GasLand

2010

1h 45m

Documentary

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98%

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41 Reviews

85%

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5,000+ Ratings

When Josh Fox receives a $100,000 offer from a natural gas company interested in exploring in his land in Pennsylvania's Delaware River Basin, he decides to do his own research on drilling and the process known as fracking. Josh sets out to interview those who live near drilling sites, and his findings are frightening -- their wells contaminated, residents can actually set their tap water on fire. Visits to sites in Colorado, Wyoming and Texas yield similar horrific findings.

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Critics Consensus

GasLand patiently and powerfully outlines alarming problems with modern fuel extraction -- and the horrific public health risks that go along with them.

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Zara Miller

Little White Lies

Gasland will no doubt spark the political debate it intends.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 20, 2011

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Patrick Peters

Empire Magazine

Josh Fox puts a fresh spin on a well-drilled - if continually relevant - story.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 18, 2011

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Philip French

Guardian

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.

Jan 18, 2011

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Kathi Maio

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

GasLand shows ordinary Americans setting their formerly potable kitchen tap water on fire, it looks like a special effect, but sadly isn't.

Mar 10, 2020

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Tim Heffernan

Esquire Magazine

Recommended, especially for those who still think the Gulf spill is just a local problem.

Oct 19, 2018

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A.S. Hamrah

n+1

This is the new American landscape, where George Romero meets Henry Thoreau.

Apr 30, 2018

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Audience Member

Grossly inaccurate and fear mongering.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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When are we going to learn that if we stick crap into the earth, she's gonna spit it out right back at us? And that we're going to end up eating it, drinking it and bathing our children in it? Whether it is garbage in landfills, acid water eating at the foundations of Joburg, or our latest toy, high-pressured, chemically treated, carcinogenic water that is used in the hotly debated fracking practice. It really does make no sense. In a nutshell Josh Fox is approached by an oil company to lease his land to them for fracking. They offer him a lot of money, enough to make him suspicious. He decides to investigate and sets off with video camera in hand to the closest county where fracking is being used. Mood of the film Josh starts out by being merely intrigued by people being able to set their tap water on fire. Soon the reality of the situation sets in and his mood darkens towards despair. Best one-liner A rhetorical question posed by a pro-fracker to Halliburton, the company pioneering fracking: "If you weren't able to do this hydraulic fracturing, how much more would we be dependent on foreign oil? And terrorism?" Best performance Josh is certainly the star of his own documentary, but he is upstaged on a few occasions by some intriguing characters he interviews. I especially enjoyed the auntie keeping dead animals in her freezer as proof. Horrifying scene A farmer uses a blowtorch to heat his well water, water both he and his wife drank. The liquid plastic in the water soon turns to small plastic sheets as it melts together! Negatives Not enough people will see this film. Is the film relevant today? Come on! FYI Visit http://www.stopfracking.co.za to help stop fracking in South Africa.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

5* because ot the thematic. Absolutely horryfying

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/21/18

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n a

A documentary with a vitally important subject, which probably could have reached a far wider audience with a more experienced director.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

8/27/16 Netflix An eye opening, Oscar nominated documentary. Scary, disturbing, anger inducing and other adjectives apply here. Corporate greed, political corruption and the exploitation of the citizens is clearly detailed. Finally, there is the conundrum of reliance on foreign aources of energy versus locally produced energy. As an aside there is one more reason presented as to hy Dick Cheny may be the worst human in US history.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Audience Member

Interesting, if worrying film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Synopsis

When Josh Fox receives a $100,000 offer from a natural gas company interested in exploring in his land in Pennsylvania's Delaware River Basin, he decides to do his own research on drilling and the process known as fracking. Josh sets out to interview those who live near drilling sites, and his findings are frightening -- their wells contaminated, residents can actually set their tap water on fire. Visits to sites in Colorado, Wyoming and Texas yield similar horrific findings.

Director: Josh Fox
Producer: Debra Winger, Hunter Gray
Screenwriter: Josh Fox
Production Co: HBO Documentary Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2016
Runtime: 1h 45m