DVD

Capitalism [videorecording] : a love story / Overture Films and Paramount Vantage present ; in association with the Weinstein Company ; a Dog Eat Dog Films production ; produced by Anne Moore ; co-producers, Rod Birleson, John Hardesty ; written, produced and directed by Michael Moore.

Moore, Michael, 1954- (Screenwriter, Producer, Director). Moore, Anne. (Producer). Birleson, Rod. (Producer). Hardesty, John. (Producer). Gibbs, Jeff. (Composer). Paramount Vantage. (Added Author). Overture Films. (Added Author). Weinstein Company. (Added Author). Dog Eat Dog Films. (Added Author). Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc. (Added Author).

Summary:

Michael Moore examines the impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest of the world). The film moves from Middle America, to the halls of power in Washington, to the global financial epicenter in Manhattan. With both humor and outrage, the film explores the question: What is the price that America pays for its love of capitalism? Families pay the price with their jobs, their homes, and their savings. Looking for an explanation, Moore talks with ordinary people whose lives have been turned upside down and tries to get answers Washington, DC. What he finds are the all-too-familiar symptoms of a love affair gone astray: lies, abuse, betrayal, and 14,000 jobs being lost every day. Moore also presents a vision of a more hopeful future.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2010]
Copyright: ©2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Documentary. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009.
Formatted Contents Note:	Intro/main titles -- Imperial parallels -- Home loss -- Condo vultures -- What is capitalism? -- New sheriff in town -- General Motors revisited -- Jail a kid for profit -- Poverty pilots -- Dead peasants -- Mike gets religion -- The Plutonomy theory -- Democracy at work -- Derivatives for dummies -- Greenspan gone wild! -- From red tape to robbery -- Friends of Angelo -- Elite crime spree -- American financial meltdown -- Wall Street's ruling class -- Financial coup d'état -- Armored avenger -- Eat the rich -- The spectre of socialism -- Seeds of revolution -- Workers occupy factory -- FDR's economic bill of rights -- Crime scene/end credits. Special features: Featurettes Sorry, house-flippers and banks, you're toast in Flint, MI (6 min.) -- Congressman Cummings dares to speak the unspeakable (7 min.) -- NY times Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges on the killing machine known as capitalism (9 min.) -- The rich don't go to heaven (there's a special place reserved for them) (9 min.) -- What if, just if, we had listened to Jimmy Carter in 1979? (1979) (18 min.) -- The omnivore's dilemma? It's capitalism (6 min.) -- Commie taxi drivers - You talkin' to me? - in Wisconsin (6 min.) -- How to run the place where you work (11 min.) -- The socialist bank of - North Dakota? (5 min.) -- The banks kick them out, Max kicks them back in (11 min.); Trailers (3 min.); Credits [text feature].
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Directors of photography, Daniel Marracino, Jayme Roy ; editors, Jessica Brunetto, Alex Meillier, Tanya Meillier, Pablo Proenza, T. Woody Richman, John W. Walter, Conor O'Neill ; music, Jeff Gibbs.
Participant or Performer Note:	Presented by Michael Moore.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: R (restricted; under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for some language.
System Details Note:	DVD; NTSC, Region 1; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.78:1 ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Language Note:	In English with optional subtitles in Spanish and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.