Hot Coffee

Hot Coffee

85 mins | Documentary | June 27, 2011

Most people think they know the "McDonald's coffee case," but what they don't know is that corporations have spent millions distorting the case to promote tort reform. HOT COFFEE reveals how big business, aided by the media, brewed a dangerous concoction of manipulation and lies to protect corporate interests. By following four people whose lives were devastated by the attacks on our courts, the film challenges the assumptions Americans hold about "jackpot justice."

Hot Coffee

85 mins | Documentary | June 27, 2011

Hot Coffee
Most people think they know the "McDonald's coffee case," but what they don't know is that corporations have spent millions distorting the case to promote tort reform. HOT COFFEE reveals how big business, aided by the media, brewed a dangerous concoction of manipulation and lies to protect corporate interests. By following four people whose lives were devastated by the attacks on our courts, the film challenges the assumptions Americans hold about "jackpot justice."
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers The Group Entertainment, If Not Now Productions, Hot Coffee
Original title Hot Coffee
Directors Susan Saladoff
Writers

Cast

Joan Claybrook

as Herself

Oliver Diaz

as Himself

Joanne Doroshow

as Herself

Al Franken

as Himself

Colin Gourley

as Himself

Connor Gourley

as HImself

John Grisham

as Himself

Jamie Leigh Jones

as Herself

Stephanie Mencimer

as Herself

Victor Schwartz

as Himself

Wayne Slater

as Himself

Chris Tiano

as Himself

Alex Winslow

as Himself

Chuck Allen

as Himself

Judy Allen

as Herself

Jay Angoff

as Himself

David Arredondo

as Himself

Tom Baker

as Himself

Paul Bland

as Himself

Kenneth Canfield

as Himself

Ralph Cook

as Himself

Jennifer Diaz

as Herself

Betty Farnham

as Herself

Marjorie Getman

as Herself

Lisa Gourley

as Herself

Mike Gourley

as Himself

George Lakoff

as Hinself

Barbara Liebeck

as Herself

Michael McCann

as Himself

Craig McDonald

as Himself

Robert McDuff

as Himself

Chuck McRae

as Himself

Ted Poe

as Himself

Nancy Tiano

as Herself

Ken Wagner

as Herself

Peter Whitted

as Himself

Ken Zeese

as Himself