Hot Coffee
“Is Justice Being Served?”
2011•1h 25m•7.2•Released
Documentary
Most people think they know the "McDonald's coffee case," but what they don't know is that corporations have spent millions distorting the case to promote tort reform. HOT COFFEE reveals how big business, aided by the media, brewed a dangerous concoction of manipulation and lies to protect corporate interests. By following four people whose lives were devastated by the attacks on our courts, the film challenges the assumptions Americans hold about "jackpot justice."
Director
Susan Saladoff
Languages
English
Studio
If Not Now Productions
Cast
Joan Claybrook
Self
Oliver Diaz
Self
Joanne Doroshow
Self
Al Franken
Self
Colin Gourley
Self
Connor Gourley
Self
John Grisham
Self
Jamie Leigh Jones
Self
Stephanie Mencimer
Self
Victor Schwartz
Self
Wayne Slater
Self
Chris Tiano
Self
Alex Winslow
Self
Chuck Allen
Self
Judy Allen
Self
Production
Company
If Not Now Productions
Company
The Group Entertainment
Company
Hot Coffee
Producer
Carly Hugo
Producer
Alan Oxman
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