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Original title Big Boys Gone Bananas!*
Film type Feature
Category Documentary
Average rating 3,83 / 5
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Awards
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
Swedish release 2012-02-24

Plot summary

A major corporation sees its brand defiled and reacts with full force. Dole sued Fredrik Gertten for his film Bananas!*, unleashing an arsenal of strong-arm tactics, media control and...

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Companies

Production Company WG Film AB
Copyright WG Film AB 2012
Sveriges Television AB 2012
Film i Skåne AB 2012
Co-Production Company Sveriges Television AB
Film i Skåne AB
Supported by MEDIA Programme of the European Community
Partner Oy Yleisradio Ab
Omroepvereniging VPRO
Against Gravity
Advance allocations Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Noble Entertainment AB 2012
Distributor in Sweden WG Film AB 2012

Plot summary

A major corporation sees its brand defiled and reacts with full force. Dole sued Fredrik Gertten for his film Bananas!*, unleashing an arsenal of strong-arm tactics, media control and PR spin. In Big Boys Gone Bananas!* we follow the events, and a clear picture emerges of just what freedom of speech is up against.

Swedish censorship / rating

Certificate number 200688
Date 2012-01-13
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Grounds for decision En dokumentär om den globala yttrandefriheten där ett litet filmbolag och fruktgiganten Dole står mot varandra. Filmatiseringen saknar inslag som bedöms kunna vara till skada för välbefinnandet hos barn i någon ålder.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.78:1
Colour type Colour
Length in minutes 87 min


Production location

2009-06-01 2011-11-01
Berlin Germany
Iceland
Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Malmö, Skåne län Sweden
New York, New York USA
Stockholm Sweden
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Vilnius Lithuania
Washington, District of Columbia USA

Release dates

Release in Sweden 2012-02-24 Sweden
Festival showing 2012-03-07 Victoria Stockholm Sweden 87 min (Tempo Dokumentärfilmfestival 6-11 mars, 2012)
DVD release 2012-08-15 Sweden
TV showing 2012-08-23 SVT1 Sweden

Awards

Festival Award Prague 2012 (Rudolf Vrba Award / Right to Know, One World, Tjeckien)
Prague 2012 (publikpris / Audicence Award, One World, Tjeckien)

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Video tape digital
Carrier type Digital Betacam (PAL)


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Script title Big boys gone bananas!* Dialogue Transcript – English.
Extent 29 s. + 8 s. för- och eftertext samt musiklista.
Language English


Script type Dialoglista
Script title Big boys gone bananas
Extent 55 s.
Language Swedish


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language English


Type Program/Reklamtryck



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