American Dream (film)

American Dream
DVD cover
Directed byBarbara Kopple
Co-directors:
Cathy Caplan
Thomas Haneke
Lawrence Silk
Produced byArthur Cohn
Barbara Kopple[1]
CinematographyKevin Keating
Hart Perry
Mathieu Roberts
Mark T. Peterson
Peter Gilbert
Edited byCathy Caplan
Thomas Haneke
Lawrence Silk
Music byMichael Small
Production
companies
Cabin Creek
Catholic Communication Campaign
Channel Four Films
Distributed byPrestige Films
Release date
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500,000 (estimated)
Box office$269,823 (US)

American Dream is a 1990 British-American cinéma vérité documentary film directed by Barbara Kopple and co-directed by Cathy Caplan, Thomas Haneke, and Lawrence Silk.

The film recounts the unsuccessful 1985–86 Hormel strike in the heartland of the United States against the Hormel Foods corporation.