The One Percent

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The One Percent
Directed by	Jamie Johnson
Produced by	Jamie Johnson Nick Kurzon
Music by	Robert Miller
Cinematography	Nick Kurzon
Editing by	Matthew Hamachek Nick Kurzon Michael Levine
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The One Percent is a 2006 documentary about the growing wealth gap between America's wealthy elite and the citizenry on the whole. It was created by Jamie Johnson, heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, and produced by Jamie Johnson and Nick Kurzon.^{[citation needed]} The film's title refers to the top one percent of Americans in terms of wealth, who control forty percent or more of the nation's wealth.^{[citation needed]}

The film premiered on April 29, 2006, at the Tribeca Film Festival. It is reported to have been purchased by HBO, with a planned air date in early 2008.

A revised version of the film, substantially re-edited and incorporating footage shot since the 2006 festival screening, premiered on Thursday, February 21 at 6:30pm ET/PT on Cinemax.

New York Post's Page Six that Warren Buffett had written a letter to Nicole Lisi Buffett, his son Peter's ex-wife's daughter from another marriage, in response to her participation in the film. Distancing himself from her, he wrote "I have not emotionally or legally adopted you as a grandchild, nor have the rest of my family adopted you as a niece or a cousin."^{[citation needed]}

1 Interviews
2 Quotes
3 Notable Mentions
4 References
5 External Links

[edit] Interviews

The film is 80 minutes long and features sometimes-humorous^[who?] interviews with a wide range of interviewees:

Nicole Buffett, Warren Buffett's son's adopted daughter from a previous marriage, whom he denies "legal and emotional" links to.^[1]
Chuck Collins, estate tax proponent, author, and heir to the Oscar Meyer fortune
Steve Forbes Jr., son of Malcolm Forbes, former presidential candidate, and proponent of a flat tax
Milton Friedman, 1976 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics
Bill Gates Sr., father of Bill Gates and opponent of an estate tax repeal
Adnan Khashoggi, international arms merchant
Roy Martin
Karl Muth, investment banking heir
Paul Orfalea, founder of Kinko's
Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor
Greg Schell

[edit] Quotes

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Jamie Johnson:"Do you think your [children] have any chance of becoming rich?"
Cabrini Green resident: "Hell no. My [kids] ain't gonna be no rapper."