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A crude awakening : the oil crash / written, produced and directed by Basil Gelpke & Ray McCormack ; produced by Lava Productions AG, Switzerland.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication Info[New York, N.Y.] : Docurama : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group, ©2007.
Description1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Supplemental Content Official website
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorGelpke, Basil, 1962-
Other author/creatorMcCormack, Ray.
Other author/creatorSchnyder, Daniel, 1961-
Other author/creatorCampbell, C. J. (Colin John), 1931-
Other author/creatorSimmons, Matthew R.
Other author/creatorAl-Chalabi, Fadhil J., 1929-
Other author/creatorGoodstein, David L., 1939-
Other author/creatorLava Productions AG.
Other author/creatorDocurama (Firm)
Other author/creatorNew Video Group.
Portion of title Oil crash
Contents Precious and non-renewable -- We use it for everything! -- From boom to bust -- A magnet for war -- The numbers don't add up -- Peaking out -- An insatiable demand -- The end of the American Dream -- Technology to the rescue? -- Life after the peak.
Abstract A documentary film that "debunk[s] the conventional wisdom that oil production will continue to climb, and instead stare[s] bleakly at a planet facing economic meltdown and conflict over its most valuable resource" -- Container.
General noteOriginally produced as a documentary film in 2006.
General noteSpecial features (93 min.): "Petrostates" bonus chapter (4 min.); theatrical trailer (2 min.); additional interviews with Colin Campbell (20 min.), Matthew Simmons (25 min.), Fadhil Chalabi (24 min.), David L. Goodstein (18 min.).
CreditsDirector of photography, Frank Messmer ; editor, Georgia Wyss ; music, Daniel Schnyder... [et al.].
Technical detailsDVD.
Genre/formDocumentary films.
Other titlePetrostates.
ISBN076709851X
ISBN9780767098519
UPC 767685992036
Publisher numberNVG-9920 Docurama

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