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Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
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Title: Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

Release Date: 3 Oct 1997

Runtime: 1h 23m

Genre: Documentary

Director: American Playhouse, Errol Morris Films, Fourth Floor Pictures

Production Companies: American Playhouse, Errol Morris Films, Fourth Floor Pictures

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 6.8 (38 votes)

Cast

  • Himself (Wild Animal Trainer): Dave Hoover
  • Himself (Topiary Gardener): George Mendonça
  • Himself (Mole-Rat Specialist) (as Ray Mendez): Raymond A. Mendez
  • Himself - Robot Scientist: Rodney Brooks
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