The American Ruling Class

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

John Kirby's satirical documentary The American Ruling Class features former Harper's Magazine editor Lewis Lapham leading the viewer through a number of clips and interviews that question if America has developed a culture that runs the nation, or if it still is possible to rise up through hard work and become one of the powerful people. Among the artists and power brokers who dispense their ideas on this topic are director Robert Altman, writer Kurt Vonnegut, and folk singer Pete Seeger. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: All
• Number of Discs: 1
• Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Vartan Gregorian
       Bill Bradley
       Howard Zinn
       Samuel Peabody
       Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
       William T. Coleman, Jr.
       Mike Medavoy
       Harold Brown
       Barbara Ehrenreich
       Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
       Walter Cronkite
       Caton Burwell
       William Howard Taft IV
       Pete Seeger
       John Perkins
       Lewis Lapham - Narrator
       Doug Henwood
       Hodding Carter
       Paul Cantagallo
       Lawrence H. Summers
       Robert Altman
       Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr.
       James Baker III

• Director:

  John Kirby

• Producer:

  John Kirby, Libby Handros

• Screenwriter:

  Lewis Lapham

• Cinematographer:

  Mark Benjamin

• Composer (Music Score):

  Qasim Naqvi, Lucas Johnson-Yahraus

• Editor:

  Leah O'Donnell, John Kirby

• Executive Producer:

  Chris Hilton, Stanley F. Buchthal, Nick Fraser, Caroline Camougis, Paula Silver