A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash 2007

Oil Crash

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Movie Info

In 1956, geologist Marion King Hubbard proposed the peak oil theory: Once easily extractable oil reserves are depleted, demand will exceed supply and the natural-gas-dependent global economy will eventually collapse. This documentary argues that Hubbard was correct, drawing upon the testimony of a wide range of experts, concluding oil supplies will peak by 2020 and that alternative energy solutions will not be found quickly enough to provide a viable alternative.

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Basil Gelpke, Ray McCormack
Producer:

Basil Gelpke, Ray McCormack
Release Date (Streaming):

Apr 3, 2007
Runtime:

1h 25m

Cast & Crew

Basil Gelpke
Director

Ray McCormack
Director

Reto Caduff
Co-Director

Basil Gelpke
Writer

Ray McCormack
Writer

Basil Gelpke
Producer

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Critic Reviews for A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash

All Critics (14) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (3)

All sorts of experts testify with some conviction, but the film's jerky structure and lack of complexity don't help.

November 9, 2007 | Rating: 2/5

Derek Malcolm
London Evening Standard
A horribly enlightening documentary.

November 9, 2007 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Xan Brooks
Guardian
An informative and unashamedly apocalyptic documentary about the world's obsession with oil that makes An Inconvenient Truth look positively chipper.

November 9, 2007 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Kevin Maher
Times (UK)
A chilling picture of coming global crisis fuelled by our lack of fuel.

November 9, 2007 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Jamie Russell
BBC.com
Slick, striking and sobering.

November 8, 2007 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Patrick Peters
Empire Magazine
Simple message is powerful and compelling.

November 7, 2007 | Full Review…

Steve Watson
Little White Lies
The facts in this documentary are astoundingly sobering, and yet society continues to keep its head buried in the sand. By avoiding any political slant, the filmmakers forcefully get the message across.

November 9, 2007 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
A compelling documentary, wrought with a dry rationalism and presenting the horrifying case of the stuff that's both "the bloodstream of the world economy" and "the excrement of the devil".

November 9, 2007 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Daniel Etherington
Film4
Depressingly compelling.

November 9, 2007 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Tom Charity
Total Film
if it doesn't give you at least a nightmare or two, then it's hard to imagine what exactly would frighten you

July 30, 2007 | Rating: 3.5/5

Chris Barsanti
Filmcritic.com
It's every bit as motivational as An Inconvenient Truth, and just as scary

June 2, 2007 | Full Review…

Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile
As the puzzle interlocks, the composite truth is terrifying. A second horseman of social collapse is pounding towards us--peak oil.

April 27, 2007

Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta)

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Audience Reviews for A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash

Oct 15, 2009

If you haven't figured out that this is going on yet, not only are you not awake, you're dead.

Steve S Super Reviewer
Jun 18, 2009

Here's another good muckraking documentary that reveals some information that the so called "news" does not.

Pamela D Super Reviewer
Apr 04, 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 men and various pfoffessors

scott g Super Reviewer
May 02, 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'.

Wu C Super Reviewer