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source: fangoria.com, landmarktheatres.com
added: Mon, Sep 19th '16
Just in time for Halloween: Rats! Morgan Spurlock's latest documentary is all about those nasty vermin, and it's set to air on the Discovery Channel this October.
The rat-themed documentary, which had just premiered last week at the Toronto International Film Festival as part of the Midnight Madness Section, will also have special midnight screenings at select Landmark Theatres across the U.S. this weekend, starting on September 23rd and 24th.
"Rats" is Spurlock's loose adaptation of author Robert Sullivan's critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller, which tells the definitive history of New York's most unwanted inhabitants. The film, instead, offers a global perspective on the hazards of rat infestation and features striking testimonies by exterminators and sanitation workers from different major cities around the world, including cities in America, India, and England.
Co-produced by the Discovery Channel, "Rats" is currently scheduled to premiere on the cable network on Saturday, October 22. In the meantime, watch the trailer, above.
synopsis:
Inspired by Robert Sullivan’s New York Times bestselling book, the Discovery Documentary Film Rats goes deep beneath the surface to explore the lives of man's greatest parasite. Oscar-nominated director Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) unveils a new form of documentary horror storytelling, journeying around the world to bring viewers face to face with rats while delving into our complicated relationship with these creepy creatures. Taking us into the Rattus nests in ways never before captured on film, Rats dives deep into New York City's parks, subway tunnels and sewers; venture to rice paddies in Cambodia and Vietnam where rats are caught and sold as food; cross worldly streets in India paroled by the revered Night Rat Killers; journey to the English countryside where packs of terriers kill hundreds of rats per day; and look inside a New Orleans lab, where scientists are studying how flooding and abandoned neighborhoods are making rats more invasive than ever.
directed by Morgan Spurlock
release date September 23, 2016 (special midnight screenings; Landmark Theatres); October 22, 2016 (on the Discovery channel)
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