Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

Director:

Michael Moore

Writer (WGA):

Michael Moore (written by)

Release Date:

2 October 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Capitalism: A Love Story examines the impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default...

Plot Keywords:

Capitalism | Economics | Washington D.C. | Christianity | Greed

Awards:

5 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Thora Birch	...	Herself
William Black	...	Himself
Jimmy Carter	...	Himself (archive footage)
Elijah Cummings	...	Himself (as Congressman Elijah Cummings)
Baron Hill	...	Himself
Marcy Kaptur	...	Herself
John McCain	...	Himself (archive footage)
Michael Moore	...	Himself
Sarah Palin	...	Herself (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan	...	Himself (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt	...	Himself (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	Himself (archive footage)
Wallace Shawn	...	Himself
Elizabeth Warren	...	Herself
Peter Zalewski	...	Himself - Consultant
George W. Bush	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bill Clinton	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nancy Davis	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martin Luther King	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Helmut Kohl	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bela Lugosi	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Zedong Mao	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barack Obama	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Powell	...	Jesus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph Stalin	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Michael Moore

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael Moore		(written by)

Produced by
Judy Aley	....	archival producer
Rod Birleson	....	co-producer
Jim Czarnecki	....	additional field producer
Carl Deal	....	co-producer
Jane Sellen Edwards	....	additional field producer (as Jane Sellen)
Cory Fisher	....	field producer
Adriane Giebel	....	senior field producer
Kathleen Glynn	....	executive producer
Karey Green	....	additional field producer
Basel Hamdan	....	senior field producer
John Hardesty	....	co-producer
Annie Heringer	....	additional field producer
Christina D. King	....	additional field producer
Jennifer Latham	....	line producer
Tia Lessin	....	co-producer
Pearl Lieberman	....	archival producer
Amy McCampbell	....	additional field producer
Risa Mickenberg	....	consulting producer
Anne Moore	....	producer
Michael Moore	....	producer
Jonathan Schwarz	....	research producer
Kristen Vaurio	....	field producer
Eric Weinrib	....	associate producer
Bob Weinstein	....	executive producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer
Rehya Young	....	additional field producer
Titi Yu	....	additional field producer

Original Music by
Jeff Gibbs		(original score)

Cinematography by
Daniel Marracino		(camera)
Jayme Roy		(camera)

Film Editing by
Jessica Brunetto
Alex Meillier
Tanya Meillier
Conor O'Neill
Pablo Proenza
Todd Woody Richman		(as T. Woody Richman)
John W. Walter		(as John Walter)

Production Management
Michael Kania	....	production office manager
Riva Marker	....	post-production supervisor

Sound Department
Alan Chow	....	additional sound
Keith Culbertson	....	sound mix re-recordist
Andrea S. Gard	....	additional sound editor (as Andrea Gard)
Chris Gridley	....	additional sound editor
Scott Guitteau	....	effects editor
Caleb Heineman	....	additional sound
Harry Higgins	....	sound mix re-recordist
Jim Keen	....	additional sound
Francisco La Torre	....	sound (as Francisco Latorre)
Avi Laniado	....	sound mix engineer
James Likowski	....	additional sound editor (as Jim Likowski)
John Jay Martyn	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Mathie	....	additional sound
Reagan Mendoza	....	sound re-recording mixer
Cheryl Nardi	....	dialogue editor
Cheryl Nardi	....	supervising sound editor
Gary Rizzo	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Gary A. Rizzo)
Gary Rizzo	....	supervising sound editor (as Gary A. Rizzo)
Mark Roy	....	sound
Michael Silvers	....	dialogue editor
Irwin Simon	....	editorial facility services: NY
Daniel Sperry	....	consultant: Dolby (as Dan Sperry)
Hilary Stewart	....	sound
John Versical	....	additional sound
Doug Winningham	....	first assistant sound editor (as Dug Winningham)

Visual Effects by
Kea Kelly Alcock	....	motion graphics: Flickerlab
Bryan Cox	....	motion graphics: Flickerlab
Stefano De Gennaro	....	film recording
Wil Frohn	....	motion graphics: Bigstar
Nadia Husain	....	motion graphics: Bigstar
Alex Krawitz	....	motion graphics: Bigstar
Eric Merola	....	motion graphics: Flickerlab
Jess Mireau	....	motion graphics: Flickerlab (as Jessie Mireau)
Robert A. Morris	....	motion graphics supervisor
Harold Moss	....	motion graphics: Flickerlab
Nicole Navitsky	....	motion graphics: Flickerlab
Josh Norton	....	motion graphics: Bigstar
Jodie Rae Plaut	....	motion graphics: Flickerlab
Laurenn Reed	....	motion graphics: Bigstar
Zartosht Soltani	....	motion graphics: Flickerlab
Edward Tasick	....	motion graphics: Bigstar
Tammy Walters	....	motion graphics: Flickerlab
Franklin S. Zitter	....	motion graphics: Flickerlab (as Franklin Zitter)

Camera and Electrical Department
T. Dominic Cochran	....	additional camera (as Dominic Cochran)
Wolfgang Held	....	additional camera operator
Sid Lubitsch	....	additional camera operator
Veronica Moore	....	additional camera operator
Peter Nelson	....	additional camera operator
Geoffrey O'Connor	....	additional cinematography (as Geoff O'Connor)
M.J. Rizk	....	additional camera operator (as MJ Rizk)
Shane Sigler	....	additional camera operator
Ines Sommer	....	additional camera operator
Nicholas Weissman	....	additional camera operator

Animation Department
Eric Merola	....	animation director

Editorial Department
Milton Adamou	....	colorist: HD
Wayne Adams	....	project manager: EFilm
Alex Alzo	....	color timer
Corey Bayes	....	additional assistant editor
Brice Bishop-Pullan	....	first assistant editor
Evan Boulanger	....	editorial assistant
Louisa Forni	....	additional assistant editor
Cailley Frank-Lehrer	....	apprentice editor
Craig Gordon	....	additional conforming editor
Matthew Griffin	....	additional assistant editor
Michael Hatzer	....	digital intermediate colorist
Pat Kelleher	....	additional conforming editor
Alex Kopit	....	assistant editor (as Alexander Kopit)
Ryan McMahon	....	assistant conforming editor
Allison Mitchell	....	laboratory liaison supervisor
Benjamin Murray	....	supervising conforming editor
Frederick R. Northrup	....	assistant editor (as Fred Northrup)
Scot Olive	....	colorist: HD
Nicole Orozco	....	additional assistant editor
Matthew Reedy	....	on-line producer
Jackeline Tejada	....	first assistant editor
Jeff Vennard	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Christine Bergren	....	music clearances
Robert Cotnoir	....	additional music editor
Allison Cummings	....	music clearance
Dan Evans Farkas	....	music editor
Bob Golden	....	composer: additional music
Christopher Henze	....	music assistant (as Chris Henze)
Al Jankowski	....	score producer
Lawrence Manchester	....	music producer
Lawrence Manchester	....	score mixer
Don McCloskey	....	music research (as Don Mccloskey)
Steve Quick	....	score producer
Lauren Shotwell	....	music clearances

Other crew
David Andalman	....	production assistant
Joe Beirne	....	technical supervisor
Matthew Bernard	....	production assistant
Susan Bliss	....	post script services
Gerard Brennan	....	additional crew: field
Nick Carr	....	production assistant (as Nicholas Carr)
Amy Carter	....	accountant
Daniel Carter	....	additional crew: field
Kate Coe	....	additional archive researcher
Fabrizio Constantini	....	location fixer
Laura Crider	....	production office assistant
Charles Davis	....	additional researcher
Kevin Doby	....	archival assistant
Christine Fall	....	archival researcher
Max Fisher	....	intern
Robert 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons	....	production assistant (as Rob Fitzsimmons)
Tony Galluci	....	production assistant
Liz Gengarelly	....	intern
Kari Giron	....	additional archive researcher (as Kari Girón)
Molly Hardesty-Moore	....	intern
Charles Heaphy	....	production financing
Ian Hollander	....	production office assistant
Susan Hormuth	....	additional archive researcher
Andrew Horn	....	additional archive researcher
Jennifer Jennings	....	assistant: Mr. Moore
Michael Johns	....	production assistant
Bill Keskey	....	projectionist
Joaby Knee	....	production assistant
Andrew Kopietz	....	production assistant
Braden Latham-Jones	....	production assistant
Josh Lehman	....	production assistant
Jesse Locks	....	production assistant
Nicole London	....	production assistant
Liz Lovern	....	location fixer
Thomas Maincent	....	manager: IT
Thomas Maincent	....	technical manager
Chelsea Maruskin	....	production assistant
Wes Mayer	....	production office assistant
Jim McCormick	....	intern
Jim McDonnell	....	additional archive researcher
Sean Moskey	....	production assistant
Sebastien Nicolet	....	additional crew: field
Glenn Noffsinger	....	caterer
Katrina Norvell	....	production coordinator
Colin Nusbaum	....	archival researcher
Mike Olpin	....	projectionist
Julia Otwell	....	intern
Brian Papish	....	post production assistant
Taylor Patterson	....	production assistant
Don Peterka	....	production assistant
Amanda Porter	....	intern
Martín Rossetti	....	production assistant (as Martin Rossetti)
Carlye Rubin	....	location fixer
Marvin Ruffin	....	production assistant
Matt Ryb	....	production assistant (as Matt Rybczynski)
Elias Savada	....	copyright research: Director, Motion Picture Information Service
Alana Schaffer	....	archival researcher
Hasan Schahbaz	....	production assistant
Amy Schewel	....	additional archive researcher
Paul Sharpe	....	production assistant
Yvonne Shirley	....	archival researcher
George Sosa	....	production assistant
Jay Teegardin	....	archival assistant
Matt Traulsen	....	production assistant (as Matthew Traulsen)
Sasha Tsyrlin	....	additional crew: field
Simon Van Steyn	....	production assistant
Corey Wascinski	....	production assistant
Svetlana Zill	....	archival researcher
Matthew Coleshill	....	post production intern (uncredited)
Daniel Villagomez	....	business & legal affairs (uncredited)

Thanks
Brett Akagi	....	special thanks: archival, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Chris Aldred	....	thanks
Joan Baez	....	special thanks
Linda Barry	....	thanks
Robin Bell	....	acknowledgment: archival footage courtesy of, Bellvisuals.com
Nancy Belton	....	thanks
Jessica Berman Bogdan	....	special thanks: archival, Global Imageworks
Richard Brauer	....	thanks: Brauer Productions (as Rich Brauer)
Louis C.K.	....	special thanks
Apolinar Cabrera	....	thanks (as Apolinar Cabrera and Family)
John Casper	....	special thanks: archival, Casper News Service
Larry Charles	....	special thanks
Kathy Doty	....	thanks
Wingate Downs	....	thanks
Karen Duffy	....	thanks
Rana Elmir	....	thanks: ACLU of Michigan
Diane Farserra	....	special thanks: archival, Center For Media And Democracy (as Diane Farsetta)
Vanessa Fluker	....	thanks: Moratorium Now
Ranko Gak	....	thanks
Jeff Garlin	....	special thanks
Jerry Goldberg	....	thanks: Moratorium Now
Merle Haggard	....	special thanks
Paul W. Hazen	....	thanks (as Paul Hazen)
Chris Hedges	....	special thanks (as Christopher Hedges)
Matthew D. Hutcheson	....	special thanks: archival, Independent Pension Fiduciary (as Matthew D. Hutcheson LLC)
Christine Lahti	....	special thanks
Deb Lake	....	special thanks
Herschell Gordon Lewis	....	special thanks
Paul Mazursky	....	special thanks
Daisy Pinedo	....	thanks
Iggy Pop	....	special thanks
Max Rameau	....	special thanks: Take Back The Land
Daniel P. Richards	....	thanks (as Rev. Daniel P. Richards)
John Roach	....	thanks: Detroit (as Officer John Roach)
Marie Roda	....	special thanks: archival, Roda Creative Services
Linda Rubin	....	special thanks: archival, The Smoll Corporation
Peter Salk	....	special thanks: Family of Dr. Jonas Salk (as Peter L. Salk M.D.)
Thomas Schlamme	....	special thanks
Mike Shaldjian	....	special thanks: archival, Media Watch
James Shiffer	....	special thanks: archival, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Michael Steinberg	....	thanks: ACLU of Michigan
Rob Wachter	....	special thanks: archival, Media Watch
David Waldman	....	thanks (as David Waldman a.k.a. Kagro X)
Tom Webb	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Overture Films (present)
• Paramount Vantage (present)
• Weinstein Company, The (in association with)
• Dog Eat Dog Films (producer)

Distributors

• Alliance Films (2009) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Alta Films (2009) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Bontonfilm (2009) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Concorde Filmverleih (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
• EcoFilmes (2009) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Festive Films (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Mikado (2009) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Myndform (2009) (Iceland) (theatrical)
• Overture Films (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2010) (UK) (theatrical)
• Queen Film (2009) (Indonesia) (theatrical)
• R Film (2009) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• Showgate (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2009) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Transilvania Film (2009) (Bulgaria) (theatrical)
• Transilvania Film (2009) (Romania) (theatrical)
• United King Films (2009) (Israel) (theatrical)
• Worldwide Entertainment Group (WEG) (2009) (India) (theatrical)
• Alliance Films (2010) (Canada) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2009) (Switzerland) (all media)
• Concorde Home Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Daylight (2010) (Japan) (DVD)
• EuroVideo (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• FS Film Oy (2009) (Finland) (all media)
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2009) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2009) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• Geneon Universal Entertainment (2010) (Japan) (DVD)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Prisvídeo - Edições Videográficas (2009) (Portugal) (all media)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2010) (Sweden) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Bigstar Motion Design (motion graphics) (as Bigstar)
• FlickerLab (motion graphics) (as Flickerlab)
• David Wilson Audio (motion graphics: work for Flickerlab)

Other Companies

• Alvarado St. Bakery  special thanks
• American Bar Association (ABA) Media Archives  special thanks: archival (as ABA Media Archives)
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)  thanks (as ACLU of Michigan)
• BBC Motion Gallery  archival footage courtesy of
• Bigstar Motion Design  titles and opticals
• Brauer Productions Inc.  thanks
• Canvas Ranch CSA  thanks (as Canvas Ranch CSA, Petaluma, CA)
• Casper New Service  special thanks: archival
• Center for Media and Democracy  special thanks: archival
• Center for Responsive Politics  thanks
• Christine Bergren Music Consulting  music clearances
• City Opera House, Traverse City  thanks
• City Slicker Farms  thanks (as City Slicker Farms, Oakland, CA)
• Don Best Sports, Las Vegas  thanks
• Efootage  archival footage courtesy of (as eFootage, LLC)
• Footage Farm  archival footage courtesy of
• Global Imageworks  special thanks: archival
• Habitat for Humanity  thanks (as Habitat For Humanity, Saginaw)
• Independent Pension Fiduciary  special thanks: archival
• Isthmus Engineering & Manufacturing  special thanks (as Isthmus Engineering & Manufacturing, Madison)
• Jimmy Carter Library  archival footage courtesy of
• Juvenile Law Center, The  special thanks
• Media Watch  special thanks: archival
• Minneapolis Star Tribune, The  special thanks: archival
• Moratorium Now  thanks
• Motion Picture Information Services  copyright research (as Motion Picture Information Service)
• New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theater & Broadcasting, The  thanks (as City of New York Mayor's Office of Film, Television & Broadcasting)
• Paola's Restaurant  thanks (as Paola's Restaurant, New York City)
• People of Traverse City, Michigan  special thanks
• Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign  special thanks: archival
• Roda Creative Services  special thanks: archival
• Sault College, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada  thanks
• Serenity Tea Bar & Café  thanks (as Serenity Tea Bar & Café, Traverse City)
• Sit-Down Strikers of Republic Window and Doors  special thanks
• Smoll Corporation, The  special thanks: archival
• Staff & Volunteers of The State Theatre, Traverse City  special thanks
• Take Back The Land  special thanks
• US Federation of Worker Cooperatives, The  special thanks
• Union Cab of Madison Cooperative  special thanks
• United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America  special thanks
• Vanderbilt Television News Archive  special thanks: archival
• Wayne County's Sheriff's Office  thanks

Also Known As:

"The New Movie" - USA (promotional title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some language

Runtime:

127 min | Canada:105 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian | Spanish

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45626) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A | Finland:K-7 | Singapore:NC-16 | Ireland:PG | Norway:A | Portugal:M/12 | Japan:G | Australia:M | Netherlands:9 | New Zealand:M | Sweden:Btl | Germany:6 | Denmark:A | France:U | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Chevrolet Plants, Flint, Michigan, USA

Company:

Overture Films

Trivia:

After the film's release, Michael Moore threatened to not make any more documentaries until he saw signs that Americans were heeding his message and taking action for change. In 2011, he cited the Occupy Wall Street movement as a renewal of his hopes, and that he would resume work on another film.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The film depicts a boarded-up house in Bellington, WA; there is no such city in Washington state. It likely meant to say Bellingham, WA.

Quotes:

Michael Moore:I refuse to live in a country like this, and I'm not leaving.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Rotten Tomatoes Show: The Rotten Tomatoes Show Year Endies (#1.39)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Sleuth

What you're not supposed to know

Michael Moore has never been objective. No documentary maker ever was. When you chose a subject, you've already taken some kind of position and Moore doesn't try to hide what he thinks.

And he shows us worker's families being driven from their homes and brokers making profit on it. He shows business companies taking life insurances on their employed and taking all the money when the employed dies. He says that the Congress is in the hands of Wall Street and especially Goldman and Sachs. There are more examples.

The interesting question is why Michael Moore is so alone making these kind of films in the US. The answer is probably that the investors don't want him or anybody else to do them. They want to go on, treating the American people in the most terrifying ways. And since money seems to decide so much in that country, such films are very seldom made. But you're not supposed to know.