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 enlarge | Director: Aaron Woolf
Actors: Michael Pollan, Ian Cheney, Curt Ellis, Stephen Macko, Chuck Pyatt
Studio: DOCURAMA
Category: DVD
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 6992
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5.1 x 0.4
MPN: NNVG110891
UPC: 767685110898
EAN: 0767685110898
ASIN: B0012680D0
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: April 29, 2008
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 NEEDS A PART TWO THAT'S NOT TOO CORNY August 29, 2008
Gram Eightball (Providence , RI usa)
These lads of Yale infiltrated the Iowa farm machine with stealth aplomb, despite the corniness of the family connections to farming and the constant ingestion of McSlopburgers. A fine and informative study is presented, although the tone remains steadily non-confrontational. The information is an H-bomb for the uninformed. Perhaps it is already too late for the soda drinkers. For those long in the know,a film showing a sense of where we actually are is required. No mention is made of the steady movement towards local fresh produce farming and organic philosophy that is occurring everywhere around the rotten, chemical soaked, decaying Heartland of this Corporation...I mean Country. Faced with the staggering dumbness of what they learned, perhaps the Yale lads can come back baring some teeth and infiltrate the world of organic farms to present the future of the actual food supply. They better grow some beards first.Maybe listen to some punk rock instead of soppy folk music.
 King Corn August 27, 2008
Mark R. Terwilliger (Honesdale, PA)
As a nation we have slept for 2 generations while our (and the world's) food industry has gone awry. If you eat, you should see this documentary.
King Corn August 19, 2008
Debra L. Fisher
As a registered dietitian, I am concerned about our food suppy. This documentary presented facts and trends that frightened me. As the film suggests, I looked at all the food products that have high frutose corn syrup and it is in so many foods. This film presents both sides on how our country came to this point of encouraging the production of this product.
 What you all don't get... July 22, 2008
K. Cody (rural eastern Colorado USA)
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
is that CORN FARMERS, or farmers who grow ANYTHING, grow what makes money. Crops are subsidized so the gov't can keep control. Control how much is grown (acres), control the prices, and make sure they are "nicey nicey" to other countries and buy commodities from them. I want to laugh and say, if you could get a promotion and make more money, would you do it? Why should a farmer not do what makes them money? DUH! If commodities could be sold in a free market economy, it would be great. We don't want subsidies, we want a free market and the government's hand out of our business.
Many farmers in the western high plains are barely making it. They're not rolling in money, they don't have retirement plans, they don't have many of the luxuries you city dwellers (and not self-employed workers) have....you work for someone who pays for your health insurance and offers a 401k? Must be nice! You worry about how much gas cost in your little car? Must be nice.....we spend THOUSANDS in fuel each month.
I am not saying that they don't have some valid points, especially regarding the over processed food we eat. But its pretty ignorant to "blame corn" over it. 99.9% of my crop feeds cattle. Cattle ranchers would like to make money too, and feeding corn is more profitable in the long run than grass...besides, I hate to break the news to you, there is not an abundance of grassland in the country. You want exclusively grass fed cattle? Be prepared to pay....a lot!
So before you go jumping on the anti-corn, anti-farmer bandwagon, make sure you have "walked a mile" in a farmer's shoes.
LOVED IT!! July 4, 2008
CRB (Puyallup, WA USA)
What a wonderful movie, besides being well put together and easy to watch and follow it was so enlightening!! I loved how they went step by step on how the corn becomes the stuff that's in everything we eat/drink!! I eat almost all organic and this is just another motivating factor to stay on that path. No feed lot burgers for me ever again!
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