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Fat, sick, & nearly dead

Amron, Alison, (film editor.). Seward, Christopher, (film editor.). Manning, Me, (composer.). Offman, Stacey, (film producer.). Cross, Joe (film director,, screenwriter,, on-screen presenter.). Engfehr, Kurt, (screenwriter.). Mac, Robert, (screenwriter.). Staples, Phil (interviewee (expression)). Marracino, Daniel, (director of photography.). Reboot Media. (Added Author). RebootYourLife (Firm) (Added Author).

Filmmaker Joe Cross, recently obese and unhealthy, travels the United States promoting to all he encounters a lifestyle "reboot" centered around consuming only fruit and vegetable juices. Along the way he meets Phil Staples, a morbidly obese man to whom Cross offers his reboot cure.

DVD  - 2011
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Subject
Cross, Joe > Travel > United States.
Staples, Phil > Health.
Overweight persons > Australia > Biography.
Overweight persons > United States > Biography.
Fruit juices > Health aspects.
Vegetable juices > Health aspects.
Reducing diets.
United States > Description and travel.
Genre
Nonfiction films.
Biographical films.
Travelogues (Motion pictures)
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films > United States.
Feature films.
Biographies.
  • Physical Description videodisc
    1 videodisc (approximately 97 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher [Brooklyn, N.Y.?] : RebootYourLife, [2011]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Documentary.
Originally produced in 2010.
GMD: videodisc.
Formatted Contents Note: Special features: Director's commentary -- Behind the scenes -- Theatrical trailer -- The kin : making of "Take in the sunlight" -- Additional scenes -- Testimonials.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Editing, Alison Amron and Christopher Seward ; music, Me Manning ; director of photography, Daniel Marracino ; cinematographers, Rick Lopez, Max Polley, Jamie Rosenberg ; animation director, Harold Moss.
Participant or Performer Note: Participants, Joe Cross, Phil Staples.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC; stereo, 5.1 surround.
Language Note:
In English with optional subtitles in English and Spanish; closed-captioned.
Awards Note:
Best Documentary Feature, Iowa Independent Film Festival 2010; Turning Point Award and Audience Choice Award, Documentary, Sonoma International Film Festival 2010