Sunday May 29, 2005 
Sunday May 29, 2005
A telemovie produced for the US Rupert Murdoch / FOX owned cable channel FX looks set to deal with the events of a sudden catastrophic loss of oil imports, apparently due to a shipping disaster. The content, however, is obviously influenced by the bleaker end of Peak Oil discourse.
The trailer uses footage reminiscent of the LA riots, and explains in that all too familiar movie trailer voice-over style that "It has already begun. A chain of events that will spark fear, create panic, and result in a catastrophe that will change our lives forever. Americans didn't realize how fragile their existence was."
Called Oil Storm, it will be shown at 8PM Eastern Time on June 5th
View trailer:
www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/oilstorm/main.html (site requires Flash 5)
Direct links to Quicktime movies:
56K: www.fxnetworks.com/video/qt/oilstorm_trailer_qt_56k.mov
Broadband: www.fxnetworks.com/video/qt/oilstorm_trailer_qt_dsl.mov
(2005-05-29 23:07:14 SGT)
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From the distributor's website:
"The dramatic action opens in Louisiana when a hurricane hits the coast taking out a critical portion of the oil industry?s infrastructure forcing thousands to evacuate and costing the oil industry billions. As the financial markets spiral out of control and prices rise no family in the country is untouched by the crisis and desperate measures are called for?" (http://www.walltowall.co.uk/projects/project.asp?ProjectID=254)
Less authoritative sources (bulletin board postings) indicate that it covers about a 1-year period and focuses on 15 people, mainly from a family running a gas station in Texas. ???
Posted by Doug on May 30, 2005 at 02:19 AM SGT #