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Selected Movies
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jump to 1950s {just below} year 2000 year 2010
The films coded here tend toward the documentary style, about the shenanigans of corporations in the marketplace;
the dramatic films about corporations - internal intrigue, office romances, high-rise comedies - will be found
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"Patterns" [United Artists March 1956]
 | Serling's forceful study of ruthless greed & abuse of power in corporate America. Directed by Fielder Cook; written by Rod Serling; starring Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, Ed Begley, Beatrice Straight & Andrew Duggan ROAN b&w DVD [4/2005] out of prodn/used V.C.I./United b&w VHS [7/98] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
"The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit" feature film [Fox April 1956]
 | Adapted & directed by Nunnally Johnson, from the 1955 novel; music by Bernard Hermann; starring Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March, Marisa Pavan, Lee J. Cobb, Ann Harding, Keenan Wynn, Gene Lockhart, Gigi Perreau & Portland Mason
Fox widescreen color DVD [8/2005] for $10.99 Fox color VHS [10/97] for $18.98 Bernard Hermann soundtrack CD [9/99] for $17.98 full credits at IMDb |
 | "The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit" [1955 classic] by Sloan Wilson [1920-2003] A World War II veteran takes a temporary job at a New York City television network for the increase in pay, but he is soon miserable. Four Walls Eight Windows 8¼x5½ pb [9/2002] for $11.58 Buccaneer Books hardcover [12/91] out of print/used "The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit II" [1984 sequel] Arbor House hardcover [3/84] out of print/used |
"Network" [M.G.M. Nov 1976]
 | An aging network news anchor is fired, and his on-air tirade – "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!" – causes a sensation among his viewers, so he is rehired and given his own show.Directed by Sidney Lumet; written by Paddy Chayefsky; starring Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Robert Duvall & Ned Beatty; won Oscars for Best Script, Best Actor [Finch], Best Actress [FD], Best Supporting Actress [BS], nominated for Best Picture, Best Direction, Best Actor [WH], Best Supporting Actor [NB], Best Cinematography, Best Editing; won BAFTA for Best Actor [Finch], nominated for 8 more; won W.G.A. Award for Best Original Script
Warner widescreen color DVD [2/2006] 2 disks for $23.99 M.G.M. color VHS [5/96] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb novelization by Sam Hedrin Penguin movie tie-in mass pb [11/76] out of print/used |
"Mad As Hell: The Making of Network and The Fateful Vision of The Angriest Man In Movies" [Holt]
by Dave Itzkoff 9780805095692
"Controlling Interest: The World of The Multinational Corporation"
[1978] docu /tt0252342/
"Wall Street" [Fox Dec 1987]
 | Bud Fox, a young and very ambitious stock trader, courts the powerful stock speculator Gordon Gekko, who takes the boy under his wing. Bud becomes immersed in the fast life, the big time, but soon is asked to take actions that even he finds offensive. Co-written & directed by ; co-written by Stanley Weiser; starring Michael Douglas {won Oscar & David di Donatello Best Actor awards}, Charlie Sheen, Hal Holbrook, Martin Sheen, Terence Stamp, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah, James Spader, Saul Rubinek & Sylvia Miles;
Fox widescreen color Blu-ray [2/2008] for $13.99 Fox widescreen color DVD [9/2007] 2 disks for $9.49 Fox color VHS [1/96] out of prodn/many, many used Varese Sarabande soundtrack CD [10/93] out of prodn/used {with "Talk Radio" [1988]} full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Barbarians At The Gate" TV movie [Rastar/HBO 1993]
starring James Garner /tt0106356/
"The Ad and The Ego" docufilm [Parallax Pictures 1997]
 | A very engaging exploration of how advertising once appealed to the rational mind, but now targets the subconscious, guiding our behavior based on corporate concerns.
Co-produced & directed by Harold Boihem; featuring Stuart Ewen, Jean Kilbourne, Sut JhalIy, Bernard McGrane, Richard Pollay & Herbert Chao Gunther; music by band Negativland
purchase DVD & exhibition license from producer's website California Newsreel color/b&w VHS [1997] out of prodn/scarce full credits at IMDb official movie site |
"The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron"
[C.B.S.-TV documentary Jan 2003]
 | An ambitious 29-year-old gets a job at rising energy company Enron, and assimilates into the get-rich-quick corporate culture. When the company collapses in bankruptcy in December 2001, he finds that he and millions of others lose everything – while the execs pocket billions of dollars. Co-produced by Robert Greenwald; directed by Penelope Spheeris; teleplay by Stephen Mazur, based on the book "Anatomy of Greed" by Brian Cruver; starring Christian Kane, Brian Dennehey, Mike Farrell, Shannon Elizabeth & Jon Ted Wynne
Echo Bridge Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [12/2007] for $6.70 full credits from IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia more on Spirit of America Bookstore's Enron Corp. [1985-2006] Page |
"The Corporation" documentary feature [Jan 2004]
 | Co-directed by Jennifer Abbott & Mark Achbar; co-written by Harold Crooks from Joel Bakan's book; interviewees include Noam Chomsky, Peter Drucker, Milton Freidman, Ray Anderson & Michael Moore Zeitgeist color DVD [4/2005] 2 disks for $20.99 full credits from IMDb official movie website |
 | "The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit & Power" [2004] by Joel Bakan Free Press 8½x5½ pb [3/2005] for $11.20 Free Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2004] for $17.00 |
"Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price"
[Brave New Films Nov 2005]
 | Co-produced & directed by Robert Greenwald
Disinformation color DVD [11/2005] for $12.95 full credits from IMDb official movie site based on the 2005 book by Greg Spotts, Introduction by Robert Greenwald Disinformation 8x5 pb [11/2005] for $9.95 more on Spirit of America Bookstore's Wal-Mart, Inc. Page |
"In Debt We Trust" documentary feature [Globalvision 2006]
 | Co-produced, written & directed by Danny Schechter
Disinformation color DVD [4/2007] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb official movie site |
"Indies Under Fire: The Battle For The American Bookstore"
documentary feature [Filmakers Library 2006]
 | The arrival of chain mega-bookstores threatens long-established locally-owned independent booksellers in the California towns of Capitola, Palo Alto & Santa Cruz. Co-produced, directed, filmed & edited by Jacob Bricca Victory Audio/Video color DVD [5/2007] for $22.99 full credits at IMDb official website |
"Who Killed The Electric Car?"
documentary feature [Sony Classics June 2006]
 | Written & directed by Chris Paine A complete history of the EV1 vehicle from General Motors [1996-99] – R.I.P.! Sony color DVD [11/2006] for $11.99 full credits at IMDb Sony official moviesite EV1 entry at Wikipedia |
"Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit & The Era of Predatory Lenders"
documentary feature [Trueworks March 2007]
 | Co-produced, written & directed by James D. Scurlock
Magnolia widescreen color DVD [6/2007] for $17.99 full credits from IMDb official movie site {Flash only} Scribner 8¼x5½ pb [12/2007] for $11.20 Scribner 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2007] for $18.00 |
"Sicko" documentary [Dog Eat Dog/Weinstein June 2007]
 | Moore compares the failed American health care system with that of Canada & Cuba. Official tagline: "A comedy about 45 million people with no health care in the richest country on earth." Co-produced, written & directed by and starring Michael Moore; won ACE & PGA Awards, nominated for WGA Award & for Best Documentary Feature Oscar Weinstein Company color DVD [11/2007] for $19.99 full credits from IMDb official movie site |
"Flash of Genius" [Universal Pictures Oct 2008]
 | "Based on the true story" 2-hour docudrama about one man's successful fight against Detroit automakers Ford and Chrysler for the rights to his invention, the intermittent windshield wiper Directed by Marc Abraham; written by Philip Railsback, based on an article by John Seabrook; starring Greg Kinnear, Dermot Mulroney, Lauren Graham, Alan Alda & Bill Smitrovich Universal Studios widescreen color DVD [2/2009] for $8.59 Universal Studios color DVD [2/2009] for $5.95 full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia Robert Kearns [1927-2005] entry at Wikipedia |
"Flow: How Did A Handful of Corporations Steal Our Water?"
documentary feature [Oscilloscope Pictures Sept 2008]
 | Filmmaker Salina realized that although there is a wide range of water problems spread all across the globe, they are all connected, and it's important to look at the big picture. 93-minute color documentary film directed by Irena Salina; featuring author Maude Barlow, Bolivian activist Oscar Olivera, Penn & Teller, T. Boone Pickens, and many others
Oscilloscope widescreen color DVD [12/2008] for $23.49 full credits at IMDb official movie site |
"Food, Inc." documentary feature
[Participant Media / Magnolia June 2009]
 | A handful of multinational corporations control the global food production business, with an emphasis on delivering 'fast food' at great profit and with little regard for nutrition or food safety or the environment. Co-produced, co-written & directed by Robert Kenner; co-produced & co-written by Elise Pearlstein; featuring Gary Hirshberg, Barbara Kowalyck, Michael Pollan, Joel Salatin & Eric Schlosser: Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature Film
Magnolia Home Ent. widescreen clor Blu-ray [11/2009] for $13.99 Magnolia Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [11/2009] for $8.59 Magnolia Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [11/2009] for $8.30 full credits at IMDb official movie site watch official trailer at IMDb |
 | "Food Inc.: How Industrial Food Is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer - and What You Can Do About It" [2009] Edited by Karl Weber PublicAffairs 9x6 pb [5/2009] for $9.96 |
"Capitalism: A Love Story"
[Dog Eat Dog/Weinstein Oct 2009]
 | Back in 2008, Michael Moore described his next film as being about 'the wonders of capitalism'. However, fate provided him with the 'G.O.P. Meltdown', the still-rolling collapse of the U.S. and worldwide economy. The American Dream is looking like a nightmare for more and more ordinary people whose lives have been turned upside down, as families pay the price each day with their jobs, their homes and their savings – the disastrous impact of unregulated corporate domin-ance and scared politicians seeking re-election over mystified & angry citizens across America Co-produced, written & directed by & starring Michael Moore; interviewees include Cong. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, Cong. Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, Wallace Shawn & Elizabeth Warren, with archive footage of Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Ronald Reagan & Franklin Delano Roosevelt; won 2 awards at the Venice Film Festival
Starz / Anchor Bay widescreen color Blu-ray [3/2010] for $24.99 Starz / Anchor Bay widescreen color DVD [3/2010] for $17.99 inaccurate credits from IMDb official movie site |
"Bloomberg Game Changers" TV series [Bloomberg TV Oct 2010-2012]
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18? weekly ½-hour or hour-long episodes that ran from October 2010 thru 2012; "documentary series that explores the careers of the executives & innovators who have helped define the world of technology, finance, politics, and culture" Co-produced by Brian Knappenberger, Nina Weinstein, and others; co-written & directed by Brian Knappenberger; narrated by Ted Marcoux; featuring
Brad Stone (writer, Bloomberg Businessweek),
Nicholas Carlson (editor, Business Insider),
author Ken Auletta,
Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media),
author & social media commentator David Kirkpatrick,
Porter Bibb (Mediatech Capital Partners),
Michael Wolf (former CEO, MTV Networks),
Lou Kerner (Wedbush Securities),
Ryan Singel (staff Writer, Wired Magazine),
Richard Branson (founder & chairman, Virgin Group),
Jack Dorsey (CEO, Twitter),
Craig Newmark (founder, Craigslist),
Brian Williams (anchor, NBC Nightly News),
Guy Kawasaki,
Jake Brown,
Gary Bloom (Oracle),
Alan C. Greenberg,
Nik Powell (co-founder, Virgin Group),
Christina Murphy (CM Recruiting),
Eric Bina (co-creator of Mosaic / Netscape),
Ron Grover (reporter, Bloomberg Businessweek),
author Bryan Burrough,
comic Patty Rosborough,
journalist Jose Antonio Vargas,
author Mike Wilson,
author Leander Kahney,
Paul Dergarabedian,
Chris Anderson (editor-in-chief, Wired Magazine),
fashion stylist Laurie Schechter,
Aleks Totic (Netscape),
Brenda Dean (British union leader),
Graham Boynton (travel editor, London Telegraph),
author David Vinjamuri,
comedian Ricky Gervais,
Michael Moritz (Sequoia Capital),
author Mark Malseed,
Chris Kelly (former Chief Privacy Officer, Facebook),
Stuart Feigin (Oracle),
Lewis Eisenberg (Granite Capital),
voice actor Jim Dale,
fashion designer Vera Wang,
Simon Draper (co-founder, Virgin Records),
Esther Dyson (chairman, EDventure Holdings),
Jim Clark (co-founder, Netscape),
author Michael Wolff,
journalist Zack O'Malley Greenburg,
Richard Beattie,
author Alan Deutschman,
Bruce Scott (co-founder, Oracle),
Tom Florio (Vogue Magazine),
David Tait (Virgin Atlantic),
author Melissa Anelli,
Tom Rosenstiel (Pew Reseach Center),
James Marcus (former Amazon.com employee),
Andrew Butcher (News Corp.),
Scott Dunlap (former Netscape intern),
Billy Grundfest,
technology journalist Robert X. Cringely,
James D. Robinson III (R.R.E. Ventures),
Prof. Terry Winograd (Stanford University),
Zach Nelson (pres/CEO, NetSuite),
film producer Tanya Seghatchian,
journalist Mungo McCallum,
Mike Maples Jr. (co-founder, Floodgate),
Heath Terry (Canaccord Genuity, Inc.),
balloonist Per Lindstrand (Lindstrand Techno-logies),
fashion journalist Teri Agins,
Mark Rasch (cybersecurity & privacy consulting),
Rosanne Siino (Netscape),
comedian Colin Quinn,
journalist & filmmaker Barry Michael Cooper,
Ellen McGirt (senior writer, Fast Company Magazine),
investor Ram Shriram,
John J. Mack (chairman, Morgan Stanley),
Peter Chernin (former pres/COO, News Corp.),
Eric Best (Amazon.com),
Peter Zollman (founder, A.I.M. Group),
Will Whitehorn (former president, Virgin Galactic),
Meg Hourihan (co-founder, Pyra Labs & Blogger),
Jim Barksdale (former CEO, Netscape),
real estate tycoon Donald Trump
Steve Wozniak (co-founder, Apple Computer),
Lyor Cohen (former president, Island Def Jam),
Howard Kurtz (Washington bureau chief, The Daily Beast),
Steven Levy (senior writer, Wired Magazine),
Michael Jacobs (pres/CEO, Abrams),
Charlie Beckett (London School of Economics),
Ed Nardoza (editor-in-chief, Women's Wear Daily),
Om Malik (founder, GigaOM Network),
Penni Pike (former executive assistant to Richard Brandon),
John Sculley (former CEO, Apple Computer),
Steve Stoute,
Jason Kelly (journalist, Bloomberg News),
Heather Bellini (Intl. Strategy & Investment),
Craig Silverstein (first Google employee),
Bernd Schmitt (Columbia Business School),
Jane Friedman (former pres/CEO, HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide),
Charles H. Townsend (CEO, Conde Nast),
Martin Singerman (former publisher, New York Post),
author Michael Cusumano,
attorney Matt Zimmerman (Electronic Frontier Foundation),
author Ben Mezrich,
Chris Sacca (former Google employee),
Josh Tyrangiel (editor, Bloomberg Businessweek),
Tony Hsieh (CEO, Zappos.com),
Bill Campbell (chairman, Intuit),
Patrick Robinson (The Gap),
Jeffrey Katzenberg (CEO, DreamWorks Animation SKG),
Cameron Winklevoss (co-founder, ConnectU),
Tyler Winklevoss (co-founder, ConnectU),
Danny Sullivan (editor, SearchEngineLand.com),
Emily Rafferty (president, Metropolitan Museum of Art),
Rod Eddington (former CEO, British Airways),
David Thacker (Greylock Partners),
Garth Ancier (former president, Fox Broadcasting),
Andrew Wallenstein (Variety),
Ken Segall,
Benjamin Schachter (Macquarie Group),
David Hill (chair/CEO, Fox Sports Media Group),
Sanjay Raman (Google employee),
Larry Kenswil (Universal Music Group),
investor Yuri Milner (founder, DST Global),
Thomas Goetz (executive editor, Wired Magazine),
Jeremy Smith, hip-hop artist Jay-Z,
author Sarah Ellison,
Jim Ottaway Jr. (Dow Jones),
Mark Cuban,
Magic Johnson,
Mark Pincus, and
Reid Hoffman (co-founder and exec chairman of LinkedIn + Greylock Partners)
series credits at IMDb on Blu-ray [8/00] for $0.00 DVD [8/00] for $0.00 VHS [8/00] for $0.00 |
"Bloomberg Game Changers: Mark Zuckerberg" [S1, Ep1 7 Oct. 2010] /tt1822451/
"Bloomberg Game Changers: Steve Jobs" [14 Oct. 2010] /tt1820807/
"Bloomberg Game Changers: Jon Stewart" [S1, Ep3 21 Oct 2010] /tt1820805/
"Bloomberg Game Changers: Larry Page & Sergey Brin / Google" [28 Oct 2010] /tt1820806/
"Bloomberg Game Changers: Henry Kravis / KKR" [S1, Ep5 11 Nov 2010] /tt1820804/
"Bloomberg Game Changers: Jay-Z" [S1, Ep6 18 Nov 2010] /tt1784819/
"Bloomberg Game Changers: Larry Ellison / Oracle" [S1, Ep7 2 Dec 2010] /tt1794036/
"Bloomberg Game Changers: Craig Newmark / craigslist" [S1, Ep8 24 March 2011]
 | "Bloomberg Game|Changers: Twitter" [Bloomberg TV 2011] 24-minute video that profiles Twitter co-founders Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams and Biz Stone Exec produced by Nina Weinstein; directed by Bill Corona; narrated by Ted Marcoux; featuring Jack Dorsey, creator & chair-man of Twitter; Tim O'Reilly, founder & CEO of O'Reilly Media Inc.; Mike Maples Jr., co-founder of venture capital firm Floodgate; Meg Hourihan, co-founder of Pyra Labs & Blogger; Om Malik, GigaOM Network founder; Ryan Singel, Wired.com staff writer; David Kirkpatrick, author & social media commentator; Lou Kerner, VP Equity Research at Wedbush Securities; with archive footage of: Dick Costolo, Twitter CEO; Evan Williams, Twitter co-founder; Biz Stone, Twitter co-founder; Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russia credits at IMDb Amazon Instant Video [2011] not available in USA (11/2022) |
"Bloomberg Game Changers: Koch Brothers" [S1, Ep18 7 June 2011] /tt1978658/
"Bloomberg Game Changers: Jeff Bezos" [s2 e5 17 May 2011] /tt2258188/
"Bloomberg Game Changers: J.K. Rowling" [2011] /tt2975958/
"Bloomberg Game Changers: Warren Buffett Revealed" [S3, Ep1 2012] /tt2197200/
"Bloomberg Game Changers: Magic Johnson" [S4, Ep1 2012] /tt2197206/
"Bloomberg Game Changers: Reid Hoffman (co-founder and exec chairman of LinkedIn + Greylock Partners)" [S4, Ep3 2012] /tt2197186/
"Bloomberg Game Changers: Mark Cuban" [S4, Ep5 2012] /tt2197204/
"Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps" [Fox Sept 2010]
 | A young Wall Street trader teams up with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two-tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming financial doom, and to bring to justice the person responsible for the suicide of the young trader's mentor. Co-produced by Edward R. Pressman, Oliver Stone & Michael Douglas; directed by Oliver Stone; starring Shia LaBeouf, Michael Douglas, Carey Mulligan, Susan Sarandon, Charlie Sheen, Josh Brolin, Frank Langella & Sylvia Miles, cameo by Nouriel Roubini
Fox widescreen color Blu-ray [12/2010] for $22.99 Fox widescreen color DVD [12/2010] 2 disks for $15.99 full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia 'G.O.P. Meltdown' Page at Spirit of America Bookstore |
"Hot Coffee" documentary film [H.B.O. June 2011]
 | The right-wing media are all a-dither about the 79-year-old woman who sued McDonald's after spilling very hot coffee on herself in 1992, as an example of frivolous lawsuits by greedy plaintiffs and unscrupulous lawyers. But what really happened, in and out of court? Directed by Susan Saladoff; featuring Joan Claybrook, Oliver Diaz, Joanne Doroshow, Al Franken & John Grisham
Docurama color DVD [11/2011] for $21.99 full credits at IMDb official movie site |
"Revenge of The Electric Car"
documentary film [indep Oct 2011]
 | Behind-the-scenes look at Nissan and General Motors and Tesla Motors, and the resurgence of electric car manufacture. Co-written & directed by Chris Paine; narrated by Tim Robbins; featuring Danny DeVito, Jon Favreau, Stephen Colbert, Arnold Schwarzenegger, G.M. exec Bob Lutz, Tesla Motors ceo Elon Musk, Nissan exec Carlos Ghosn, and mechanical wizard Greg 'Gadget' Abbott
Docurama color DVD [1/2012] for $14.50 full credits at IMDb official movie site |
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