McLibel (film)

McLibel is a documentary film directed by Franny Armstrong and Ken Loach for Spanner Films about the McLibel case. The film was first completed, as a 52minute television version, in 1997, after the conclusion of the original McLibel trial. It was then extended with new footage to 85minute feature length in 2005, after the McLibel defendants took their case to the European Court of Human Rights.

The film features courtroom reconstructions of the trial directed by notable UK film director Ken Loach, who gave his time for free. It also features interviews with Eric Schlosser author of Fast Food Nation, Morgan Spurlock, Keir Starmer who provided free legal support to the McLibel defendants for many years, first as a barrister, then as a QC later in 2008 he became the Director of Public Prosecutions for England and Wales, and Howard Lyman of OprahMad Cow infamy.McLibel was broadcast on BBC2 in 2005, to an estimatedmillion viewers. It was then also broadcast on TV incountries including Australia, Canada and the USA and released on DVD worldwide. McLibel was released in cinemas and DVD stores in the USA in summer 2005 and this was followed in the UK in 2006. ........

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