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.

• DirectorErrol Morris
• Release3 October 1997
• GenreDocumentary
• Duration1h 23m
• Budget?
• Revenue$878,960
• Rate
  

  6.7
  41 reviews
• Productions

  American Playhouse, Errol Morris Films, Fourth Floor Pictures