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9 November 2007 (UK) moreTagline:
The Oil Crash morePlot:
A theatrical documentary on the planet's dwindling oil resources. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
5 wins moreUser Comments:
Like Snorting Cocaine: It's Addictive moreCast
(Credited cast)| Wade Adams | ... | Himself - Researcher in nanotechnology | |
| Abdul Samad Al-Awadi | ... | Himself - Oil consultant (as Abdul Samad al-Awadi) | |
| Fadhil J. Al-Chalabi | ... | Himself - Former OPEC executive secretary-general (as Fadhil al-Chalabi) | |
| Roscoe Bartlett | ... | Himself - US Congressman | |
| Robert Bottome | ... | Himself - Economist, Caracas | |
| Colin J. Campbell | ... | Himself - Oil geologist | |
| Marcello Colitti | ... | Himself - Former chief executive of ENI S.p.A. | |
| Alberto Quirós Corradi | ... | Himself - President of Allied Consulting, Caracas | |
| Mir-Babajev Mir-Jusiv Fazilogli | ... | Himself - Oil historian | |
| Daniele Ganser | ... | Himself - Historian | |
| Dr. David L. Goodstein Ph.D. | ... | Himself - Professor of physics and applied physics | |
| Terry Lynn Karl | ... | Herself - Professor of political science | |
| Franklin M. Orr Jr. | ... | Himself - Professor | |
| Sherry Phillips | ... | Herself - mayor of McCamey, Texas | |
| Matthew David Savinar | ... | Himself - Attorney | |
| Matthew Simmons | ... | Himself - Energy adviser to US President George W. Bush | |
| Alfred M. Spormann | ... | Himself - Professor of environmental microbiology | |
| Manouchehr Takin | ... | Himself - Senior petroleum analyst | |
| Louis Woodward | ... | Himself - Oil entrepreneur | |
| Gary Yanibelli | ... | Himself - Hummer car salesman |
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A Crude Awakening (USA) (short title)OilCrash (International: English title) (short title)
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85 min (approx)Country:
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Argentina:Atp | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | UK:PG | New Zealand:G | Australia:GFAQ
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The most fascinating aspect to A CRUDE AWAKENING is that the film was made not by some left-wing conspiracy theorists with ties to Greenpeace or The World Wildlife Fund, but by two Swiss directors, one (Gelpke) with a background in anthropology, economics, war reporting, and science films, and the other (McCormack) who holds an honors degree in Environmental Policy and Management. These two men know how to make a documentary that looks at both sides of our oil needs and industry while not knocking our addictive behavior towards gasoline. It does lack a few aspects in the end, but holds your attention enough to make the whole watchable.
The focus, as the title suggests, is on our crude oil dependency. We all know oil won't last forever, right? Right? Please tell me you know this. If not, you really need to watch this film. It looks at the boom and bust methodology used in early crude oil finds and how we naively thought (up until the 1970s) that oil/gas would last forever.
The story slashes across socio-economic ground, taking in opinions from specialists in the field to Senators and economists. All of them, without exception, realize that oil isn't going to last much longer. The need to find alternative fuels that are (and here's the key) affordable is on.
The great thing is that these men and women talk about how vital oil and natural gas is to our financial existence, simply because it is so cheap. You just can't find energy this affordable. Fuel cell technology, hydrogen fuels, solar, and many other alternatives are discussed but are exceptionally expensive to produce and market to the general population. No doubt we have a lot of worries coming our way as carbon-based fuels become more and more scarce.
The only lacking aspect in this documentary was that there's very little time given over to these alternative energy methods, and no experts on said same. All of the information comes from experts in the gas industry or those who monitor it. To truly round-out the program I would've liked to have seen specialists in alternative car manufacturing and other items that are undoubtedly headed our way.
Still, this is an insightful documentary to get your hands on. And one to show your kids to get them on-the-ball about what they can do to help decrease our oil addiction.