A Matter of Fat is a 1969 documentary film produced by the National Film Board of Canada and directed by William Weintraub. It chronicles the efforts of a 358-pound man, Gilles Lorrain, to lose half his body weight as part of a hospital supervised... Wikipedia
Initial release: 1969
Director: William Weintraub
Cast: Lorne Greene and Gilles Lorrain
Producer: Desmond Dew
Production company: ONF / NFB