Food, Inc. (2008)

An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.

Director:

Robert Kenner

Writers:

Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein,

Stars:

Eric Schlosser, Richard Lobb, Vince Edwards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eric Schlosser	...	Himself - Author, 'Fast Food Nation'
Richard Lobb	...	Himself - National Chicken Council
Vince Edwards	...	Himself - Tyson Grower
Carole Morison	...	Herself - Perdue Grower
Michael Pollan	...	Himself - Author, 'The Omnivore's Dilemma'
Troy Roush	...	Himself - Vice President, American Corn Growers Association
Larry Johnson	...	Himself - Center for Crops Utilization Research, Iowa State University
Allen Trenkle	...	Himself - Ruminant Nutrition Expert, Iowa State University
Barbara Kowalcyk	...	Herself - Food Safety Advocate
Patricia Buck	...	Herself - Food Safety Advocate, Barbara's Mom
Diana DeGette	...	Herself - Representative, Colorado
Phil English	...	Himself - Representative - Pennsylvania, Co-Sponsor of Kevin's Law
Eldon Roth	...	Himself - Founder of BPI
Maria Andrea Gonzalez	...	Herself - Mother
Rosa Soto	...	Herself - California Center for Public Health Advocacy

Storyline

The current method of raw food production is largely a response to the growth of the fast food industry since the 1950s. The production of food overall has more drastically changed since that time than the several thousand years prior. Controlled primarily by a handful of multinational corporations, the global food production business - with an emphasis on the business - has as its unwritten goals production of large quantities of food at low direct inputs (most often subsidized) resulting in enormous profits, which in turn results in greater control of the global supply of food sources within these few companies. Health and safety (of the food itself, of the animals produced themselves, of the workers on the assembly lines, and of the consumers actually eating the food) are often overlooked by the companies, and are often overlooked by government in an effort to provide cheap food regardless of these negative consequences. Many of the changes are based on advancements in science and ...

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Plot Keywords:

food | food industry | period in title | punctuation in title | agriculture | 

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Taglines:

Hungry For Change?

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Genres:

Documentary

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some thematic material and disturbing images

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [fr] Official site [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 April 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

P.O.V. Food, Inc. episode #23.1

Filming Locations:

Nebraska, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$60,513 (USA) (12 June 2009)

Gross:

$4,417,124 (USA) (20 November 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Magnolia Pictures, Participant Media, River Road Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min 94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Neither Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan or director Robert Kenner are vegetarians, despite the film's spotlight on meat cultivation and processing in the United States.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: The way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000.

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Connections

Referenced in Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #1.19 (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Sunny L.A."
Written by Nancy Peterson
Performed by Great American Swing Band

User Reviews

One of the Best Documentaries I have seen in a while, and Canada can learn a lot from this mess....

Did you know that it only takes 48 days for a chicken to go to market. Is this natural? This film explores how food is grown, and the concerns that people have, such as the e-coli outbreak that seems to happen every year. I am a lover of meat, but after this film you will want to change some of your practices like switching to Organic etc. This film also explores demand for certain products that are not Genetically modified.

We all have to eat but we can make decisions based on facts, instead of based on perception. People need to be aware that their consequences may have dire repercussions, so if you need to eat, and we all do, then go out and see this.