Revenge of the Electric Car (2011)

Director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to chronicle the story of the global resurgence of electric cars.

Director:

Chris Paine

Writers:

P.G. Morgan, Chris Paine

Stars:

Tim Robbins, Dan Neil, Danny DeVito

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tim Robbins	...	Himself - Narrator
Dan Neil	...	Himself - Columnist, Wall Street Journal
Danny DeVito	...	Himself - EV1 Driver
Ray Wert	...	Himself - Editor, Jalopnik
Stephen Colbert	...	Himself
Gavin Newsom	...	Himself - Lieutenant Governor, California
Thomas Friedman	...	Himself - Columnist, New York Times
Bob Lutz	...	Himself - Vice Chairman, GM
Evelyn Chiang	...	Herself - VP, Tesla Motors
Elon Musk	...	Himself - CEO, Tesla Motors
Troy Nergaard	...	Himself - Tesla Engineer
J.B. Straubel	...	Himself - Chief Technical Engineer
Owen Thomas	...	Himself - Editor, Valleywag
Anthony Kiedis	...	Himself - Musician
Jon Favreau	...	Himself - Director, Iron Man

Storyline

Revenge of the Electric Car presents the recent resurgence of electric vehicles as seen through the eyes of four pioneers of the EV revolution. Director Chris Paine (Who Killed the Electric Car? 2006) has had unprecedented access to the electric car research and development programs at General Motors, Nissan, and Tesla Motors, while also following a part time electric car converter who refuses to wait for the international car makers to create the electric cars the public demands. As more models of electric cars than ever before start to arrive in showrooms and driveways across the world, Chris Paine's film offers an inspiring, entertaining and definitive account of this revolutionary moment in human transportation. Revenge of the Electric Car follows these auto makers as they race each other to create the first, best, and most publicly accepted electric cars for the new car market.

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Plot Keywords:

electric car | detroit michigan | business executive | engineering | hybrid car | 

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Taglines:

You can't kill an idea whose time has come.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for brief strong language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 July 2012 (UK)

Also Known As:

La revanche de la voiture électrique

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$17,482, 23 October 2011, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$150,307, 18 December 2011

Company Credits

Production Co:

Papercut Films,WestMidWest Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Features The Colbert Report: Bob Lutz (2008)

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Soundtracks

True Grit
Performed by The Crystal Method
Written by Scott Kirkland and Ken Jordan

User Reviews

Even (and much) better than "Who Killed the Electric Car"?

I feel this movie deserves a fair rating of 10. On this particular topic, maybe a decade from now, maybe even less than that, people are going to look at petroleum-based cars and ask "why?". It is not a debate on whether electric cars work, we should be asking ourselves, why it took so long for us to finally have them. I am baffled by reviews that say this is conspiracy, unrealistic - well 100% electric cars are here, as a matter of fact, they were here before the petroleum- based cars, just do some research or like I did, go to Edison and Hord Winter Estates in Fort Myers, FL.

This is not why IMHO a 10 is not an extreme for this particular movie, it gives the viewers so much reality, on how difficult it is to pursue one's passion and life-long dream, how much stress, humiliation, and hardship they have to go through to overcome a world that resists changes for whatever reasons(stubbornness, money, or sometimes just not being well-informed), to succeed and influence. It opens up so much more for us to question(who's there to conspire for one), to learn and to make better, well-informed decisions when it comes to our own actions.