Big Boys Gone Bananas!*
2011 · 90 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 1,069 VOTES · DIR. Fredrik Gertten
Overview
The conflict between Dole Food Company and Swedish filmmaker Fredrik Gertten unfolds dramatically in the documentary "BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!" as the corporation attempts to suppress Gertten's earlier film, "BANANAS!"—chronicling Nicaraguan workers' lawsuit against Dole. Initially selected for the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival, "BANANAS!" was abruptly removed from competition, followed by a negative article in the Los Angeles Business Journal and legal threats from Dole's attorneys. Gertten captures this saga of corporate intimidation, media manipulation, and legal challenges in his documentary, showcasing the struggles documentary filmmakers face and highlighting the threat to freedom of speech posed by powerful corporations protecting their reputations.
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00:00:20 We have a media that is corrupted by power, mostly by corporate power.
00:04:46 "... false and defamatory statementsabout our company"
00:08:09 Dole self- initiated media furore.
00:11:45 If the dole, however, sue me, I wanted everything on film.
00:15:35 The organizers are trying to gloss over the situation by suggesting,.
00:19:20 The organizers consider before the show floor, and I agreed to it.
00:22:49 I felt ashamed indeed.
00:26:27 Seem to perpetrators.
00:29:49 My family asked, can we lose our house.
00:33:12 I sent them all the material, but they are not enthusiastic about.
00:37:06 And the NY Times, Chiquita oversaw the delivery of the decade.
00:40:35 Since it does not need to tell it.
00:44:05 So he recruited employees to lie,.
00:47:24 In one scene shown first swarm of rats in sewers,.
00:51:21 Gertten bananas! Spread lies.
00:55:14 The agreement is likely to mean a ban on the film distribution.
00:58:37 It is a Swedish company, and the burgers are good.
01:02:13 When the dole threatened the organizers the right to visit.
01:05:33 Speech, thought and opinion, freedom of the formation.
01:08:57 And the rest of the letter is frederick Gertten slander.
01:12:41 And the fact that we do not accept claims by victims.
01:15:37 But in Scandinavia it had the opposite effect.
01:19:03 That would mean at least a year of additional delay.
01:22:55 Dole gave me a call today.