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One hundred and fifty years ago, the Corporation was a relatively insignificant entity. Today, it is a vivid, dramatic and pervasive presence in all our lives. Like the Church, the Monarchy and the Communist Party in other times and places, the Corporation is today's dominant institution. But history humbles dominant institutions. All have been crushed, belittled or absorbed into some new order. The Corporation is unlikely to be the first to defy history. In this complex, exhaustive and highly entertaining documentary, Mark Achbar, co-director of the influential and inventive Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media , teams up with co-director Jennifer Abbott and writer Joel Bakan to examine the far-reaching repercussions of the Corporation's increasing preeminence. Based on Bakan's book The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power , the film is a timely, critical inquiry that invites CEOs, whistle-blowers, brokers, gurus, spies, players, pawns and pundits on a graphic and engaging quest to reveal the Corporation's inner workings, curious history, controversial impacts and possible futures. Featuring illuminating interviews with Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore, Howard Zinn and many others, THE CORPORATION charts the spectacular rise of an institution aimed at achieving specific economic goals as it also recounts victories against this apparently invincible force.
Original Release
09/10/2003
US Release
05/15/2004
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Mikela Jay | Self - Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
Rob Beckwermert | Actor - Dramatizations |
Christopher Gora | Actor - Dramatizations |
Nina Jones | Actor - Dramatizations |
Richard Kopycinski | Actor - Dramatizations |
Karen Lam | Actor - Dramatizations |
Sean Lang | Actor - Dramatizations |
Bert Phillips | Actor - Dramatizations |
Diana Wilson | Actor - Dramatizations |
Jane Akre | Self - Investigative Reporter / Self |
Directors
Writers
Joel Bakan, Harold Crooks, Mark Achbar, Thomas Shandel
Creators
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mikela Jay | Self - Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
Rob Beckwermert | Actor - Dramatizations |
Christopher Gora | Actor - Dramatizations |
Nina Jones | Actor - Dramatizations |
Richard Kopycinski | Actor - Dramatizations |
Karen Lam | Actor - Dramatizations |
Sean Lang | Actor - Dramatizations |
Bert Phillips | Actor - Dramatizations |
Diana Wilson | Actor - Dramatizations |
Jane Akre | Self - Investigative Reporter / Self |
Ray Anderson | Self - CEO, Interface / Self |
Joe Badaracco | Self - Professor of Business Ethics, Harvard Business School |
Maude Barlow | Self - Chairperson, Council of Canadians / Self |
Chris Barrett | Self - Corporate Sponsored University Students / Self |
Marc Barry | Self - Competitive Intelligence Professional |
Robert Benson | Self - Professor of Law, UCLA |
Elaine Bernard | Self - Executive Director of Trade Union Program, Harvard |
Edwin Black | Self - Author, IBM and the Holocaust |
Carlton Brown | Self - Commodities Trader |
Smedley Butler | Self - USMC: Exposes Anti-FDR Plot |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Mark Achbar | Executive Producer |
Joel Bakan | Producer |
Mark Achbar | Producer |
Dawn Brett | Producer |
Cari Green | Producer |
Maureen Levitt | Producer |
Nathan Neumer | Producer |
Thomas Shandel | Producer |
Bart Simpson | Producer |