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The Yes Men

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Producer(s)	Dan Ollman, Sarah Price, Chris Smith
Director(s)	Dan Ollman, Sarah Price, Chris Smith
Release Date	2004
Runtime	75 min
Format(s)	video
Youth Media	no

Film Description

The Yes Men, a movie, follows a couple of anti-corporate activist-pranksters as they impersonate World Trade Organization spokesmen at business conferences around the world.

The story begins with Andy and Mike setting up a tasteless parody of the WTO's website. Some visitors don't notice the site is a fake, and send speaking invitations meant for the real WTO. Mike and Andy play along with the ruse and soon find themselves attending important functions as WTO representatives.

Delighted to speak for the organization they oppose, Andy and Mike don thrift-store suits and set out to shock their unwitting audiences with darkly comic satires on global free trade. Weirdly, the experts don't notice the joke and seem to agree with every terrible idea the two can come up with.

Exhausted by their failed attempts to shock, Mike and Andy take a whole new approach for one final lecture.