Join Amazon Prime and ship Two-Day for free and Overnight for $3.99. Already a member? Sign in.

 

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
87 used & new from $0.01

Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
 
 
Tell the Publisher!
I’d like to read this book on Kindle

Don’t have a Kindle? Get yours here.
 
  

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (Paperback)

by Greg Spotts (Author), Robert Greenwald (Introduction) "Robert Greenwald is too smiley to be an activist..." (more)
Key Phrases: Retail Project, Lee Scott, Wal-Mart Week (more...)
2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

List Price: $9.95
Price: $9.95 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details
  Special Offers Available
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.

Only 3 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).

Want it delivered Tuesday, July 21? Choose One-Day Shipping at checkout. Details
36 new from $1.43 51 used from $0.01
Also Available in: List Price: Our Price: Other Offers:
Paperback (Bargain Price) 12 used & new from $3.54

Special Offers and Product Promotions

  • This item is eligible for our 4-for-3 promotion. Eligible products include select Books, Single Copy Magazines, and Home & Garden items. Buy any 4 eligible items and get the lowest-priced item free. Here's how (restrictions apply)
  • Over a hundred thousand items are eligible for our 4-for-3 promotion. How do I find more eligible items?


Frequently Bought Together

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price + How Walmart Is Destroying America (And the World): And What You Can Do about It + The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works--and How It's Transforming the American Economy
Price For All Three: $29.46

Show availability and shipping details


Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought


Editorial Reviews

Product Description
In this fast-paced companion book to Robert Greenwald’s explosive documentary Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, author Greg Spotts takes you behind the scenes of the making of this controversial film and the grass-roots pressure campaign challenging one of the world’s largest and most powerful companies.

The story of a wide-ranging investigation that was kept secret from its target, this book describes Greenwald and his crew on a nine-month journey filled with breakthrough moments and unexpected challenges. Given unlimited access to the filmmakers, Spotts reveals the new tactics and technologies that are revolutionizing political filmmaking, offering inspiration for aspiring filmmakers and activists.

Director Robert Greenwald shares his filmmaking goals in an exclusive introduction. Revealing behind-the-scenes photographs and stills from the film "Filmmaker’s Toolbox" sidebars provide inside knowledge on how to make and market a political documentary.

About the Author
Greg Spotts serves on the Santa Monica Arts Commission. He is the director of the film American Jobs, a documentary looking at the loss of blue and white collar jobs to global sourcing.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: The Disinformation Company (November 1, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1932857249
  • ISBN-13: 978-1932857245
  • Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #572,242 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Inside This Book (learn more)



Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
Check the boxes next to the tags you consider relevant or enter your own tags in the field below.
(2)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
Help others find this product — tag it for Amazon search
No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet. Why not be the first to suggest a search for which it should appear?

Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store

If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store. Learn more

 

Customer Reviews

8 Reviews
5 star:
 (2)
4 star:    (0)
3 star:
 (1)
2 star:
 (2)
1 star:
 (3)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
2.5 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
16 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars The Wrong Book, December 17, 2005
Usually, when a book is published to coincide with the release of a documentary film, the book contains details and information that serve to flesh out the synoptic look that the documentary format provides. If you're looking for that sort of book here, I'm sorry, my friend. This is the wrong book.

Instead of looking at the information stored in the movie, this is a making-of document. It goes point-by-point through initial research and primary shooting up to about halfway through post-production. Also there are little pointers interspersed through the film on how to make politically motivated documentaries, in case the reader wants to be the Cecil B. DeMille of political harangues.

I'm sure there are people who are interested in the internal controversies that accompanied designing the poster for this film. I'm sure some people are interested on why one of the principal interviews, with a former Wal-Mart manager, takes place in a car and looks so incredibly cramped. But that's not why I bought this book, and that's probably not why you're considering it. This is E! True Hollywood Story stuff, not the content of a companion volume for a political diatribe.

Where this should be a book of hard facts that can be used in arguments against the continued invasion of the Wal-Martians, instead we get backlot gossip and pelf. Perhaps another book is in the offing in the near future, containing a more detailed look at the information in the movie. In the meantime, unless you hope to be a documentarian yourself, save your money. This isn't the book for which you're looking.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars thought this was the movie, September 25, 2008
It is how they made the movie and their struggle to get it out. I guess it may help those hoping to do the same thing.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The making of the film - with unlimited access to the filmmakers, March 18, 2006
This companion to Robert Greenwald's documentary WAL-MART: THE HIGH COST OF LOW PRICE provides a behind-the-scenes focus on both the making of the film and the grass-roots pressure campaign challenging the world's biggest business. Greenwald and his crew went on a nine-month underground investigation kept secret from Wal-Mart as they put together their film: Spotts received unlimited access to the filmmakers and reveals their tactics, objectives, and how political filmmaking is changing businesses and the film world alike. It's hard to easily categorize this book - it could just as easily have been featured in our film column - but businesses shouldn't miss the discussion of the film methods and focus, which hold wide-reaching implications for future political film surveys of business inner circles.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
Ad
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

1.0 out of 5 stars I have finally found it!!!
Yes! I have finally found it! A book that is WORSE than the movie. After believing for years that books were always better than the movie, I have finally been proven wrong! Read more
Published 8 months ago by Heather M. Van Houten

1.0 out of 5 stars Stroking the ego
Unfortunately this book was a waste of money & as a piece of literature a distinct waste of time & effort. Little wonder it was brand new & $3.99. Read more
Published 17 months ago by P. Lewis

1.0 out of 5 stars The documentary of the documentary
First of all, I don't have an agenda regarding Walmart. I'm not a fan, and I avoid shopping at Walmart when I can. Read more
Published 19 months ago by E. Schreiber

2.0 out of 5 stars Not What I Expected
I learned of the subject matter through my brother, who advised me that I "had to" learn about this information. Read more
Published on January 16, 2007 by C. Zachar

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Insider's Look at the Top Doc of 2005
Wow - what a great window into the new docs that seem to be springing up like mushrooms in response to the political and social issues of the day. Read more
Published on December 23, 2005 by majestic

Only search this product's reviews



Customer Discussions

 Beta (What's this?)
New! See all customer communities, and bookmark your communities to keep track of them.
This product's forum (0 discussions)
  Discussion Replies Latest Post
  No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
  [Cancel]


   


Product Information from the Amapedia Community

Beta (What's this?)



Look for Similar Items by Category


Hot Deals on Hitachi

Hitachi power tools
Routers don't get much more powerful than the "Incredible Hulk." Check out the entire line of Hitachi routers sold by Amazon.com.

Shop all Hitachi

 

Big Savings in Books

Bargain Books
Find great titles at fantastic prices in our Bargain Books Store.
 

Buy Three Books, Get a Fourth Free

4-for-3 Books
Order any four eligible books under $10 and get the lowest-price book free in our 4-for-3 Books Store. See more details.
 

Best Books

Best of the Month
See our editors' picks and more of the best new books on our Best of the Month page.
 
Ad

 

Feedback

If you need help or have a question for Customer Service, contact us.
 Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
Is there any other feedback you would like to provide?

Your comments can help make our site better for everyone.


Where's My Stuff?

Shipping & Returns

Need Help?

Your Recent History

  (What's this?)
You have no recently viewed items or searches.

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.

Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session.

Continue shopping: Top Sellers
Free
Free by Chris Anderson
Paranoia
Paranoia by Joseph Finder
My Soul to Lose
My Soul to Lose by Rachel Vincent
Darkfever
Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning

Conditions of Use | Privacy Notice © 1996-2009, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates