Hot Coffee
Is Justice Being Served?
85 mins
Most people think they know the "McDonald's coffee case," but what they don't know is that corporations have spent millions distorting the case to promote tort reform. HOT COFFEE reveals how big business, aided by the media, brewed a dangerous concoction of manipulation and lies to protect corporate interests. By following four people whose lives were devastated by the attacks on our courts, the film challenges the assumptions Americans hold about "jackpot justice."
Joan Claybrook
Self
Joanne Doroshow
Self
Colin Gourley
Self
Connor Gourley
Self
Victor Schwartz
Self
Wayne Slater
Self
Chris Tiano
Self
Alex Winslow
Self
Chuck Allen
Self
Judy Allen
Self
Jay Angoff
Self
David Arredondo
Self
Tom Baker
Self
Paul Bland
Self
Kenneth Canfield
Self
Ralph Cook
Self
Jennifer Diaz
Self
Betty Farnham
Self
Marjorie Getman
Self
Lisa Gourley
Self
Mike Gourley
Self
George Lakoff
Hinself
Barbara Liebeck
Self
Michael McCann
Self
Craig McDonald
Self
Robert McDuff
Self
Chuck McRae
Self
Ted Poe
Self
Nancy Tiano
Self
Ken Wagner
Self
Peter Whitted
Self
Ken Zeese
Self
Carly Hugo
Producer
Rebecca Saladoff
Co-Producer
Erin Crumpacker
Associate Producer
Alan Oxman
Producer
Michael Mollura
Music
Betsy Rate
Associate Producer
Cindy Lee
Editor
Tyler Cartner
Sound Mixer
Johnpaul Golaski
Sound Mixer
Louis Fox
Animation Director
Wil Masisak
Sound Mixer
John Moros
Sound Editor
Jesse Durell
Assistant Camera
Jeff Seelye
Sound Editor
Michael J. Walls
Sound Mixer
Matt Sheldon
Sound Mixer
Winter
Sound Mixer
Eric Gitelson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ben Watts
Assistant Camera
Lorenzo Millan
Sound Mixer
Tonianne Fleig
Additional Editor
Raphael Rice
Additional Editor
Lukas Persson
Additional Editor
Christopher Branca
Additional Editor
Chris Hurtt
Additional Editor
Jamie Meyer
Additional Editor
Justin B. Tolley
Associate Editor
Caitlin Tartaro
Digital Intermediate Producer
Rebecca Saladoff
Assistant Editor
Isaac Urwin
Assistant Editor
Kevin Bluhm
Music Editor
Elizabeth Christine Jawski
Transcriptions
Karen Shatzkin
Legal Services
Adam J. Segal
Publicist
Keith Kohn
Music Producer
Martina Radwan
Director of Photography
Steven Capitano Calitri
VFX Director of Photography