Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Martin Sheen | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
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Reverend Gadget | ... | Self (as Greg 'Gadget' Abbott) |
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Dave Barthmuss | ... | Self |
Ed Begley Jr. | ... | Self | |
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Jim Boyd | ... | Self |
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Alec N. Brooks | ... | Self |
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Alan Cocconi | ... | Self |
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John R. Dabels | ... | Self |
Phyllis Diller | ... | Self | |
Colette Divine | ... | Self | |
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Tom Everhart | ... | Self |
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David Freeman | ... | Self (as S. David Freeman) |
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Frank Gaffney | ... | Self (as Frank J. Gaffney Jr.) |
Mel Gibson | ... | Self | |
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Greg Hanssen | ... | Self |
With gasoline prices approaching $4/gallon, fossil fuel shortages, unrest in oil producing regions around the globe and mainstream consumer adoption and adoption of the hybrid electric car (more than 140,000 Prius' sold this year), this story couldn't be more relevant or important. The foremost goal in making this movie is to educate and enlighten audiences with the story of this car, its place in history and in the larger story of our car culture and how it enables our continuing addiction to foreign oil. This is an important film with an important message that not only calls to task the officials who squelched the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate, but all of the other accomplices, government, the car companies, Big Oil, even Eco-darling Hydrogen as well as consumers, who turned their backs on the car and embrace embracing instead the SUV. Our documentary investigates the death and resurrection of the electric car, as well as the role of renewable energy and sustainable living in our ... Written by Richard D. Titus
As a former engineer with both GM and Ford, I have to thoroughly refute what a previous commenter has stated about likely explanations. With the technology of the powertrain/fuel source development that far along, that far advanced within a viable vehicle, crash-safety and equipment regulations would not have removed this from the marketplace. The "skin" and tub/framework of the vehicle would have been either reworked to comply or the powertrain/fuel source would have been adapted to fit existing car lines that meet crash-safety and equipment regulations. There are plenty of examples of "hurry up" retro-fits in Detroit/Dearborn's history. Unfortunately there is much documented history of technology being quashed, patents being bought and buried, innovations left by the wayside to discourage change, discourage having to retool, reinvent, reinvest...and if you don't think that auto/oil/gov are all complicit in this, how naive can one be? GM and the railroads, the Tucker, fuel injection, Wankel engine, anti-lock brakes...all quashed by powerful companies and people not wanting change no matter what the benefit would be in safety, society, or the environment.