Set My Store
menu
Cart
{ "item_title" : "Freakonomics", "item_author" : [" Magnolia Home Ent "], "item_description" : "Inspired by authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner wildly popular best-seller FREAKONOMICS: A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING, this documentary teams such acclaimed filmmakers as Morgan Spurlock (SUPER SIZE ME), Alex Gibney (TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE), and Seth Gordon (THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS) to look at human behavior from a perspective of incentives and statistics. Conventional wisdom gets caught in the crosshairs when JESUS CAMP co-directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady explore how underachieving kids respond when they're rewarded for hard work with greenbacks; Gibney throws open the curtain on sumo wrestling; Spurlock examines how baby names can affect a child's development; and WHY WE FIGHT director Eugene Jarecki offers a troubling hypothesis on why the early-'90s saw some of the lowest crime rates of the latter 20th century.", "item_img_path" : "https://webami.aent.com/content/img/no_image_CD_lrg.gif", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "13.97", "our_price" : "13.97", "club_price" : "13.97", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10" } }
Freakonomics|Magnolia Home Ent

Freakonomics

Magnolia Home Ent
local_shippingShip to Me
In Stock. Allow Additional 2-3 days for Shipping.
FREE Shipping for Club Members help
storeIn-Store Pickup
search store by zipcode

Overview

Inspired by authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner wildly popular best-seller FREAKONOMICS: A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING, this documentary teams such acclaimed filmmakers as Morgan Spurlock (SUPER SIZE ME), Alex Gibney (TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE), and Seth Gordon (THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS) to look at human behavior from a perspective of incentives and statistics. Conventional wisdom gets caught in the crosshairs when JESUS CAMP co-directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady explore how underachieving kids respond when they're rewarded for hard work with greenbacks; Gibney throws open the curtain on sumo wrestling; Spurlock examines how baby names can affect a child's development; and WHY WE FIGHT director Eugene Jarecki offers a troubling hypothesis on why the early-'90s saw some of the lowest crime rates of the latter 20th century.

Awards:

Details

    DVD Format
  • Format: DVD (With Book)
  • Run Time: 93
  • UPC: 876964003773
  • Genre: DOCUMENTARY
  • Rating: PG-13 (MPAA)
  • Release Date: January 2011

Movie Reviews

Reviews:
"FREAKONOMICS is always accessible, and its encouragement to think outside the box has to be applauded." - 02/01/2011 Sight and Sound


3 stars out of 5 -- "[With] Levitt and Dubner's observations illuminated by short films....It's amusing and diverting..." - 02/01/2011 Uncut


3 stars out of 5 -- "[D]iverting vignettes ignite some fascinating topics...and employ smart visual tricks to deliver reams of data..." - 03/01/2011 Total Film

BAM Customer Reviews