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  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • Greenlight Theatrical
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • Greenlight Theatrical
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary Fuel is an insightful portrait of America's addiction to oil and an uplifting testament to the immediacy of new energy solutions. Director, Josh Tickell, a young activist, shuttles us on a whirlwind journey to track the rising domination of the petrochemical industry - from Rockefeller's strategy to halt Ford's first ethanol cars to Vice...

Directed By: Joshua Tickell

Written By: Johnny O'Hara

  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • Greenlight Theatrical
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • Greenlight Theatrical
  • 1 h 30 m

Fuel

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary Fuel is an insightful portrait of America's addiction to oil and an uplifting testament to the immediacy of new energy solutions. Director, Josh Tickell, a young activist, shuttles us on a whirlwind journey to track the rising domination of the petrochemical industry - from Rockefeller's strategy to halt Ford's first ethanol cars to Vice...

Directed By: Joshua Tickell

Written By: Johnny O'Hara

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Laurie Lennard

Self - Stopglobalwarming.org

Joshua Tickell

Self, narrator

Larry David

Self - Actor, Comedian, Environmentalist

Larry Hagman

Self - Actor, Renewable Energy Advocate

Woody Harrelson

Self - Actor, Environmentalist

Jack Johnson

Self - Musician, Environmentalist

Willie Nelson

Self - Musician, Farm Aid Co-Founder

Julia Roberts

Self - Actress, Spokesperson & Chairwoman of School Bus America

Neil Young

Self - Musician, Farm Aid Co-Founder

Richard Branson

Self - Founder of Virgin

Gal Luft

Self - Executive Director of Institute for the Analysis of Global Security

Colin Campbell

Self - Oil Geologist, Author

Herman Franssen

Self - President of International Energy Associates

Matthew Simmons

Self - Former Advisor to President Bush

Bill Shepard

Self - Author, Professor of Electrical Engineering & Renewal Energy

Roger Ballentine

Self - Former Energy Advisor to President Clinton

Blanche Lincoln

Self - U.S. Senator (D) from Arkansas

Deborah Dupre

Self - Josh Tickell's Mother

Dan Borne

Self - Louisiana Chemical Association

William Baggett

Self - Attorney in Baggett & McCall

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
50
33% Positive
2 Reviews
33% Mixed
2 Reviews
33% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
50
33% Positive
2 Reviews
33% Mixed
2 Reviews
33% Negative
2 Reviews

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80
It is stylistically breezy but deeply sincere, as Tickell offers a thoughtful, well-researched argument for alternative energy.
By Desson Thomson FULL REVIEW
75
A peppy, bouncy documentary that is watchable and informative, although Tickell's celebrity name-dropping at times detracts from the serious message.
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60
It’s a slickly enjoyable production (if unfocused and bloated), and his bullet-point tips are persuasive; but dude, there are better ways to humanize these issues than crying on camera.
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50
If you can resist the urge to run for the exit, you may leave the theater feeling a lot more hopeful than when you went in.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
30
Those outside the bio-church aren't likely to drive--even on regular and currently cheap gasoline--to see Fuel at their local theater.
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30
It’s not a movie. It’s a two-hour infomercial for biodiesel.
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Production Company Blue Water Entertainment, Open Pictures, Big Picture Ranch, Fields of Fuel LLC, Green Planet Productions
Release Date Sep 18, 2009
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline The world is addicted to oil... It's time for an intervention.
Website https://www.facebook.com/TheFuelFilm
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Awards

Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Writers Guild of America, USA
• 1 Nomination
Cinema for Peace Awards
• 1 Nomination

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