The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011)

A documentary about branding, advertising and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising and product placement.

Director:

Morgan Spurlock

Writers:

Jeremy Chilnick, Morgan Spurlock

Stars:

J.J. Abrams, Peter Berg, Paul Brennan

3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
J.J. Abrams	...	Himself
Peter Berg	...	Himself
Paul Brennan	...	Himself
Noam Chomsky	...	Himself
Jimmy Kimmel	...	Himself
Rick Kurnit	...	Himself
Mark Crispin Miller	...	Himself
Ralph Nader	...	Himself
Brett Ratner	...	Himself
Antonio Reid	...	Himself
Morgan Spurlock	...	Himself
Quentin Tarantino	...	Himself
Donald Trump	...	Himself
John Wells	...	Himself

Storyline

A documentary about branding, advertising and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising and product placement.

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Plot Keywords:

advertising | product placement | movie in title

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Taglines:

He's not selling out, he's buying in.

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Genres:

Documentary | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some language and sexual material

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 August 2011 (Iceland)

Also Known As:

POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

Box Office

Budget:

$1,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$118,294 (USA) (22 April 2011)

Gross:

$638,476 (USA) (26 August 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Snoot Entertainment, Warrior Poets

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The city of Altoona, Pennsylvania was paid to change its name to Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, PA for 90 days. The money went to the city's Police Department budget. The connection to the movie and the city is from a local convenience store chain (Sheetz) from Altoona appears in the movie as one of Spurlock's sponsors for the film.

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Connections

References Shrek Forever After (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125: Scherzo"
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Courtesy of Manhattan Production Music and Chesky Records

User Reviews

This is the greatest movie review ever! It's thoroughly original.

Morgan Spurlock has returned with another documentary--and this one is one of the most original and clever ones I have ever seen. What I liked about it in particular is its nice sense of humor and it did not come off as a preachy agenda picture.

The film begins with Spurlock discussing just how ubiquitous commercials have become in our lives--particularly the phenomenon of product placement in films. His contention in this film is that even tiny independent documentaries COULD pay for themselves if they, too, jumped on the endorsement bandwagon. And so the film chronicles his pursuit of just about any company willing to finance his film. And, in the process he learns about the loss of control and other problems with this. But, throughout, he maintains a wonderfully wicked sense of humor--and many times I found myself laughing--especially at the miniature horse. I don't want to spoil the film, so I won't say any more about the content. But I loved how this film could appeal to anyone on the right, left or in the middle--clever, very well-written and fun. It also had a gentle sense of humor and never took advantage of the products or companies--so instead of laughing at them, he laughed with them....and the audience. See this one.

By the way, the film featured some great graphics and I loved its style. I sure can't wait to see Spurlock's next film.