OilCrash (2006)
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38% of users liked it
(271 ratings)
Supported by a powerful mix of archival footage, NASA shots of burning oil fields, and, often unintentionally hilarious, historical film excerpts, OilCrash guides us on an exotic, visual journey from Houston to Caracas, the Lake of Maracaibo, the Orinoco delta, Central Asia's secretive republic of… More Supported by a powerful mix of archival footage, NASA shots of burning oil fields, and, often unintentionally hilarious, historical film excerpts, OilCrash guides us on an exotic, visual journey from Houston to Caracas, the Lake of Maracaibo, the Orinoco delta, Central Asia's secretive republic of Azerbaijan with its ancient capital Baku and the Caspian Sea, via London & Zürich. OilCrash visits cities around the world to learn of our future from such leading authorities as oil investment banker Matthew Simmons, former OPEC chairman Fadhil Chalabhi, Caltech's head of physics, Professor David Goodstein, Stanford University political scientist, Terry Lynn Karl, peak oil expert, Matthew Savinar and many more.
- Rating, Runtime
- G, 1 hr. 25 min.
- Directed By
- Basil Gelpke, Ray McCormack
- Genres
- Documentary, Special Interest
- In Theaters
- Apr 1, 2006 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Joe Leydon, Variety
[The film] manages to avoid stridency and simplicity while delivering an alarmist message bolstered by myriad interviews with government, industry and academic experts.
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Don R. Lewis, Film Threat
I do think people need to see this movie to understand where we're headed due to wasteful and greedy pigheadedness.
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