A 90 minute documentary on the planets dwindling oil resources. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Synopsis oilcrash, produced and directed by awardwinning european journalists and filmmakers basil gelpke and ray mccormack, tells the story of how our civilizations addiction to oil puts it on a collision course with geology. As an unprocessed material, it must be refined into a specific, desirable formsimilar to how the petrochemical industry refines crude oil into petroleum jelly, kerosene, gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation fuel and hundreds of chemicals, among other forms. Not rated 1h 24min documentary, war video march 2006. The oil crash, basil gelpke and ray mccormacks documentary on our dependence on oil and the possible ramifications for when the we enter the postpeak oil period, which may be right around the corner. Basil gelpke and ray mccormacks nonfiction treatise crude awakening joins maxed out, an inconvenient truth, and other recent documentaries devoted to unearthing and exploring forces that are. Jan 14, 2012 a crude awakening was released in 2006 it was made well before the superspike in oil prices in 2008. A crude awakening a film by basil gelpke and ray mccormack available on dvd a crude awakening a film by basil gelpke and ray mccormack available on dvd a crude awakening is a documentary film from directors basil gelpke and ray mccormack. A crude awakening paints a picture so much grimmer than anything americans have seen in their lifetimes. Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a. Jun 11, 2007 in awaking viewers to a future without oil, a crude awakening, is highly effective. A crude awakening is an enlightening, intelligent, and profoundly shocking documentary feature film about how the citizens of planet earth are sucking dry our most valuable and nonrenewable natural resource. Nov 20, 2014 basil gelpke and ray mccormacks groundbreaking film on peak oil.
A sinister soundtrack and dramatically blunt sound bites from those in the know combine to create an extremely gloomy picture of the future of the oil industry and, indeed, our whole civilisation. Per the movie, the bush administration energy policy largely consisted of trying to democratize the middle east in order to secure the free flow of oil. Thats kind of the feeling one gets after watching a crude awakening. The film contains contemporary footage interspersed with news and commercial footage from the growth heyday of petroleum production. The oil crash 2006 starring wade adams and abdul samad alawadi on dvd and bluray. The subject at hand is crude oil specifically, the depletion of petroleum from the earth, in an. When it is high, like it is now, the economy tanks. And the good news is that product carriers are benefiting from the same rosy conditions that have made crude carriers so profitable in the last 12 months.
A crude awakening is a bitter pill of a documentary that basil gelpke and ray mccormack gamely pretend to sugarcoat as gore did his. An unforgettable and shocking wakeup call, a crude. An unforgettable and shocking wakeup call, a crude awakening offers the rocksolid argument that the era of cheap oil is in the past. In this straightfromtheheadlines documentary, awardwinning filmmakers basil gelpke and ray mccormack examine the worlds dependency on oil and the impending chaos thats sure to follow when the resource finally runs dry. The oil crash explores key historical events, data and predictions regarding the global peak in petroleum production through interviews with petroleum geologists, former opec officials, energy analysts, politicians, and political analysts.
Or at least this is the kind of fear a crude awakening, the latest eco film to hit the screens, wants its viewers to feel. Building a crude oilbased economy is like planning a tripand when your buddies ditch you when the oil runs out, all. The film contains contemporary footage interspersed with news and commercial footage. The oil crash whats it about in interviews with petrol experts, big oil advisers, geologists, politicians, and others, directors gelpke and mccormack tackle the myriad problems and calamities arising from one troubling fact. Basil gelpke and ray mccormacks groundbreaking film on peak oil. As oil and gas companies continue to make enormous profits in a time of recordhigh gas prices, watchdog groups are accusing these companies of shortchanging american taxpayers on billions of. If you do, there are plenty of reasons to wish you didnt. Eric roberts and cheech marin escape to a south american utopia, avoiding the vietnam war, but returning twenty years later to help stop another war.
Filmmakers basil gelpke and ray mccormack team up to deliver a grave warning in this documentary on the oil industry. Rude awakening is such a hapless movie that one is tempted to be charitable toward it, to describe it as a sincere idea gone horribly wrong, rather than as an exercise in idiocy. A crude awakening video notes hydrogen economy nuclear power. An informative and hard edged film, but not a unique or charismatic one. Jump to content s jump to site navigation 0 jump to search 4. At one point in this movie, a university professor whose name i missed, says something along the lines of a student came up to me and asked. Oil is the excrement of the devil, warns a commentator in this downbeat documentary, a film that promises to give petrolheads a crude awakening. The oil crash into the dvd player, and you just might end up with night terrors.
Read the a crude awakening movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. The dvd has about an hour of bonus interviews for the hardcore peak oil junkie. Wonderfully crafted by awardwinning european filmmakers basil gelpke and ray. A theatrical documentary on the planets dwindling oil resources. The facts in this documentary are astoundingly sobering, and yet society continues to keep its head buried in the sand. I admit, all movies about peak oil are designed in such a way as to alarm the viewer.
Before i watched the movie, if someone had asked me, will the supply of oil. A crude awakening is an introduction designed to make one aware. Sep 10, 2009 the case is the basis of crude, which depicts the all too. Ive watched a lot of fine movies and dvds in my life, but i think i have to rate this as the most important one ive watched. The case is the basis of crude, which depicts the all too tragic damage as it chronicles the complex.
Directed by swiss firsttime filmmakers basil gelpke and ray mccormack, this somber, wellcrafted documentary argues that oil, what it calls the. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing pbiff. A stable commodity may be about to get more volatile. The subject at hand is crude oil specifically, the depletion of petroleum from the earth, in an era when consumption threatens to exceed supply. The oil crash, premiered at sxsw 2006 and i always had high hopes for it. The film has had a small number of screenings in various parts of the world, and is due to be shown in a small number of cinemas in the uk in april. A crude awakening 2006 is beschikbaar op netflix sinds. The oil crash dvd, 2007 at the best online prices at ebay.
In case prices at the gas pump havent scared the bejesus out of you, just pop a crude awakening. Relentless and cleareyed, this intensivelyresearched film drills deep into the uncomfortable realities of a world that is both addicted to fossil fuels and blissfully unaware of the looming peak oil crisis. The 50th birthday of opec in september was accompanied. Basil gelpke and ray mccormacks nonfiction treatise crude awakening joins maxed out, an inconvenient truth, and other recent documentaries devoted to unearthing and exploring forces that are untying the connective threads of contemporary society. Hubberts peak is explained, as well as the opec numbers that do not add up, the technology that has sat waiting for development, while the insatiable demand for oil becomes uncaged. The oil crash is a 2006 documentary film about peak oil, produced and directed by basil gelpke and ray mccormack. Movie info basil gelpke and ray mccormacks nonfiction treatise crude awakening joins maxed out, an inconvenient truth, and other recent documentaries devoted to unearthing and exploring forces.
The documentarian in 2009, filmmaker joe berlinger released crude, a documentary that followed key players in a multibilliondollar classaction lawsuit against. May 18, 2018 a crude awakening forces the viewer to acknowledge and consider the looming oil crisis. Nicole foss interview on peak oil, financial crisis, resilience, and more duration. Yet many of us have little idea of the incredible journey it has. The film provides a basic education of the history of oil dependency, beginning with.
Oil prices crude awakening finance and economics the. The truth of the matter is a film like the cove will probably outgross this movie because i think people care more. Visitors of subtitlesbank have given a rating of 7. A crude awakening dogwoof documentary distribution. Documentary that looks at the concept of the corporation throughout recent history up to its presentday dominance. The oil crash rent movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray. From a former exxon consultant to the director of shell, the men in the know finally talk candidly about the future of our love affair with the black stuff. A crude awakening is a high quality documentary that does a good job of telling the peak oil story, including the geopolitical implications. Crude is a 2009 american documentary film directed and produced by joe berlinger. Anyhowthis movie affected my thinking so much, i personally have gotten more than 20 other people to watch the film. Sexual activity involving feces, similar to the cleveland steamer find a victim that has passed out with their shoes on.
Crude awakening is the number one doc on itunes indiewire. Problem is the hippie movement has moved on to materialistic endeavors. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Bush comes to mind describe their life in terms of before 911 and after 911, in a sense i describe my life as before a crude awakening, and after a crude awakening. Produced and directed by awardwinning european journalists and filmmakers basil gelpke and ray mccormack, a crude awakening tells the story of how our. Film strength refers to the amount of pressure it takes to squeeze the lubricant out from between two flat pieces of steel. Berlinger welcomed some unexpected turns that became part of the film. I had the pleasure of watching basil gelpke and ray mccormacks new film a crude awakening recently, and was very impressed. We outline all options for watching a crude awakening. A compelling documentary, wrought with a dry rationalism and presenting the horrifying case of the stuff thats both the bloodstream of the world economy and the excrement of the devil. It follows a twoyear portion of an ongoing class action lawsuit against the chevron corporation in ecuador synopsis. One barrel of oil can perform the same amount of work as 12 people working one year.
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