Roger & Me
starring: James Bond (IV), Pat Boone, Anita Bryant, Karen Edgely, Bob Eubanks
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Follow the microphone trail of a man who tries to get an interview with general motors chairman orger smith to talk about the problems of the modern automotive industry in this scathingly funny docu-comedy.Studio: Warner Home VideoRelease Date: 08/19/2003Run time: 90 minutesRating: RDirector: Michael Moore
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Roger and Me is a loose, smart-alecky documentary directed and narrated by Michael Moore, an everyman host with a devastating wit and a working-class pose. When his hometown is devastated by the plant closure of an American corporate giant (making record profits, one should note), the hell-raising political commentator with a prankster streak tries to turn his camera on General Motors Chairman Roger B. Smith, the elusive Roger of the title, and the film is loosely structured around Moore's odyssey to track down the corporate giant for an interview.
While Moore ambushes his corporate subjects like a blue-collar GeraldoRivera, a guerrilla interviewer who treasures his comic rebuffs as much as his interviews, his portraits of the colorful characters he meets along the way can be patronizing. The famous come off as absurdly out of touch (Anita Bryant appears for some can-do cheerleading, and hometown celebrity Bob Eubanks tells some boorish jokes), and the disenfranchised poor (notably an unemployed woman who sells rabbit meat to make ends meet) all too often appear as buffoons or hicks. But behind his loose play with the facts and snarky attitude is a devastating look at the victims of downsizing in the midst of the 1980s economic boom. This portrait of Reagan's America and the tarnish on the American dream comes down to a simple question: what is corporate America's responsibility to the country's citizens? That's a question no one at GM wants to answer. --Sean Axmaker
Follow the microphone trail of a man who tries to get an interview with general motors chairman orger smith to talk about the problems of the modern automotive industry in this scathingly funny docu-comedy.Studio: Warner Home VideoRelease Date: 08/19/2003Run time: 90 minutesRating: RDirector: Michael Moore
Amazon.com essential video:
Roger and Me is a loose, smart-alecky documentary directed and narrated by Michael Moore, an everyman host with a devastating wit and a working-class pose. When his hometown is devastated by the plant closure of an American corporate giant (making record profits, one should note), the hell-raising political commentator with a prankster streak tries to turn his camera on General Motors Chairman Roger B. Smith, the elusive Roger of the title, and the film is loosely structured around Moore's odyssey to track down the corporate giant for an interview.
While Moore ambushes his corporate subjects like a blue-collar GeraldoRivera, a guerrilla interviewer who treasures his comic rebuffs as much as his interviews, his portraits of the colorful characters he meets along the way can be patronizing. The famous come off as absurdly out of touch (Anita Bryant appears for some can-do cheerleading, and hometown celebrity Bob Eubanks tells some boorish jokes), and the disenfranchised poor (notably an unemployed woman who sells rabbit meat to make ends meet) all too often appear as buffoons or hicks. But behind his loose play with the facts and snarky attitude is a devastating look at the victims of downsizing in the midst of the 1980s economic boom. This portrait of Reagan's America and the tarnish on the American dream comes down to a simple question: what is corporate America's responsibility to the country's citizens? That's a question no one at GM wants to answer. --Sean Axmaker
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- Movie for Bob
This movie was purchased as a backup to the VHS version for my Economics Instructor at college.
Rating: - very good despite a minor flaw here and there
Roger & Me is a somewhat humorous documentary by Michael Moore about the devastating economic effects of Flint, Michigan when General Motors chairman Roger B. Smith chooses to close eleven car manufacturing plants there. The town is financially reeling from the 30,000 lost jobs and Flint slumps into a semi-depression.
Moore also attempts many, many times in this film to track Roger Smith (who is the Roger referred to in the title of the film) and interview him. Not surprisingly, Smith ... Read More
Rating: - Roger and Me DVD
Michael Moore tends to be a bit skewed in his perspective, however, when there is enough evidence to support his skewed perspective it makes for a more frigthening picture.My having lived in Flint, MI for nine years may not have ever happened had I seen the movie before the move there because I may never have moved- too much of it is (still) true!
Rating: - Roger & Me DVD
Overall, Roger & Me was a great movie.The DVD cover had some scratches on it, but the DVD itself plays perfectly.
The DVD arrived rather quickly.
Rating: - Roger is worse than Evel
"Roger and Me' is a riveting, fast-paced, fascinating and scitillating tale of Michael Moore's efforts to get the evil Roger to face him in front of his noble movie crew.I was at the edge my seat from the first to last second of this truly superb, academy award quality, film.We learn about how the hard working proletariat of the quaint village of Flint, Michigan have been foully betrayed by that behemoth of Capitalism--dare I say it--General Motors.
General Motors is outsourcing jobs ... Read More
- Movie for BobThis movie was purchased as a backup to the VHS version for my Economics Instructor at college.
- very good despite a minor flaw here and thereRoger & Me is a somewhat humorous documentary by Michael Moore about the devastating economic effects of Flint, Michigan when General Motors chairman Roger B. Smith chooses to close eleven car manufacturing plants there. The town is financially reeling from the 30,000 lost jobs and Flint slumps into a semi-depression.
Moore also attempts many, many times in this film to track Roger Smith (who is the Roger referred to in the title of the film) and interview him. Not surprisingly, Smith ... Read More
- Roger and Me DVDMichael Moore tends to be a bit skewed in his perspective, however, when there is enough evidence to support his skewed perspective it makes for a more frigthening picture.My having lived in Flint, MI for nine years may not have ever happened had I seen the movie before the move there because I may never have moved- too much of it is (still) true!
- Roger & Me DVDOverall, Roger & Me was a great movie.The DVD cover had some scratches on it, but the DVD itself plays perfectly.
The DVD arrived rather quickly.
- Roger is worse than Evel"Roger and Me' is a riveting, fast-paced, fascinating and scitillating tale of Michael Moore's efforts to get the evil Roger to face him in front of his noble movie crew.I was at the edge my seat from the first to last second of this truly superb, academy award quality, film.We learn about how the hard working proletariat of the quaint village of Flint, Michigan have been foully betrayed by that behemoth of Capitalism--dare I say it--General Motors.
General Motors is outsourcing jobs ... Read More
