The Corporation

A film by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott & Joel Bakan

Provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, THE CORPORATION explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Part film and part movement, The Corporation is transforming audiences and dazzling critics with its insightful and compelling analysis.

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The Economist

“A surprisingly rational and coherent attack on capitalism’s most important institution.”

Philadelphia Inquirer

“Engaging…Compelling…Fascinating…Funny…”

Variety

“Cogent, even rabble rousing indictment”

San Francisco Bay Guardian

“Brilliant, Hilarious, chilling.”

The New York Post

“Thought-provoking doc… an entertaining package”

Daily Telegraph

“May do for big business what jaws did for sharks.”

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“Fast-paced, highly enjoyable and provocative.”

Film Threat

“Powerful. Make an effort to see it.”

Premiere Magazine

Top 20 movie of 2004
“A cogent, compelling, powerful argument, and also… a terrific movie.”

San Francisco Chronicle

“Coolheaded and incisive…thorough and informative… It leaves audiences with a cold shiver.”

Village Voice

“Leisurely, never boring, grimly amusing”
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About the Film

  • WINNER OF 26 INTERNATIONAL AWARDS!
  • 10 Audience Choice Awards including the 2004 Sundance Film Festival

Written by Joel Bakan. Directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott.

Taking its status as a legal “person” to the logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist’s couch to ask “What kind of person is it?”

Released in 2004, The Corporation includes interviews with 40 corporate insiders and critics – including Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman, Howard Zinn, Vandana Shiva and Michael Moore – plus true confessions, case studies and strategies for change.

Along with the groundbreaking 145-minute theatrical version of the film, the two-disc DVD has eight hours of never-before-seen footage. You can also buy or rent the digital version to download or stream.

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Praise

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The Economist

“A surprisingly rational and coherent attack on capitalism’s most important institution.”

Philadelphia Inquirer

“Engaging…Compelling…Fascinating…Funny… Ultimately a frightening look at why corporations so often act the way they do.”

Variety

“Cogent, even rabble rousing indictment of the most influential institutional model for our era.”

San Francisco Bay Guardian

“Brilliant, Hilarious, chilling.”

The New York Post

“Thought-provoking doc… an entertaining package, and the coolheaded delivery increases its impact.”

Daily Telegraph

“May do for big business what jaws did for sharks.”

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“Fast-paced, highly enjoyable and provocative.”

Film Threat

“Powerful. Make an effort to see it.”

Premiere Magazine

Top 20 movie of 2004
“A cogent, compelling, powerful argument, and also… a terrific movie.”

San Francisco Chronicle

“Coolheaded and incisive…thorough and informative… It leaves audiences with a cold shiver.”

The New York Observer

“Move over, Michael Moore! Securing the participation of so many kings of capitalism was one of the filmmakers’ most vital accomplishments.”

Village Voice

“Leisurely, never boring, grimly amusing, and not entirely hopeless disquisition on the contemporary world’s ‘dominant institution.'”

Hollywood Bitchslap

“This is the kind of filmmaking that could, if seen on a large scale, change the society we live in.”

Now Playing Magazine

​”The most astute and flat-out persuasive political documentary of the new millennium.”

DVDnet

“If there was ever one documentary worth owning, it’s certainly this.”

DVDtown

“The Corporation will leave you with enough material to fuel dinner conversations for weeks on end. Don’t miss it.”