As American energy firms look for new sources of petroleum, natural gas has become an increasingly important part of their portfolios, especially after the 2005 Energy Policy Act (created with the participation of Dick Cheney, a former executive with energy giants Halliburton) removed environmental protection restrictions against hydraulic fracturing drilling (known in the trade as "fracking"). Since then, gas drilling has been sharply on the rise, and when Josh Fox, a theatrical director and filmmaker, was offered $100,000 for the gas rights to family property on the Delaware River Basis in Pennsylvania, he was curious about the possible effects of drilling. Fox set out to talk to other property owners about what he could expect, and their answers startled him -- fracking taints water sources near drilling sites, and many households have discovered their water is not only undrinkable after gas drilling, it's even flammable. It turns out this is just the tip of the iceberg of the environmental damage done by reckless gas drilling, and in his ocumentary Gasland, Fox travels to 34 states and talks to dozens of property owners and environmental experts on the under-reported menace of fracking and the truth about the dangers of natural gas. Gasland was an official selection at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
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Josh Fox | Self |
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Dick Cheney | Self |
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Pete Seeger | Self |
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Richard Nixon | Self |
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Aubrey K. McClendon | Self |
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Pat Fernelli | Self - Resident |
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Ron Carter | Self - Resident |
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Jean Carter | Self - Resident |
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Norma Fiorentino | Self - Resident |
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Debbie May | Self - Resident |
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Mike Markham | Self |
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Marsha Mendenhall | Self |
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Dave Neslin | Self |
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Jesse Ellsworth | Self |
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Amee Ellsworth | Self |
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Renee McClure | Self |
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Weston Wilson | Self |
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Jeff Walker | Self - Resident |
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Veronda Walker | Self - Walker |
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Lewis Meeks | Self - Resident |
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John Fenton | Self - Resident |
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Kathy Fenton | Self - Resident |
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Dee Hoffmeister | Self - Resident |
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Theo Colborn | Self |
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Lisa Bracken | Self - Resident |
| Director | Josh Fox |
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| Writer | Josh Fox | |
| Producer | Trish Adlesic, Josh Fox, Molly Gandour, Don Guarnieri, Laura Newman, David Roma, Deborah Wallace | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Standard (1.33:1) |
| Audio Tracks | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Dec 14, 2010 |