Roger & Me (US) (DVD Details)
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
ChangesPosted by dvd_man on 26-8-2003 22:02
Roger & Me was Michael Moore's first film. It looks at the plight of his hometown of Flint in Michigan, USA where corporation General Motors has shut down its factory making many people redundant.
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.
