Ethos (2011)

Name: Ethos
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2011-02-10
Duration: 72 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Richard Pearl, Chalmers Johnson

Ethos (2011), directed by Pete McGrain, starring Woody Harrelson and Noam Chomsky.

02/10/2011 BR Documentary 1h 12m

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Hosted by twice Oscar nominated actor and activist Woody Harrelson, Ethos lifts the lid on a Pandora's box of systemic issues that guarantee failure in almost every aspect of our lives; from the environment to democracy and our own personal liberty: From terrifying conflicts of interests in politics to unregulated corporate power, to a media in the hands of massive conglomerates, and a military industrial complex that virtually owns our representatives. With interviews from some of todays leading thinkers and source material from the finest documentary film makers of our times Ethos examines and unravels these complex relationships, and offers a solution, a simple but powerful way for you to change this system!

Pete McGrainDirector

About the film

Ethos: A Time for a Change is a 2011 documentary film directed and written by Pete McGrain and hosted by Woody Harrelson. The main point of the film is to encourage people to engage in ethical consumerism.

The film uses many video interview segments from other films at length, including the Zeitgeist movies and, predominantly, The Corporation.

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The film uses many video interview segments from other films at length, including the Zeitgeist movies and, predominantly, The Corporation.

Reception

A review describes the film as follows: "This film is a Chamber of Possible Horrors. A staccato listing of many possible conspiracies of varying degrees of credibility challenges us with the statement that there are real conspiracies. The suggestions have got to come fast because it is all packed into a short 69-minute film, and there are a lot of conspiracies and scary situations to get through. And no doubt some of what McGrain is suggesting is indeed true, and no doubt some of it is absolute balderdash. McGrain gives little evidence beyond quotes and questionable testimony. Before the viewer has time to think about one claim, McGrain has presented two more. What he presents lies somewhere in the twilight zone between the Washington Post and the Weekly World News."

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Ethos at IMDb

Text from Ethos (film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethos_(film)

Trivia

The production budget was US$ 500.000.
It premiered on February 10, 2011, a Thursday.
It runs 1h12 — short for a feature film.
This film's quiz has 9 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

LanguagesEnglish
BudgetUS$ 500,000
StatusReleased

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Los Angeles

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What is Ethos about?

Ethos: Hosted by twice Oscar nominated actor and activist Woody Harrelson, Ethos lifts the lid on a Pandora's box of systemic issues that guarantee failure in almost every aspect of our lives; from the environment to democracy and our own personal liberty: From terrifying conflicts of interests in politics to unregulated cor…

Who directed Ethos?

Ethos was directed by Pete McGrain in 2011.

Who stars in Ethos?

The cast of Ethos includes Woody Harrelson, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Richard Pearl and Chalmers Johnson.

How long is Ethos?

Ethos runs for 72 minutes, or 1h12.