Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

83 mins | Documentary | Oct. 3, 1997

Errol Morris’s Fast, Cheap & Out of Control interweaves the stories of four men, each driven to create eccentric worlds from their unique obsessions, all of which involve animals. There’s a lion tamer who shares his theories on the mental processes of wild animals; a topiary gardener who has devoted a lifetime to shaping bears and giraffes out of hedges and trees; a man fascinated with hairless mole rats; and an MIT scientist who has designed complex, autonomous robots that can crawl like bugs.

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

83 mins | Documentary | Oct. 3, 1997

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
Errol Morris’s Fast, Cheap & Out of Control interweaves the stories of four men, each driven to create eccentric worlds from their unique obsessions, all of which involve animals. There’s a lion tamer who shares his theories on the mental processes of wild animals; a topiary gardener who has devoted a lifetime to shaping bears and giraffes out of hedges and trees; a man fascinated with hairless mole rats; and an MIT scientist who has designed complex, autonomous robots that can crawl like bugs.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers American Playhouse, Errol Morris Films, Fourth Floor Pictures
Original title Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
Directors Errol Morris
Writers

Cast

Dave Hoover

as Himself (Wild Animal Trainer)

George Mendonça

as Himself (Topiary Gardener)

Raymond A. Mendez

as Himself (Mole-Rat Specialist) (as Ray Mendez)

Rodney Brooks

as Himself - Robot Scientist