The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror (2004)

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NR | 1 hr 33 mins | Documentary | Released: 1/1/2004

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Synopsis:

According to O.E.C.D. data, the Middle-East holds 70% of the world oil reserves while North America and Europe will run out of oil in 2010 at their current rate of production. Current technologies might provide alternatives to oil for energy but not to oil for plastics. In the wake of Vice President Dick Cheney's 2001 Energy Task Force, is it a coincidence if George Bush targeted Iraq in its so-called "war on terror", a country known to possess the second largest oil reserves in the world? Is it another coincidence that US forces in Afghanistan and Central Asia are based near Central Asian oil and natural gas? Was invading Iraq and Afghanistan really meant to reduce terrorist threats against the United States or was it a ploy to guarantee that the average American can go on for a while consuming 4 times more energy than the average European or 32 times more energy than the average African? After a year-and-a-half investigation and a three-month trip between Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, the documentary looks at both the human cost and the greater geo-strategic picture of George Bush's "war on terror". With solid facts and figures, maps and graphics and original footage shot on location, the documentary features such personalities as Zbigniew Brzezinski, Noam Chomsky, Gary Schmitt (Director of The Project for the New American Century), Ahmed Rashid (best-selling author of "Taliban") and Karen Kwiatkowski (Pentagon).

Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/1/2004

Director	Credit
Gerard Ungerman	Director
Audrey Brohy	Director
Cast	Credit
Edward Asner	Narrator
Zbigniew Brzezinski	Himself
Noam Chomsky	Himself
Gary Schmitt	Himself
Ahmed Rashid	Himself
Karen Kwiatkowski	Herself
Paul Bremer	Himself
Randa Habib	Himself
Scott Peterson	Himself
Production Credits	Credit
Gerard Ungerman	Producer
Audrey Brohy	Producer
Distribution Companies	Credit
Free-Will Productions	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Writer	Credit
Gerard Ungerman	Screenplay
Audrey Brohy	Screenplay
Film Camera	Credit
Gerard Ungerman	Cinematographer
Music	Credit
Fritz Heede	Music

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