{"product_id":"american-dream-1990-blu-ray-1324-preorder","title":"American Dream (1990) (Blu-ray) #1324 PREORDER","description":"\u003cp\u003eStreet Date: 8\/25\/26\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the Best Documentary Feature Oscar, Barbara Kopple’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAmerican Dream\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003edetails the tumultuous 1985–86 labor strike against Hormel Foods in Austin, Minnesota. Fed up with dangerous plant conditions and drastic wage cuts, Austin’s Local P-9 went against the advice of its parent union and, aided by an activist campaign to damage the meatpacking giant’s reputation, conducted a nearly yearlong walkout. But as the strike dragged on, some workers found themselves desperate enough to cross the picket line, dividing a community already roiled by blockades, riots, and the intervention of the National Guard. Following up her landmark documentary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHarlan County USA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with another uncompromising report from the trenches of working-class America, Kopple captures the human and political costs of one of the most significant setbacks to organized labor amid the unchecked corporatism of the Reagan era.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\" data-feature-title-field=\"\"\u003eDIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-features-list\" data-special-features-field=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Barbara Kopple, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterview from 1992 with Kopple\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by film programmer Thom Powers\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew cover by Eric Skillman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"THE CINEVAULT","offers":[{"title":"Blu-ray","offer_id":49924337172757,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/3098\/4213\/files\/0WZ1gcZhlVvBWo9QHtxcZwn4VsNkd7_large_1f626bf2-5f29-4038-837e-c5d6a49fcd20.jpg?v=1779150842","url":"https:\/\/thecinevault.com\/products\/american-dream-1990-blu-ray-1324-preorder","provider":"The CineVault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}