A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
Documentary, produced in 2006, Switzerland
Actors:
- Wade Adams (Himself - Researcher in nanotechnology)
- Abdul Samad Al-Awadi (Himself - Oil consultant)
- Fadhil J. Al-Chalabi (Himself - Former OPEC executive secretary-general)
- Roscoe Bartlett (Himself - US Congressman)
- Robert Bottome (Himself - Economist, Caracas)
- Colin J. Campbell (Himself - Oil geologist)
- Marcello Colitti (Himself - Former chief executive of ENI S.p.A.)
- Alberto Quirós Corradi (Himself - President of Allied Consulting, Caracas)
- Mir-Babajev Mir-Jusiv Fazilogli (Himself - Oil historian)
- Daniele Ganser (Himself - Historian)
- Dr. David L. Goodstein Ph.D. (Himself - Professor of physics and applied physics)
- Franklin M. Orr Jr. (Himself - Professor)
- Matthew David Savinar (Himself - Attorney)
- Matthew Simmons (Himself - Energy adviser to US President George W. Bush)
- Alfred M. Spormann (Himself - Professor of environmental microbiology)
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Rating:
8.10 out of 10 (906 votes)
Storyline
Taglines:
- The Oil Crash
- How our civilization's addiction to oil is putting it on a collision course with geology
- We're running out, and we don't have a plan.
Plot Summary:
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.