2 Movies Starring Pete Seeger

Alice's Restaurant

Alice's Restaurant

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1969-08-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (3114 Reviews)

Director:

Arthur Penn

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Arlo Guthrie (song)

Venable Herndon (screenplay)

Arthur Penn (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Arlo Guthrie's song is converted into a motion picture. Arlo goes to see Alice for Thanksgivng and as a favor takes her trash to the dump. When the dump is closed, he drops it on top of another pile of garbage at the bottom of a ravine. When the local sheriff finds out a major manhunt begins. Arlo manages to survive the courtroom experience but it haunts him when he is to be inducted into the army via the draft. The movie follows the song with Arlo's voice over as both music and narration.

GasLand

GasLand

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-01-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

107 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (8955 Reviews)

Director:

Josh Fox

Genres:

Documentary

Fullplot:

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.

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