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  • 2012
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  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 38 m
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Summary Dr. Tinker explores the world’s leading energy sites, from coal to solar, oil to biofuels, many highly restricted and never before seen on film. He gets straight answers from the people driving energy today, international leaders of government, industry and academia. In the end, he cuts through the confusion to discover a path to our fut...

Directed By: Harry Lynch

Written By: Scott Tinker, Harry Lynch

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 38 m

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Summary Dr. Tinker explores the world’s leading energy sites, from coal to solar, oil to biofuels, many highly restricted and never before seen on film. He gets straight answers from the people driving energy today, international leaders of government, industry and academia. In the end, he cuts through the confusion to discover a path to our fut...

Directed By: Harry Lynch

Written By: Scott Tinker, Harry Lynch

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Sep 18, 2012
Refreshingly free of hot air.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
60
Nov 8, 2012
Perhaps Switch's greatest strength is in giving us enough information to try to come up with better questions of our own.
By Betsy Sharkey FULL REVIEW
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Sep 18, 2012
A methodical, occasionally remedial survey of the energy crisis and its possible solutions, Switch fits a subject often treated polemically into a more benign, continuing education mold.
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Sep 18, 2012
Switch is possibly the driest and most balanced documentary on the current energy crisis.
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Sep 20, 2012
Exhaustive and exhausting, the new energy documentary Switch is so monotonous it makes "An Inconvenient Truth" look like "Armageddon."
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Arcos Films
Release Date Sep 21, 2012
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/SwitchEnergyProject
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Awards

Cinema for Peace Awards
• 1 Nomination

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