Documentarian Morgan Spurlock rocketed to fame after daring to take on the fast food industry in the entertaining and much-lauded SUPERSIZE ME. For his follow-up, Spurlock wades back into controversial waters, and attempts something even more dangerous than a month of eating Big Macs: he decides to hunt down the globe's foremost terrorist, Osama Bin Laden. When the film opens, Spurlock has just learned that his wife, Alex, is pregnant. Using this news as a springboard, he decides he must hunt down the "world's most dangerous man" in order to guarantee the safety of his new child. Thus begins Spurlock's journey into some of the most wartorn and perilous places on the globe: Egypt, Israel, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and Morocco. Spurlock travels from country to country, popping into mosques, fundamentalist Muslim schools, shantytowns, army bases, the Gaza strip, and the local mall, asking everyone along the way if they might know where he can find Osama. The provocative question never fails to elicit an interesting response, and Spurlock uses it to open up a dialogue about the people's feelings and attitudes toward America and the war on terror.

Throughout the film, Spurlock comes across as one of the most genial fellows you could ever meet, and his good-natured charm goes a long way in getting interviews with people who might otherwise become hostile when smirkingly asked, "Where's Osama?" Some viewers might find fault with Spurlock's rather gimmicky, stunt man techniques, but others might enjoy his light approach to such a complex and heavy issue. While the film will undoubtedly spark a few heated debates, one thing is for certain: Spurlock does nice job of removing some of the mystery that surrounds the Middle East. He creates a very human portrait of the people, and reminds us that, at the end of the day, we are perhaps not so different.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen
Audio:
Unspecified - English
Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional

Distributor Notes: Oscar-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock sets out on his own to

find the world's most elusive fugitive, venturing hilariously into the unfamiliar

Middle East.



*2008 Theatrical Release

*Oscar-Nominated Morgan Spurlock- Super Size Me

Source: Genius Productions Inc.

Morgan Spurlock: Director, SUPER SIZE ME (2004)

Jeremy Chilnick: Writer/producer
Stacey Offman: Producer, WHAT WOULD JESUS BUY?
Morgan Spurlock: Director, SUPER SIZE ME (2004)

Jeremy Chilnick: Writer/producer
Morgan Spurlock: Director, SUPER SIZE ME (2004)

Jon Spurney: Composer

"[A]musing....Spurlock's real intent seems to be illustrating the senselessness of the wars we're fighting through a feel-good message of tolerance."
3 stars out of 5 -- "[E]ntertaining and at times thought-provoking..."
"Spurlock is very good at playing the 'everyman' with no obvious agenda."