Edition |
Special edition two-disc set |
Description |
2 videodiscs (144 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
System Details |
DVD, NTSC, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital surround audio. |
Language |
English dialogue with optional Spanish and French subtitles and optional English SDH captions for the hearing impaired; optional English descriptive audio for the visually impaired. |
Cast |
Narrator, Mikela J. Mikael ; Featuring: Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman. |
Credits |
Editor, Jennifer Abbott ; original music, Leonard J. Paul. |
Summary |
The Corporation charts the spectacular rise of the corporation as a dramatic, pervasive presence in our everyday lives. With a deft mix of humor, visual panache and seriousness, this documentary is a timely, entertaining critique of global conglomerates. |
Contents |
Disc 1. The movie: Feature (143 min.) -- Special features: Choice of two optional audio feature commentary tracks [Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott, or Joel Bakan] Q's and A's (27 min.) [video interviews with the filmmakers from radio, TV and theaters] -- Deleted scenes (17 min.) -- Majority Report interview with Joel Bakan (39 min.) [Janeane Garofalo interviews Joel Bakan on the Air America radio program] -- Katherine Dodds on grassroots marketing (7 min.) -- Original trailer -- trailer for film Manufacturing consent -- DVD credits ; Disc 2. The interviews: Tell me more [and] Topical paradise [Over 5 hours of additional footage of The corporation's 40 interviewees, searchable by topic or interview subject]. |
Note |
Based on "The corporation : the pathological pursuit of profit and power" by Joel Bakan. |
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Released as a motion picture in 2004; originally produced in 2003. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Note |
Feature film Copyright 2003 Big Picture Media Corporation Big Picture Media Corporation 2003 |
Subject |
Bakan, Joel -- Film adaptations.
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Corporations -- History.
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International business enterprises.
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Corporations, American.
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International trade.
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Globalization.
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Corporations -- Accounting -- Corrupt practices.
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Corporations -- Corrupt practices.
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Corporate culture.
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Social responsibility of business.
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Criminal liability of juristic persons.
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Corporations -- United States.
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Compañías -- Historia.
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Bakan, Joel. (OCoLC)fst01496410
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Corporate culture. (OCoLC)fst00879624
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Corporations. (OCoLC)fst00879777
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Corporations -- Accounting -- Corrupt practices.
(OCoLC)fst00879781
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Corporations, American. (OCoLC)fst00879972
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Corporations -- Corrupt practices.
(OCoLC)fst00879825
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Criminal liability of juristic persons. (OCoLC)fst00883418
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Globalization. (OCoLC)fst00943532
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International business enterprises. (OCoLC)fst00976774
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International trade. (OCoLC)fst00977128
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Social responsibility of business. (OCoLC)fst01122851
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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Documentary films. (OCoLC)fst01710390
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Nonfiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710269
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Video recordings for people with visual disabilities. (OCoLC)fst01710451
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Added Author |
Achbar, Mark, film producer, director, screenwriter, creator.
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Simpson, Bart, film producer.
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Abbott, Jennifer, director, film editor.
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Bakan, Joel, screenwriter, bibliographic antecedent, creator.
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Crooks, Harold, 1943- screenwriter.
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Paul, Leonard J., composer.
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Mikael, Mikela J. narrator.
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Moore, Michael, 1954 April 23- contributor.
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Chomsky, Noam, contributor.
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Klein, Naomi, 1970- contributor.
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Bakan, Joel.
motion picture adaptation of. Corporation.
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Big Picture Media Corporation, production company.
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TVOntario, producer.
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Vision TV, producer.
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Knowledge Network (B.C.), producer.
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Saskatchewan Communications Network, producer.
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Alberta Educational Communications Corporation.
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Bay Area Video Coalition (San Francisco, Calif.), sponsor.
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Canadian Independent Film & Video Fund, funder.
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Canadian Television Fund, funder.
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British Columbia Film (Society), funder.
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Rogers Documentary and Cable Network Fund, funder.
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Zeitgeist Films, publisher, distributor.
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Standard No. |
795975106535 |
Music No. |
Z1065 Zeitgeist Films |