The Yes Men Fix the World

• Directors: Andy Bichlbaum; Mike Bonanno
• Genre: Culture & Society
• Movie Type: Social Issues, Politics & Government
• Themes: Fighting the System
• Release Year: 2008
• Run Time: 90 minutes

Plot

Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno are "The Yes Men" -- two guys who combine political activism, performance art, and the love of a good prank in the name of demanding that the private sector take responsibility for the damage it has done to the world and its people. Bichlbaum and Bonanno specialize in setting up realistic-looking mock websites that claim to represent famous and powerful multinational corporations, and when they're contacted to speak on behalf of the companies, they deliver absurd satirical presentations that sometimes fool their audiences into believing they've seen the real thing. The exploits of Bichlbaum and Bonanno were chronicled in the 2003 documentary The Yes Men, and their further adventures have spawned a second film, The Yes Men Fix the World, which follows the radical pranksters as they claim responsibility for a major environmental disaster in Bhopal on European television, demonstrate a new corporate rescue orb, "defend" corporate interests in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and publish a mock edition of The New York Times that declares the end of the war in Iraq. The Yes Men Fix the World received its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

Andy Bichlbaum; Mike Bonanno

Credit

Andy Bichlbaum - Director, Mike Bonanno - Director, April Merl - Editor, Patrick Timsit - Executive Producer, Patrice Barrat - Executive Producer, Alan Hayling - Executive Producer, Jess Search - Executive Producer, Juliette Timsit - Executive Producer, Noisola - Composer (Music Score), Neel Murgai - Composer (Music Score), Raul Barcelona - Cinematographer, Ruth Charny - Producer, Doro Bachrach - Producer, Laura Nix - Producer, Andy Bichlbaum - Screenwriter, Mike Bonanno - Screenwriter, Kurt Engfehr - Co-Director

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