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Movie
Starsuckers
Synopsis
Chris Atkins' hilarious but shocking documentary about the celebrity obsessed media. It starts with a romp through the real reasons behind our addiction to fame, and goes on to pull the rug out from the media corporations and moguls that deal it out. Atkins breaks new ground by selling fake celebrity stories to the tabloids, which they publish without any checks, and secretly films red top journalists discussing the purchase of celebrities' cosmetic surgery medical records. Deliberately targeting the sacred cows of the media industry that no one else will dare take on, the film features jaw-dropping secret camera footage of Max Clifford boasting about the lengths to which he will go to protect his clients. It culminates in an exposé of how media manipulation usurped Live 8 for its own ends with powerful testimony from leading humanitarian charities like Make Poverty History. It also investigates and calls into question some of the key claims that have been presented to the public. Ultimately the film reveals the harmful effect a celebrity-saturated media is having on children, and how media corporations are responsible for a global epidemic of narcissism. Atkins uses a mixture of stunts, animation, expert testimony and undercover reportage to create a darkly humorous and terrifying exposé of one of the most important issues of our time. Originally shown as part of True Stories, More4's strand of acclaimed international documentaries.