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Roger & Me is a 1989 American documentary film written, produced, directed by, and starring Michael Moore, in his directorial debut. Moore portrays the regional economic impact of General Motors CEO Roger Smith 's action of closing several auto plants in his hometown of Flint, Michigan , reducing GM's employees in that area from 80,000 in 1978 ...
Dec 20, 1989 · Roger & Me: Directed by Michael Moore. With Michael Moore, Roger B. Smith, Rhonda Britton, Fred Ross. After General Motors closes its factory in Flint, Michigan, eliminating 35,000 jobs, filmmaker Michael Moore undertakes a quixotic quest to interview General Motors' chairman, Roger B. Smith.
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In 1989, Michael Moore burst onto the American movie-making scene with Roger and Me. The groundbreaking documentary chronicled the efforts of the world's largest corporation, General Motors, as it turns its hometown of Flint, Michigan, into a ghost town.
Director Michael Moore is a treat as a deadpan modern-day Mark Twain, obsessed with interviewing General Motors chairman Roger Smith after auto-factory closings destroy the filmmaker's hometown of Flint, Michigan.
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Ex-journalist Michael Moore demands answers when General Motors suddenly closes the doors of all its auto plants in the Flint, Michigan, the city where he grew up.
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Roger & Me (1989 trailer) a film by Michael Moore. flintmi. 368 subscribers. Subscribed. 501. 309K views 16 years ago. The film that started it all for Michael Moore, Roger & Me just...
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Narrated and starring Moore, Roger & Me recounts his (unsuccessful) efforts to get GM president Roger Smith to come to Flint and see the havoc his company's exit had wrought. Moore's film is a sardonic set-up of a serious subject, an approach that undermines some cherished notions about the socially aware documentary.
