Starsuckers (2009)
Starsuckers is the most controversial documentary of the year, and was released in British cinemas in November 2009 to critical acclaim. It's a darkly humourous and shocking exposé of the celebrity obsessed media, that uncovers the real reasons behind our addiction to fame and blows the lid on the corporations and individuals who profit from it.
- Date of release
- 2009-09-30
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Chris Atkins
Casting
- Rupert Degas — Narrator (voice)
- Ellis Cashmore — Self - Professor - Staffordshire University
- Max Clifford — Self
- Richard Curtis — Self (archive footage)
- Josef d'Bache-Kane — Self
- Nick Davies — Self - Author
- Charlotte de Barker — Self - Staffordshire University
- Park Dietz — Self - Forensic Psychiatrist
- Emma Freud — Self (archive footage)
- Robert Galinsky — Self
- Bob Geldof — Self (archive footage)
- Jake Halpern — Self - Author
Interesting facts
Starsuckers is a 2009 British documentary film aiming to expose the "shams and deceit involved in creating a pernicious celebrity culture".
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