The movie super size me was a tongue incheek and burger in hand look at the legal, financial and physical costs of america. Morgan spurlock spends 30 days living on a native american reservation in new mexico. He stays with a native american family, attempts to learn the navajo language, and tries to become more. While examining the influence of the fast food industry, morgan spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely mcdonalds food for one month. In each episode, spurlock, or some other person or group of. This movie led to the development of his show 30 days, where each episode follows someone living a different life for 30 days. Filmmaker morgan spurlock explores this new reality with an approach even more immersive and subversive than that used for his first film. Morgan spurlock sentences himself to a jail term of 30 days. Filmmaker morgan spurlock behind bars, for the next of his 30 days. Morgan spurlock gears up for another 30 days hold on to your hardhats because morgan spurlock is back with another round of lifechanging storie more spurlocks 30 days continue in june.
Aug 30, 2006 a recent episode 2 august of morgan spurlocks reality tv show, 30 days, deals with the issue of outsourcing. From morgan spurlock, the academy award nominated writer, director, and star of the hit film supersize me, comes thirty days, the intelligent and innovative tv. Morgan spurlock was born on november 7, 1970 in parkersburg, west virginia, usa as morgan valentine spurlock. It follows individuals as they try 30 days in someone elses shoes. Apr 10, 20 image courtesy of revelation nowmorgan spurlock before and after 30 days of eating mcdonalds food. Morgan spurlock has done it again with this second season and season one of 30 days.
The effects of fast food as told by morgan spurlock. Many have attacked spurlock for picking on mcdonalds or for not selecting the healthiest thing possible at every meal. The following graphs show the substantial impact that 30 continuous days of eating mcdonalds fast food had on the physical health of director and star of super size me. With morgan spurlock, alexandra jamieson, scott bridges, ryan hickmott. More than a billion adults worldwide are now overweight and at least 300 million of them are clinically obese.
May 21, 2004 new york based writer, director and producer. The only condition was that he would super size his meal if he was asked. Spurlocks film follows a 30day period from february 1 to march 2, 2003, during which he ate only mcdonalds food. Theres something naturally accessible about morgan spurlock whether youre seeing him in his films where in the world is osama bin laden, supersize me, documentary series 30 days or even. An unscripted, documentarystyle program where an individual is inserted into a lifestyle that is completely different from his or her upbringing, beliefs. I was surprised to find that there has been no discussion of the episode among bloggers of indian origin, especially desi bloggers who have access to this program unlike indiabased bloggers. Chalk the movie morgan spurlocks intro by new sky pictures. Spurlock was the star of the hit television series called 30 days.
Rent 30 days 2005 starring morgan spurlock on dvd and bluray. The movie executive producermorgan spurlock presents. The movie executive producer morgan spurlock presents. An unscripted, documentarystyle program where an individual is inserted into a lifestyle that is completely different from his or her upbringing, beliefs, religion or profession for 30 days. Aug 30, 2006 with morgan spurlock, alexandra jamieson, jason ziedenberg, david muhlhausen. In 2004, morgan spurlocks documentary film super size me debuted. Chalk the movie morgan spurlock s intro by new sky pictures. If the movie you end up with at the end is the exact same movie you. In 2004 morgan spurlock was the original 30day challenge competitor when he decided to eat mcdonalds for every meal of the day. Director and lab rat morgan spurlock takes on a fast food exclusive diet for 30 days and fills us in on the painful steps and sickening conclusion. He is a producer and writer, known for super size me 2004, the greatest movie.
Super size me is a 2004 american documentary film directed by and starring morgan spurlock, an american independent filmmaker. It opens the eyes of people who are set in their own beliefs and then is able to open their minds to a new way of thinking. Minuteman frank george, whose goal is to stop illegal immigration into the united states, goes to live with a family of illegal mexican immigrants in a tiny apartment. May 30, 2008 morgan spurlock gets real with 30 days. In it, spurlock eats mcdonalds food for 30 days straight. Childhood obesity is already epidemic in some areas and on the rise in others.
And his series 30 days extends this same cleareyed and intelligent investigation to a different subject each episode. Sounds about as oxymoronic as it gets, but morgan spurlock has pulled it off with 30 days. Though it was as highconcept as any realitytv show, morgan spurlock s 2004 film super size me was something else entirely. It is a documentary by morgan spurlock, who is best known for the film super size me, a film that looked at what happened when mr spurlock ate nothing but mcdonalds for 30 days. Spurlock, has embarked on this adventure to assess the health issue of mcdonalds food. In each episode, spurlock, or some other person or group of people, spend 30 days immersing themselves in a particular lifestyle with which they are unfamiliar e. With this series offered here on two discs containing six episodes and a variety of bonus material, spurlock, who got a 2005 best documentary oscar nomination for super size me, his record of a harrowing month spent on a strict mcdonaldsonly diet, has effectively taken his act to the notsosmall screen.
In each episode, spurlock, or some other person or group of people, spend 30 days immersing. He is also the cofounder of shortfilm content marketing company cinelan, which produced the focus forward campaign for ge. Jun 15, 2005 new york based writer, director and producer. In june 20, spurlock became host and producer of the cnn show morgan spurlock inside man 202016. Spurlocks film follows a 30day period from february 1 to march 2, 2003. As in spurlocks film, super size me, there are a number of rules unique to each situation. Jun 15, 2005 with morgan spurlock, alexandra jamieson, ted kennedy, tim kane. He is a producer and writer, known for super size me 2004, the greatest movie ever sold 2011 and leon. Morgan spurlock and his fiancee alex try to survive 30 days on minimum wage. He was the executive producer and star of the reality television series 30 days 20052008. If it had been up to morgan spurlock and his fiancee, alex. Each episode examines a very different subject and is hosted by morgan spurlock, creator of super size me. The movie super size me is a documentary on a man who has decided to consume only mcdonalds food for a period of thirty days. Spurlock s film follows a 30 day period from february 1 to march 2, 2003, during which he ate only mcdonalds food.
In an era where the microphone is given to those who shout the loudest and most polarizing messages, morgan spurlock and his cast of cultural crusaders and average joesjanes explore some of the most contentious issues being debated in the us. Oct 29, 2005 remember morgan spurlock, the us documentary maker who in the award winning film super size me ate only mcdonalds fast food for a month see bmj 2004. Super size me 2 trailer 2019 morgan spurlock food industry. The 30 days are cataloged in his groundbreaking documentary super size me. So long as i can be as honest with myself when i make a movie like that, i can continue to be honest with you. Buy online, pick up in store is currently unavailable, but this item may be available for in.
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