Matt Damon and John Krasinski (The Office) wrote the "Promised Land" movie script together, took the two lead roles, and it's in theaters today.
It's about fracking, the destructive practice of freeing oil or more often gas from their proper storage space underground and the wealth and pollution it produces. Last month the fossil fuel industry set out to hamper and discredit the movie. They put a pool of money together to fund "bad" reviews for papers that will take the gift review, rebuttals on editorial pages, send out speakers to clubs and media events, spur if they can a few dingbats to picket a few theaters in hope they can reduce the number who will see it and/or convince small town theaters to not show it at all.
Based on the gas industries reaction to this movie, thats all I need, I will see it.
Me too. I'm a Matt Damon fan anyway. ; )
ReplyDeleteThe commercials for the film have already got my wife and I making plans to see it, sooner or later. Unless the reviews are bad in the American Petroleum Film Review issue...
ReplyDeleteWent to the limited screening in Chicago. Good film. Some ploy holes but the best part were the UIC kids handing out flyers for SAFE (Southern Illinoisians Against Fracking our Environment). The IL Legislature is getting ready in the new year to allow Fracking.
ReplyDeleteGeG, thanks for the review.
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