| | | The story of a rebel and his mike.
Features: DVD, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled, Commentary, Trailers
In 1989, Michael Moore, winner of 2002's Best Documentary Feature Academy Award and Cannes Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Bowling for Columbine, triumphantly burst upon the American moviemaking scene with Roger & Me, a hilarious, penetrating forerunner of the independent film movement to follow. Moore doggedly and hilariously tried to do what every working stiff dreams of: talk to the man at the top. His efforts to meet General Motors Chairman Roger Smith and persuade him to visit Flint, Michigan, frames a film that uses humor to devastating effect. Roger & Me champions people over profits and slyly lampoons corporate America as it shows how the Flint folks cope with economic setbacks.
"An irrepresible new humorist. Rude and rollicking. Witty." Vincent Canby, The New York Times
Editor's Note
A personal and comical account of the tough times of Moore's hometown of Flint, Michigan, the birthplace of General Motors. When GM closed several plants, 35,000 of the 150,000 residents lost their jobs.
Plot Summary
Ex-journalist Michael Moore's blistering, satirical documentary about the closing of the General Motors plants in Flint, Michigan in the mid-1980s. This move, which eliminated 33,000 jobs and left the one-industry town destitute, was a particularly bitter tragedy, considering that Flint was the town that gave birth to General Motors during post-war boom era of the 1950s. The film revolves around Moore's dogged attempts to gain an interview with Roger Smith, the elusive and well-insulated head of GM and the man responsible for the layoffs. While tracking the eponymous Roger, Moore takes time out to record the devastation of Flint and the desperate, often unintentionally hilarious attempts of the citizens and the city fathers to deal with the catastrophe.
| Features | Scene Selection | | Audio: English Mono | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | TV Spot | | Theatrical Trailer | | Interactive Menus | | Featurette: Flint 2003: Michael Discusses The Current State Of Flint | | Music Clips | | Outtakes | | Audio Commentary By Michael Moore | | Deleted Scenes | | Easter Eggs |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 8/19/2003 |
| Running Time: 91 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1989 | | Catalog ID: 27645 | | UPC: 00085392764525 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 4:3 |
| Cast & Crew | Michael Moore | | Chris Beaver, et al. - Cinematographer | | Michael Moore - Director | | Wendey Stanzler - Editor | | Jennifer Beman - Editor | | Michael Moore - Producer | | Michael Moore - Writer |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...A savagely witty documentary....Moore proves himself a gifted satirist...[He] gives complex issues a startling clarity..." 01/11/1990 p.30New York Times
"...America has an irrepressible new humorist in the tradition of Mark Twain and Artemus Ward....In social criticism, anything goes, as it goes triumphantly in ROGER AND ME..." 09/27/1989 p.C15 New York Times
Included in the New York Times "10 Best Films of 1989" List 12/24/1989 p.II, 11 Los Angeles Times
"...ROGER & ME is a terrific movie..." 01/11/1990 p.F1 |
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