American Dream (film)

American Dream
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Directed by	Barbara Kopple Co-directors: Cathy Caplan Thomas Haneke Lawrence Silk
Produced by	Arthur Cohn Barbara Kopple[1]
Cinematography	Kevin Keating Hart Perry Mathieu Roberts Mark T. Peterson Peter Gilbert
Edited by	Cathy Caplan Thomas Haneke Lawrence Silk
Music by	Michael Small
Production companies	Cabin Creek Catholic Communication Campaign Channel 4 Films
Distributed by	Prestige Films
Release date	October 6, 1990 (1990-10-06) (New York Film Festival)
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	United States United Kingdom
Language	English
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.