GasLand (2010)
92%RT Audience Score: 85%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Gasland is a documentary that exposes the devastating effects of fracking on the environment and the people who live near fracking sites. With a combination of powerful imagery and compelling interviews, director Josh Fox paints a picture of a corporate culture that is willing to sacrifice the health and safety of ordinary Americans for the sake of profit. The film is a wake-up call for anyone who cares about the future of our planet, and a reminder that we must take action now to protect our natural resources and our communities. With its mix of humor, intelligence, and passion, Gasland is a must-see for anyone who wants to understand the true cost of our addiction to fossil fuels.
Gasland is a documentary that will make you want to hug your water bottle and never let go. With shocking footage of kitchen taps on fire and a corporate greed that would make Gordon Gekko blush, this film is a must-see for anyone who cares about the environment. It’s like a horror movie, but instead of zombies, the villains are oil and gas companies. So grab some popcorn and get ready to be scared straight.
Production Company(ies)
Communicado Productions, New Zealand Film Commission Avalon, NFU
Distributor
NA
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
Milanville, Pennsylvania, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
Year of Release
2011
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:NA
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Runtime:NA
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Streaming): Dec 14, 2010
Genre(s)
Documentary
Keyword(s)
Worldwide gross: $49,428
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $65,072
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 3,067
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 7,096
US/Canada gross: $30,846
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $40,609
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,768
US/Canada opening weekend: $2,641
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $3,477
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,828
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Aubrey K. McClendon – Self
Mike Markham – Self
Marsha Mendenhall – Self
Weston Wilson – Self
Maurice Hinchey – Self
Director(s)
Josh Fox
Writer(s)
Josh Fox
Producer(s)
Josh Fox, Trish Adlesic, Molly Gandour
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (41) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (40) | Rotten (1)
Gasland will no doubt spark the political debate it intends.
January 20, 2011 | Rating: 3/5
Zara Miller
Little White Lies
TOP CRITIC
Josh Fox puts a fresh spin on a well-drilled – if continually relevant – story.
January 18, 2011 | Rating: 3/5
Patrick Peters
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Cheney, the great outdoorsman, nearly killed a friend while hunting. That was nothing, however, compared with what he’s been doing to thousands of his fellow countrymen.
January 18, 2011
Philip French
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
With a remorselessness all the more powerful for its quiet unfussiness, Fox builds up a riveting portrait of near-apocalyptic environmental damage and a corporate mindset willing to ruin water sources irrevocably for the sake of a few years’ profit.
January 18, 2011
Sam Davies
Sight & Sound
TOP CRITIC
It’s a powerful film.
January 13, 2011 | Rating: 3/5
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
Gasland may be the first ever American film in which Nixon is the hero. It is the 101st in which Dick Cheney is the villain.
January 12, 2011 | Rating: 4/5
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times
TOP CRITIC
GasLand shows ordinary Americans setting their formerly potable kitchen tap water on fire, it looks like a special effect, but sadly isn’t.
March 10, 2020
Kathi Maio
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
Recommended, especially for those who still think the Gulf spill is just a local problem.
October 19, 2018
Tim Heffernan
Esquire Magazine
This is the new American landscape, where George Romero meets Henry Thoreau.
April 30, 2018
A.S. Hamrah
n+1
A must-see documentary
May 1, 2013 | Rating: 80/100
Dan Jardine
Cinemania
An absorbing, level-headed documentary exposing the way in which nothing is allowed to stand in the path of corporate greed.
January 18, 2011 | Rating: 3/5
Allan Hunter
Daily Express (UK)
By turns shocking and deeply upsetting, Gasland is a powerful, well made eco-documentary that carries a vitally important message.
January 15, 2011 | Rating: 4/5
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon…
Plot
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.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Gasland features Josh Fox as both the director and narrator of the documentary.
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