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Gasland
Gasland

Gasland

Not in your backyard. Not yet.

Genres

Documentary

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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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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

107 mins

Rating

7.1/10

Release Date

24 January 2010

Country

United States of America

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)

Aubrey K. McClendon

Aubrey K. McClendon

Self

Pat Fernelli

Pat Fernelli

Self - Resident

Ron Carter

Ron Carter

Self - Resident

Jean Carter

Jean Carter

Self - Resident

Norma Fiorentino

Norma Fiorentino

Self - Resident

Debbie May

Debbie May

Self - Resident

Debbie May

Debbie May

Self - Resident

Mike Markham

Mike Markham

Self

Marsha Mendenhall

Marsha Mendenhall

Self

Dave Neslin

Dave Neslin

Self

Jesse Ellsworth

Jesse Ellsworth

Self

Amee Ellsworth

Amee Ellsworth

Self

Renee McClure

Renee McClure

Self

Weston Wilson

Weston Wilson

Self

Louie Gohmert

Louie Gohmert

Self (archive footage)

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