Dadetown

Dadetown

93 mins | Sept. 2, 1995

Interviews in the Michael Moore/"Roger and Me" tradition examine life in small-town America, class conflicts and the collapse of an upstate New York community, Dadetown, when the town's once-prosperous factory, reduced to the manufacture of paper clips and staples, finally closes. Facing massive unemployment, the blue-collar Dadetown residents next find yuppies moving into town to staff the local division of a big computer outfit.

Dadetown

93 mins | Sept. 2, 1995

Dadetown
Interviews in the Michael Moore/"Roger and Me" tradition examine life in small-town America, class conflicts and the collapse of an upstate New York community, Dadetown, when the town's once-prosperous factory, reduced to the manufacture of paper clips and staples, finally closes. Facing massive unemployment, the blue-collar Dadetown residents next find yuppies moving into town to staff the local division of a big computer outfit.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers
Original title Dadetown
Directors Phyllis Peter, Kristen Scott, Russ Hexter
Writers John Housley, Russ Hexter

Cast

Robert Wall

as Rick Crooks

Jim Pryor

as Tom Nickenback

Stephen Beals

as Barlitz, Dan

Fred Worrell

as Ed Hubbell

Joseph Leone

as Louis - Man at Bar

Ken Klamm

as Bob Arkin

Rick Leisenring

as Bar Patron

Jerry Lewkowitz

as Jerry