
Release Date
November 17, 2006 (Limited)
DVD Release Date
March 6, 2007 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Richard Linklater
Writer
Eric Schlosser, Richard Linklater
Cast
Patricia Arquette, Bobby Cannavale, Luis Guzman, Ethan Hawke, Ashley Johnson, Greg Kinnear, Kris Kristofferson, Avril Lavigne, Esai Morales, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Lou Taylor Pucci, Ana Claudia Talancon, Wilmer Valderrama
Studio
Running Time
106 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for disturbing images, strong sexuality, language and drug content
Don Henderson (Greg Kinnear)-a marketing executive at Mickey's Fast Food Restaurant chain, home of "The Big One"-has a problem. Contaminated meat is getting into the frozen patties of the company's best-selling burger. To find out why, he'll have to take a journey to the dark side of the All-American meal.Leaving the cushy confines of the company's Southern California boardroom for the immigrant-staffed slaughterhouses, teeming feedlots and cookie cutter strip malls of Middle America, what Don... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
I have never read Fast Food Nation the book, but it supposedly was
the whistleblower on the fast food industry. If that is the case, what the hell
happened to its theatrical adaptation?
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