Screenplay:
Joel BakanComposer:
Leonard J. PaulCast:
Maude Barlow, Jane Akre, Ray Anderson, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman, Howard Zinn, Vandana Shiva, Karen Lam, Noam Chomsky, Kathie Lee Gifford, Michael Moore (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
One hundred and fifty years ago, the corporation was a relatively insignificant entity. Today, it is a vivid, dramatic and pervasive presence in all our lives. Like the Church, the Monarchy and the Communist Party in other times and places, the corporation is today's dominant institution. But history humbles dominant institutions. All have been crushed, belittled or absorbed into some new order. The corporation is unlikely to be the first institution to defy history. Based on Joel Bakan's soon-to-be-published book, "The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power," this documentary is a timely, critical inquiry that examines the very nature of the corporation-its inner workings, curious history, controversial impacts and possible futures. We begin by learning that under the law, corporations have all the rights and yet few of the responsibilities of people. By viewing the behavior of the corporation through the prism of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (or DSM III, the gold standard of psychiatric evaluation) the filmmakers discover that if the corporation were indeed a person, the person would be considered a psychopath. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ray Anderson
USA
Naomi Klein
Canada
Milton Friedman
USA
Howard Zinn
USA
Vandana Shiva
India
Noam Chomsky
USA
Kathie Lee Gifford
France
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Then Came You (2020)
Dudley Do-Right (1999)
Michael Moore
USA
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Edtv (1999)
Canadian Bacon (1995)
Michael Moore in TrumpLand (2016) (theatrical recording)
George W. Bush
USA
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Live Free or Die Hard (2007) - a.f.
The Big Short (2015) - a.f.
Nelson Mandela
South Africa
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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) - a.f.
Malcolm X (1992)
Kofi Annan
Ghana
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Martin Luther King
USA
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Adolf Hitler (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (a.f.)
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Italy
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A Special Day (1977) - a.f.
Lune froide (1991) - a.f.
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USA
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) - a.f.
The Victors (1963) - a.f.