Capitalism: A Love Story

Capitalism: A Love Story
In front of a gray silhouette of protesters holding up signs below a yellow-orange sky, a rotund man in casual clothing folds his arms and faces a silver-haired businessman in the foreground, whose back is to the viewer. The businessman holds up the American flag in his right hand while holding a bag with a dollar sign behind his back, out of view of the man and the protesters.
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Directed byMichael Moore
Written byMichael Moore
Produced by
  • Anne Moore
  • Michael Moore
StarringMichael Moore
Narrated byMichael Moore
Cinematography
  • Daniel Marracino
  • Jayme Roy
Edited by
  • Jessica Brunetto
  • Alex Meiller
  • Tanya Meiller
  • Conor O'Neill
  • Pablo Proenza
  • T. Woody Richman
  • John Walter
Music byJeff Gibbs
Production
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Distributed by
Release dates
  • September 6, 2009 (2009-09-06) (VIFF)
  • October 2, 2009 (2009-10-02) (United States)
Running time
127 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • Russian
  • Spanish
Budget$20 million
Box office$17.4 million[3]

Capitalism: A Love Story is a 2009 American documentary film directed, written by, and starring Michael Moore. The film centers on the 2007–2008 financial crisis and the recovery stimulus, while putting forward an indictment of the then-current economic order in the United States and of unfettered capitalism in general. Topics covered include Wall Street's "casino mentality", for-profit prisons, Goldman Sachs' influence in Washington, D.C., the poverty-level wages of many workers, the large wave of home foreclosures, corporate-owned life insurance, and the consequences of "runaway greed".[4] The film also features a religious component in which Moore examines whether or not capitalism is a sin and whether Jesus would be a capitalist;[5] this component highlights Moore's belief that evangelical conservatives contradict themselves by supporting free market ideals while professing to be Christians.

The film was widely released to the public in the United States and Canada on October 2, 2009. Reviews were generally positive. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 9, 2010.

  1. ^ Kay, Jeremy (May 13, 2008). "Paramount Vantage, Overture to co-finance, distribute Moore's next". Screen International. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. October 13, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference bom was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Huffington, Arianna (September 21, 2009). "Barack Obama Must See Michael Moore's New Movie (and So Must You)!". The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  5. ^ Moore, Michael (October 4, 2009). "For Those of You on Your Way to Church This Morning ..." The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 3, 2010.