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  • Actors: Kris Kristofferson, Patricia Arquette, Bruce Willis, Ethan Hawke, Greg Kinnear
  • Directors: Richard Linklater
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Tartan Video
  • DVD Release Date: 27 Aug 2007
  • Run Time: 109 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000QEIQ6K
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,440 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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If you're still eating that fast-food burger after watching Super Size Me, you might not feel too hungry after watching Fast Food Nation, a fictionalised feature based on Eric Schlosser's bestselling nonfiction expose. Director Richard Linklater, who cowrote the screenplay with Schlosser, guides a topnotch ensemble cast through a peek behind the veil of how that Big Mac is born. Much of the film focuses on the illegal immigrants who work in the loosely regulated meat-packing industry, and actors including the luminous Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace), who plays a desperate but outraged labourer. Greg Kinnear also delivers a spot-on performance as a fast-food chain marketing manager, trying frantically to discover the source of stomach-turning contamination in the company's meat. Stories are woven in unexpected ways, and cameos by the likes of Kris Kristofferson, Patricia Arquette, and especially Bruce Willis keep the narrative fresh. The film has a point of view, but thanks to Linklater's deft touch, is never didactic. As Willis's character slyly says, "Most people don't like to be told what's best for them." Agreed, yet Fast Food Nation likely will help the viewer be more conscious of what's on the end of that fork. --A.T. Hurley

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If Super Size Me took on the burger, Fast Food Nation takes on the whole takeaway food industry! Don Henderson is a corporate marketing whiz at Mickey s Fast Food Restaurant chain, home of The Big One . When he discovers that contaminated meat is getting into the frozen patties of the company s best-selling burger, his investigations uncover more than he bargained for. Directed by Richard Linklater (Before Sunset, School of Rock) and based on Eric Schlosser s best-selling expose of America s junk food industry, Fast Food Nation features an-star cast including Greg Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine), multi-million selling MTV Award winner Avril Lavigne, Ethan Hawke (Before Sunset), Patricia Arquette (True Romance), Oscar® nominee Kris Kristofferson and Bruce Willis. Special Features: - Tartan Exclusive Interviews with Eric Schlosser, Richard Linklater, Ashley Johnson and Wilmer Valderrama - Behind the Scenes - Original Theatrical Trailer
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie, 22 Aug 2007
By CathMac69 (London, UK) - See all my reviews
Fast Food Nation is a must-see: it's funny, it's got a great cast (Bruce Willis, Greg Kinnear, Patricia Arquette...) but putting it above general American comedies is the fact that there's actually something serious going on as well. This is the complete opposite of the meaningless fast food-style burger movies that Hollywood churns out - this film has a message and manages to get it across wihtout beign preachy. Sometimes it's pretty shocking and even quite dark but that's life - and let's hope this film not just entertains people but makes them think about the way that things go on.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Liked the book, LOVED the film!!!, 20 Aug 2007
I got round to reading the book after just about everyone seemed to be reading it a couple of years ago and though it was brilliant, it was hard to get through. The film is a far better snapshot of just what's wrong with the fast food industry. The best thing is that although it's got a real serious side to it, it's very funny in places and there's a wicked cameo from Bruce Willis!!! The rest of the cast are all pretty impressive too. LOVED it!
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Funny and very clever!, 20 Aug 2007
By Ziggy (London, UK) - See all my reviews
Being a fan of Richard Linklater's other films (School of Rock, A Scanner Darkly) I was interested to see how he was going to handle adapting a non-fictional book about the state of the U.S fast food industry. What a great result - choosing the brilliant and comedic actor Greg Kinnear as well as my other favourite Little Miss Sunshine actor, Paul Dano - the film focuses in on what goes into the burger, not only the ingredients (which are gross enough) but the issues of the workforce etc. Don't worry, it's not a sanctimonious-guilt-inducing account... instead, a laugh-out-loud shocker. Highly entertaining!!!
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3.0 out of 5 stars They should've done a documentary instead
The film wasn't as good as what i initially thought it would be.
Rent it, dont buy it - you'll regret it if you do.
Published 17 months ago by Brendan T. Hole

1.0 out of 5 stars it doesn't work
Apparently this film is based on a work of non-fiction, which is perhaps why it doesn't work as fiction. Read more
Published 20 months ago by the gooch

3.0 out of 5 stars Worth watching
Lots of subtle messages aimed at educating people like me (no bad thing).

It opens a window on the crassness of American corporate greed and just how dull the... Read more
Published on 28 Dec 2007 by Jones the Film

3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I was expecting....
I expected a documentary along the lines of Fahrenheit 9/11, with interviews with McDonalds/Burger King/etc staff but instead it involves a fictional burger chain and tells the... Read more
Published on 10 Sep 2007 by NonShinyGoose

3.0 out of 5 stars the view according to www.georgevader.co.uk
'Fast Food Nation' is based on the 2001 best selling book book of the same name and and centres on a fictional fast food chain 'Mickeys' . Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2007 by R. J. Williams

5.0 out of 5 stars Burger off!
Without wishing to sound like a veggie bore, I do highly recommend this film to anyone in any doubt as to whether the term 'junk food' is anything better than just that, junk... Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2007 by Kas

5.0 out of 5 stars Gross but funny
If you want to keep eating burgers after watching this, knock yourself out. Me? Never again... and anytime I think I might, I'll be buying the DVD to watch the film again and... Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2007 by Mylhouse

5.0 out of 5 stars Needs to be watched
Want to know how disgustingly bad American big business is? Eat faeces! (i.e. it makes us eat faeces - that's how disgusting... Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2007 by The Sundance Kid

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