Article: FILM REVIEW: 'Fast Food Nation' confronts fast food industry

Greggory Williams
University Wire
12-22-2006
(The Collegian) (U-WIRE) TULSA, Okla. -- Director Richard Linklater shows what really goes into a burger in a fast food restaurant.

In "Fast Food Nation" he tells the story of some unsettling truths behind the fast food industry. The film begins with a shot of smiling, happy families at a fast food joint. It then zooms in closer on a hamburger patty, which becomes increasingly less appetizing.

The film follows the lives of three groups of people, with each story addressing a different issue in the food chain of the fast food industry.

The first story is about Don Anderson (Greg Kinnear), a marketing executive at the fictional Mickey's restaurant. ...

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