Fast Food Nation
Fast Food Nation is a 2006 mockumentary political satire black comedy film directed by Richard Linklater and written by Linklater and Eric Schlosser. The film, an international co-production of the United States and the United Kingdom, is loosely based on Schlosser's bestselling 2001 non-fiction book Fast Food Nation.
Plot
Don Anderson is the Mickey's hamburger chain marketing director who helped develop the "Big One", its most popular menu item. When he learns that independent research has discovered a considerable presence of fecal matter in the meat, he travels to the fictitious town of Cody, Colorado to determine if the local Uni-Globe meatpacking processing plant, Mickey's main meat supplier, is guilty of sloppy production. Don's tour shows him only the pristine work areas and most efficient procedures, assuring him that everything the company produces is immaculate.
Awards
Cast
- Aaron Himelstein
- Ana Claudia Talancón
- Ashley Johnson
- Avril Lavigne
- Bobby Cannavale
- Bruce Willis
- Catalina Sandino Moreno
- Cherami Leigh
- Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
- Ellar Coltrane
- Esai Morales
- Ethan Hawke
- Glen Powell
- Greg Kinnear
- Kris Kristofferson
- Lou Taylor Pucci
- Luis Guzmán
- Patricia Arquette
- Paul Dano
- Wilmer Valderrama
More details
| author | Richard Linklater |
|---|---|
| award | Genesis Award |
| director | Richard Linklater |
| editor | Sandra Adair |
| genre | comedy-drama political satire |
| keywords | amphetamine break conveyor belt drug habit fast food restaurant fecal matter feces find a job hear illegal immigrants illegal immigration to the united states injured love interest market meatpacking new job plan |
| musicBy | Friends of Dean Martinez |
| producer | Jeremy Thomas Malcolm McLaren |
| productionCompany | BBC Films Fox Searchlight Pictures HanWay Films Participant Productions Recorded Picture Company |
| recordedAt | Colorado Mexico |
| theme | black comedy food and drink independent mockumentary |