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The Corporation (2003)
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Scripted by Joel Bakan from his book The Corporation: the Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power, this epic documentary looks at American big business and the power it wields. Directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott, it tackles everything from the protection afforded corporations in the US constitution to the bullying tactics of multinationals and the “nag factor” built into children's television advertising. The anti-capitalist agenda is readily evident, but with executives from the likes of Shell and Goodyear so willing to shoot themselves in the foot, the eloquence of the likes of Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein and Michael Moore is almost redundant. The corruption, exploitation and ecological ignorance of these global players has never been so damningly exposed. DP
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Running time
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144min
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Country of origin
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Can
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Genre
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Documentary
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Joel Bakan, Harold Crooks (narration), Mark Achbar (narration), from the non-fiction book The Corporation: the Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power by Joel Bakan
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Theatrical distributor
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Metrodome
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UK cinema certificate
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PG
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UK cinema release date
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October 2004
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