Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997) - Movie

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)
In this documentary by Errol Morris, four men with unique vocations are interviewed. There's Dave Hoover, a lion tamer; George Mendonça, a topiary gardener; Ray Mendez, a hairless mole rat expert; and Rodney Brooks, a robotics designer. Using a special camera called the Interrotron, each of these men is able to talk about his obsession seemingly directly to the audience, while Morris inter-cuts the interviews with stock footage and movie clips that are used to draw connections between them all.
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Release Date: October 3rd, 1997

DVD Release Date: September 24th, 2002

PG |1 hr 20 min

Plot Summary

In this documentary by Errol Morris, four men with unique vocations are interviewed. There's Dave Hoover, a lion tamer; George Mendonça, a topiary gardener; Ray Mendez, a hairless mole rat expert; and Rodney Brooks, a robotics designer. Using a special camera called the Interrotron, each of these men is able to talk about his obsession seemingly directly to the audience, while Morris inter-cuts the interviews with stock footage and movie clips that are used to draw connections between them all.

Cast: Dave Hoover, George Mendonça, Ray Mendez

Director: Errol Morris

Genres: Documentary

Production Co: American Playhouse

Distributors: Sony Pictures Classics, Columbia TriStar Home Video

Keywords: Fascinating, 1990s, Offbeat, Creative, Underdog