Movie
That Sugar Film
Overview
One man's journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as 'healthy'. Through this entertaining and informative journey, Damon highlights some of the issues that plague the sugar industry, and where sugar lurks on supermarket shelves.
Details
- Release date
- 2014-07-31
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Madman Entertainment, Sprout Pictures, Old Mates Productions
- Country
- Australia
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Damon Gameau as Himself
- Stephen Fry as The Sugar Family Sketch
- Brenton Thwaites as The Liver Sketch
- Isabel Lucas as Sugary Words
- Jessica Marais as Sugar Emotion Sketch
- John Leary as Ballet Business Man
- Nick Batzias as Father
- Katie Batzias as Mother
- Annalise Braakensiek as Bikini girl on beach
- Kieron Rooney as Scientist in Lab
- Gary Taubes as Self / Investigative Science Journalist / Author, Why We Get Fat
- David Wolfe as Self
Crew
- Damon Gameau - Director
- Damon Gameau - Writer
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