Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

6.7(41 votes)
1997
1h 23m
Documentary

Errol Morris’s Fast, Cheap & Out of Control interweaves the stories of four men, each driven to create eccentric worlds from their unique obsessions, all of which involve animals. There’s a lion tamer who shares his theories on the mental processes of wild animals; a topiary gardener who has devoted a lifetime to shaping bears and giraffes out of hedges and trees; a man fascinated with hairless mole rats; and an MIT scientist who has designed complex, autonomous robots that can crawl like bugs.

Production

American Playhouse, Errol Morris Films, Fourth Floor Pictures

Cast

Dave Hoover

Dave Hoover

Himself (Wild Animal Trainer)

George Mendonça

George Mendonça

Himself (Topiary Gardener)

Raymond A. Mendez

Raymond A. Mendez

Himself (Mole-Rat Specialist) (as Ray Mendez)

Rodney Brooks

Rodney Brooks

Himself - Robot Scientist

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