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Director:
Susan Saladoff
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Release Date:
27 June 2011 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Documentary See more »
Tagline:
Is justice being served?
Plot:
How the infamous McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit and similar cases were exploited as part of a right wing crusade to weaken civil justice. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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McDonald's had over 700 complaints about their coffee before this suit See more (24 total) »

Cast

 
Joan Claybrook ... Herself
Oliver Diaz ... Himself
Joanne Doroshow ... Herself

Al Franken ... Himself
Colin Gourley ... Himself
Connor Gourley ... Himself

John Grisham ... Himself
Jamie Leigh Jones ... Herself
Stephanie Mencimer ... Herself
Victor Schwartz ... Himself
Wayne Slater ... Himself
Chris Tiano ... Himself
Alex Winslow ... Himself

Directed by
Susan Saladoff 
 
Produced by
Reniqua Allen .... archival producer
Prudence Arndt .... archival producer
Sara Bernstein .... supervising producer
Erin Crumpacker .... associate producer
Carly Hugo .... producer
Sheila Nevins .... executive producer
Alan Oxman .... producer
Betsy Rate .... associate producer
Rebecca Saladoff .... co-producer
 
Original Music by
Michael Mollura 
 
Cinematography by
Martina Radwan 
 
Film Editing by
Cindy Lee 
 
Sound Department
Tyler Cartner .... sound mixer
Eric Gitelson .... sound re-recording mixer
Johnpaul Golaski .... sound mixer
Wil Masisak .... sound mixer
Lorenzo Millan .... sound mixer
John Moros .... sound editor
Jeff Seelye .... sound editor
Matt Sheldon .... sound mixer
Michael J. Walls .... sound mixer
Winter .... sound mixer
 
Visual Effects by
Brian Oakes .... director of graphic design
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Steven Capitano Calitri .... vfx director of photography (as Steve Calitri)
Jesse Dana .... additional cinematographer
Jesse Durell .... assistant camera: New York Unit
Laela Kilbourn .... additional cinematography
Mark McKnight .... additional cinematography
Ben Watts .... assistant camera
 
Animation Department
Louis Fox .... animation director
 
Editorial Department
Geof Bartz .... consulting editor
Christopher Branca .... additional editor
Jonathan Liebert .... digital cinema mastering
Jamie Meyer .... additional editor
Lukas Persson .... additional editor
Raphael Rice .... additional editor
Owen Rucker .... on-line editor
Rebecca Saladoff .... assistant editor
Caitlin Tartaro .... digital intermediate producer
Justin B. Tolley .... associate editor
Isaac Urwin .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Kevin Bluhm .... music editor
Joel Goodman .... composer: additional music
Tara Hunnewell .... playback singer
Keith Kohn .... music producer
Alec Puro .... music supervisor
 
Other crew
Stacie Jones .... production staff: D.C. Unit
Karen Shatzkin .... legal services
 
Thanks
Rebecca Atwood .... special thanks
Kyle Luker .... special thanks
 

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Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Filming Locations:
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USASee more »
Company:
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45 out of 58 people found the following review useful.
McDonald's had over 700 complaints about their coffee before this suit, 27 June 2011
Author: jz5x5 from United States

. . . and ignored them all.

Anyone who actually watched this film would know that the McDonald's case is only the first of several cases discussed in the movie. Anyone who knows about the McDonald's case would know that the injuries suffered by this 79 yr old woman were outrageous. She required skin grafts all over her crotch, most of her buttocks, and much of her upper thighs. She had third degree burns so bad she almost died. This woman was no sleaze, no con artist-- she worked her whole life.

Other reviewers seem to ignore that there has been a concerted movement by Karl Rove and his US Chamber of Commerce pals to stack the deck against individual rights in favor of corporations under the guise of "tort reform" and some of their tactics have been appalling-- and this film discusses that as well.

This film, much like Gasland, tells a story that needs to be told, and it's great that HBO has the kahunas to air it.

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Why do you keep talking about coffee temperature? davemarini-678-646419
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