Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)

80 min★ 7.1 · 4,117 votes

• 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.

Release date

October 3, 1997

Country of origin

United States

Music

Caleb Sampson

Box office

$878,960