Food, Inc. (2008)
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- PG
- 1h 34min
- Documentary, News
- 31 Jul 2009 (USA)
- Movie
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 19 nominations.
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Cast
Eric Schlosser | ... |
Self - Author, 'Fast Food Nation'
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Richard Lobb | ... |
Self - National Chicken Council
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Vince Edwards | ... |
Self - Tyson Grower
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Carole Morison | ... |
Self - Perdue Grower
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Michael Pollan | ... |
Self - Author, 'The Omnivore's Dilemma'
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Troy Roush | ... |
Self - Vice President, American Corn Growers Association
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Larry Johnson | ... |
Self - Center for Crops Utilization Research, Iowa State University
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Allen Trenkle | ... |
Self - Ruminant Nutrition Expert, Iowa State University
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Barbara Kowalcyk | ... |
Self - Food Safety Advocate
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Patricia Buck | ... |
Self - Food Safety Advocate, Barbara's Mom
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Diana DeGette | ... |
Self - Representative, Colorado
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Phil English | ... |
Self - Representative - Pennsylvania, Co-Sponsor of Kevin's Law
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Eldon Roth | ... |
Self - Founder of BPI
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Maria Andrea Gonzalez | ... |
Self - Mother
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Rosa Soto | ... |
Self - California Center for Public Health Advocacy
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Joel Salatin | ... |
Self - Polyface Farms Owner
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Eduardo Peña | ... |
Self - Union Organizer
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Gary Hirshberg | ... |
Self - CEO, Stonyfield Farm
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Amanda Ellis-Thurber | ... |
Self - Organic Farmer
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Tony Airoso | ... |
Self - Wal-Mart's Chief Dairy Purchaser
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Moe Parr | ... |
Self - Seed Cleaner
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David Runyon | ... |
Self - Farmer
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Stephen R. Pennell | ... |
Self - Moe's Lawyer
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William P. Kealey | ... |
Self
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Tom Brokaw | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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Maurice McDonald | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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Richard McDonald | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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Dan Rather | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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Theodore Roosevelt | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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Oprah Winfrey | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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Directed by
Robert Kenner |
Written by
Robert Kenner | ... | (writer) & |
Elise Pearlstein | ... | (writer) & |
Kim Roberts | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
Sascha Goldhor | ... | associate producer |
Robert Kenner | ... | producer |
Richard Pearce | ... | co-producer |
Elise Pearlstein | ... | producer |
Bill Pohlad | ... | executive producer (as William Pohlad) |
Jay Redmond | ... | associate producer |
Melissa Robledo | ... | co-producer |
Eric Schlosser | ... | co-producer |
Robin Schorr | ... | executive producer |
Jeff Skoll | ... | executive producer |
Diane Weyermann | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Mark Adler |
Cinematography by
Richard Pearce | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Kim Roberts |
Editorial Department
Ryan Dalley | ... | additional on-line editor |
Vanessa Galvez | ... | project manager: EFILM |
Brian George | ... | DaVinci colorist |
Chris A. Peterson | ... | additional on-line editor |
Jay Redmond | ... | assistant editor |
Dan Wilken | ... | on-line editor |
Production Management
Bill Newcomb | ... | post production supervisor |
Melissa Robledo | ... | post production supervisor |
Art Department
Wolf Amer | ... | art department: supermarket shoot |
Anna Branson | ... | art department: supermarket shoot |
William Branson | ... | art department: supermarket shoot |
David Courtemarche | ... | production designer: supermarket shoot |
Jory Felice | ... | art department: supermarket shoot |
Marguerite Kenner | ... | art department: supermarket shoot |
Kamil Korus | ... | art department: supermarket shoot |
James Priest | ... | art department: supermarket shoot |
Sound Department
Vince Balunas | ... | sound editor |
Sara Bencivenga | ... | assistant sound editor |
Gary C. Bourgeois | ... | sound mixer (as Gary Bourgeois) |
Mario Cardenas | ... | sound recordist |
Jim Choi | ... | sound recordist |
Benjamin Clore | ... | sound recordist (as Ben Clore) |
Daniel Colman | ... | sound editor |
Doug Dunderdale | ... | sound recordist (as Douglas Dunderdale) |
Ernesto Estrada | ... | sound recordist (as Ernesto 'Cato' Estrada) |
William Freesh | ... | sound mixer (as Bill Freesh) |
Claudia Katayanagi | ... | sound recordist |
Jack Levy | ... | supervising sound editor |
Sam C. Lewis | ... | foley mixer (as Sam Lewis) |
Doug Madick | ... | foley artist |
Eddie O'Connor | ... | sound recordist (as Eddie O'Conner) |
Glenn Oyabe | ... | sound editor (as Glen Oyabe) |
Richard Partlow | ... | foley artist (as Rick Partlow) |
Steuart Pearce | ... | sound recordist |
Fred Peck III | ... | mix technician (as Fred W. Peck III) |
Bruce Perlman | ... | sound recordist |
Mark Petersen | ... | sound editor |
Paul Rusnak | ... | sound recordist |
George Shafnaker | ... | sound recordist |
John Slocum | ... | sound recordist (as John Slochum) |
Susumu Tokunow | ... | sound recordist |
Glenn Oyabe | ... | sound designer (uncredited) |
Bruce Perlman | ... | sound mixer (uncredited) |
Ryan Young | ... | dialogue editor (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
Carson Hood | ... | visual effects executive producer |
Eric Epstein | ... | motion graphics artist: Bigstar (uncredited) |
Nadia Husain | ... | visual effects artist (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Gonzalo Amat | ... | director of photography: supermarket shoot (as Gonzolo Amat) |
Chris Baron | ... | additional photography |
Matthew Devitt | ... | best boy: supermarket shoot (as Matt Devitt) |
Jon Else | ... | additional photography |
Shana Hagan | ... | additional photography |
Don Lenzer | ... | additional photography |
Terry McArdle | ... | additional photography (as Terry McAdle) |
Stephen McCarthy | ... | additional photography |
Jon Peter | ... | assistant camera: supermarket sequence (as Jonathan Peter) |
Jay Redmond | ... | additional photography |
Justin Sprecher | ... | additional photography |
Rick Stribling | ... | key grip: supermarket shoot |
Jon R. Tower | ... | lighting design (as Jon Tower) |
Brett Wiley | ... | additional photography |
Music Department
Nico Abondolo | ... | musician: bass |
Mark Adler | ... | music orchestrated and conducted by / musician: keyboards / recorded and mixed by |
Jack Baran | ... | music supervisor |
Robert Becker | ... | musician: viola (as Bob Becker) |
Robert Berg | ... | musician: viola |
Charlie Bisharat | ... | musician: violin |
Gary Bovyer | ... | musician: clarinet |
Tom Boyd | ... | musician: oboe |
Heather Clark | ... | musician: flute |
John Eidsvoog | ... | music preparation |
Julie Eidsvoog | ... | music preparation |
Vanessa Freebairn-Smith | ... | musician: cello (as Vanessa Freebarin-Smith) |
Bob Glaub | ... | musician: bass |
Kristine Hedewall | ... | musician: violin |
Janet Lakatos | ... | musician: viola |
Matt Laug | ... | musician: drums |
Sungil Lee | ... | musician: violin |
Jinny Leem | ... | musician: violin (as Jennie Leem) |
Lora'nd Lokustza | ... | musician: violin (as Lorand Lokuszta) |
Timothy Loo | ... | musician: cello (as Tim Loo) |
David Low | ... | contractor / musician: cello |
Rene Mandel | ... | concertmaster |
Peter Maunu | ... | musician: guitar |
Luke Maurer | ... | musician: viola |
Damian Montano | ... | musician: bassoon (as Damion Montano) |
Grace Oh | ... | musician: violin |
Joel Pargman | ... | musician: violin |
Nicolas Philippon | ... | musician: bass (as Nico Philippon) |
Radu Pieptea | ... | musician: violin |
Aminé Ramer | ... | music supervisor (as Amine Ramer) |
Susan Rishik | ... | musician: violin |
Mark Robertson | ... | musician: violin |
Daryn Roven | ... | recorded and mixed by |
Marc Sazer | ... | musician: violin (as Marc Sazar) |
Haim Shtrum | ... | musician: violin (as Hiam Strum) |
David Speltz | ... | musician: cello (as Dave Speltz) |
Ashoka Thiagarajan | ... | musician: violin |
Paul Viapiano | ... | musician: guitar |
Aaron Walk | ... | assistant engineer |
Yelena Yegoryan | ... | musician: violin (as Yelena Yegoryian) |
Michael Ashley West | ... | composer assistant (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Singeli Agnew | ... | production assistant (as Singli Agnew) |
Jill Armstrong | ... | production assistant |
Derek Boonstra | ... | intern |
Josh Braun | ... | distribution advisor: Submarine Entertainment |
Larry Burke | ... | stock footage & photographs provided by: Flying Cloud Moving Pictures |
Chloe Bystrom | ... | transcription |
Karen Childs | ... | transcription: BAM Transcription |
April Ciaccio | ... | production assistant |
Jon Else | ... | stock footage & photographs provided by |
Lincoln Else | ... | production assistant |
Sascha Goldhor | ... | archival research |
DeMille Halliburton | ... | production insurance: DeWitt Stern Group |
Frank Hildebrand | ... | for: River Road Entertainment |
Mitch Horwits | ... | for: River Road Entertainment |
Jeff Ivers | ... | other crew: for Participant Media (as Jeffrey D. Ivers) |
Ana Sofia Joanes | ... | stock footage & photographs provided by (as Ana Joanes) |
Kathy Jones | ... | for: Participant Media |
Tess Kenner | ... | production assistant |
Victor Kovner | ... | legal services provided by |
Stephen La Rocque | ... | information technology support |
Bill Mitchell | ... | stock footage & photographs provided by: Blue Sky Stock Footage |
Chris Murdock | ... | production assistant |
Brandon Piety | ... | Social Marketing |
Michael Pollan | ... | special consultant |
Ryan Pratt | ... | production assistant |
Michael Reinarts | ... | for: River Road Entertainment |
Melissa Robledo | ... | archival research |
Courtney Sexton | ... | for: Participant Media |
Jay Shepley | ... | production assistant |
Buffy Shutt | ... | for: Participant Media |
Ricky Strauss | ... | for: Participant Media |
Cody Terrell | ... | production assistant |
Michael Weinreich | ... | intern |
J. David Williams | ... | financier |
Robert Wise | ... | legal services provided by |
Deborah Zipser | ... | for: River Road Entertainment |
Rick Schirmer | ... | social marketing (uncredited) |
Thanks
Judith Belzer | ... | special thanks |
Steve Bjerklie | ... | special thanks |
Richard Branca | ... | special thanks: Sony Post Production Facilities |
Scott Z. Burns | ... | special thanks |
Mike Callicrate | ... | special thanks |
Al Christian | ... | special thanks |
Troy Cowen | ... | special thanks |
Rosa DeLauro | ... | special thanks (as Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro) |
Aloma Dew | ... | special thanks |
Joanie Diener | ... | special thanks |
Rick Dove | ... | special thanks |
Margaret Drain | ... | special thanks |
Ted Driscoll | ... | special thanks |
Bernadine Edwards | ... | special thanks |
Julie Eisenberg | ... | special thanks |
Leonard Feinstein | ... | special thanks (as Lenny Feinstein) |
Bill Freese | ... | special thanks: The Center for Food Safety |
Kage Glanz | ... | special thanks |
Harold Goldstein | ... | special thanks |
Michael Hanson | ... | special thanks: Consumer's Union |
Nathanial Johnson | ... | special thanks |
Richard Kassabaum | ... | special thanks |
Marguerite Kenner | ... | special thanks |
Martin Kenner | ... | special thanks |
Andrew Kimbrell | ... | special thanks: The Center for Food Safety |
Fred Kirschenmann | ... | special thanks |
Diana LaPointe | ... | special thanks: SonyBMG |
Dale Lasater | ... | special thanks |
Don Lenzer | ... | special thanks |
Michael Levy | ... | special thanks |
Richard Linklater | ... | special thanks |
Ralph Loglisci | ... | special thanks: Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production |
Alice Markowitz | ... | special thanks |
Bill Marler | ... | special thanks: Marler Clark |
Cara Mertes | ... | very special thanks |
Kathy Murphy | ... | special thanks |
Marion Nestle | ... | special thanks |
Nicolas Noxon | ... | special thanks (as Nick Noxon) |
Chris Petersen | ... | special thanks: Iowa Farmer's Union |
Emily Rice | ... | special thanks |
Bobby Roth | ... | special thanks |
Mike Semple | ... | special thanks |
Whitley Stephensen | ... | special thanks |
Jeremy Thomas | ... | special thanks |
Alice Waters | ... | special thanks |
Alison Wiediger | ... | special thanks: Au Naturel Farm |
Paul Wiediger | ... | special thanks: Au Naturel Farm |
Charles Wilson | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
- Magnolia Pictures (presents)
- Participant (present)
- River Road Entertainment (present)
Distributors
- Deltamac Co. (2009) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
- Magnolia Pictures (2009) (United States) (theatrical)
- CTV International (2009) (France) (theatrical)
- Deltamac Co. (2009) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
- Golden Village Pictures (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- Golden Village (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- United King Films (2009) (Israel) (theatrical)
- Unplugged (2011) (Japan) (theatrical)
- A-Film Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Canana Films (2010) (Mexico)
- Dogwoof (2008) (United Kingdom)
- Hulu (2023) (United States) (video)
- Magnolia Home Entertainment (2009) (United States) (DVD)
- Magnolia Home Entertainment (2009) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (2010) (United States) (tv) (network premiere)
- Sunfilm Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2012) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Bigstar Motion Design (main title & graphics)
- ABC News Video Source (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- AP Archive (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- AgStock Images (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- America by Air Stock Footage (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- American Entertainment Investors (financial advisors: River Road Entertainment)
- AnEFX (sound post-production)
- BBC Motion Gallery (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- Blue Sky Stock Footage (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- Bucketworks South (recorded and mixed at)
- CNN Image Source (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- California Center for Public Health Advocacy (special thanks)
- Capitol Studios (recorded and mixed at)
- Consumer Federation of America (special thanks)
- Corbis (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- DBA West (marketing)
- Davis Wright Tremaine (legal services provided by)
- DeMille Halliburton (production insurance)
- DeWitt Stern Group (production insurance)
- DesignTown USA (special thanks)
- EFILM (film recording provided by: Arri Laser)
- Earthbound Farms (special thanks)
- Film Finances (completion guarantor)
- Fintage CAM (collection account management)
- Flying Cloud Moving Pictures (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- Footage World (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- FootageBank HD (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- Framepool (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- Getty Images (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- High Plains Films (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- Iowa Farmer's Union (special thanks)
- Joshua Wilton House (special thanks)
- KVIE (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- Library of Congress (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- MacDonald and Associates (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- MacNeil-Lehrer Productions (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- Mosaic Films (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- NBC News Archives (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- National Chicken Council (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- North Carolina Pork Council (special thanks)
- NovaStar Digital (audio layback)
- Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production (special thanks)
- Streamline Films (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- Submarine Entertainment (distribution advising)
- The Center for Food Safety (special thanks)
- The Humane Society of the United States (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- The Poultry Research Center (stock footage & photographs provided by)
- WGBH Media Library & Archive (stock footage & photographs provided by)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
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 technology, but often have negative side effects.The products made have been shown in several studies to enlarge male sexual organs and increase male breast size. The answer that the companies have come up with is to throw more science at the problems to bandage the issues but not the root causes. The global food supply may be in crisis with lack of biodiversity, but can be changed on the demand side of the equation. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | You'll never look at dinner the same way again See more » |
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Box Office
Opening Weekend United States | $60,513, 14 Jun 2009 |
Did You Know?
Trivia | On the Region 1 DVD packaging, the UPC bar-code on the cow is different from the one shown on the theatrical poster. The bar-code on the poster is 4-73762-52481-6-(18). The bar-code on the Region 1 DVD packaging is 8-76964-00216-5 : the same bar-code that appears on the back cover of the DVD. As of 2022, the bar-code used on the poster is not an active code. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Tim Raue und Dave Arnold (2009). See more » |
Soundtracks | Sunny L.A. See more » |
Quotes |
Michael Pollan:
There are no seasons in the American supermarket. Now there are tomatoes all year round, grown halfway around the world, picked when it was green, and ripened with ethylene gas. Although it looks like a tomato, it's kind of a notional tomato. I mean, it's the idea of a tomato. See more » |