The Yes Men Fix the World
Directed by Andy Bichlbaum
Mike Bonanno
Kurt Engfehr
Produced by Doro Bachrach
Patrice Barrat
Ruth Charny
Alan Hayling
Laura Nix
Jess Search
Amy Sommer
Juliette Timsit
Starring Andy Bichlbaum
Mike Bonanno
Reggie Watts
Music by Neel Murgai
Noisola
Editing by Dan Ollman
Distributed by HBO
Release date(s)
October 23, 2009
Running time 87 minutes
P2P Edition:
96 minutes
Country United States
United Kingdom
France
Language English
The Yes Men Fix the World is a 2009 English language documentary film about the culture jamming exploits of The Yes Men. The film premiered in New York City and Los Angeles on October 23, 2009 and in other U.S. cities beginning on October 30. Due to the movie being sued by United States Chamber of Commerce, a special edition of the movie is distributed through bittorrent through VODO and other prominent torrent sites like The Pirate Bay and EZTV.[1][2]
The film documents the following projects:
Dow Chemical and Bhopal
ExxonMobil Vivoleum
Halliburton Survivaball
HUD and post-Katrina public housing
New York Times hopeful future edition
Cultural references
British hard rock band, Neuronspoiler featured footage from the film in the music video for the song Words, Words, Words from their 2010 E.P., No One's Safe.[3]
References
Jump up ^ http://vodo.net/theyesmen — The Yes Men Fix the World Peer-to-Peer Edition
Jump up ^ "'Yes Men' Use BitTorrent To Avoid Censorship". torrentfreak.com. July 23, 2010.
Jump up ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNhMZC... — Neuronspoiler - Words, Words, Words Music Video
External links
Official website
The Yes Men Fix the World at the Internet Movie Database
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