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FAT: A Documentary
FAT: A Documentary

FAT: A Documentary

The last documentary about fat you'll ever need to see.

Genres

Documentary

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Weight loss expert Vinnie Tortorich and award-winning filmmaker Peter Pardini want you to join their team to make a hard-hitting documentary film that exposes the widespread myths and lies around healthy eating, fat and weight loss and shows how, in spite of all our good intentions, we go on getting fatter and fatter.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

95 mins

Rating

6.2/10

Release Date

19 July 2019

Country

Cast

Jim Abrahams

Jim Abrahams

Self - Father / Founder, Charlie Foundation / Filmmaker

Vinnie Tortorich

Vinnie Tortorich

Self - Narrator / Producer / Trainer / Author

Bret Scher

Bret Scher

Self - Cardiologist

Gary Taubes

Gary Taubes

Self - Journalist / Author

Dave Feldman

Dave Feldman

Self - Software Engineer

Eric Westman

Eric Westman

Self - Internal Medicine Doctor

Andreas Eenfeldt

Andreas Eenfeldt

Self - Physician

Drew Pinsky

Drew Pinsky

Self - Physician

Georgia Ede

Georgia Ede

Self - Psychiatrist

Nina Teicholz

Nina Teicholz

Self - Journalist

Vilhjalmur Stefansson

Vilhjalmur Stefansson

Self - Explorer (archive footage)

Ivor Cummins

Ivor Cummins

Self - Biochemical Engineer

Ancel Keys

Ancel Keys

Self (archive footage)

Jeffry Gerber

Jeffry Gerber

Self - Physician

George McGovern

George McGovern

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Gary Fetke

Gary Fetke

Self - Orthopaedic Surgeon

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