Crude (2009)
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- Synopsis
- The story behind the world's largest oil-related environmental lawsuit comes to the screen as award-winning documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster) investigates the ......
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- Starring
- Pablo Fajardo, Luis Yanza, Germán Yáñez, Adolfo Callejas, Diego Larrea
- Director(s)
- Joe Berlinger
- Distributor(s)
- First Run
- MPAA Rating
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 100 min.
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Critic Reviews
Ahead of us lie many more documentaries similar in tone and spirit to this one. We can hope that at least a few of them are as intelligently and artfully made.Read the full review
If the movie is any indication, Chevron would have the public believe there was no Amazon at all -- something people might be willing to believe, were Berlinger not sticking Crude in their faces.Read the full review
Here’s a powerhouse of a documentary that makes you feel mad as hell and unwilling to take it anymore.Read the full review
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94% Crude
10/12/09 Dynamic, tightly arranged, and deliberately provocative, Joe Berlinger's Crude is a sobering, enraging wake-up call. | Rotten Tomatoes -
400 Screens, 400 Blows - Docs on the Rocks
10/10/09 The Story of American Film Criticism -- which incidentally features Cinematical's fearless managing editor Scott Weinberg as well as Cinematical alum Karina Longworth -- and I thoroughly enjoyed it, despite some lumps here and there. | Cinematical.com -
Ecuador vs. Big Oil in 'Crude'
10/09/09 This is an environmental documentary about what it means to people and places to take oil out of the ground, and what it seems to mean is polluted water, contaminated soil, cancers, skin diseases and the loss of entire indigenous populations. | JAM! Showbiz -
93% Crude
10/08/09 Dynamic, tightly arranged, and deliberately provocative, Joe Berlinger's Crude is a sobering, enraging wake-up call. | Rotten Tomatoes -
92% Crude
09/24/09 Director Joe Berlinger continues in the tradition of his justice-driven films BROTHER'S KEEPER and PARADISE LOST with this documentary. | Rotten Tomatoes -
Box Office: “Crude,” “Impact” Debut Nicely; “Basterds” Weinsteins’ First $100 Million Movie
09/13/09 Joe Berlinger's doc "Crude" led a batch of newcomers at the specialty box office this weekend, according to estimates provided by Rentrak earlier this afternoon. | indieWIRE -
Film: Review:Crude
09/10/09 Joe Berlinger's documentary Crude isn't like most films about aggrieved, impoverished people rising up against corporate malefactors. | The A.V. Club -
Latin Events, Sept. 9-15
09/09/09 John Valadez 's " La Onda Chicana/The Chicano Wave ," about the evolution of Chicano music, part of the upcoming PBS series "Latin Music USA," followed by discussion with filmmaker, 7:30 p.m. At Harlem Stage Gatehouse, 150 Convent Ave. at 135th St. Free, RSVP required, call (212) 281-9240. | New York Daily News - New York NY -
89% Crude
09/08/09 Director Joe Berlinger continues in the tradition of his justice-driven films BROTHER'S KEEPER and PARADISE LOST with this documentary. | Rotten Tomatoes -
88% Crude
09/07/09 Director Joe Berlinger continues in the tradition of his justice-driven films BROTHER'S KEEPER and PARADISE LOST with this documentary. | Rotten Tomatoes