Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock unravels the American obesity epidemic by interviewing experts nationwide and by subjecting himself to a "McDonald's only" diet for thirty days straight. This documentary examines corporate responsibility, nutritional education, school lunch programs and how we as a society are eating ourselves to death. 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.
General Note: Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.English and French subtitles.LSC 31.72For home use only.Title from container.Bilingual packaging (reversible English/French)Special features include: director's commentary, deleted scenes, interview with Eric Schlosser, author of Fast food nation, extra interviews, additional scenes, booklet with healthy recipes.Widescreen version.Originally released as a motion picture.DVD.Disc label title.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Art director, Joe the Artist ; editor, Stela Georgieva, Julie Bob Lombardi ; music, steve Horowitz, Michael Parrish, Doug Ray. PELHAM
Participant or Performer Note: Daryl Isaacs, Morgan Spurlock, Bridget Bennett, Lisa Ganjhu, Alexandra Jamieson, Stephen Siegel.Presented by Morgan Spurlock.