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The Oil Crash - a crude awakening
The most important documentary film to address the most burning issue of our time. In “The Oil Crash”, journalists and filmmakers Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack lay bare the history of oil extraction and dare to make a forecast about the potentially very short future of this commodity.
Supported by a powerful mix of archive material, NASA images and historic film footage, this multiple-award-winning documentary film takes you around the world – to Texas, Caracas, Lake Maracaibo, the Orinoco Delta, the central Asian Republic of Azerbaijan with its historic capital Baku and the Caspian Sea, Shanghai, Hong Kong and London – and allows renowned economic and energy experts to voice their findings and concerns.
You don’t need to be a conspiracy theorist to see a direct connection between America’s obsession with the Middle East, national security and the looming oil crisis. The intensive search for alternative energy sources that is now being undertaken by the largest multinational energy companies and academic institutions is a good indicator that they, too, are expecting an imminent energy crisis.
In the interviews conducted by the filmmakers with experts from all over the world, it is clear that we are nearing the bottom of the oil barrel. But how much oil is still available? Are there alternative energy sources for oil? Will there be a war over the remaining oil reserves?
Trailer
DVD1 The OIL CRASH The Film
DVD 2 Original BONUS Material - Bonus Chapter Petrostates - Interview Excerpts - Theatrical Trailer
Director(s): Basil Gelpke, Ray McCormack
Original version in German and English
Subtitles available in German and French
Number of discs: 2
Suitable for a general audience
Release date: 15 October 2007, year of production: 2006
Length: main film 83 minutes, with bonus material 177 minutes
