20 years is that we are now drinking many more calories than we were before. And there does seem to be something about drinking calories, in the form of soda for example, that just doesn't generate the stop signals. more

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14 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
Well done, 30 January 2008
10/10
Author: conductor_mtm from Kansas City, Missouri

I was expecting the Michael Moore treatment showing how evil big corporations are to unsuspecting Americans with a snide but preachy sense of humor. Instead you find fair treatment of all the issues with multiple perspectives shown. The makers really were fair and balanced. Agriculture issues tend to be complicated with many shades of gray between minimal black and white. The makers of King Corn drifted across this monochrome spectrum with ease by letting the subject speak for itsself. As a midwesterner, I was very surprised that they didn't portray Iowans as backward rednecks straight from central casting. I hope they decide to make more documentaries as they did wonderful with this one!

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