Corporation (DVD) (UK Import)

Directed by Jennifer Abbott, Mark Achbar

Contributors: Mark Achbar, Bart Simpson, Joel Bakan, Harold Crooks, Leonard J. Paul
Studio: Metrodome Distribution
Genre: Feature
Main Language: English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Dubbing Language: English
Region: Region 2
Release Date: 7 Mar 2005
Originally Issued: 2003
No of Discs: 2
BBFC Cert: (PG) Parental Guidance.
Run Time: 145 minutes

Description

Thought-provoking political documentary by Canadian filmmakers Jennifer Abbott and Mark Achbar. In the mid-19th century, American corporations began to be legally recognised as individuals, a move that has given them unprecedented rights. In collaboration with novelist Joel Bakan, the filmmakers pose the question: if a corporation was a person, what sort of person would it be? Applying psychiatric principles and social research, they come to the conclusion that this 'person' would be a power-hungry, egocentric and highly destructive psychopath.

The film won Best Documentary World Cinema Audience Award at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Bonus Footage
• Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Interviews: Majority Report with Joel Bakan. Katherine Dodds on Grassroots Marketing. Hear More From... - interviews by person with 40 thumbnail options leading to 165 clips and text updates; Topical Paradise - interviews by topic with eight discussion topics to choose from
• Commentary: Director's commentary, Writer's commentary
• Other Documentary: Q's and A's with directors and writer