Hot Coffee
2011 · 85 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 4,039 VOTES · DIR. Susan Saladoff
Overview
Most people think they know the "McDonald's coffee case," but what they don't know is that corporations have spent millions distorting the case to promote tort reform. HOT COFFEE reveals how big business, aided by the media, brewed a dangerous concoction of manipulation and lies to protect corporate interests. By following four people whose lives were devastated by the attacks on our courts, the film challenges the assumptions Americans hold about "jackpot justice."
Dialogue Timeline — 1,354 lines
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00:00:14 You better finish your little cafe latte there, they'll never let you in with it.
00:04:03 I am just xxtoded at how many people are aware of this case
00:07:12 The very first thing we said is, "your machine must be too hot
00:10:48 And if you add up the, uh, burn history of mcdonald's
00:14:51 I had heard the word "tort reform" before my mother was injured
00:18:05 And asked the state legislatures to pass laws
00:21:16 So there were a lot of stories like that.
00:24:53 So they would get their message out there
00:28:37 It should have been immediately followed up with an ultrasound
00:32:56 Get to determine questions of fact in the court room
00:36:23 When he was about two, I think we started taking him to therapy?
00:39:22 So, the myth just doesn't jive with reality.
00:42:53 Ranking which states are most important for them to be in
00:47:01 It is improper, it should not have happened. I've, I've told judge diaz that I've, uh
00:50:38 And her daddy's name.
00:54:05 sure. I don't think there's any doubt about that.
00:57:42 All kinds of people. People that are jackpot-justice oriented.
01:00:48 Mandatory arbitration is, uh
01:03:19 That she couldn't go to court.
01:06:42 Sure they will, it's a war zone.
01:09:49 For an arbitrator ruling for one side or another.
01:12:51 The system of arbitration keeps this evidence from ever coming to public light
01:16:05 Exactly, I didn't know. It was not public knowledge.
01:19:33 Certainly it's the best system anybody's come up with, in the history of the world
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,354
Dialogue density15.9 lines / min
First line00:00:14
Final line01:19:33
Production Record
DirectorSusan Saladoff
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes4,039