Fat, sick & nearly dead [videorecording].
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FilmPublication details: [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : Reboot Holdings, c2011Description: 1 DVD-video (ca. 97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inOther title: Fat, sick and nearly dead [videorecording]Subject(s): Cross, Joe | Staples, Phil | Overweight men -- Biography | Reducing diets | Weight loss | Motion picture producers and directors -- Australia | Hiking | United States -- Description and travelGenre/Form: Biographical films. | Documentary films. | Nonfiction films. | Road films. | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. DDC classification: 613.2/5 Production credits: Written and directed by Joe Cross, Kurt Engfehr.Cast: Joe Cross.Summary: 100 pounds overweight, loaded up on steroids and suffering from a debilitating autoimmune disease, Joe Cross is at the end of his rope and the end of his hope. In the mirror he saw a 310lb man whose gut was bigger than a beach ball and a path laid out before him that wouldn't end well- with one foot already in the grave, the other wasn't far behind. 'Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead' is an inspiring film that chronicles Joe's personal mission to regain his health. With doctors and conventional medicines unable to help long-term, Joe turns to the only option left, the body's ability to heal itself. He trades in the junk food and hits the road with juicer and generator in tow, vowing only to drink fresh fruit and vegetable juice for the next 60 days. Across 3,000 miles Joe has one goal in mind: To get off his pills and achieve a balanced lifestyle. While talking to more than 500 Americans about food, health and longevity, it's at a truck stop in Arizona where Joe meets a truck driver who suffers from the same rare condition. Phil Staples is morbidly obese weighing in at 429 lbs; a cheeseburger away from a heart-attack. As Joe is recovering his health, Phil begins his own epic journey to get well. What emerges is nothing short of amazing - an inspiring tale of healing and human connection. Part road trip, part self-help manifesto, 'Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead' defies the traditional documentary format to present an unconventional and uplifting story of two men from different worlds who each realize that the only person who can save them is themselves.
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Special features: Director's audio commentary ; Additional scenes & testimonials, more than 90 minutes of additional material.
Written and directed by Joe Cross, Kurt Engfehr.
Not rated.
DVD.
In English. Closed-captioned.
100 pounds overweight, loaded up on steroids and suffering from a debilitating autoimmune disease, Joe Cross is at the end of his rope and the end of his hope. In the mirror he saw a 310lb man whose gut was bigger than a beach ball and a path laid out before him that wouldn't end well- with one foot already in the grave, the other wasn't far behind. 'Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead' is an inspiring film that chronicles Joe's personal mission to regain his health. With doctors and conventional medicines unable to help long-term, Joe turns to the only option left, the body's ability to heal itself. He trades in the junk food and hits the road with juicer and generator in tow, vowing only to drink fresh fruit and vegetable juice for the next 60 days. Across 3,000 miles Joe has one goal in mind: To get off his pills and achieve a balanced lifestyle. While talking to more than 500 Americans about food, health and longevity, it's at a truck stop in Arizona where Joe meets a truck driver who suffers from the same rare condition. Phil Staples is morbidly obese weighing in at 429 lbs; a cheeseburger away from a heart-attack. As Joe is recovering his health, Phil begins his own epic journey to get well. What emerges is nothing short of amazing - an inspiring tale of healing and human connection. Part road trip, part self-help manifesto, 'Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead' defies the traditional documentary format to present an unconventional and uplifting story of two men from different worlds who each realize that the only person who can save them is themselves.
Joe Cross.
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