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2006 American film
The One Percent Directed by
Jamie Johnson Written by
Jamie Johnson Nick Kurzon Produced by
Jamie Johnson Nick Kurzon Cinematography Nick Kurzon Edited by Matthew Hamachek Nick Kurzon Michael Levine Music by Robert Miller Production companies
Wise and Good Films, LLC
Release date
April 29, 2006 (2006-04-29 ) (Tribeca Film Festival)
Running time
76 minutes (television)
[1] Country United States Language English
The One Percent is a 2006
documentary about the growing
wealth gap between the wealthy elite compared to the overall citizenry in the United States. It was created by
Jamie Johnson , an heir to the
Johnson & Johnson fortune, and produced by Jamie Johnson and Nick Kurzon. The film's title refers to the top one percent of Americans in terms of wealth, who controlled 42.2 percent of total financial wealth in 2004.
[2]
The film premiered on April 29, 2006, at the
Tribeca Film Festival .
[3]
[4] A revised version of the film incorporating footage shot since the 2006 festival screening premiered on February 21, 2008, on HBO's
Cinemax .
[5]
[6]
Interviews
The film is 76 minutes long and features interviews with a diverse range of individuals:
[7]
[8]
Nicole Buffett – Adopted daughter of
Warren Buffett 's son
Peter from a previous marriage. Warren
disowned her shortly after she appeared on
Oprah with Johnson to discuss the film in 2006.
[9]
[10] The disownment received attention in the media and was discussed in the documentary when it aired on HBO's Cinemax in 2008.
[5]
[11]
Chuck Collins –
Estate tax proponent, author, and great-grandson of
Oscar Mayer
Steve Forbes – CEO of Forbes, Inc., former presidential candidate, proponent of a
flat tax , and son of
Malcolm Forbes
Cody Franchetti – Italian baron, and heir to
Milliken & Company
Milton Friedman – Economist, and Nobel Laureate: 1976 winner of the
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences . Friedman abruptly ends the interview after accusing Johnson of advocating socialism.
[12]
Bill Gates Sr. – Father of Microsoft Founder
Bill Gates , and opponent of an estate tax repeal
Michael Hakim – real estate heir and Beverly Hills City Council candidate
James Hughes Jr. – Family wealth advisor
Eddie Bernice Johnson – Former Chair of the
Congressional Black Caucus
Gretchen Johnson –
Jamie Johnson 's mother
James Johnson –
Jamie Johnson 's father
Adnan Khashoggi – International arms merchant
Claude R. Kirk Jr. – Former governor of
Florida
Greg Kushner – Lido Wealth Conference Director
John Lewis – U.S. Representative from
Georgia
Roy O. Martin – President of the
Louisiana -based Martin Lumber Company
Brian McNally – The Johnson family's financial advisor (asset manager)
Dan Miller – Former
U.S. Representative from
Florida
Karl Muth – Investment banking heir
Ralph Nader – Consumer advocate and former presidential candidate
Larry Noble –
OpenSecrets
Paul Orfalea – Founder of
Kinko's
Kevin Phillips – Former
Republican Party strategist
Jimmie Price – Taxi driver
Nathaniel P. Reed –
Undersecretary of
The Interior , from 1967-1973
Robert Reich – Former
U.S. Secretary of Labor
Greg Schell – Attorney, Migrant Farmer Justice Program
Edward Wolff – Professor of Economics,
New York University
See also
References
^
"HBO Schedule: THE ONE PERCENT" .
HBO . Archived from
the original on 2008-02-26.
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Domhoff, G. William (February 2013) [2005].
"Power in America: Wealth, Income, and Power" . Who Rules America? Power, Politics, & Social Change .
University of California at Santa Cruz . Retrieved 2016-09-19 .
^ Holt, Emily (2006-04-27).
"Stealth Wealth" .
WWD . New York, N.Y.:
Fairchild Publishing LLC . Retrieved 2016-09-22 .
^ Yabroff, Jennie (2006-05-07).
"Money Changes Everything" .
The New York Times . Retrieved 2016-11-30 .
^
a
b Goodman, Leah McGrath (2008-12-11).
"The Billionaire's Black Sheep" .
Marie Claire . New York, N.Y.:
Hearst Communications . Retrieved 2016-09-18 .
^ Rose, Lacey (2008-02-20).
"Q&A: Jamie Johnson On "The One Percent" (Part 1)" .
Forbes . Retrieved 2016-09-21 .
^
Johnson, Jamie (Director) (2008).
The One Percent (Motion picture). United States: Wise and Good Films, LLC.
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"The One Percent: Preliminary Press Notes" . www.jeremywalker.com . Jeremy Walker + Associates. 2006. Retrieved 2016-09-21 .
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"Buffett to kin: You're fired!" .
New York Post . 2006-09-07. Retrieved 2016-09-22 – via Pressreader.
^
"Class in America" .
The Oprah Winfrey Show . 2006-04-21. Retrieved 2016-09-03 .
^ Nichols, Michelle (2008-02-21).
"Documentary on wealth gap divides Buffett family" .
Reuters . Retrieved 2016-09-22 .
^ Frank, Robert (2008-02-23).
"The Rich Man's Michael Moore: Why an Heir Continues to Document -- and Anger -- the Wealthy" .
The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved 2008-02-25 .
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