Fast Food Nation

Directors: Richard Linklater

Actors: Patricia Arquette, Erinn Allison, Mitch Baker, Tim Brown, Bobby Cannnnavale, Michael D. Conway, Paul Dano, Frank Ertl, Gina Garza, Luis Guzman

Running Time: 113mins

Consumer Advice: Contains strong language, sex and slaughterhouse images

A fictional interpretation of Eric Schlosser’s international 2001 bestseller of the same name, FAST FOOD NATION is a sharp satirical look at America’s fast food industry. Directed by Academy AwardÒ-nominated director Richard Linklater (BEFORE SUNSET, SCHOOL OF ROCK) and boasting an all-star ensemble cast including Patricia Arquette (LOST HIGHWAY, TRUE ROMANCE), Ethan Hawke (TRAINING DAY, BEFORE SUNSET), Greg Kinnear (NURSE BETTY, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE), Kris Kristofferson (BLADE, LONE STAR), Avril Lavigne (the Million record selling MTV Award winner and Grammy nominated singer) and Catalina Sandino Moreno (MARIA FULL OF GRACE), the film follows a variety of stories that illustrate the complexity of a consumer culture in freefall.

In turn shocking, funny, terrifying and deeply poignant, FAST FOOD NATION is an unmissable portrait of our times. Don Henderson (Greg Kinnear) is a marketing executive at Mickey’s Fast Food Restaurant chain, home of ‘The Big One’. When he discovers that contaminated meat is getting into the frozen patties of the company’s best- selling burger he takes a journey to the dark heart of the All-American meal. He crosses paths with immigrants working the slaughterhouses that supply Mickey’s, desperate for a new start in a new land, the idealistic and nihilistic youth of Middle America that staffs the outlets, and a host of other characters that are in some way involved in an industry that has an ever-increasing global impact…

A fictional interpretation of Eric Schlosser’s international 2001 bestseller of the same name, FAST FOOD NATION is a sharp satirical look at America’s fast food industry.

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