Super Size Me Page #4

Synopsis: Several legal suits have been brought against McDonald's Restaurants that they are knowingly selling food that is unhealthy. Some of the court decisions have stated that the plaintiffs would have a claim if they could prove that eating the food every day for every meal is dangerous. As such, documentarian Morgan Spurlock conducts an unscientific experiment using himself as the guinea pig: eat only McDonald's for thirty days, three meals a day. If he is asked by the clerk if he would like the meal super sized, he has to say yes. And by the end of the thirty days, he will have had to have eaten every single menu item at least once. Before starting the experiment, he is tested by three doctors - a general practitioner, a cardiologist and a gastroenterologist - who pronounce his general health to be outstanding. They will also monitor him over the thirty days to ensure that he is not placing his health into irreparable damage. He also consults with a dietitian/nutritionist and an exercise
Original Story by: Your Black Mother
Director(s): Morgan Spurlock
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
73
PG
Year:
2004
100 min
16,729 Views


That's really good.

Thanks.

Have they improved their cookies

in the last 10 years?

Last time I had them, they were

like little hockey pucks.

I don't know.

We'll see.

It's the first day,

and I'm on my way

to breakfast.

Could I get an egg McMuffin

extra value meal?

Every 8-year-old's

dream right now

that I'm getting ready

to fulfill.

I got my egg McMuffin.

That's gonna be

the first thing right there.

This McDonald's

delivers for free.

All I did today

was leave my apartment,

walk down the stairs,

and walk to the McDonald's --

1,272 steps.

So, we got to go to the corner

and we got to get a cab.

The cabs are gonna

add up in this thing.

I can tell already.

I got my scorecard,

and in here,

I had one egg McMuffin.

I had one sausage biscuit.

Do you eat fast food?

Once in a while.

Yeah? How often?

Id say probably

once every two weeks.

Three, four times

a week maybe.

In France, yes.

But here, no.

I don't like here.

It doesn't sound

very...clean.

And what's

your favorite place?

Probably Wendy's.

McDo.

Taco Bell.

Taco Bell.

McDonalds is pretty close.

Do you ever have

super sized cokes?

No, in France...

the small size here,

it's a bigger size in France.

Even the small size here,

I can't drink.

There are rules

to what's going on here

in this whole process.

I will only super-size it

if they ask me.

I can only eat things

that are for sale

over the counter at McDonald's,

water included.

If McDonald's doesn't sell it,

I can't eat it.

I have to have

everything on the menu

at least once

over the next 30 days,

and I have to have

three squares a day --

breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

No excuses.

Oh, I love Big Macs.

This is probably

the first time in a long time

that I've seen a big Mac

that looks like the picture,

that actually almost

looks like the picture.

Look at that.

Big Macs never look this good.

You got to come to Chinatown

for the good big Macs.

You've heard

about all these people

who are suing

these fast-food companies.

Yes, I've heard of them.

I think it's ridiculous,

but it's the American

way to sue for everything.

Id throw the lawsuit out

if I was a judge.

And like I was saying,

if these fast-food places

can put their signs up,

if I can walk by them

and just totally ignore them

and say, "I'm not hungry.

I don't need this,"

they can do it, too.

We don't have to go there.

We don't have to shop with them.

we can easily go in McDonald's

and grab a salad,

but we choose not to.

Now, if the McDonald's

refused them service,

they'd be in court again saying,

"we were refused service."

so you can't win if you try

in this world.

I think there's a lot of focus

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Morgan Spurlock

Morgan Valentine Spurlock (born November 7, 1970) is an American documentary filmmaker, humorist, television producer, screenwriter, and playwright. Spurlock's films include Super Size Me (2004), Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? (2008), POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011), Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope (2011), and One Direction: This Is Us (2013). He was the executive producer and star of the reality television series 30 Days (2005-2008). In June 2013, Spurlock became host and producer of the CNN show Morgan Spurlock Inside Man (2013–2016). He is also the co-founder of short-film content marketing company Cinelan, which produced the Focus Forward campaign for GE. more…

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