Hot Coffee (2011)
Most people think they know the "McDonald's coffee case," but what they don't know is that corporations have spent millions distorting the case to promote tort reform. HOT COFFEE reveals how big business, aided by the media, brewed a dangerous concoction of manipulation and lies to protect corporate interests. By following four people whose lives were devastated by the attacks on our courts, the film challenges the assumptions Americans hold about "jackpot justice."
Director: Susan Saladoff
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Joan Claybrook as Self |
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Oliver Diaz as Self |
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Joanne Doroshow as Self |
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Al Franken as Self |
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Colin Gourley as Self |
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Connor Gourley as Self |
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John Grisham as Self |
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Jamie Leigh Jones as Self |
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Stephanie Mencimer as Self |
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Victor Schwartz as Self |
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Wayne Slater as Self |
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Chris Tiano as Self |
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Alex Winslow as Self |
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Chuck Allen as Self |
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Judy Allen as Self |
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Jay Angoff as Self |
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David Arredondo as Self |
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Tom Baker as Self |
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Paul Bland as Self |
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Kenneth Canfield as Self |
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Ralph Cook as Self |
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Jennifer Diaz as Self |
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Betty Farnham as Self |
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Marjorie Getman as Self |
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Lisa Gourley as Self |
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Mike Gourley as Self |
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Ernest 'Sonny' Hornsby as Self |
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George Lakoff as Hinself |
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Barbara Liebeck as Self |
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Michael McCann as Self |
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Craig McDonald as Self |
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Robert McDuff as Self |
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Chuck McRae as Self |
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Ted Poe as Self |
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Nancy Tiano as Self |
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Ken Wagner as Self |
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Peter Whitted as Self |
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Ken Zeese as Self |
| Directing | Susan Saladoff | Director |
| Production | Carly Hugo | Producer |
| Production | Rebecca Saladoff | Co-Producer |
| Production | Erin Crumpacker | Associate Producer |
| Production | Sheila Nevins | Executive Producer |
| Production | Alan Oxman | Producer |
| Production | Sara Bernstein | Supervising Producer |
| Sound | Michael Mollura | Music |
| Sound | William Britt | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Betsy Rate | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Cindy Lee | Editor |
| Sound | Tyler Cartner | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Johnpaul Golaski | Sound Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Louis Fox | Animation Director |
| Sound | Wil Masisak | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | John Moros | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Jesse Durell | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Jeff Seelye | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Michael J. Walls | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Matt Sheldon | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Winter | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Eric Gitelson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | Geof Bartz | Consulting Editor |
| Camera | Ben Watts | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Lorenzo Millan | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Tonianne Fleig | Additional Editor |
| Editing | Raphael Rice | Additional Editor |
| Editing | Lukas Persson | Additional Editor |
| Editing | Christopher Branca | Additional Editor |
| Editing | Chris Hurtt | Additional Editor |
| Editing | Jamie Meyer | Additional Editor |
| Crew | Joel Goodman | Additional Music |
| Editing | Justin B. Tolley | Associate Editor |
| Editing | Caitlin Tartaro | Digital Intermediate Producer |
| Editing | Rebecca Saladoff | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Isaac Urwin | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Svetlana Zill | Additional Editor |
| Sound | Kevin Bluhm | Music Editor |
| Crew | Elizabeth Christine Jawski | Transcriptions |
| Sound | Tara Hunnewell | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Alec Puro | Music Supervisor |
| Crew | Karen Shatzkin | Legal Services |
| Production | Adam J. Segal | Publicist |
| Sound | Keith Kohn | Music Producer |
| Camera | Martina Radwan | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Steven Capitano Calitri | VFX Director of Photography |