King Corn

King Corn
by Aaron Woolf

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Actor: Chuck Pyatt, Curt Ellis, Ian Cheney, Michael Pollan, Stephen Macko
Director: Aaron Woolf
Brand: NEW VIDEO GROUP INC
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: DOCURAMA

DVD Reviews of King Corn

DVD Review: would you like corn syrup with that?
Summary: 4 Stars

A documentary about Corn. The turning point of the story begins when Republican Earl Butz ushers in the "Get big or get out" era. The idea was to reduce subsidies by dramatically increasing subsidies. (technically there would be fewer farmers receiving subsidies when there are fewer remaining farmers).

The older townsfolk interviewed don't come off as cynical. They come off as fatalistically pragmatic. Both dependent on large subsidies and likely to be run out of business by people better at lining up subsidies and agribusiness contracts, they all know it is the only game in town.

In the end King Corn enables the cheap production of massive amounts of meat and corn syrup. Even most of the poorest americans can now afford to feed themselves into 280 pound bodies and diabetes. We wouldn't have our massive number of fast food restaurants and ubiquitous chain restaurants without King Corn. Those restaurants provide jobs people need: They sure aren't going to be farmers, grocers, or butchers.

DVD Review: boring.....
Summary: 2 Stars

i still do not understand the purpose of this movie. o.k. they were trying to raise awareness about the corn industry in america, but the movie itself was drawn out. there seemed to be no real plot. it was definitely way longer than it needed to be. there was also a lot of personal family info. thrown into the movie that did not need to be there. i would recommend reading an essay on corn development in america instead of this movie. it was not nearly as informative as i had hoped.

DVD Review: King Corn
Summary: 5 Stars

We had watched the King Corn on PBS. He loved it so much he asked me to go on-line an buy him a copy. He has since watched it an is inviting a friend over to watch it again with him. I checked various sites and found that Amazon.com to have the best price.

DVD Review: Eye-Opening
Summary: 5 Stars

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.

DVD Review: NEEDS A PART TWO THAT'S NOT TOO CORNY
Summary: 4 Stars

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.

Description of King Corn

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 naivete, 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 aide, 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 in this engrossing and eye-opening documentary.

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.

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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