[UIUCstudent01]

So, in the new January 2006 edition of ASPO's newsletter, there was a blurb about this movie. I checked out the site and looked around a bit. I found some regular peak oil arguments on the front of the site. This may be the movie alot of peakers have been waiting for.

I was looking for some quick information about the movie and found a list of the interviewees. As one can suspect, Matt Simmons and Matt Savinar (!) as well as quite a few others (a hummer dealership owner as well as Mr. Chalabi and some stanford political science professor).

I also found a trailer of sorts off-site, but on site of one of the main crew guys.

It definitely looks like THE peak oil movie without any rubbish about 9/11 being done by Cheney which would ward off many, many people.

Also, one last interesting thing I found in the downloads sections of the oilcrash site is 2 quicktime movies named "Walter Mondale 1976". I personally don't know exactly what to make of it since they are very short clips, but if anyone has ideas, go ahead and share. Buenos Noches.

[aldente]

Thanks for the heads up. Other than January 2006 as scheduled date of completion it is unclear to me when and how the movie will be made available. Anybody else found a clue?

[MattSavinar]

They filmed me here in my office with all my survival supplies in the background. I did take the time to hide the guns and the cache of Jack Daniels (to be used for barter purposes in a post peak oil economy).

Best,

Matt

[MattSavinar]

FWIW, I don't know anything about the release date or any of that type of information. If I find anything out, I'll link it up on my site.

Here's a link to the trailer:

http://www.retocaduff.com/documentaries ... ash_1.html

I didn't see the trailer till after they came here. I just hope I didn't say anything stupid or that will get me in hot water.

Best,

Matt

[Daryl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MattSavinar', 'F')WIW, I don't know anything about the release date or any of that type of information. If I find anything out, I'll link it up on my site.

Here's a link to the trailer:

http://www.retocaduff.com/documentaries ... ash_1.html

I didn't see the trailer till after they came here. I just hope I didn't say anything stupid or that will get me in hot water.

Best,

Matt

[KevO]

what was the name of that other Oil movie, the filmy one?

[Guybrush]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('KevO', 'w')hat was the name of that other Oil movie, the filmy one?

[Kod]

The End of Suburbia?

[UIUCstudent01]

Syrianna?

[KevO]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Guybrush', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('KevO', 'w')hat was the name of that other Oil movie, the filmy one?

[Bleep]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')url=http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/notebooks/display.htm?storyid=47242]Political Notes — Of filibusters, feminism and film stars (link)[/url]

Should we order signed photographs of our District 6 representative to pin on the inside of our locker?

The headline on a recent e-mail from his office reads, in bold red, "Congressman Roscoe Bartlett, Matinee Idol."

That stopped us for a moment -- first because of the idea of Mr. Bartlett taking to celluloid; second, because we don't think anyone's used the term "movie idol" since the 1950s, and, most disturbingly, because it evokes for us the wartime cheesecake poses of Betty Grable.

The press release plugs Mr. Bartlett's coming appearance in "Oil Crash," a documentary by two European journalists that premieres Saturday at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. The 90-minute movie documents the possible crisis precipitated by the decline in world oil supplies.

"'Oil Crash' is a very important film because it will awaken many people to the coming energy crisis from peak oil," Mr. Bartlett said in a statement. "I've been talking about peak oil extensively for almost a year. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then I hope that a compelling documentary movie like 'Oil Crash' will be worth millions more."

Mr. Bartlett has been speaking extensively through special order speeches on the House floor, detailing U.S. scientist M. King Hubbert's predictions of a worldwide peak in oil production. Mr. Hubbert accurately predicted U.S. oil supplies would hit an apex in 1970. Experts have been split on when the global peak will come.

More information on the movie can be found at www.oilcrashmovie.com, or the production company's Web site, www.lavatv.com.

District 6's own "movie idol" will appear in screenings of the movie at 2 p.m. Saturday and 11:45 a.m. Monday in Texas at the Austin Convention Center and 4:30 p.m. Thursday at the Alamo Downtown.

It's often been remarked on the congressman's strong resemblance to horror movie celebrity Vincent Price, but that hardly puts him in a class alongside, say, Academy Award-winner George Clooney, does it?

Movie idol? Nah, sorry. We're not buying it. Not until we see the Oscar.

[Bleep]

Did anybody see the world premier of Oil Crash yesterday?

It's playing again on the 13th and 16th.

http://www.lavatv.com./media/pdf/OilCrash_press.pdf

[Leanan]

Someone saw the premiere in Austin, TX and posted brief report at TheOilDrum. He said it was excellent. And the crowd was huge - much larger than expected.

[PeakOiler]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Leanan', 'S')omeone saw the premiere in Austin, TX and posted brief report at TheOilDrum. He said it was excellent. And the crowd was huge - much larger than expected.

[Leanan]

It was a very brief report. Try this link.

[Cobra_Strike]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MattSavinar', 'T')hey filmed me here in my office with all my survival supplies in the background. I did take the time to hide the guns and the cache of Jack Daniels (to be used for barter purposes in a post peak oil economy).

Best,

Matt

[PeakOiler]

I just wanted to add another observation. While I was surfing through the local Austin TV news websites, (a few I listed above), I found it interesting that if one does a search for "Oil Crash" in the movies section of their website, one will not even find the movie listed. Why is that?

I'm curious if the local newspapers even carry an ad for the movie.

?

[grabby]

I would like to know if any of these are available on CD, and if not why not?
the film being screened in austin should be on sale at amazon.

Why not? it costs almost nothing to put it on CD, It could be done at home.

When the DVD's come out, please post a link to whre I can send my money.

I would be happy to take a few orders from my frinds also.

[grabby]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PeakOiler', 'I') just wanted to add another observation. While I was surfing through the local Austin TV news websites, (a few I listed above), I found it interesting that if one does a search for "Oil Crash" in the movies section of their website, one will not even find the movie listed. Why is that?

I'm curious if the local newspapers even carry an ad for the movie.

?

[Bleep]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PeakOiler', 'I') just wanted to add another observation. While I was surfing through the local Austin TV news websites, (a few I listed above), I found it interesting that if one does a search for "Oil Crash" in the movies section of their website, one will not even find the movie listed. Why is that?