JohnDoe
Bryn
Brenton
Who Killed The Electric Car (2006)-A FilmInk Review
An Original FilmInk Cinema Review By John Doe
This review appears in the November 2006 issue of FilmInk. Available at newsagents NOW. Or the website is located here www.filmink.com.au
Good morning readers,
Regular visitors to the site will know I freelance for FilmInk magazine. The new issue is on the shelf and that means my contribution gets put up here for you to enjoy. Hope you dig it.
Who Killed The Electric Car
This review appears in the November 2006 issue of FilmInk. Available at newsagents NOW. Or the website is located here www.filmink.com.au
Good morning readers,
Regular visitors to the site will know I freelance for FilmInk magazine. The new issue is on the shelf and that means my contribution gets put up here for you to enjoy. Hope you dig it.
Film Poster-In Cinemas November 23
Title:Who Killed the Electric Car?
Rating: PG
Time: 92 Minutes
Country:U.S.A
Director:Chris Paine
Cast:Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, Martin Sheen
Distributor:Sony Pictures
Worth:$13.50
Released:November 23
Today, a war for oil rages on in the Middle East. Petrol prices are at an all time high. Air pollution is rising at catastrophic proportions. The hole in the ozone is getting larger.
California 1990, the zero emissions mandate is passed stating by 1998 Two percent of new vehicles sold will be emission free, increased to Ten percent by 2003.
10 years ago a solution appeared, General Motors EV1. It looked good, ran well and emitted no exhaust fumes. With no need for gas, oil changes, mufflers and demanding only an occasional brake adjustment, this was the low running cost answer to our environmental worries. 6 years later the entire fleet was whacked, Sopranos style.
Who killed the electric car? Was it big oil? Was it the auto industry? Was it the corporate funded government? Was it the S.U.V loving, gas guzzling consumer? Or was it the hideous creature that lurks just below mad Mel’s ZZ Top beard?
Director Chris Paine’s timely who-dunnit documentary examines the forced inception of GM’s EV1, its low key existence and vicious demise. The film begins at the turn of the century when the internal combustion engine won its first battle with the electric.
Proceeding through to Jimmy Carter’s historic energy conscience bill of 1979 and ending with Bush’s hammering the final nail in the coffin of a realistic alternate fuel source.
Entertaining and informative, this emotional documentary interviews an informed spectrum of people involved and affected by this suppressed tragedy. Essential viewing, you will find yourself laughing, crying and raging throughout this inspirational film. Reinforcing we have the tools to make this world a better place.
Rating: PG
Time: 92 Minutes
Country:U.S.A
Director:Chris Paine
Cast:Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, Martin Sheen
Distributor:Sony Pictures
Worth:$13.50
Released:November 23
Today, a war for oil rages on in the Middle East. Petrol prices are at an all time high. Air pollution is rising at catastrophic proportions. The hole in the ozone is getting larger.
California 1990, the zero emissions mandate is passed stating by 1998 Two percent of new vehicles sold will be emission free, increased to Ten percent by 2003.
10 years ago a solution appeared, General Motors EV1. It looked good, ran well and emitted no exhaust fumes. With no need for gas, oil changes, mufflers and demanding only an occasional brake adjustment, this was the low running cost answer to our environmental worries. 6 years later the entire fleet was whacked, Sopranos style.
Who killed the electric car? Was it big oil? Was it the auto industry? Was it the corporate funded government? Was it the S.U.V loving, gas guzzling consumer? Or was it the hideous creature that lurks just below mad Mel’s ZZ Top beard?
Director Chris Paine’s timely who-dunnit documentary examines the forced inception of GM’s EV1, its low key existence and vicious demise. The film begins at the turn of the century when the internal combustion engine won its first battle with the electric.
Proceeding through to Jimmy Carter’s historic energy conscience bill of 1979 and ending with Bush’s hammering the final nail in the coffin of a realistic alternate fuel source.
Entertaining and informative, this emotional documentary interviews an informed spectrum of people involved and affected by this suppressed tragedy. Essential viewing, you will find yourself laughing, crying and raging throughout this inspirational film. Reinforcing we have the tools to make this world a better place.
"Dont Mourn me when Im dead, just remember what I did when I was alive"
Film & TV on DVD