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Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock embarks on a journey to find out if fast food is making Americans fat. For 30 days he can't eat or drink anything that isn't on McDonald's menu; he must eat three square meals a day, he must eat everything on the menu at least once and supersize his meal if a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Horowitz, Steve, 1964- (Composer), Parrish, Michael, 1960- (Composer, Performer)
Corporate Author:	Folkfoot (Musical group) (Performer)
Other Authors:	Spurlock, Morgan, 1970- (Screenwriter, on-screen participant.), Isaacs, Daryl (on-screen participant.), Bennett, Bridget (Nutritionist) (on-screen participant.), Ganjhu, Lisa (on-screen participant.), Jamieson, Alexandra, 1975- (on-screen participant.), Siegel, Stephen (on-screen participant.), Ambrozy, Scott (director of photography.)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed-captioned (Swank Motion Pictures).
Published:	[Los Angeles, CA] : Roadside Attractions, [2004]
Subjects:	McDonald's Corporation. Fast food restaurants. Convenience foods. Food habits. Nutritionally induced diseases. Ready meals. Food industry and trade. Food containers. Fast Foods Feeding Behavior > psychology Food Industry Food Industry > trends Food Packaging Food Preferences > psychology Feeding Behavior Food-Processing Industry Restaurants-minute. Aliments précuisinés. Habitudes alimentaires. Maladies d'origine nutritionnelle. Aliments > Industrie et commerce. Aliments > Emballages. fast food restaurants. Ready meals Food industry and trade Food containers Documentaries and Factual Films Webcast Documentary films. Feature films. Internet videos. Nonfiction films. Documentaires. Films autres que de fiction. Vidéos sur Internet.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)

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Summary:	Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock embarks on a journey to find out if fast food is making Americans fat. For 30 days he can't eat or drink anything that isn't on McDonald's menu; he must eat three square meals a day, he must eat everything on the menu at least once and supersize his meal if asked. He treks across the country interviewing a host of experts on fast food and a number of regular folk while downing McDonald's to try and find out why 37% of American are now overweight. Spurlock's grueling diet spirals him into a metamorphosis that will make you think twice about picking up another Big Mac.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (99 min.)) : sound, color
Audience:	MPAA rating: PG; for mild language, crude humor, and some thematic elements.
Awards:	Sundance Film Festival, Best Director.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Scott Ambrozy ; art director, Joe the Artist ; editors, Stela Georgieva, Julie "Bob" Lombardi ; music, Steve Horowitz, Michael Parrish, Folkfoot.