Power Trip (2003)

Corruption, assassination and street rioting surround the story of the award-winning film, Power Trip, which follows an American multi-national trying to solve the electricity crisis in ... See full summary »

Director:

Paul Devlin

Stars:

Dennis Bakke, Piers Lewis, Butch Mederos

4 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Dennis Bakke	...	Himself
Piers Lewis	...	Himself
Butch Mederos	...	Himself
Bill O'Reilly	...	Himself
Michael Scholey	...	Himself

Storyline

Corruption, assassination and street rioting surround the story of the award-winning film, Power Trip, which follows an American multi-national trying to solve the electricity crisis in Tbilisi, capital of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia.  Power Trip provides insight into today's headlines, with a graphic, on-the-ground depiction of the challenges facing globalization in an environment of culture clash, electricity disconnections and blackouts.

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Plot Keywords:

electricity | tbilisi | blackout | culture clash | corruption | 

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Taglines:

Electricity is hope

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA Georgia

Language:

English Georgian

Release Date:

2 May 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Amerikai áram

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$585, 12 March 2004, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$38,593, 16 May 2004

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2004)

User Reviews

Hardly Funny, But Enlightening

Nothing too funny about this one. A lot of it is rather tragic actually. It gives us a glimpse of the difficulties these former Soviet citizens are facing as their states continue to transition. Of all the transitions that must be made, electricity seems like a rather small one, but as the film shows it still has an enormous impact. I don't believe the film was corporate propaganda but it offers no criticism of how AES handled the situation. Likewise, the corruption it does depict is located in the Geogian Ministry.Beyond the whole electricity/post Soviet theme, there is some decent exposure to the Georgian people and landscape. Watch out for a few brutal images of a murdered man and an electrified man.