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Gasland
Sign in to saveGasland is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Josh Fox. It focuses on communities in the United States where natural gas drilling activity was a concern and, specifically, on hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"), a method of stimulating production in otherwise impermeable rock. The film was a key mobilizer for the anti-fracking movement, and "brought the term 'hydraulic fracturing' into the nation's living rooms" according to The New York Times.
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7.1It is happening all across America-rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property. Reason? The company hopes to tap into a reservoir dubbed the "Saudi Arabia of natural gas." Halliburton developed a way to get the gas out of the ground-a hydraulic drilling process called "fracking"-and suddenly America finds itself on the precipice of becoming an energy superpower.
Cast
- Josh Fox as Self
- Aubrey K. McClendon as Self
- Maurice Hinchey as Self
- Pat Fernelli as Self - Resident
- Ron Carter as Self - Resident
- Jean Carter as Self - Resident
Themes
- gas
- pollution
- energy
- polluted river
- contamination
- water pollution
- fracking
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Gasland
- Film.image
- Gaslandlogo.jpg
- Film.director
- Josh Fox
- Film.producer
- Trish AdlesicJosh FoxMolly Gandour
- Film.writer
- Josh Fox
- Film.narrator
- Josh Fox
- Film.cinematography
- Josh Fox
- Film.editing
- Matthew Sanchez
- Film.studio
- International WOW Company
- Film.distributor
- HBO
- Film.runtime
- 104 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Located in
- Colorado
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- environmental issue
- Director
- Josh Fox
- Screenwriter
- Josh Fox
- Cast member
- Ron Carter
- Production company
- HBO
- Narrative location
- Pennsylvania
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 802289
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- one.gaslandmovie.com/home
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- publication date
- 2010-01-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
- title
- Gasland
- executive producer
- Debra Winger
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 7/10
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Gasland is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Josh Fox. It focuses on communities in the United States where natural gas drilling activity was a concern and, specifically, on hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"), a method of stimulating production in otherwise impermeable rock. The film was a key mobilizer for the anti-fracking movement, and "brought the term 'hydraulic fracturing' into the nation's living rooms" according to The New York Times.
Fracking is a technique that has been used routinely since the late 1940s as an aid to stimulating production in oil and gas wells. Horizontal drilling, a recent innovation in drilling techniques, can create horizontal pathways deep within the Earth, and has successfully incorporated hydraulic fracturing to release fluids from shale formations. Horizontal drilling coupled with fracking has transformed the energy business, enabled vast new supplies of natural gas, and advanced the goal of United States energy independence.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gasland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.