A theatrical documentary on the planet's dwindling oil resources.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 25 min.

Directed by: Basil Gelpke & Ray McCormack

Release Date: April 17, 2007

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DVD Release Date: April 24, 2007

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  • June 8, 2008
    Phenomenal!!
  • May 9, 2007
    Scary stuff that everyone should see. We as a race have to smarten up. "oil is the excrement of the devil". They should show this in schools along with 'An Inconvenient Truth'.
  • December 30, 2009
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  • June 18, 2009
    Here's another good muckraking documentary that reveals some information that the so called "news" does not.
  • March 14, 2009
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  • February 25, 2009
    While it detailed the issue that I already know we face, it also shed a lot of light on just how much we use oil and what the reality is as far as alternative fuel sources go. No matter how you look at it we're screwed, because eventually all fossel fuels will run out and we have...( read more) no freaking idea what to do when that happens since we're in denial or just don't want to deal with the enormity of what it would take to change society to handle such a catastrophic event. I also love that they mixed in old propoganda film about how great oil was and the "then and now" comparison of some of the worls leading oil producers of yesteryear. Worth seeing but kind of sucky since it makes you feel like you can't do anything about this inevitable catastrophie.
  • September 8, 2008
    An eye-opening look at the oil industry and peak oil.
  • July 8, 2008
    An excellently researched and informative documentary on the current oil crisis! Everyone should see this to be informed of the facts.
  • June 8, 2008
    Not at all interested
  • April 4, 2008
    a look at the oil crises hitting the world as we speak, we see the future is bleak, as we really depend on oil, for every day life, a look back to the pioneer days, and signs that the times were changng, a interesting look at the politics and thinking, of todays politicians, oil ...( read more)men and various pfoffessors

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