On the DVD
Serving size: 8 oz.
Serving per containder: About 1
Amout per serving
Calories 0
% daily value*
Audio commentary by director/screenwriter Richard Linklater and author/screenwriter Eric Schlosser 15%
Manufacturing Fast Food Nation 20%
Photo Gallery 5%
Flash animation films: The Meatrix, The Meatrix II: Revolting, The Meatrix II 1/2 and
The Backwards Hamburger 12%
* Percent daily values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Synopsis
Inspired by author Eric Schlosser's New York Times best-seller of the same name, director Richard Linklater's ensemble drama examines the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food and features an all-star cast that includes Greg Kinnear, Ethan Hawke, Kris Kristofferson, Patricia Arquette, and Luis Guzman. Mickey's is the most popular fast-food chain in America, and The Big One is the top-selling burger that put them on the map. When the higher-ups at Mickey's corporate offices learn that the frozen meat patties used to make the wildly popular burger have somehow been tainted with contaminated meat, they send marketing executive Don Henderson (Kinnear) on an urgent mission to ensure quality control and find out precisely how their product became compromised. It's a long way from the Southern California boardroom to the immigrant slaughterhouses, though, and the further Henderson works his way through the bustling feedlots and toward the ubiquitous restaurant sites that have become a staple of modern culture, the more he begins to realize just how dangerous convenience can become when it leads to blissfully ignorant complacency. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide