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Edward Asner, Noam Chomsky, Karen Kwiatowski

Experts have estimated that at the current rate of production, the United States and Europe will exhaust their supplies of oil by the year 2010. Meanwhile, the nation of Iraq holds the world's second ... read more read more...largest reserve of oil, representing nearly three-quarters of the Earth's current petroleum supplies. As the United States and Great Britain mount an ongoing war in Iraq that has eliminated their former government and established a new one in its place under American watch, is it a coincidence that Iraq holds a massive supply of a strategic resource America badly needs? Especially given the fact that a number of the key reasons the United States had presented for going to war (most notably Iraq's alleged stockpile of weapons of mass destruction) have turned out to be based on false information? The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror is a documentary that examines America's continuing thirst for oil, how it has impacted the War in Iraq, and who stands to get rich (and who stands to lose more than mere money) as the battle wages on. The Oil Factor includes interviews with former defense department advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, author and linguist Noam Chomsky, former Pentagon analyst Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, and many others. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 33 min.

Directed by: Audrey Brohy, Gerard Ungerman

Release Date: July 15, 2005

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DVD Release Date: March 14, 2006

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Kevin Crust
July 21, 2005
Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times

Husband-and-wife filmmakers Gerard Ungerman and Audrey Brohy pack their film with information that will not please anyone frustrated by the ubiquity of space-hogging, gas guzzling SUVs. Full Review

Anita Gates
July 18, 2005
Anita Gates, New York Times

Most of this is old news. And the filmmakers never make a coherent case, at least not to the layperson. As a result, the film, which runs about 90 minutes, seems painfully long. Full Review

James Crawford
July 12, 2005
James Crawford, Village Voice

Gives muckraking journalism a bad name. Full Review

Luke Y. Thompson
August 19, 2005
Luke Y. Thompson, New Times

offers nothing that any mildly news-savvy viewer doesn't already know

Andy Klein
July 30, 2005
Andy Klein, Los Angeles CityBeat

A good refresher course for those whose antidepressant prescriptions aren't about to expire.

Steven Mikulan
July 21, 2005
Steven Mikulan, L.A. Weekly

In their quest to connect as many dots as possible (Halliburton, depleted uranium, civilian war deaths), Ungerman and Brohy spread themselves a little thin across the map of U.S. intrigue. Full Review

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