Fries! The Movie
World Premiere

Fries! The Movie

2020 Official Selection: Features
Feature | United States | 84 MINUTES | English
Documentary, Food

No other food bridges borders, languages, and tastes more than the humble but delicious fried potato. From three Michelin star kitchens in Paris to the street carts of Hong Kong, you can always find a savory fry. Taking the audience on a joyous and mouth-watering journey around the world, best-selling authors Malcolm Gladwell and Chrissy Teigen join an international cast of characters to better understand the globe’s obsession with the french fry. With humor and reverence, Fries! The Movie shows its titular food as the ultimate connective tissue: a singular food with the unique potential to reflect the human condition, act as a source of corporeal comfort, and provide an avenue for creativity and expression.

Through personal stories and enlightening discussions with historians, connoisseurs, scientists, chefs, and obsessives, the history of the humble fry comes to life, while the potential for its future is pondered in new and exciting ways. Fries! The Movie unequivocally proves Gladwell’s assessment that “the world would be a dark, miserable place without french fries.”—Shayna Weingast


Cast & Credits
Directed by
Michael Steed

Fries! Director Michael Steed is the Emmy® and James Beard Award-winning creator of the acclaimed series The Mind of a Chef. His recent work is seen on Netflix’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman and CNN’s Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. He likes mayo on his fries.

Director
Michael Steed
Producer
Christopher Collins, Lydia Tenaglia, Chrissy Teigen, Rob Sheard, Jared Andrukanis, Kelly Mullen
Cinematographer
Jeremy Leach, Todd Leibler
Editor
Tom Patterson
Executive Producer
Giles Morrison
Associate Producer
Sophia Stewart
Co-Producer
Nicola Linge
Co-Director
Gillian Brown
Story Producer
Sandra Delpech
Cast
Chrissy Teigen, Malcolm Gladwell, Eric Ripert, Dave Arnold, Harold McGee

Contacts
Press Contact
Nuria Botella
Maxine Leonard Marketing & Publicity
Phone: 323 930 2345
nuria@maxineleonard.com
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