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Release Date: April 22, 2011 (Limited)
On DVD: August 23, 2011
Genre: Documentary
Director: Morgan Spurlock
Writer: Jeremy Chilnick, Morgan Spurlock
Cast: Morgan Spurlock
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Official site: thegreatestmovieeversold.com
Running Time: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for some language and sexual material

Boundary-pushing Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock explores the world of product placement, marketing and advertising in POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, a film that was fully financed through product placement from various brands, all of which are integrated transparently into the film.

While using brands in film promotion is not new for Hollywood, it certainly is new territory for the documentary format. Spurlock exploits the phenomenon to new heights, with everything from branded pizza...

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Review by Nathan Samdahl (B-)

Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold has everything you want from a Morgan Spurlock documentary: creativity, humor and definitely a style-over-substance approach.  While examining how advertising and brands have assimilated themselves into nearly every aspect of our lives, Spurlock goes on a hilarious journey to accomplish his most important goal - to fund his film solely through brand integration.

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