Fuel
Eye on the Oscars: Documentaries
|
More Articles:
Most Viewed:
Spielberg abandons 'Harvey'(1943 views)'Blind Side' gains B.O. yardage over 'New Moon'(1838 views)Nine(1797 views)Taylor Lautner to star in 'Max Steel'(969 views)Johnny Depp eyes Pancho Villa role(893 views)Bennett Miller to direct 'Moneyball'(692 views) |
DIRECTOR: Josh Tickell, an environmental activist, arrived fresh into the filmmaking game armed with 11 years' experience in the alternative energy field.
SUBJECT: One man tries to wean the country off oil and improve the environment.
FINANCING: Budget of approximately $1.5 million was mostly self-financed with the help of a small investment and various donations and green sponsors.
DISTRIB: Originally titled "Fields of Fuel," doc had its preem at Sundance and will be theatrically released during the first quarter of 2009 via Intention Media.
HELMER COMMENTS: "I felt that it wasn't finished, so me and my team literally shot almost half of the movie after Sundance," Tickell says. "At Sundance it was a movie about biofuels, but after the festival there was a media backlash against biofuels. So we didn't feel that it was responsible to have a film that didn't address the pros and the cons of that energy. We ended up adding Robert Kennedy Jr., Richard Branson, Sheryl Crow and a whole new section at the end of the film that explores which forms of green energy are viable and can be put into a community."
