Acteurs·trices:
Howard Lyman, Helen Steel, Dave Morris, Fred Pearson, T. Colin Campbell, Nick Miles, Bruce Alexander, Malcolm Tierney, Richard Hope, Pip DonaghyRésumés(1)
The Postman and the Gardener who took on McDonald's. And Won. McLibel is the story of two ordinary people who humiliated McDonald's in the biggest corporate PR disaster in history. McDonald's loved using the UK libel laws to suppress criticism. Major media organisations like the BBC and The Guardian crumbled and apologised. But then they sued gardener Helen Steel and postman Dave Morris. In the longest trial in English legal history, the "McLibel Two" represented themselves against McDonald's £10 million legal team. Every aspect of the corporation's business was cross-examined: from junk food and McJobs, to animal cruelty, environmental damage and advertising to children. Outside the courtroom, Dave brought up his young son alone and Helen supported herself working nights in a bar. McDonald's tried every trick in the book against them. Legal manoeuvres. A visit from Ronald McDonald. Top executives flying to London for secret settlement negotiations. Even spies. Seven years later, in February 2005, the marathon legal battle finally concluded at the European Court of Human Rights. And the result took everyone by surprise - especially the British Government. McLibel is not just about hamburgers. It is about the importance of freedom of speech now that multinational corporations are more powerful than countries. Filmed over ten years by no-budget Director Franny Armstrong, McLibel is the David and Goliath story of two people who refused to say sorry. And in doing so, changed the world. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Acteurs·trices
Howard Lyman
États-Unis
Helen Steel
Grande-Bretagne
Dave Morris
Grande-Bretagne
Fred Pearson
Meilleurs films :
Wives and Daughters (1999) (série)
Priest (1994)
Inspecteur Gently (2007) (série)
T. Colin Campbell
États-Unis
Nick Miles
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
Ladybird (1994)
Les Gangs de New York (2002)
Two Men Went to War (2002)
Bruce Alexander
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
Agatha Christie : Poirot (1989) (série)
A Christmas Carol (1999) (téléfilm)
Ladybird (1994)
Malcolm Tierney
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
Braveheart (1995)
Star Wars : Episode IV - Un nouvel espoir (1977)
Au nom du père (1993)
Richard Hope
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
Les Enquêtes de Morse (2012) (série)
My Brother Tom (2001)
Agatha Christie : Poirot (1989) (série)
Pip Donaghy
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
1984 (1984)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (série)