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We will again be a Fast Food Nation

By posted at 7:43 pm on April 19, 2006 2

You probably know about Eric Schlosser’s iconic book Fast Food Nation. In it Schlosser revealed the fatty, processed underbelly of the fast food industry, and it seems likely that all of the millions of people who read the wildly successful book thought twice before their next trip to the drive thru. What you may not know is that a movie based on the book and directed by Richard Linklater is set to come out later this year. (I first wrote about this on the blog way back in 2003, but had forgotten about it until recently.) According to IMDb, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Greg Kinnear, Kris Kristofferson, and Avril Lavigne are all part of an ensemble cast. There’s no official release date as yet.

coverIn the meantime, and perhaps in anticipation of the movie, a new version of Fast Food Nation has come out that’s aimed at 6th through 9th graders. Chew on This is basically a rewrite of Schlosser’s bestseller, but the idea here is that as big consumers of fast food, kids should hear Schlosser’s message too.

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2 Responses to “We will again be a Fast Food Nation”

  1. Bryan Catherman
    at 6:34 am on April 20, 2006

    This seems to be a hot topic these days. I have to think about all the diet books and non-fic-fat-America books. Super Size Me, the movie, keeps me from the dirve-thrus.

  2. patrick
    at 7:39 am on March 19, 2008

    just watched Fast Food Nation, it's an impactful flick to say the least… earlier today i passed up a sausage mcmuffin because of it.

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