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iwilder, February 22, 2008 (view all comments by iwilder)
The title of this move is based upon the George Bernard Shaw quote from "Maxims for Revolutionists", Man and Superman (1903): "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."

The movie traces the life of Ralph Nader. He started as "an obscure thirty-two year old public interest lawyer" who gain attention when he was targeted by GM for a book crticial of the Corvair. From there he used the publicity to become "the leader of the modern Consumer Movement" as "Public Citizen #1" he "built a legislative record that is the rival of any contemporary president" without ever holding public office. We have cleaner air, cleaner water, workplace safety seat belts, airbags, product labeling, no nukes, free airline tickets when you are bumped from an overbooked flight argely due to the efforts of Ralph Nader and the dozens of citizen groups he has founded.

The film explores why Nader went from being one of the most trusted people in America to one of the most polarizing figures in politics today. Is this fair? Was he wrong? Is our democracy inUsing "exciting graphics, rare archival footage and over forty on-camera interviews" the film tries to answer these questions.

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Product Details

UPC:

00796019801690

Studio:

Genius Products Llc

Publication Date:

2007-06-12

Credits:

Nader, Ralph

Binding:

DVD

Rating:

NR

DVD Features:

Closed Captioned, Color, English Soundtrack, Widescreen

Region:

US and Canada