Screening @ Seomra Spraoi: Fast Food Nation

dublin | arts and media | event notice Tuesday November 13, 2007 22:00 by Screening group - Seomra Spraoi

Feature: Fast Food Nation

Venue: Seomra Spraoi

4, Mary's Abbey D1

Suggested Donation: Waged/Unwaged 2.50/2.00

Directions: Coming from Capel St bridge, turn left at the Boar's Head off Capel Street, large grey-blue building (blue door) on your right, old Melody Maker building. It is across the road from the "Capel Building" and Rhodes restaurant. It is on the Luas track.

time: 7.30

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Fast Food Nation is a fictionalized film loosely based on the non-fiction book Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. It was filmed on locations in Mexico and the United States (in Texas and Colorado) under the codename Coyote.

The movie is about the health risks involving the fast food industry and its environmental and physical consequences.

It was produced by Participant Productions and Recorded Picture Company for HanWay Films and BBC Films, and was written and directed by Richard Linklater. It premiered on May 19, 2006 at the Cannes Film Festival. The film was released November 17, 2006. It made $390,000 during its opening weekend. The movie uses a fictionalized approach instead of being a documentary, telling the story from the point of view of people involved in the industry. The ensemble cast includes Greg Kinnear, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Ethan Hawke, Luis Guzmán, Patricia Arquette, Kris Kristofferson, Lou Taylor Pucci, Ana Claudia Talancon, Esai Morales, Paul Dano, Wilmer Valderrama, Bruce Willis, and Avril Lavigne.

Fast Food Nation received mixed reviews and was not widely distributed. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times called Fast Food Nation "The most essential political film from an American director since Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11", while JoBlo's Berge Garabedian said "none of the stories in the film are interesting (except one), the ultimate lack of connection between them all is surprising and worst of all, it all just felt like a school lesson to me, taught by a condescending know-it-all", giving credit only to the movie's strong line-up of big name actors. The film's rating on Rotten Tomatoes stands at 50%.

Directed by Richard Linklater
Produced by Jeremy Thomas
Written by Eric Schlosser
Richard Linklater
Starring Wilmer Valderrama
Catalina Sandino Moreno
Bruce Willis
Greg Kinnear
Luis Guzmán
Paul Dano
Patricia Arquette
Kris Kristofferson
Ethan Hawke
Aaron Himelstein
Avril Lavigne
Music by Dean Martinez
Cinematography Lee Daniel
Editing by Sandra Adair
Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release date(s) November 17, 2006
Running time 116 min.
Country Flag of the United States
Language English
Budget $24 million
Gross revenue $1,004,059