Roger & Me (US)
The story of a rebel and his mike
Certificate: R
Running Time: 90 mins
Retail Price: $19.98
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
"America has an irrepressible new humorist in the tradition of Mark Twain, he is Michael Moore. Roger & Me is rude, rollicking... witty... leaving the audience roaring with laughter."
-Vincent Canby, The New York Times
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.
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, frame a film that uses humour 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. As The Village Voice`s J. Hoberman wrote, the result is "gutsy, populist, outraged and outrageous".
Special Features:
Commentary By Michael Moore
Theatrical Trailer
Video Tracks:
Standard 1.33:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital Mono English
Subtitle Tracks:
French
English
Spanish
Directed By:
Michael Moore
Written By:
Michael Moore
Starring:
Michael Moore
Soundtrack By:
Buddy Kaye
Director of Photography:
Bruce Schermer
Kevin Rafferty
John Prusak
Chris Beaver
Editor:
Wendey Stanzler
Jennifer Beman
Producer:
Wendey Stanzler
Michael Moore
Distributor:
Warner Bros
Your Opinions and Comments
The picture quality is reasonable considering this is a documentary. The sound is also reasonable.
There are only two extras on this disc. A trailer for the film with Michael Moore talking about the praise the film has received. Better then the average trailer but not something you`ll look at again. There is also a commentary from the man himself. This was recorded a few months ago shortly after his oscar win for Bowling For Columbine and his infamous speech. Moore offers lots of insight into this film. It means a lot to him personally since it is his home town and since this was made, we learn things have gotten much worse there.
Overall, a very good documentary which, as Moore himself says, is just as relevant today as it was back then.