Morgan spurlock from super size me opens fastfood restaurant. Cutler, morgan spurlock, jonathan chinn, benjamin silverman, h. Fast food and the supersizing of america he refers to dr. The movie executive producer morgan spurlock presents. His first film, super size me, premiered at the sundance film festival in 2004, winning best. Fatkins, quotes neal barnard as being authoritative on dietary issues, claims the pcrm is objective and makes several general derogatory remarks about lcing, including the zone and sb diets.
This 30 days video guide on minimum wage is full of thought provoking questions about morgan spurlock s 30 days series on fx. Twelve thought provoking questions about morgan spurlocks 30 days episode where. The video is excellent for talking about current issues with minimum wage. Outsourcing is used as a supplemental video that is utilized during the source of outsourcing lesson if there is enough time. And his series 30 days extends this same cleareyed and intelligent investigation to a different subject each episode. Harnsbergers social studies teaching resources teachers pay.
They get to experience firsthand the struggles minimum wageearning families face as morgan s niece and nephew come to live with them. 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. This time around, series more this time around, series creatorhost morgan spurlock will toil at a coal mine and. Director morgan spurlock takes a hilarious and often terrifying look at the effects of fast food on the human body, using himself as a guinea pig. Rent 30 days 2005 starring morgan spurlock on dvd and bluray.
With the worlds fastest shooter, jerry miculek duration. He was the executive producer and star of the reality television series 30 days 20052008. 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. The show, hosted by documentary filmmaker morgan spurlock, plays with the idea of. Morgan spurlock s longdelayed sequel will make you think twice about fast food. Sometimes it is a random person and sometimes it is morgan living the other life for 30 days. Morgan spurlock, director and star of the critically acclaimed documentary supersize me, brings his investigative filmmaking to television, asking an ordinary american or two to step out of their comfort zone and live in someone elses shoes for 30 days. Director morgan spurlock takes a hilarious and often terrifying look at the effects of fast food on the human body. Spurlock became famous thanks to his film super size me, the 2004 documentary in which he spends 30 consecutive days eating nothing but mcdonalds.
In each episode, either morgan or a test subject commits to participating in a lifestyle or event for 30 days in order to gain perspective on what it is like to live in that manner. Life on an indian reservation intercontinental cry. In this particular episode, an antiimmigration, borderpatr. 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. The show, hosted by documentary filmmaker morgan spurlock. The resulting documentary earned him an academy award nomination and broke boxoffice records worldwide. In the spirit of gonzo journalism, spurlock turned himself into a human guinea pig, subjecting himself to a 30 day orgy of mcdonalds meals. His super size me was a landmark documentary, exposing a corporate giants avoidance of the truth about its products. His new effort is a sixpart tv series called 30 days thats more ambitious, less exaggerated and quite winning. Supersize me director morgan spurlock on wednesday admitted to a history of sexual misconduct that reaches back to his college days.
Aug 02, 2006 i have been trying desperately to find email address forthis coalition against illegal immigration. Morgan spurlock spends 30 days in a coal mine popular. The final episode of 30 days featured a woman who binged on alcohol every day for thirty days. Southern rr and sent quickly through laredo, mexico or actually go through customs in san antonio, tx.
They get to experience firsthand the struggles minimum wageearning families face as morgans niece and nephew come to live. He is a prolific writer, director, producer, and human guinea pig. It follows individuals as they try 30 days in someone elses shoes. 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, while discussing related social issues. David stacy is a west virginian christian that is moved to dearborn, michigan to live for 30 days in a large muslim community. Pistol shrimps executive producer morgan spurlock presents. Morgan spurlock recalls accuser from his college days. He is also the cofounder of shortfilm content marketing company cinelan, which produced the focus forward campaign for ge. Fx has announced a tuesday, june 3, premiere date for season 3 of 30 days. Jun 15, 2005 new york based writer, director and producer. 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. Commentary with creatorexecutive producer morgan spurlock, executive producer r. Jun 29, 2005 with morgan spurlock, david stacy, aileen stacy, shamael haque.
Last night was the season premiere and morgan decided to work 30 days as a coal miner. We will be watching a different video each week showing filmmaker and sociologist morgan spurlock livingfilming in a new socialcultural experience for a 30 day period. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish. With morgan spurlock, daryl isaacs, chemeeka walker, dania aburmaileh.
Morgan spurlock getty you would be forgiven for thinking morgan spurlock would be put off fast food for life after eating nothing but mcdonalds for 30 days in. Morgan spurlock says 30 days episode is the best hour of. The episode was of course complete with the usual anticapitalist jabs at the marketing and advertising. Join the campaign for a commercialfree childhood and help put an end to childtargeted marketing. Growing up in the us, the documentarian morgan spurlock wasnt any different from most americans and canadians. Minimum wage paper 30 days minimum wage is a movie about. Indeed, spurlock gained weight, scared his doctors when his liver went south. In several places in his latest book dont eat this book. And on each episode the host, morgan spurlock you might remember him from the movie super size me morgan would spend 30 days immersing himself. Unfortunately, chris lost his lost his job to a computer programing company in india. Filmmaker morgan spurlock admits to history of sexual. And so, for the season finale of his television series 30 days, morgan decided to leave. Morgan spurlock makes documentary film and tv that is personal, political and, above all, deeply empathetic. The film offered a humorous and engaging takedown of fast food.
In this documentary, morgan recruits a former american computer programer, chris. Morgan spurlock talks about which story moved him the most, how they find participants, what he considers to be a successful 30 days, and more. Morgan spurlock s 30 days series on fx was 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. She believed she was raped i felt i have said things and had behavioral missteps that are just as. A few days into his grand experiment of eating all mcdonalds, all the time, for 30 days straight, the new york filmmaker morgan spurlock started complaining of headaches and other unpleasant.
Mar 08, 2016 morgan spurlocks 30 days jail epsiode 1. In the thirdseason finale, hostcreator morgan spurlock explores native american culture as he spends 30 days on a navajo reservation in new mexico. Hold on to your hardhats, because morgan spurlock is back with another round of lifechanging stories on the fx documentary show 30 days beginning june 3. Morgan spurlock is attempting a comeback with super size. In each episode, spurlock, or some other person or group of people, spend 30 days immersing. In it, spurlock eats mcdonalds food for 30 days straight.
Morgan spurlock and his fiancee spend 30 days in a poor neighborhood of columbus, ohio. Nov 25, 2016 morgan spurlock getty you would be forgiven for thinking morgan spurlock would be put off fast food for life after eating nothing but mcdonalds for 30 days in a landmark documentary. After a man loses his job to outsourcing, he travels to. In 2004, morgan spurlock s documentary film super size me debuted. Image courtesy of revelation now morgan spurlock before and after 30 days of eating mcdonalds food. What are the 3 rules that morgan and alex must follow for 30 days. In each episode, spurlock, or some other person or group of.
Heres a parody of spurlock s super size me thats fairly clever the odd thing is, spurlock has already desended into selfparody, and made a straightfaced tv show based on the same premise. In this epdisode, spurlock and his fiancee spend 30 days living on minimum wage. In june 20, spurlock became host and producer of the cnn show morgan spurlock inside man 202016. This extreme experiment sought to document the adverse health effects of the alltocommon practice of overeating fast food, using himself as test subject. Super size me 2004 0 1h 39m awardwinning films director morgan spurlock takes a hilarious and often terrifying look at the effects of fast food on the human body, using himself as a guinea pig. Morgan spurlocks 2006 documentary 30 days invites viewers to critically think. Jun 03, 2008 30 days, the fx reality series inspired by morgan spurlocks documentary super size me, returns tonight for its third season at 10 p. Morgan spurlock and his fianc ee, alex, leave their fabulous new york lifestyles behind for the heart of the midwest, columbus, ohio. They get to experience first hand the struggles minimum wage earning families face as morgan s. Morgan spurlock, 30 days, illegal immigration and rave. In this episode spurlock decides to serve time in jail for 30 days. This is a documentary that investigates the realities of outsourcing. Description the show 30 days takes a look at different situations that creator morgan spurlock puts himself or other people in to show stories that common people might not know about.
Though it was as highconcept as any realitytv show, morgan spurlock s 2004 film super size me was something else entirely. 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. Writer and director morgan spurlock and his fiancee attempt to live on. With morgan spurlock, frank maharajh, chris jobin, ravi ranjan. Morgan spurlock admits history of sexual abuse of women. Most of us nutrition aficionados recall morgan spurlock s landmark 2004 documentary, super size me. Oh, on june 2nd, the show premieres june 3rd on fx network at 10.
Jun 15, 2005 30 days is a documentary based television program hosted by morgan spurlock. For 30 days, morgan spurlock ate nothing but mcdonalds as part of an investigation into the effects of fast food on american health. Originally from the hills of west virginia, morgan has a close connection to the coal industry, and decides to spend 30 days living and working with the miners of the double bonus coal company. Morgan spurlock presents a diverse group of participants, each given the opportunity to experience life as a radically different person for one month. This show is done by filmmaker morgan spurlock the guy that did supersize me and it puts one person in another persons shoes for 30 days. Morgan spurlock gears up for another 30 days tv guide. Immigration episode video worksheet by myclasstech. These questions are thought provoking and the video should be.