At Sundance 2008 I had a chance to speak with documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) about his new film Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? which hits theaters today. Listen to the full interview below. We’ve included a chapter guide so that you can skip to the best parts. I recommend listening to Morgan’s story of his run-in with the FBI. Enjoy.
00:00 His Experiences at 2004 with Super Size Me
00:40 Morgan’s Return to Sundance
01:00 Promoting a Movie at Sundance
01:25 The Indiana Jones Parody Poster
02:00 Spoiler Alert: Morgan Didn’t Find Osama
02:30 Did You Think you actually had a chance to find Osama?
03:00 What would you have done if you found Osama?
04:00 Interviewing People in Foreign Countries
04:40 Would he have gone to the Government with Osama’s Location?
05:00 Conspiracy Theories
05:25 Origin of the Idea
06:10 “It’s more of a WHY than WHERE IS”
07:30 A separate screenwriter for a documentary?
08:45 The Scripting Process
09:20 The Unused COPS gag
10:00 Morgan’s Wife Alex
10:20 30 Days - Talking about the Third Season
11:25 What Audiences Should Take Away From This Film
12:10 What’s Mogan’s Next Movie?
12:35 Morgan’s Story of his run-in with the FBI
13:45 Deleted Scenes
April 18th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Brilliant interview, he seems like a nice bloke and still sounds like a nice man after all this hype from everything his has done.
I cant wait for this film, i hope it is good.
April 18th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Do you ever smile??
April 18th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Jeff: not for photos, but I do in person :)
April 18th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Just saw this. It was great. I really don’t feel like being the guy in the comments that does a review, but this doc had heart, it was entertaining when it had to be, and it was serious when called for. Bravo. Morgan, if you’re reading. Fantastic job.
ps - Your son’s name. At least it wasn’t sue. =P I keed.
April 18th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Peter you always look so enthused to meet celebrities. LOL
April 18th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Dang! that was a great interview Peter!
You sounded like a total movie geek… Represent!
LOL and I Love how you brought star wars into the conversation….
Dude, Invest in a decent digi cam and tripod. I Like the audio and all …but It would be cool to see you geek out in action.
and FFS Peter…. I gotta admit, I laugh my ass off every time I see a photo of you, cuz you have the same damn facial expression every time. Its hilarious. If I didn’t know any better, I’d swear you photoshop your head into all those photos.
April 18th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Peter, turn that frown upside down ;)
April 18th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Spurlock: Thanks for the coverage, Sciretta!
Sciretta: Have you heard about this “Justice League” movie they’re trying to put out?
April 21st, 2008 at 7:52 am
I’m gonna go with the masses here and say, “get a smile on your face.” It usually looks like you are less than enthused to be with these celebrity types when taking pictures. I would say, at least give us a little up turned corner.