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Freakonomics
Theatrical poster
Directed byHeidi Ewing
Alex Gibney
Seth Gordon
Rachel Grady
Eugene Jarecki
Morgan Spurlock
Written byPeter Bull
Alex Gibney
Jeremy Chilnick
Morgan Spurlock
Eugene Jarecki
Heidi Ewing
Rachel Grady
Seth Gordon
Produced byChad Troutwine
Chris Romano
Dan O'Meara
CinematographyJunji Aoki
Derek Hallquist
Tony Hardmon
Darren Lew
Daniel Marracino
Ferne Pearlstein
Rob VanAlkemade
Edited byDouglas Blush
Tova Goodman
Sloane Klevin
Luis Lopez
Nelson Ryland
Michael Taylor
Music byPaul Brill
Production
companies
Chad Troutwine Films
Cold Fusion Media Group
Green Film Company
Human Worldwide
Jigsaw Productions
Loki Films
Distributed byMagnolia Pictures
Release dates
  • April 30, 2010 (2010-04-30) (Tribeca)
  • November 2010 (2010-11) (United States)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.9 million[1]
Box office$103,735

Freakonomics: The Movie is a 2010 American documentary film based on the 2005 book Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by economist Steven D. Levitt and writer Stephen J. Dubner. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2010 with a theatrical release later in the year.[2] On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 66% based on reviews from 64 critics.[3]

Segments

  1. A Roshanda by Any Other Name : Morgan Spurlock's investigation of the possible implications of names, especially "black" vs. "white" names, in personal development and social advancement.
  2. Pure Corruption : Alex Gibney's exploration of the Japanese concept of yaochō (match fixing) in sumo wrestling.
  3. It's Not Always a Wonderful Life : Narrated by Melvin Van Peebles and directed by Eugene Jarecki, this segment explores the question of what led to a decline in the urban crime rate in the US during the mid- to late 1990s. The authors of Freakonomics suggest that a substantial factor was the 1973 US Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, which permitted women to have legal abortions, leading to more wanted children with better upbringings.
  4. Can You Bribe a 9th Grader to Succeed? : Rachel Grady documents an experiment in Chicago Heights, Illinois to determine the efficacy of paying students to achieve higher grades.

Cast

  • Carl Alleyne as Boyfriend
  • Zoe Sloane as Blake
  • Adesuwa Addy Iyare as Temptress's Mother
  • Jade Viggiano as High school girl
  • Sammuel Soifer as Jake
  • Jalani McNair as Loser
  • Andrew Greiche as Jake
  • Alyssa Wheeldon as High school girl
  • Greg Crowe as Johnny the mechanic
  • Hassan Brown as Father
  • Kelli Chaves as High school girl
  • Amancaya Aguilar as Mercedes
  • Kellie Gerardi as Lexus

References

  1. ^ Rampell, Catherine (September 29, 2010). "Unusual Film Gets Innovative Marketing". The New York Times. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
  2. ^ Dubner, Stephen J. (April 5, 2010). "Just Weird Enough to Work? Freakonomics: The Movie Gets Distributor". The New York Times. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
  3. ^ "Freakonomics". Rotten Tomatoes. 2010.


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