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  • King Corn (2007)
  • Unrated
    88 min | Documentary
King Corn (2007)
Unrated
88 min | Documentary

King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. In King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the east coast, move to the heartland ...See moreKing Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. In King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the east coast, move to the heartland to learn where their food comes from. With the help of friendly neighbors, genetically modified seeds, and powerful herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America's most-productive, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil. But when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system, what they find raises troubling questions about how we eat-and how we farm Written by King Corn See less
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Director
Writers
Aaron Woolf (written by) | Ian Cheney (written by) | Curtis Ellis (written by) (as Curt Ellis) | Jeffrey K. Miller (written by)
Producer
Cinematographers
Ian Cheney | Sam Cullman | Aaron G. Woolf (as Aaron Woolf)
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Release date
Apr 13, 2007 (United States)

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25 cast members
Name Known for
Bob Bledsoe
Self - Bledsoe Cattle Company Self - Bledsoe Cattle Company   See fewer
Earl L. Butz
Self - Former Secretary of Agriculture (as Earl Butz) Self - Former Secretary of Agriculture (as Earl Butz)   See fewer
Dawn Cheney
Self - Relative Self - Relative   See fewer
Don Clikeman
Self - Farmer Self - Farmer   See fewer
Elna Clikeman
Self - Farmer Self - Farmer   See fewer
Ken Cook
Self - Environmental Working Group Self - Environmental Working Group   See fewer
Loren Cordain
Self - University of Colorado Self - University of Colorado   See fewer
Audrae Erickson
Self - Corn Refiners Association Self - Corn Refiners Association   See fewer
Dean Jarrett
Self - Cattle Rancher Self - Cattle Rancher   See fewer
Sue Jarrett
Self - Cattle Rancher Self - Cattle Rancher   See fewer
Rich Johnson
Self - Farmer Self - Farmer   See fewer
Farida Khan
Self - Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn Self - Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn   See fewer
Steve Macko
Self - University of Virginia Self - University of Virginia   See fewer
Al Marth
Self - Certified Crop Advisor Self - Certified Crop Advisor   See fewer
Scott McGregor
Self - Farmer Self - Farmer   See fewer
Fray Mendez
Self - Cab Driver Self - Cab Driver   See fewer
Sabita Moktan
Self - Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn Self - Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn   See fewer
Michael Pollan
Self - University of California Self - University of California   See fewer
Chuck Pyatt
Self - Farmer Self - Farmer   See fewer
Jack Reid
Self - Reid's Funeral Chapel Self - Reid's Funeral Chapel   See fewer
Ricardo Salvador
Self - Iowa State University Self - Iowa State University   See fewer
Allen Trenkle
Self - Iowa State University Self - Iowa State University   See fewer
Walter Willett
Self - Harvard University Self - Harvard University   See fewer
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