That Sugar Film (2014)

Name: That Sugar Film
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-07-31
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Damon Gameau, Stephen Fry, Brenton Thwaites, Isabel Lucas, Jessica Marais

This will change the way you think about 'healthy' food

Documentary

One man's journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as 'healthy'. Through this entertaining and informative journey, Damon highlights some of the issues that plague the sugar industry, and where sugar lurks on supermarket shelves.

Release Date: July 31, 2014
Runtime: 1h 37m
Rating: 6.9/10 (228 votes)

Director: Damon Gameau

Cast: Damon Gameau, Stephen Fry, Brenton Thwaites, Isabel Lucas, Jessica Marais, John Leary, Nick Batzias, Katie Batzias

Production: Madman Entertainment, Sprout Pictures, Old Mates Productions

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Full Cast (33 people)

Damon Gameau as Himself
Stephen Fry as The Sugar Family Sketch
Brenton Thwaites as The Liver Sketch
Isabel Lucas as Sugary Words
Jessica Marais as Sugar Emotion Sketch
John Leary as Ballet Business Man
Nick Batzias as Father
Katie Batzias as Mother
Annalise Braakensiek as Bikini girl on beach
Kieron Rooney as Scientist in Lab
Gary Taubes as Self / Investigative Science Journalist / Author, Why We Get Fat
David Wolfe as Self
Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D. as Self / President, Radiant Recovery
Thomas W. Campbell as Self / Author, "My Big TOE" / Retired NASA Physicist
Professor Nick Allen as Self / Psychological Science, U. Melbourne
Kelly Brownell as Self / Dean, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke U.
Nyurpaya Kaika Burton as Self
Angela Hammons as Self
Larry Hammons as Self
Aaron Matheson as Self / Wellness Leader
Howard Moskowitz as Self / Chairman, iNovum LLC
Michael Moss as Self / Author "Salt Sugar Fat"
Barry Popkin as Self / Professor of Nutrition, UNC
Danielle R. Reed as Self / Member of Monell Chemical Senses Center
Jean-Marc Schwartz as Self / Professor, Touro University, CA
Dr. John L. Sievenpiper as Self / Physician Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
Dr. Edwin Smith as Self / Dentist, Kentucky
Kimber Stanhope as Self / Research Scientist / PhD. Nutritional Biology
Eric Stice as Senior Research Scientist
Maurice Thompson as Self / Amata Store Manager

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Reviews

Reno - 9/10

**We're surrounded by dangers, simply refused to see it.** The last time I saw such documentary film was 'Food, Inc.'. In the mean time I have seen documentaries about different topics, but not food. It was a long gap indeed, because then I was in my early twenties and now watching this film made me realise how to look at the food I eat everyday. So believe me, if you are in your late twenties ...

December 24, 2016