It is happening all across America-rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property. Reason? The company hopes to tap into a reservoir dubbed the "Saudi Arabia of natural gas." Halliburton developed a way to get the gas out of the ground-a hydraulic drilling process called "fracking"-and suddenly America finds itself on the precipice of becoming an energy superpower.

Josh Fox
Self

Dick Cheney
Self (archive footage)

Pete Seeger
Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Aubrey K. McClendon
Self
Pat Fernelli
Self - Resident
Ron Carter
Self - Resident
Jean Carter
Self - Resident
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January 24, 2010
Runtime
1h 47m
Genres
Documentary
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