The American Ruling Class

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John Kirby's satirical documentary The American Ruling Class features former Harper's Magazine editor Lewis Lapham leading the viewer through a number of clips and interviews that question if America has developed a culture that runs the nation, or if it still is possible to rise up through hard work and become one of the powerful people. Among the artists and power brokers who dispense their ideas on this topic are director Robert Altman, writer Kurt Vonnegut, and folk singer ...
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Overview

John Kirby's satirical documentary The American Ruling Class features former Harper's Magazine editor Lewis Lapham leading the viewer through a number of clips and interviews that question if America has developed a culture that runs the nation, or if it still is possible to rise up through hard work and become one of the powerful people. Among the artists and power brokers who dispense their ideas on this topic are director Robert Altman, writer Kurt Vonnegut, and folk singer Pete Seeger.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 1/13/2009
  • UPC: 718122516520
  • Original Release: 2007

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  • Source: Alive Mind
  • Region Code: 0
  • Time: 1:29:00
  • Format: DVD
  • Sales rank: 50,982

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Robert Altman Participant
James Baker III Participant
Bill Bradley Participant
Harold Brown Participant
Caton Burwell Participant
Paul Cantagallo Participant
Hodding Carter Participant
William T. Coleman Jr. Participant
Walter Cronkite Participant
Barbara Ehrenreich Participant
Vartan Gregorian Participant
Doug Henwood Participant
Lewis Lapham Voice Only
Mike Medavoy Participant
Joseph S. Nye Jr. Participant
Samuel Peabody Participant
John Perkins Participant
Pete Seeger Participant
Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr. Participant
Lawrence H. Summers Participant
William Howard Taft IV Participant
Kurt Vonnegut Participant
Howard Zinn Participant
Technical Credits
John Kirby Director, Editor, Producer
Mark Benjamin Cinematographer
Stanley F. Buchthal Executive Producer
Caroline Camougis Executive Producer
Nick Fraser Executive Producer
Libby Handros Producer
Chris Hilton Executive Producer
Lucas Johnson-Yahraus Score Composer
Lewis Lapham Screenwriter
Qasim Naqvi Score Composer
Leah O'Donnell Editor
Paula Silver Executive Producer
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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- American Ruling Class
1. Collaterally Damaged [1:58]
2. The Mighty Wurlitzer [2:39]
3. Virgil's Proposal [1:27]
4. Buy a President [4:05]
5. State Journalism [2:09]
6. Fit to Print [3:24]
7. Innocents Abroad [1:15]
8. Noblesse Oblige [2:19]
9. Class War [3:46]
10. World Economic Nightmare [2:08]
11. It's Not Enough [1:29]
12. On Assignment [5:11]
13. Nickel and Dimed [4:43]
14. NY to LA [1:51]
15. Portait of the Artist [5:39]
16. The Seductive Arithmetic [3:01]
17. A Great Quote [2:43]
18. The Magical Mystery History Tour [3:38]
19. The Dull Compulsion [1:12]
20. A Whiff of Ambition [2:48]
21. The Ruling Class [7:33]
22. Lucifer On the Mountain [4:02]
23. Manufacture of the Elite [:57]
24. The National Interest [2:37]
25. Revolution No. 2 [3:02]
26. A Force For Good [1:38]
27. Can't Fight It [2:02]
28. All Our Little Teaspoons [4:04]
29. A Life of Crime [1:25]
30. Alt. Ending: Empire Falls [4:04]
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