The One Percent (2006) on Netflix
NR20061h 17mDocumentary
An heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune sets out to document America's wealth gap. He interviews economists and working people about the top one percent holding nearly half the wealth.
- Netflix3.6/5
- IMDb6.8/101,162 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes56%
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Plot summary
In 2004 the wealthiest one percent of Americans controlled 42.2 percent of the country's financial wealth. An heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, who grew up inside that world, sets out to measure the distance between it and everyone else. He interviews a former labor secretary, an arms merchant, the father of a software founder, a publisher who ran for president, and a Nobel-winning economist who ends the conversation by accusing him of advocating socialism. He also tours a Chicago housing project, rides with a taxi driver, and looks into the Florida sugar industry through a lawyer for migrant farmworkers. Family connections open the door to a private conference where rich attendees study ways to hold on to their fortunes.
Cast
- Nicole Buffetas Herself - Granddaughter of Investor Warren Buffett
- Chuck Collinsas Himself - Great Grandson of Oscar Meyer
- Steve Forbesas Self
- Cody Franchettias Himself - Italian Baron
- Bill Gates Sr.as Himself - Father of Microsoft Founder
- Jamie Johnsonas Himself
- Adnan Khashoggias Himself - Arms Merchant
- Kevin Phillipsas Self
- Gretchen Johnsonas Herself - Jamie's Mother
- Jim Johnsonas Himself - Jamie's Father
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The One Percent (2006)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Nicole Buffett, the adopted daughter of Warren Buffett's son Peter, was disowned by Warren Buffett shortly after she appeared on Oprah with Jamie Johnson to discuss the film in 2006. The disownment received media attention and was discussed when the film aired on Cinemax in 2008; by 2022 she and Warren had reconciled.
- Economist and 1976 Nobel laureate Milton Friedman abruptly ended his interview for the film after accusing its creator, Jamie Johnson, of advocating socialism.
