A Crude Awakening (2006)
• March 1st, 2006 • 1h 25min
Documentary
Overview
Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack's nonfiction treatise Crude Awakening joins Maxed Out, An Inconvenient Truth, and other recent documentaries devoted to unearthing and exploring forces that are untying the connective threads of contemporary society. The subject at hand is crude oil - specifically, the depletion of petroleum from the Earth, in an era when consumption threatens to exceed supply.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Robert Newman's History of Oil
Released on: 2006-10-02
Action, Comedy, Thriller, Documentary
Stand-up comedian Robert Newman gets to grips with the wars and politics of the last hundred years, ...
Crude Impact
Released on: 2006-11-12
Documentary
CRUDE IMPACT is a powerful and timely story that explores the interconnection between human dominati...
Local Hero
Released on: 1983-02-17
Comedy, Drama
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build...
Flatfoot in Egypt
Released on: 1980-03-01
Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Inspector Rizzo and Marshal Caputo go to Egypt and look for Professor Cerullo, who is missing.
Rampage at Apache Wells
Released on: 1965-08-25
Adventure, Western
'The Oilprince' is an unscrupulous businessman. He looks forward to a lucrative deal with the "Weste...
Paradise
Released on: 2015-01-01
Animation, Horror
A seal witnesses its home change as it tries to adapt to a new reality.
There Will Be Blood
Released on: 2007-12-26
Drama
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using ...
On Deadly Ground
Released on: 1994-02-18
Action
Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's co...
Sea of Sand
Released on: 1958-11-04
Drama, War
A small British army team is sent deep behind enemy lines to destroy a German petrol dump as part of...
Jarhead
Released on: 2005-11-04
Drama, War
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up ...
Giant
Released on: 1956-11-08
Drama, Western
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful yo...
The Wages of Fear
Released on: 1953-04-22
Drama, Thriller, Adventure
In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into ...
Syriana
Released on: 2005-11-23
Drama, Thriller
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous ...
Jaws 2
Released on: 1978-06-16
Horror, Thriller
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terroriz...
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Released on: 1990-06-15
Comedy, Horror, Fantasy
Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soo...
Tuya's Marriage
Released on: 2006-09-21
Drama, Romance
Set in Inner Mongolia, a physical setback causes a young woman to choose a suitor who can take care ...
The Dictator
Released on: 2012-05-15
Comedy
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the c...