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• Actors: Michael Moore, Jay Martel, Karen Duffy, Gideon Evans, Ben Hamper
• Directors: Tom Gianas
• Writers: Tom Gianas
• Producers: Marc Henry Johnson, Michael Donovan, Nick McKinney, Rob Huebel
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Docurama
• DVD Release Date: August 29, 2006
• Run Time: 180 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000G1R3YO
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #32,012 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Before Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore had politicians and big business on the run with his Emmy®-nominated series The Awful Truth. With this collection of six fan-favorite episodes, you can enjoy the best of Moore's hilarious stunts, scathing observations, and trademarked rants! The disc includes: Season 1 Episode 1: Mike goes on a Ken Starr witch hunt and conducts a funeral outside an HMO headquarters. Season 1 Episode 3: Crackers the Crime Fighting Chicken gets thrown in Disneyland jail, and the voice-box Christmas carolers sing for big tobacco. Season 1 Episode 12: Mike goes to Mexico to find missing jobs, unionizes expert strikebreakers, and throws a Chrysler--Daimler-Benz wedding. Season 2 Episode 13: Presidential candidates mosh for endorsement, and a talking purple pistol shows kids how to use guns. Season 2 Episode 15: Immigrant maids try to unionize and end up fighting deportation, and a slave laborer from World War II takes his compensation complaints to BMW. Season 2 Episode 17: Ficus for Congress: A houseplant runs for the House of Representatives. DVD Features: Two Episode Commentaries by Michael Moore; Michael Moore Biography; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection

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5.0 out of 5 stars "The Awful Truth" was brilliant, no question..., August 31, 2006

By	MrG - See all my reviews

...so I'm always glad to see it get continued attention. But what about "TV Nation"? Before we repackage "The Awful Truth" again, let's see a DVD release of Moore's NBC/Fox show from the mid-90s. Talk about groundbreaking. I remember the first time I watched it, I couldn't believe I was actually hearing these types of viewpoints on broadcast television. It actually gave me brief hope that maybe the networks weren't all corporate monoliths with no room for truly progressive perspectives. Alas, it didn't last long.