Movie
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
Overview
This documentary takes the viewer on a deeply personal journey into the everyday lives of families struggling to fight Goliath. From a family business owner in the Midwest to a preacher in California, from workers in Florida to a poet in Mexico, dozens of film crews on three continents bring the intensely personal stories of an assault on families and American values.
Details
- Release date
- 2005-11-04
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Brave New Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Lee Scott as Himself - President & CEO of Wal-Mart (archive footage)
- Don Hunter as Himself - H&H Hardware Owner
- Jon Hunter as Himself - Son of Don Hunter
- Jeremy Hunter as Himself - Son of Jon Hunter
- Matt Hunter as Himself - Son of Jon Hunter
- Johnny Faenza as Himself - H&H Hardware Employee
- Frank Mormino as Himself - Owner of Middlefield Tire
- John Bruening as Himself - Owner of Geauga Vision (as Dr. John Bruening)
- Tom Glassburner as Himself - H&H Hardware Employee
- Weldon Nicholson as Himself - Wal-Mart Store Manager Trainer
- Al Norman as Himself - Founder of Sprawl-Busters
- Grace Thibodeaux as Herself - Hearne, Texas Resident
Crew
- Robert Greenwald - Director
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