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Crude 2009 Hollywood Movie

Cast And Crew

Starring : Pablo Fajardo, Luis Yanza, Steven Donziger, Joseph Kohn, Alejandro Ponce, Adolfo Callejas, Diego Larrea, German Yanez
Directed by: Joe Berlinger
Production Joe Berlinger

Release Date: 9/9/2009
Genre: Documentary
Language: English

Plot Summary

Tells the story of one of the largest and most controversial legal cases on the planet. An inside look at the infamous $27 billion "Amazon Chernobyl" case, Crude is a real-life, high stakes legal drama involving global politics, the environmental movement, celebrity activism, human rights advocacy, multinational corporate power, and the fate of disappearing indigenous cultures.

Review

I would have sworn that The Cove had the Oscar sewn up for best documentary this year. But Joe Berlinger's Crude, which opens next Wednesday (9.9.09), will be in the thick of the Oscar fight.

You've got to hand it to Berlinger for his even-handed work on Crude, a film that depicts immense sadness and stunning corporate villainy. Yet Berlinger offers a balanced look at the conflict. Chevron gets the chance to tell its story and Berlinger never pulls any sort of "gotcha" move on them. It's just that the facts are so damning, even given the full-bore public-relations disinformation campaign by Chevron.

The story Berlinger tells is about the callously deadly and widespread despoiling of the Ecuadorian rain forest by Texaco -- now owned by Chevron -- and Chevron's refusal to accept responsibility for it. It's infuriating, at the least, to look at and listen to evidence - and listen to Chevron's lawyers and spokespeople denying all the things they so obviously are guilty of.

But Berlinger tells the story calmly, carefully, offering both sides the opportunity to present a case. Yet it's obvious to anyone with eyes that Chevron is being disingenuous about its culpability for massive environmental crimes. It's just as obvious why Chevron is dead-set on tying the matter up in court until everyone involved has died of old age or the cancer caused by Chevron's toxic legacy.