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The Yes Men Fix the World, 2009
English
France, USA
Profile of The Yes Men Fix the World
The mood of The Yes Men Fix the World is thought provoking, witty, and biting. The plot centers around corporate crimes, pranks, and social decay. It features satire and irreverent humor. The Yes Men Fix the World is an independent and documentary movie. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The setting is the USA. The Yes Men Fix the World happens in contemporary times. The movie is known for being a Berlin festival winner and critically acclaimed.
Summary of The Yes Men Fix the World
Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno are "The Yes Men," two guys who combine political activism, performance art and the love of a good prank in the name of demanding the private sector take responsibility for the damage its done to the world and its people. Bichlbaum and Bonanno specialize in setting up realistic looking mock web sites that claim to represent famous and powerful multi-national corporations, and when they're contacted to speak on the companies' behalf, they deliver absurd satirical presentations that sometimes fool their audiences into believing they've seen the real thing. The exploits of Bichlbaum and Bonanno were chronicled in the 2003 documentary The Yes Men, and their further adventures have spawned a second film, The Yes Men Fix The World, which follows the radical pranksters as they claim responsibility for a major environmental disaster in Bhopal on European television, demonstrate a new corporate rescue orb, "defend" corporate interests in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and publish a mock edition of The New York Times that declares the end of the war in Iraq. The Yes Men Fix The World received its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
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| Language: | English |
| Country: | France, USA |
| Release date: | 18 January 2009 |
| Runtime: | 87 min |
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