The Shock Doctrine (2009)
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- 1h 19min
- Documentary, History
- 03 Mar 2010 (France)
- Movie
An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.
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Janine Huard | ... |
Self
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| Ewen Cameron | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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| Naomi Klein | ... |
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| Milton Friedman | ... |
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| Franklin D. Roosevelt | ... |
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| Salvador Allende | ... |
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Arnold Harberger | ... |
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Donald O. Hebb | ... |
Self - Doctor
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| Richard Nixon | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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Edward Korry | ... |
Self - Former US Ambassador to Chile
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| Augusto Pinochet | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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| Margaret Thatcher | ... |
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| Orlando Letelier | ... |
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Michael Townley | ... |
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| Jorge Rafael Videla | ... |
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Joseph Blair | ... |
Self - Major: School of the Americas 1986-89
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Elisa Tokar | ... |
Self - Ex-Detainee ESMA Camp (archiveFootage)
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| Donald Rumsfeld | ... |
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| Ronald Reagan | ... |
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Nigel Lawson | ... |
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| Mikhail Gorbachev | ... |
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| George Bush | ... |
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| Boris Yeltsin | ... |
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Yegor Gaydar | ... |
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| Al Gore | ... |
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| Gerald Ford | ... |
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| George W. Bush | ... |
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Asif Iqbal | ... |
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Ruhel Ahmed | ... |
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Shafiq Rasul | ... |
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| Pervez Musharraf | ... |
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Harlan Ullman | ... |
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| Paul Bremer | ... |
Self - US Chief Administrator 2003-2004 (archiveFootage)
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| Dwight D. Eisenhower | ... |
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Isabel Letelier | ... |
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| Alan Greenspan | ... |
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| Barack Obama | ... |
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| Saddam Hussein | ... |
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| Kieran O'Brien | ... |
Narrator (voice)
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| Dick Cheney | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Bill Clinton | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Walter Cronkite | ... |
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Sergio Vieira de Mello | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| King Carl XVI Gustaf | ... |
Self - King of Sweden (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Henry Kissinger | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| John Major | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| François Mitterrand | ... |
Self - President of France (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Dan Rather | ... |
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| Nancy Reagan | ... |
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| Condoleezza Rice | ... |
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| Donald Trump | ... |
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Directed by
| Mat Whitecross | ||
| Michael Winterbottom | ||
Written by
| Naomi Klein | ... | (based on the book by) |
Produced by
| Alex Cooke | ... | producer (produced by) |
| Andrew Eaton | ... | producer (produced by) |
| Alan Hayling | ... | executive producer |
| Phillip Koch | ... | line producer: Chicago (as Phil Koch) |
| Avi Lewis | ... | producer (produced by) |
| Sally Marschall | ... | assistant producer: Chicago |
| Melissa Parmenter | ... | co-producer |
| Lucía Van Gelderen | ... | line producer: Chile |
Editing by
| Paul Monaghan | ... | (edited by) |
| Mat Whitecross | ... | (uncredited) |
| Michael Winterbottom | ... | (uncredited) |
Editorial Department
| James Cabourne | ... | on-line editor |
| Nick Cliff | ... | on-line editor |
| Sinéad Cronin | ... | on-line editor |
| Tone Davies | ... | post production supervisor |
| Joon Goh | ... | first assistant editor |
| Immanuel von Bennigsen | ... | assistant editor |
| Martin Wells | ... | colorist |
Production Management
| Tone Davies | ... | post-production supervisor |
Sound Department
| André Boisvert | ... | sound mixer: Canada |
| Naomi Dandridge | ... | dubbing assistant |
| Richard Davey | ... | dubbing mixer |
| Gordon Ferris | ... | additional sound effects editor |
| Christer Melén | ... | additional sound effects editor |
| Joakim Sundström | ... | sound designer |
| Chris Treble | ... | additional sound effects editor |
| James Dandridge | ... | sound maintenance engineer (uncredited) |
| Boris Herrera Allende | ... | sound recordist (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
| Martin Wells | ... | colourist |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Rich Ball | ... | camera operator |
| German Costantino | ... | camera operator: Chile (as Germán Constantino) |
| Jose Costello | ... | camera operator |
| Marcos Hastrup | ... | assistant camera: Chile |
| Avi Lewis | ... | additional photography |
| Nachito Natiello | ... | assistant camera: Chile |
| Ronald Plante | ... | director of photography: Canada |
| Dan Roach | ... | camera operator: New York |
| Filippo Viola | ... | camera assistant: Canada |
| Krzysztof Honowski | ... | additional camera (uncredited) |
Animation Department
| Marc Knapton | ... | animator |
| Gus Martinez | ... | animator |
Additional Crew
| Javier Armendáriz | ... | technician: Chile |
| Clem Blakemore | ... | assistant to Andrew Eaton / assistant to Michael Winterbottom / researcher |
| Ruth Breslaw | ... | head of production office: Revolution Films |
| Santiago Caputto | ... | technician: Chile |
| Virginia Fernandez | ... | production assistant: Chile |
| Andrew Georgiou | ... | accountant |
| Joon Goh | ... | archive researcher |
| Jackie Joiner | ... | production assistant |
| Debra Levy | ... | researcher |
| Stephen Murphy | ... | legal services |
| Kieran O'Brien | ... | narrator |
| Anne Pamphilon | ... | assistant: Clarity Post Production |
| Sue Tiplady | ... | archive consultant |
| Kelly Volker | ... | production assistant: Chile |
Thanks
| Juan Cabandié | ... | very special thanks |
| Rodrigo del Villar Casas | ... | very special thanks (as Rodrigo del Villar) |
| Janine Huard | ... | very special thanks |
| Isabel Letelier | ... | very special thanks (as Isabel Morel de Letelier) |
| Osvaldo Torres | ... | very special thanks |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Haut et Court (2010) (France) (theatrical)
- Paradiso Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Channel 4 Television Corporation (2009) (United Kingdom) (tv)
- Dogwoof (2009) (United Kingdom)
- E1 Entertainment (2009) (World-wide)
- Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2010) (United Arab Emirates) (Middle East)
- IFC Films (2009) (World-wide)
- Paradiso Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Sundance Selects (2010) (United States) (tv) (video-on-demand)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2010) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
- Foreign Office (animation: Kubark Interrogation Manual)
Other Companies
- Sonamos (sound: Chile)
- Alta Definición Argentina (camera equipment provided by)
- Film Police (production services: Chicago)
- Clarity Post Production Sound (sound post-production)
- Mayflower Studios (voice over recording studio)
- Pepper Post Production (picture post facilities)
- Azimuth Post Production (additional post production)
- Lee & Thompson (legal services)
- Media Insurance Brokers (MIB) (insurance services)
- Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program (support)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Naomi Klein gives a lecture tracing the confluence of ideas about modifying behavior using shock therapy and other sensory deprivation and modifying national economics using the "shock treatment" of Milton Friedman and the Chicago School. She moves chronologically: Pinochet's Chile, Argentina and its junta, Yeltsin's Russia, Bush and Bremer's Iraq. A trumped-up villain provides distraction or rationalization: Marxism, the Falklands, nuclear weapons, terrorists; and always a great shift of money and power from the many to the few. News footage, a narrator, and talking heads back up Klein's analysis. She concludes on a note of hope.
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| Quotes |
Naomi Klein:
In 1937... do you know, how many strikes there were in this country? 4740 strikes, lasting an average of 20 days. Do you know how many strikes there were in 2007? - Twenty-one. See more » |