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| King Corn | 
| Director: Aaron Woolf
Actors: Michael Pollan, Ian Cheney, Curt Ellis, Stephen Macko, Chuck Pyatt
Studio: DOCURAMA
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 1430
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 90 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5.1 x 0.4
MPN: NNVG110891
UPC: 767685110898
EAN: 0767685110898
ASIN: B0012680D0
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: April 29, 2008
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Condition: BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED.
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Product Description
Engrossing and eye-opening KING CORN is a fun and crusading journey into the digestive tract of our fast food nation where one ultra-industrial pesticide-laden heavily-subsidized commodity dominates the food pyramid from top to bottom - corn. Fueled by curiosity and a dash of naivet college buddies Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis return to their ancestral home of Greene Iowa to figure out how a modest kernel conquered America.With the help of some real farmers oodles of fertilizer and government aid and some genetically modified seeds the friends manage to grow one acre of corn. Along the way they unlock the hilarious absurdities and scary but hidden truths about America's modern food system."A graceful and frequently humorous film that captures the idiosyncrasies of its characters and never hectors" (Salon) KING CORN shows how and why whenever you eat a hamburger or drink a soda you re really consuming corn.System Requirements:Running Time: 90 mintuesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Rating: NR UPC: 767685110898 Manufacturer No: NNVG110891
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Picking up where Super Size Me left off, King Corn examines America's health woes through the multifaceted lens of one humble grain. Director Aaron Woolf and co-writers Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis offer irrefutable proof that the US is virtually drowning in the stuff. Corn meal, corn starch, hydrologized corn protein, and high fructose corn syrup fuel a multitude of products, from soft drinks to hamburgers. The starchy vegetable grows with ease and government subsidies insure over-abundant production. Woolf documents the 11-month effort of college friends Cheney and Ellis, who trace their ancestry to the same small Iowa town, to raise their own crop. After finding a farmer willing to lend them an acre, they meet with agronomists, historians, and other experts before plowing, seeding, and spraying. Prior to harvesting, the easygoing Yale grads travel to Colorado to compare the grass-fed cattle of yore with today's corn-fed counterparts; then to New York to explore the links between corn syrup, obesity, and diabetes. With assistance from author Michael Pollan (The Herbivore's Dilemma), a whimsical score, and stop-motion animation--farm toys and corn kernels--Woolf and associates bring biochemistry to vivid life. On a micro level, this genial eye-opener celebrates friends and farmers; on a macro level, King Corn bemoans the subsidies and genetic modifications that have turned a formerly protein-filled product into the fatty "yellow dent no. 2." Bonus features include a music video, photo gallery, and "The Lost Basement Lectures," an amusingly fake instructional movie about the aims of agriculture. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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 Eye-Opening August 30, 2008
This movie opened my eyes to what I am really putting into my mouth. It also showed me that agriculture in this country is not on the right course and is contributing to the degredation of our nation, the world and the environment. Slightly misleading, however, is the fact that it is listed as "by Michael Pollan", which is is not... he is just a guest speaker of sorts. That was why I purchased the movie, and though feeling misled I still REALLY liked the movie. A must-see for everyone.
 NEEDS A PART TWO THAT'S NOT TOO CORNY August 29, 2008
These lads of Yale infiltrated the Iowa farm machine with stealth aplomb, despite the corniness of the family connections to farming and the constant ingestion of McSlopburgers. A fine and informative study is presented, although the tone remains steadily non-confrontational. The information is an H-bomb for the uninformed. Perhaps it is already too late for the soda drinkers. For those long in the know,a film showing a sense of where we actually are is required. No mention is made of the steady movement towards local fresh produce farming and organic philosophy that is occurring everywhere around the rotten, chemical soaked, decaying Heartland of this Corporation...I mean Country. Faced with the staggering dumbness of what they learned, perhaps the Yale lads can come back baring some teeth and infiltrate the world of organic farms to present the future of the actual food supply. They better grow some beards first.Maybe listen to some punk rock instead of soppy folk music.
King Corn August 27, 2008
As a nation we have slept for 2 generations while our (and the world's) food industry has gone awry. If you eat, you should see this documentary.
King Corn August 19, 2008
As a registered dietitian, I am concerned about our food suppy. This documentary presented facts and trends that frightened me. As the film suggests, I looked at all the food products that have high frutose corn syrup and it is in so many foods. This film presents both sides on how our country came to this point of encouraging the production of this product.
 What you all don't get... July 22, 2008
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
is that CORN FARMERS, or farmers who grow ANYTHING, grow what makes money. Crops are subsidized so the gov't can keep control. Control how much is grown (acres), control the prices, and make sure they are "nicey nicey" to other countries and buy commodities from them. I want to laugh and say, if you could get a promotion and make more money, would you do it? Why should a farmer not do what makes them money? DUH! If commodities could be sold in a free market economy, it would be great. We don't want subsidies, we want a free market and the government's hand out of our business.
Many farmers in the western high plains are barely making it. They're not rolling in money, they don't have retirement plans, they don't have many of the luxuries you city dwellers (and not self-employed workers) have....you work for someone who pays for your health insurance and offers a 401k? Must be nice! You worry about how much gas cost in your little car? Must be nice.....we spend THOUSANDS in fuel each month.
I am not saying that they don't have some valid points, especially regarding the over processed food we eat. But its pretty ignorant to "blame corn" over it. 99.9% of my crop feeds cattle. Cattle ranchers would like to make money too, and feeding corn is more profitable in the long run than grass...besides, I hate to break the news to you, there is not an abundance of grassland in the country. You want exclusively grass fed cattle? Be prepared to pay....a lot!
So before you go jumping on the anti-corn, anti-farmer bandwagon, make sure you have "walked a mile" in a farmer's shoes.
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