New York : Hart Sharp Video, c2004.
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Notes:

• Documentary.
• In English with optional subtitles in Spanish closed-captioned.
• Subtitle on container: A film of epic proportions.
• Featuring Morgan Spurlock.
• Roadside Attractions, Samuel Goldwyn Films and Showtime Independent Films present a production by the Con in association with Studio-On-Hudson –Container.
• Director of photography, Scott Ambrozy art director, Joe the Artist editors, Stela Georgieva, Julie Bob Lombardi original music by Steve Horowitz additional music by Michael Parrish and Folkfoot.
• DVD NTSC, Region 1 widescreen presentation Dolby stereo 2.0.
• MPAA rating: PG-13 (some material may be inappropriate for children under 13) for language, sex and drug references, and a graphic medical procedure.
• Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock delves into America’s obesity epidemic by interviewing experts from around the country while subjecting himself to a 30-day McDonald’s-only diet.
• DVD features: audio commentary by Spurlock deleted scenes.
• Sundance Film Festival, Best Director.
• Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock embarks on a journey to find out if fast food is making Americans fat. For 30 days he can’t eat or drink anything that isn’t on McDonald’s menu he must eat three square meals a day, he must eat everything on the menu at least once and supersize his meal if asked. He treks across the country interviewing a host of experts on fast food and a number of regular folk while downing McDonald’s to try and find out why 37% of American are now overweight. Spurlock’s grueling diet spirals him into a metamorphosis that will make you think twice about picking up another Big Mac.
• Best Director, Sundance Film Festival.

Subjects:

• Obesity — United States.
• Fast food restaurants — Health aspects — United States.
• Fast food restaurants — Moral and ethical aspects.
• Food industry and trade — Moral and ethical aspects — United States.
• Convenience foods — Health aspects.
• McDonalds Corporation — Moral and ethical aspects.;Gastronomy — United States.;Food habits — United States.;Nutritionally induced diseases — United States.;McDonalds Corporation.
• Social problem films. lcgft
• Documentary films. lcgft
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired. lcgft

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