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Gasland

Gasland

Not in your backyard. Not yet.

20107.11h 47m

Overview

It 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.

Directed by Josh Fox
Written by Josh Fox
Produced by Trish Adlesic
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Top Cast

Josh Fox

Josh Fox

Self

Dick Cheney

Dick Cheney

Self (archive footage)

Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

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Aubrey K. McClendon

Self

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Pat Fernelli

Self - Resident

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Ron Carter

Self - Resident

J

Jean Carter

Self - Resident

N

Norma Fiorentino

Self - Resident

D

Debbie May

Self - Resident

Themes & Keywords

gaspollutionenergypolluted rivercontaminationwater pollutionfracking

About Gasland

Gasland is a documentary film released in 2010 exploring themes of gas, pollution, energy, polluted river, contamination, water pollution. Directed by Josh Fox, it stars Josh Fox, Dick Cheney, Pete Seeger. It 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.

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