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 | Erin Crumpacker | Associate Producer |
| Production | Alan Oxman | Producer |
| Production | Sheila Nevins | Executive Producer |
| Production | Betsy Rate | Associate Producer |
| Production | Sara Bernstein | Supervising Producer |
| Sound | Michael Mollura | Music |
| Editing | Cindy Lee | Editor |
| Production | Carly Hugo | Producer |
| Production | Rebecca Saladoff | Co-Producer |
| Sound | William Britt | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Jeff Seelye | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Johnpaul Golaski | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Lorenzo Millan | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | John Moros | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Matt Sheldon | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Winter | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Michael J. Walls | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Geof Bartz | Consulting Editor |
| Sound | Wil Masisak | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Tyler Cartner | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Eric Gitelson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Jesse Durell | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Ben Watts | Assistant Camera |
| Visual Effects | Louis Fox | Animation Director |
| Editing | Tonianne Fleig | Additional Editor |
| Editing | Chris Hurtt | Additional Editor |
| Editing | Lukas Persson | Additional Editor |
| Editing | Raphael Rice | Additional Editor |
| Editing | Jamie Meyer | Additional Editor |
| Editing | Christopher Branca | Additional Editor |
| Editing | Justin B. Tolley | Associate Editor |
| Editing | Isaac Urwin | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Kevin Bluhm | Music Editor |
| Editing | Rebecca Saladoff | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Joel Goodman | Additional Music |
| Crew | Karen Shatzkin | Legal Services |
| Editing | Svetlana Zill | Additional Editor |
| Production | Adam J. Segal | Publicist |
| Sound | Alec Puro | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Tara Hunnewell | Playback Singer |
| Crew | Elizabeth Christine Jawski | Transcriptions |
| Editing | Caitlin Tartaro | Digital Intermediate Producer |
| Sound | Keith Kohn | Music Producer |
| Camera | Martina Radwan | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Steven Capitano Calitri | VFX Director of Photography |