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LIFTING THE VEIL ON THE NATION’S FOOD SYSTEM
FOOD, INC.
From The Team Behind An Inconvenient Truth Comes A Riveting Documentary That Pulls Back The Curtain Of The U.S. Food Industry, Available On
Blu-ray Disc And DVD November 3 From Magnolia Home Entertainment
“I gave up the thought of ‘reviewing’ the film and decided to exhort you:
SEE IT. BRING YOUR KIDS IF YOU HAVE THEM. BRING SOMEONE ELSE’S IF YOU DON’T.
The sheer scale of the movie is mind-blowing. It touches on every aspect of modern life.
It’s the documentary equivalent of The Matrix.”
– NPR
“Doing for eating what former President Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ did for global warming.”
–The Kansas City Star
“Keenly attuned to both the practical challenges and pleasure principles of smart eating –
It might change your life.”
– O, Oprah Magazine
“More than a terrific movie – It’s an important movie. Essential and hard to shake.”
–Entertainment Weekly
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. – Dinner will never look the same again when the “powerful wake-up call for consumers,” (NewYorkTimes.com) Food, Inc., arrives on Blu-ray Disc and DVD November 3 from Magnolia Home Entertainment. “Bracing, compassionate, witty and compelling,” (Time) Food, Inc.exposes the highly mechanized substructure that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of the government’s regulatory agencies, the USDA and FDA. Using animation and graphics, Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Robert Kenner (The American Experience) lifts the veil on the nation’s food industry to reveal the shocking truth behind corporate ‘factory farms,’ which churn out genetically modified produce and meat from diseased animals, detrimentally impacting the lives of millions. Putting profit before the health and safety of Americans, companies have utilized scientific advancements to create bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop and insecticide-resistant soybean seeds. The unfortunate by-product of advancement results in the evolution of new, more resistant strains of the sometimes-deadly E. coli bacteria, which sickens over 73,000 Americans annually. Featuring interviews with Stonyfield Farm’s Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms’ Joel Salatin in addition to investigative authors Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) and Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma). Participant Media’s and River Road Entertainment’s Food, Inc. is an eye-opening expose reminiscent of Super Size Me. Detailing how corporate food monopolies influence government regulations, the “smart and expertly shot” (Los Angeles Times) documentary also addresses the nation-wide epidemics of obesity and diabetes, which have drastically escalated over recent decades as a result of the lack of proper nutrition due to the consumption of poor quality food. Participant Media partnered with 20 non-profit and social sector organizations to bring awareness to the film and the issues it addresses through a substantial cause marketing and social action campaign. The partnerships with groups including the California Center for Public Health Advocacy, Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention will continue beyond the DVD’s release. Celebrities Kelly Preston, Alyssa Milano and Martin Sheen, among others created public service announcements on the issue; they will be included on the DVD. Additional bonus features include deleted scenes – 40 minutes of footage/segments not shown in theatres, “Nightline’s” interview with Chipotle’s CEO and more. The film will be available for the suggested retail price of $26.98 and Blu-ray Disc for $34.98.
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There's nothing terribly gruesome in this film - FAST FOOD NATION had much more disturbing moments. I think you'll be more terrified by the business practices depicted than any animal treatment, though the details of chicken farming are pretty sordid.
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they are debeaking the chicks so they can't peck each other's eyes out.
what got me while watching the film is all the ex-Monsanto employees that have cushy government jobs - including Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas who had no problem ruling on his former employer. They're almost as bad as Goldman-Sachs. Maybe the Franklin Mint will makes a Goldman-Sachs vs. Monsanto chess set.
