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Trailer here. (http://www.supersizeme.com/video/SuperSizeMe_Trlr_700.mov)
Release Date: May 7, 2004 (limited)
Starring: Morgan Spurlock, Dr. Daryl Isaacs, M.D., Dr. Lisa Ganjhu, D.O., Dr. Stephen Siegel, M.D., Bridget Bennett, MS, RD
Director: Morgan Spurlock
Plot Summary: Why are Americans so fat? Find out in "Super Size Me," a tongue in-cheek - and burger in hand -- look at the legal, financial and physical costs of America's hunger for fast food. Ominously, 37% of American children and adolescents are carrying too much fat and 2 out of every three adults are overweight or obese. Is it our fault for lacking self-control, or are the fast-food corporations to blame? Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock hit the road and interviewed experts in 20 U.S. cities, including Houston, the "Fattest City" in America. From Surgeon Generals to gym teachers, cooks to kids, lawmakers to legislators, these authorities shared their research, opinions and "gut feelings" on our ever-expanding girth. During the journey, Spurlock also put his own body on the line, living on nothing but McDonald's for an entire month with three simple rules: 1) No options: he could only eat what was available over the counter (water included!); 2) No supersizing unless offered; 3) No excuses: he had to eat every item on the menu at least once. It all adds up to a fat food bill, harrowing visits to the doctor, and compelling viewing for anyone who's ever wondered if man could live on fast food alone. The film explores the horror of school lunch programs, declining health and physical education classes, food addictions and the extreme measures people take to lose weight and regain their health. "Super Size Me" is a satirical jab in the stomach, overstuffed with fat and facts about the billion-dollar industry besieged by doctors, lawyers and nutritionists alike. "Would you like fries with that?" will never sound the same!
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I read about this guy... pretty smart thing to do...
McDonald's CEO Dies of Heart Attack
CHICAGO (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp. (MCD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Chairman and Chief Executive Jim Cantalupo died of an apparent heart attack on Monday at the age of 60, the company said.
He was attending the company's owner/operator meeting in Orlando, Florida, it said.
The world's largest restaurant chain could not immediately say who was taking over Cantalupo's responsibilities. "We're focusing on Mr. Cantalupo and his family," McDonald's spokeswoman Anna Rozenich, said.
Cantalupo, a former vice chairman and president of the company, was brought back to lead McDonald's in January 2003 when the company was struggling to cope with falling profit in a saturated hamburger market, outbreaks of mad cow disease and poor service.
Quote from: In his SXSW thread, RegularKarate
SuperSize Me:
This is another one that's getting a lot of buzz. A lot of people are talking about this in the media because McDonalds is getting rid of thier supersize option (though they claim it has nothing to do with the film). This film is both funny and interesting. It's also kind of scary and gross. They effects of eating nothing but McDonalds for every meal for a month blew three different doctor's minds.
I hope this gets at least some kind of distribution because it's a great film. My only complaint was that the filmmaker dedicated too much screen time to his vegan-chef girlfriend who was annoying and offered almost nothing to the film.
Also, this lady (who's obviously stupid or working for McDonalds) has started making a "film" that responds to this... it looks horrible.
Quote from: Raikusa saturated hamburger market
That's pretty funny.
wow. super good movie!
peace
It's about time someone made a film to show the world the true disease of McDonalds, I hate even thinking about that place. There's one of 'em every few miles forever. If Mc had their way they'd cover the moon with a Mc-ad for everyone to see. McDonalds must be stopped, which one of you will join me to put it out of its misery? I think a gun to your head is the only way to rid your life of McD's, unless they strike a deal with Satan to serve Big Macs at hell's barbecue. At least in hell, Jim Cantalupo can get a taste of his own medicine.
QuoteDuring the journey, Spurlock also put his own body on the line, living on nothing but McDonald's for an entire month with three simple rules: 1) No options: he could only eat what was available over the counter (water included!); 2) No supersizing unless offered; 3) No excuses: he had to eat every item on the menu at least once.
If you eat pretty much anything repeatedly 3 times a week for an entire month you would not be in good health. I wonder how many people really eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner at fast fod restaurants. I think most people will do it for one meal a day if they do it everyday, but I don't know about 3. This technique seems way too extreme.
i usually go to fast food places for lunch. i will eventually die of obescity (spelling?)
Man, this movie made me consistently nauseous throughout its entire running time. It's terrific!
The guy at the ticket counter told me I'd never eat fast food again after seeing it. I told him I was vegan and I didn't eat fast food, so he said I could look forward to basking in the superiority complex the movie would provide.
It didn't necessarily do that, but it made me really, really glad I made that choice when I made it. It also made me feel that my worries about my weight and health are rather petty.
The theater was packed for an early morning show. I've got a feeling this'll make a lot of money, for a documentary.
Oh, and El Duderino...he mentions in the documentary that Americans are not only the fattest people in the world, but also the stupidest :wink: (its spelled obesity).
Hell, I get "super size me" e-mails every day...
Quote from: RaviQuoteIf you eat pretty much anything repeatedly 3 times a week for an entire month you would not be in good health. I wonder how many people really eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner at fast fod restaurants. I think most people will do it for one meal a day if they do it everyday, but I don't know about 3. This technique seems way too extreme.
I saw the film on the day of its NY premiere, and Morgan Spurlock was in attendance to answer questions after the movie. His eating McDonald's 3 times a day is in essence a gimmick used to sell the movie, but I found the most fascinating and informative parts of the film to be the investigative segments dealing the with manufacture and marketing of fast food, the American High School lunch system, and the statistics dealing with obesity in America.
True, nobody *really* eats fast food 3 times a day, every day, but the definition of "fast food" is becoming blurred in a food industry that relies heavily on preservatives, flavoring chemicals, and other unhealthy additives and processes in its products.
The reality is that Americans are the fattest people in the world, statistically, and so they must be eating *something* to make them that obese. Obesity deaths, if they continue to rise at the current rate, will soon overcome cigarette smoking as the #1 cause of unnatural death in the U.S.
I was also horrified by Spurlocks investigation into High School lunches - he visits a high school that is heavily sponsored by soft drink and snack food companies (an increasing trend in U.S. schools) and obtains footage of children consuming nothing but soda, pizza, dong-dongs, candy and fast food for lunch.
Spurlock uncovers evidence that specifically links attention deficit disorders, violence, and general unruliness in children with poor diet.
All in all, I found the movie to be quite revolutionary and mind-blowing...
Quote from: adolfwolfli
I was also horrified by Spurlocks investigation into High School lunches - he visits a high school that is heavily sponsored by soft drink and snack food companies (an increasing trend in U.S. schools) and obtains footage of children consuming nothing but soda, pizza, dong-dongs, candy and fast food for lunch.
At my middle school and high school we had a Domino's and Taco Bell line, a line with some school food (I forget what), and another line that served burgers and fries everyday. Dr. Pepper also gave our district a ton of money. I knew people who ate fries for lunch everyday. I don't know about my senior high school, since I never ate lunch there.
We know that the Coca Cola High Schools of the country won't be showing this in health class.
the whole movie reminded me of that norm macdonald joke:
Well a study this week reports seafood is good for you unless it is fried. Yet another groundbreaking story from the pages of the medical journal DUH!.
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I guess he went into it knowing that, but throughout the film, there was never an argument cogent enough to support the the need for the "experiment." it was merely jumping on America's favorite reality bandwagon, but also with a little primetime "journalistic questioning" for good measures. I mean, throughout the film, the only real authoritative "experts" he spoke to were like the same four great people who are already sueing the macdonalds. plus, there was just a lot of plain spite for fat people that just wasn't necessary.
it kept on attention for the time being though, the quick cuts and the animated sequences are funny.
hipster filmmakers suck.
Super Size Me gets downsized by MTV
Source: Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Film documentary "Super Size Me," a critical look at the health impact of a fast-food only diet, has been downsized at cable network MTV which has refused to air advertisements for the film, its distributors said on Wednesday.
Roadside Attractions and Samuel Goldwyn Films said in a statement the cable TV channel targeted to young audiences has told them the ads are "disparaging to fast food restaurants."
The distributors said MTV sister network VH1 was planning to use clips from the movie in a program called "Best Week Ever," but the clips were pulled before the show aired.
An MTV spokeswoman was not immediately available to comment. MTV and VH1 are owned by media giant Viacom Inc, which depends on advertising for a major portion of revenues.
Well, of course. The fast food restaurants are trying to get teenagers to stuff their gullets with burgers and fries. Numb young minds with crappy TV and fast food.
The seeming obviousness of the film's point has kept me from seeing the film so far. Is anything mindblowing revealed?
Quote from: RaviThe fast food restaurants are trying to get teenagers to stuff their gullets with burgers and fries. Numb young minds with crappy TV and fast food.
That's exactly what I found most potent in the film; sure, I already knew about the evils of fast food's coporate strategies, but I think its always helpful to have these things visualized -- especially for people who
don't see anying in fast food other than a tasty meal.
Technically, since I'm already very anti-fast-food, I didn't need the movie to prove any point to me; but I still found it informative.
MTV and VH1 refuses to inform and possibly save the lives of many teenagers?
I don't know why anyone would be the least bit surprised by this. MTV has already caused the attention span of millions to dwindle while helped to dilute talent in music because of the impetus put on image. MTV is evil. :evil:
While MTV is evil, it has done great things for artists like a main source of watching music videos and being a nice source of finding new music.
MTV has become outdated, however, with the dawn of the internet and shows like Real World/Road Rules Inferno.
Quote from: WMTV and VH1 refuses to inform and possibly save the lives of many teenagers?
yeah, because teenagers don't understand that fast food is not health food. yeah, mtv
is the devil
Quote from: anditokI read about this guy... pretty smart thing to do...
..so it smart to eat nothing but fast food? hrm...
intresting..
peace
indiana.. pretty smart fella..
Quote from: Pubrickindiana.. pretty smart fella..
no no. just being a smartass
peace
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i saw this earlier and thought it was a great documentary...i really liked the hippie who eats 2 big macs a day....hilarious
This is funny from The Onion this week:
Michael Moore Kicking Self For Not Filming Last 600 Trips To McDonald's
Quote from: MrBurgerKingIf Mc had their way they'd cover the moon with a Mc-ad for everyone to see.
You've seen Culturejam, haven't you.
foray
saw this one tonight. Same goddam message hammered into the audience for an hour-and-a-half( which seemed much much longer, by the way). No surprises, it just illustrated in mind-numbing detail what 99.9999% of us already know: Eating at McDonalds 3 times a day for a month is really shitty for you.
I was really letdown by how un-fat he was at the end. I was expecting him to turn into a real blimp, but he still looked pretty fit...what a gyp!
I'm waiting for a guy to make a movie where he has nothing but a pint of hard liquor in place of each meal for a whole month. Now that would be entertaining to watch.
I ate at McDonald's today for the first time in years. I super sized. 8)
Quote from: The Disco KidI'm waiting for a guy to make a movie where he has nothing but a pint of hard liquor in place of each meal for a whole month. Now that would be entertaining to watch.
Your wait is over! :wink:
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Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment has announced Super Size Me which is from filmmaker Morgan Spurlock. The documentary sees Spurlock becoming a lab rat for the month, eating only McDonalds food, three times a day for a whole month! The documentary will arrive in shops on the 28th September this year, and should set you back somewhere in the region of $26.96. As for extra material, you can expect the disc to include an audio commentary with Morgan Spurlock, a selection of deleted scenes and an interview with Eric Schlosser. We've attached an exclusive first look at the region one artwork below:
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who cares.
people who've seen the doc?
not likely..
People have seen it?
i liked the film, but i wouldn't shell out twenty five bucks to have it sit on my shelf.
I can't imagine people watching this movie over and over, especially when the points of the film are so obvious. I saw it a few weeks ago and thought it was okay, but it isn't something I want to watch again.
Quote from: adolfwolfliQuote from: RaviQuoteIf you eat pretty much anything repeatedly 3 times a week for an entire month you would not be in good health. I wonder how many people really eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner at fast fod restaurants. I think most people will do it for one meal a day if they do it everyday, but I don't know about 3. This technique seems way too extreme.
I saw the film on the day of its NY premiere, and Morgan Spurlock was in attendance to answer questions after the movie. His eating McDonald's 3 times a day is in essence a gimmick used to sell the movie, but I found the most fascinating and informative parts of the film to be the investigative segments dealing the with manufacture and marketing of fast food, the American High School lunch system, and the statistics dealing with obesity in America.
Exactly.
True, obviously everyone knows that eating at McDonalds 3 times a day is harmful. That doesn't mean that this documentary isn't effective. Sometimes it helps to have common sense proven to us, visually. For example, I drink a lot of soda. Earlier this week I was watching a show on the Discovery Channel and they put a tooth in some cola for 24 hrs. When they took it out, the tooth was half the size and completely yellow and brown. That image tends to stick with me more than the idea that soda is bad. The same goes with this film. I agree that the 3 times in a day bit is just a gimmick, the strength of this film is when it explores the effect more broadly. Overall, it works. We see individual effects along with social effects of fast food.
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Morgan Spurlock ("Super Size Me") has scored a pilot commitment from the cable channel for a new one-hour documentary series that plants an individual for 30 days in a completely different lifestyle, whether religious, economic or ethnic. The news marks John Landgraf's first pilot order since taking over the entertainment reigns of the network. Spurlock, who will have an on-air role as host in the pilot, says possible storylines include a wealthy person would discover what it's like to be poor, or a prosecutor would try a 30-day prison sentence. He'll executive produce the project via his The Con production banner along with Ben Silverman, H.T. Owens and Mark Koops of Reveille Entertainment ("The Restaurant"). Also as part of the pact, Spurlock will get a blind script commitment from FX for a potential scripted series. FX is believed to have been involved in a bidding war for the project with at least one other broadcast network.
Show Information
First Aired June 2005
Status New Series (Premiering in June on FX)
Classification Reality
Country United States
Network FX
Show Stars
Morgan Spurlock - Host
Show Crew
John Landgraf - Executive Producer
Morgan Spurlock - Executive Producer
John Landgraf - Creator
'Super Size Me' filmmaker plans film on conservatives, science
"Super Size Me" filmmaker Morgan Spurlock plans a documentary on conservative US politicians' treatment of science, Hollywood press reported.
Spurlock has purchased the film rights to adapt a book, "The Republican War on Science," according to the entertainment industry newspaper Daily Variety.
The book by Chris Mooney argues that Republican stances on stem-cell research, global climate change and sex education, among other topics, show a conservative bias on environment, health and security issues.
"There was a time when science was respected by politicians and government officials and when the information obtained through unbiased scientific exploration was used for the better of society," Spurlock told Variety.
"Today, all of that is being ignored, manipulated and used incorrectly to further political agendas. We need the real answers to the big questions," he said.
The hit documentary "Super Size Me" examined US eating habits and the health effects of fast food and traced Spurlock's one-month diet exclusively of McDonald's offerings.
In that time, Spurlock gained 12 kilograms (25 pounds) against the advice of his doctors.
that's a great subject. i hope he doesn't appear in the film except when necessary for the interview segments. Chomsky's got a point about celebrity persona detracting from the issues being discussed.
He's going to become a conservative while documenting the toll it takes on his health.
EDIT: The name of the film will be Pyramid Machine.
Spurlock Lecture Causes Stir at Pa. School
The filmmaker who ate nothing but McDonald's meals for his Oscar-nominated film, "Super Size Me," gave a profanity-laced, politically incorrect speech at a suburban Philadelphia high school, but not everyone was lovin' it.
Speaking at Hatboro-Horsham High School's first-ever health fair, Morgan Spurlock joked about the intelligence of McDonald's employees, about "retarded kids in the back wearing helmets" and teachers smoking pot in the balcony.
The special education students in the back row were led by teachers out of the hour-long presentation.
"If you put the whole package together, the use of the F-word and poking fun at teachers and the comments about special-needs students, it just wasn't appropriate," Superintendent William Lessa said.
Most of the 700 students laughed, gave him a standing ovation and mobbed him for autographs. A speech Spurlock was to make at the school later Friday night for community members was canceled.
Spurlock said he has never had a complaint after giving similar talks at other high schools and colleges. He said he had been told shortly before his appearance not to talk about McDonald's because a board member of the Hatboro-Horsham Education Foundation, which sponsored the appearance, owns a franchise.
The association's director did not return phone calls seeking comment.
"The greatest lesson those kids learned today was the importance of free speech," Spurlock said.
Spurlock's Super-Sized Apology
Apparently eating all those fries has taken its toll. Morgan Spurlock's battling foot-in-mouth disease.
The Super Size Me filmmaker offered up a super-sized mea culpa after a speech he gave at a suburban Philadelphia high school last Friday featuring profanity and some ill-conceived stabs at humor sparked controversy.
Addressing 700 students and faculty at Hatboro-Horsham High School's first annual health fair, Spurlock dropped the F-bomb, poked fun at the intelligence of McDonalds employees--of which he would know having eaten nothing but Big Macs for a month for his Oscar-nominated documentary, Super Size Me--and joked that the school's teachers smoked marijuana.
Unfortunately the 35-year-old director--who's given similarly spirited talks to numerous schools and colleges across the country discussing his experiences in making the movie and what it's taught him—was unaware how poorly parts of his talk would go over with this particular audience.
"It is never my intent to insult or demean anyone and I understand how some of my remarks may have offended some in attendance and if you feel they did, then I am deeply sorry," Spurlock wrote Sunday on his blog in a "Letter of Explanation."
He also dismissed press reports that his lecture was laced with profanity, noting that he only uttered five curse words throughout, of which the school's superintendent told him backstage "the only words he had a problem with were the F-bombs" which Spurlock regretted using on two occasions.
"When I speak at schools, I try to express my views on difficult topics with humor and a joking mannerism. I try to connect with students by conveying my thoughts in an accessible form, using the same speech and tone that they or I would use in any other lively conversation," added the helmer, who pointed out that he never had any complaints before. "One student even said to me, 'you didn’t say anything that we aren’t going to hear later on TV,' and that was my sole intent.
The vulgar comments prompted principal Dennis Williams Jr. to end his presentation early and the Hatboro-Horsham Education Foundation to cancel a speech he was scheduled to give later that night.
"If you put the whole package together, the use of the F-word and poking fun at teachers and the comments about special-needs students, it just wasn't appropriate," Superintendent William Lessa told the Associated Press.
Aside from the potty mouth, Spurlock also reportedly crossed a line when he talked about "retarded kids in the back wearing helmets," as if he was dissing kids with disabilities, prompting teachers to remove special education students from the auditorium and take them back to class.
The helmer elaborated that the helmet quip was a "slacker reference" to a character played by Napoleon Dynamite star John Hedder in the upcoming comedy, Benchwarmers and his "retarded" remark was not intended to be malicious.
"It should be made clear that the only person I called “retarded” was myself when I was unable to hear a question from the audience," noted Spurlock. "Having done work with special needs children in the past, something this hurtful would never come from my lips."
And last but not least, the doc maker said a comment he made about teachers getting high the balcony during a Q &A was not an insult but rather a wisecrack "at their expense for the enjoyment of students." He also clarified previous statements he gave to local media saying the "greatest lesson those kids learned was the importance of freedom of speech." Arguing people were misinterpreting them, Spurlock noted that exercising such speech didn't give people the right to insult anyone at will.
"I was referring to the fact that the group that hired me to speak asked that I not mention McDonald’s in any of my talk because one of their board members owns a franchise. That would be like asking Neil Armstrong to speak but tell him he can’t bring up walking on the moon, so needless to say, I didn’t agree to their censorship," wrote the filmmaker.
Whatever the adults may have thought about Spurlock's sermon, the kids were lovin' it, laughing the whole way through and giving him a standing ovation at the end.
When he's not speaking to the fast food generation, the writer-director is busy fending off a whopper of a lawsuit filed last May by a company called Cast Iron Partners seeking a hefty share of Super Size Me's profits for allegedly providing him with office space and business advice.
On Monday, Spurlock picked up a Oustanding Reality Program prize for a gay-themed installment of documentary series, 30 Days at the 17th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles.
that guy was lame when I saw his doc and he just got a bit lamer.
Quote from: Ravi on April 17, 2005, 04:53:28 PM
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Morgan Spurlock ("Super Size Me") has scored a pilot commitment from the cable channel for a new one-hour documentary series that plants an individual for 30 days in a completely different lifestyle, whether religious, economic or ethnic.
Show Information
First Aired June 2005
Status New Series (Premiering in June on FX)
Classification Reality
Country United States
Network FX
Show Stars
Morgan Spurlock - Host
Show Crew
John Landgraf - Executive Producer
Morgan Spurlock - Executive Producer
John Landgraf - Creator
Quote from: The Disco Kid on June 21, 2004, 11:57:33 PM
I'm waiting for a guy to make a movie where he has nothing but a pint of hard liquor in place of each meal for a whole month. Now that would be entertaining to watch.
There was an episode of this where a stay at home mom married to a rich lawyer (go figure?) tries to convince her daughter (who's the epitome of stupid spoiled sororiety whore) that binge drinking can really effect your life. So the mother decides to get shitty hammered drunk every day for a month. In the end her daughter didn't learn the lesson and the mother turned into a lush. Great television!
if you want a decent anti mcdonalds documentary , watch McLibel directed by some person and ken loach. it follows the mclibel guys from almost the begging till the day they won at europarliament. it's not mindblowing but it's interesting in the same way 'the smartest guys in the room' is.