Fast Food Nation Page #3

Synopsis: Don Anderson is the Mickey's food restaurant chain's Marketing Director. He is the inventor of the "Big One" the hamburger best seller of Mickey's. An independent research reports the presence of cow's feces in the Big One. So Don is sent to Cody, Colorado, to verify if the slaughterhouse, main supplier of Mickey's, is efficient as it appears and the production process is regular. During his investigations he discovers the horrible truth behind a simple hamburger; the reality is not like we think it is. Don discovers what the mass production system involves, from the temp workers like Amber, to the exploitation of Mexican irregular immigrants. It is not only the meat that is crushed in the mincing machine, but all our society.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Richard Linklater
Production: Fox Searchlight Pictures
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
R
Year:
2006
116 min
$905,718
Website
492 Views


- Yeah?

And you'd have to go way back-

maybe even to the original Teeny-Weenys

promotion- to see anything like this.

- You guys hit a home run.

- Well, hey, we all did.

Definitely.

Hey, Tony, have you ever-

Have you ever been out to the U.M.P. plant?

Uh, no, I haven't.

I've been hearin' some mixed things

about the place.

I've heard all sorts

of nasty stuff goes on there.

You have? Like what?

I don't know. Um-

I used to have a friend

who used to work there...

and he used to tell me

all sorts of things.

Did you know that's where

the Big Ones come from?

This was a long time back.

I mean-

Look, my friend could have

been full of sh*t.

Yeah, 'cause I was out there.

I mean, the place is-

It's spotless.

- Yeah?

- Oh, yeah. It's high-tech, state-of-the-art stuff.

Stainless steel everywhere.

People wearin' gloves and clean white coats.

I mean-

Well, might be a lot different now.

So, um, the friend-You think I might

be able to give him a call?

I don't know.

He split a long time ago.

I haven't really talked to him.

Well- Right.

My wife's got an uncle.

He can tell you all about that place.

- Does he work out there?

- Oh, no, no. He used to sell 'em cattle.

But he's a real... character.

You know, been on the ranch

a little too long.

You think he'd talk to me?

Oh, he'll talk to you.

Might scare you though.

He's a little intense.

I'll give you his number.

His name is Rudy.

Hey. Hey!

What the f*** you doin'?

What the f***-

Are you f***in' retarded?

Say it. "Grade 'A'." Say it.

- Grade "A."

- Thank you.

F***in' know you understand me.

You people act like I'm a f***in' retard.

- S.

- Get back to work.

Coco.

Yeah, like that. Like that.

Like that.

You know, if that safe in McDonald's

was holding six grand...

Tony must have at least five or six

locked away in there.

Maybe more. You think he goes

to the bank every day?

That's a good question.

Tim says that over where he works...

that they don't even have a safe.

That's 'cause nobody ever eats there.

That chicken fajita I had the other night

was some slimy sh*t.

Yeah, well, there's a reason

why it only costs 99 cents.

There may be five or six grand

in Tony's safe every night...

just sittin' in there, while we're out here

gettin' paid dick to mess with this sh*t.

Yeah, no kidding.

And Tony's a real prick too,

you know?

I always catch him

checkin' out Amber's ass...

and he's, like, five times her age.

Hey, the cops must have these places

totally staked out at night.

'Cause they're just waitin' for another robbery.

The best time to do it would be

first thing in the morning...

around opening time.

Okay. Here's how it goes down.

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Eric Schlosser

Eric Matthew Schlosser (born August 17, 1959) is an American journalist and author known for his investigative journalism, such as in his books Fast Food Nation (2001), Reefer Madness (2003), and Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (2013). more…

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