Film

King Corn

2007 · 1h 28m · Documentary

You Are What You Eat.

IMDb

7.0

Rotten Tomatoes

96%

Metacritic

70

King Corn is a fun and crusading journey into the digestive tract of our fast food nation where one ultra-industrial, pesticide-laden, heavily-subsidized commodity dominates the food pyramid from top to bottom – corn. Fueled by curiosity and a dash of naiveté, two college buddies return to their ancestral home of Greene, Iowa to figure out how a modest kernel conquered America. With the help of some real farmers, oodles of fertilizer and government aide, and some genetically modified seeds, the friends manage to grow one acre of corn. Along the way, they unlock the hilarious absurdities and scary but hidden truths about America’s modern food system in this engrossing and eye-opening documentary.

Ian Cheney

Himself

Curtis Ellis

Himself

Earl L. Butz

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Michael Pollan

Himself

• Aaron WoolfWriter · Director · Producer
• Jeffrey K. MillerWriter
• Curtis EllisWriter · Producer
• Ian CheneyWriter · Producer

King Corn Trailer

Release date

October 12, 2007

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

G

Revenue

$81,368

Genres

Documentary

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