Super Size Me is a 2004 documentary directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, who ate only food purchased from McDonald's for thirty consecutive days while medical professionals monitored the effects on his health and weight. The film interweaves Spurlock's personal experiment with broader commentary on fast food marketing, portion sizes and the American diet, and it is widely credited with contributing to McDonald's decision to discontinue its supersize menu option shortly after the film's release. Super Size Me received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature and is widely regarded as a landmark of first-person stunt-style investigative documentary filmmaking.
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Which films did Super Size Me compete against for the Oscar for best documentary feature?
It lost to Born into Brothels, with The Story of the Weeping Camel, Tupac: Resurrection and Twist of Faith also nominated.
Super Size Me was a nominee in the documentary feature category at the Academy Awards ceremony the Academy lists under 2005, but it did not win. The winner was Born into Brothels. The other nominees were The Story of the Weeping Camel, Tupac: Resurrection and Twist of Faith.
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Super Size Me is a 2004 American documentary film directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker.
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Super Size Me is a 2004 American documentary film directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker.
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Super Size Me is a 2004 American documentary film directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker.
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