Fast Food Nation
2006, Rated: 14A, 113min
It is a sad fact of life, Don, but the truth is we all have to eat a little shit from time to time.
An ensemble drama examining the health risks both to consumers as well as workers regarding the fast food industry. Don Anderson is sent to a slaughterhouse to investigate the production process for his companies burgers. A group of illegal Mexican immigrants cross the border only to get a low-paying and dangerous job in the same slaughterhouse. Several activists plot how to expose the terrible situation in the slaughterhouse and the industry as a whole.
- Directed by
- Richard Linklater
- Written by
- Eric Schlosser & Richard Linklater
- Starring
- Patricia Arquette, Luis Guzman, Ethan Hawke, Ashley Johnson, Greg Kinnear, Kris Kristofferson, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Ana Claudia Talancón, & Wilmer Valderrama