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A Crude Awakening
Documentary - 2006
A Crude Awakening
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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.
Director:
,
Basil Gelpke
,
Ray McCormack
,
Reto Caduff
Cast:
,
Wade Adams

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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
85 min
Release date:
1 Mar 2006
Country:
CH
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
4 wins & 2 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
You leave a viewing with a sense of utter defeat. I can envision a future DVD special edition that comes with a razor blade, to facilitate wrist slashing.
– Geoff Pevere,
Toronto Star,
9 Mar 2007
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