Hot Coffee (2011)
1h 25m
Running Time
June 27, 2011Release Date
Plot.
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."
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Cast & Crew.
Chuck Allen
Self
Oliver Diaz
Himself
Judy Allen
Self
Joanne Doroshow
Herself
Al Franken
Himself
Jay Angoff
Self
Colin Gourley
Himself
David Arredondo
Self
Tom Baker
Self
Connor Gourley
HImself
John Grisham
Himself
Paul Bland
Self
Kenneth Canfield
Self
Jamie Leigh Jones
Herself
Stephanie Mencimer
Herself
Joan Claybrook
Self
Victor Schwartz
Himself
Ralph Cook
Self
Wayne Slater
Himself
Jennifer Diaz
Self
Susan Saladoff
Director
Chris Tiano
Himself
Carly Hugo
Producer
Alex Winslow
Himself
Alan Oxman
Producer
Michael Mollura
Composer
Michael Mollura
Composer
Betty Farnham
Herself
Marjorie Getman
Herself
Lisa Gourley
Herself
Mike Gourley
Himself
Ernest 'Sonny' Hornsby
Himself
George Lakoff
Hinself
Barbara Liebeck
Herself
Michael McCann
Himself
Craig McDonald
Himself
Robert McDuff
Himself
Chuck McRae
Himself
Ted Poe
Himself
Nancy Tiano
Herself
Ken Wagner
Herself
Peter Whitted
Himself
Ken Zeese
Himself
Martina Radwan
Director of Photography
Sara Bernstein
Supervising Producer
Geof Bartz
Consulting Editor
Winter
Sound Mixer
Jeff Seelye
Sound Editor
Joel Goodman
Additional Music
Keith Kohn
Music Producer
Alec Puro
Music Supervisor
Louis Fox
Animation Director
Ben Watts
Assistant Camera
Matt Sheldon
Sound Mixer
Sheila Nevins
Executive Producer
Steven Capitano Calitri
VFX Director of Photography
Tara Hunnewell
Playback Singer
John Moros
Sound Editor
Lukas Persson
Additional Editor
Christopher Branca
Additional Editor
William Britt
Sound Mixer
Caitlin Tartaro
Digital Intermediate Producer
Adam J. Segal
Publicist
Chris Hurtt
Additional Editor
Tyler Cartner
Sound Mixer
Cindy Lee
Editor
Justin B. Tolley
Associate Editor
Svetlana Zill
Additional Editor
Eric Gitelson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Johnpaul Golaski
Sound Mixer
Karen Shatzkin
Legal Services
Lorenzo Millan
Sound Mixer
Erin Crumpacker
Associate Producer
Betsy Rate
Associate Producer
Rebecca Saladoff
Co-Producer / Assistant Editor
Wil Masisak
Sound Mixer
Michael J. Walls
Sound Mixer
Jesse Durell
Assistant Camera
Tonianne Fleig
Additional Editor
Jamie Meyer
Additional Editor
Raphael Rice
Additional Editor
Isaac Urwin
Assistant Editor
Kevin Bluhm
Music Editor
Elizabeth Christine Jawski
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Hot Coffee is a 2011 documentary film that analyzes and discusses the impact of tort reform on the United States judicial system. It is directed by Susan Saladoff, who has practiced as a medical malpractice attorney for at least 26 years. The film premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2011, and later aired on HBO on June 27, 2011, as a part of HBO films documentary summer series. The title is derived from the Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants lawsuit, in which the plaintiff Liebeck was severely burned after spilling into her lap hot coffee purchased from a McDonald's.