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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0024543244332
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 11, 2006
Running Time: 270 minutes
Sales Rank: 10957
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: June 15, 2005
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Description:
From Morgan Spurlock, the Academy Award nominated writer, director, and star of the hit film Supersize Me, comes Thirty Days, the intelligent and innovative TV show that dares to ask: Â'Do we really know what itÂ's like to see the world through our neighborsÂ' eyes?Â'
Explore some of AmericaÂ's most pressing social issues by following the lives of ordinary people who agree to live well-outside their comfort zones for thirty days: Spurlock and his fiancÃ(c)e try to make ends meet by working minimum wage jobs, a devout Christian immerses himself in Islamic culture, a homophobic young man goes to live and work in San FranciscoÂ's largely-gay Castro District, and more. Provocative, poignant, and hilarious, Thirty Days is a true originalÂ...often unpredictable and always eye-opening!
Amazon.com:
A reality show that's entertaining and smart? Sounds about as oxymoronic as it gets, but Morgan Spurlock has pulled it off with 30 Days. With this series (offered here on two discs containing six episodes and a variety of bonus material), Spurlock, who got a 2005 Best Documentary Oscar nomination for Super Size Me, his record of a harrowing month spent on a strict McDonald's-only diet, has effectively taken his act to the not-so-small screen. The premise: put 'normal' middle-class Americans (in this case, all of them white) into situations where they are way out of their comfort zones, archetypal fish out of water who must spend 30 days experiencing how the other half lives. Thus we have tales involving a Christian from West Virginia who lives with a Muslim American couple in Dearborn, Michigan; a straight dude from rural Michigan who moves in with a homosexual roommate in San Francisco's Castro District, 'the gayest place on Earth;' and a mother in Phoenix who, concerned about her daughter's excessive drinking at college, goes on her own heavy alcohol binge. Spurlock himself is the subject of an episode in which he and his fiancé try to subsist on the minimum wage, while the only one that doesn't fit the mold concerns an out-of-shape 34-year-old man trying to find the fountain of youth by embarking on a strict regimen of exercise, diet, and major doses of steroids and Human Growth Hormone pills.
The stories don't all have happy endings: the Phoenix woman's drinking has no affect whatsoever on her daughter, and the steroid guy drops out when his sperm count almost immediately drops to zero. But the discomfort felt by the others seems genuine, as do the lessons in tolerance and cultural understanding they eventually learn, even given the artificial confines of reality TV. What's more, Spurlock provides some real information along the way, telling us how many drinks it takes to be over the legal limit in Arizona (five shots ought to do it) or how many passages in the Bible are interpreted as proscribing homosexuality (six), detailing the negative side effects of 'anti-aging' medicines (too many to list here), and offering insight into such Muslim customs as prayer and fasting (the Christian dresses in Muslim garb and even learns a little Arabic). Extra features include commentary (by Spurlock and others) on four of the episodes, as well as 'Diary Cams' (outtakes, basically) for all six. --Sam Graham
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Great Insight into other people's life.
Well Morgan Spurlock does it again in this wonderful series. It takes you into all different parts of life and how other people live. All I can say is this DVD will change the way you live your life I guarantee it. It made me think twice about what I do, what I say and how I live. I believe that I will always remember this series and what it did in my life and I am a better person because of this series.
Rating: - 30 days
Gave this as a Christmas present.Recipient was very happy.Received expediently and in great shape.
Rating: - 30 Days to Change how you Think
Morgan Spurlock has done it again with this First Season (and Season Two) of 30 DAYS. These shows put the real in "realality" TV. It opens the eyes of people who are set in their own beliefs and then is able to open their minds to a new way of thinking. Spurlock should be the one that everyone ought to be watching . . . It can make you a better person by opening up your eyes while learning about other people's lives through "walking in their shows" method. A MUST SEE! For Everyone.
Rating: - Using The Medium
Television -- The Box That Dares Not Speak Its Name -- has such incredible power.It could be educational, bringing understanding and familiarity to people who otherwise would mistrust and disrespect each other from lack of contact.It could even out some of the disparities in our education system.It could teach critical thinking by exposing the fallacies of blind acceptance of unproven allegations.
Instead, it does... not.
Except when Morgan Spurlock's on the screen. ... Read More
Rating:  - Eye-Opening
Before purchasing this DVD set, I had never seen the show. However, I liked Super Size Me so I figured this would be more of the same. I believe that this show is a great alternative to 'regular' reality TV, because you are absolutely guaranteed to learn something that you didn't know before. The episodes are great and let people approach a subject with an open mind to form their own opinion of what's going on.
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