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We watched Frackman at a screening in Sydney last night and were sufficiently motivated to go home and switch our power company to one that isn't involved in Coal Seam Gas in Australia. It just seemed the right thing to do. The film itself is not just another whining documentary. And it doesn't take itself so seriously as 'Gasland' for example. The style is quite different, although the subject is the same - how small land-holders are threatened by the extreme mining techniques of CSG extraction, and how it risks Australia's people, water table and land. It is often very funny; although this is a very serious subject and at times Frackman himself is moved to tears. The photography is excellent and the story itself rolls along at a cracking pace...

At the end, the crowd in the cinema gave it a very well deserved round of applause. Absolutely recommended.

Some folks say the American dream is dead, but this movie shows this is just not so... Here lies dream fodder for folks all over the world who can dream of long South California summers, dream of real buddies who will help a guy hand-build a real beauty of a roarin' machine, dream of soundtracks by the brilliant James Inveldt, soundtracks of real punk and real rockabilly to a life of freedom on the open highways, rippin' through the desert.

Beautiful.

Many thanks to all the guys who made this wonderful and inspiring film.

This is the best motorsnuckle film I have seen The Loveless and deserves similar acclaim.

This is Moore's best film by far, at times brilliant, at times beautifully moving, and often, very, very funny. Moore moves from the personal - his own history, and that of his family as blue-collar workers, to an overview of an economic system, and does these difficult transitions smoothly, to present a rounded picture of actions and consequences. And at times, this movie just makes you GASP! How did Paulson get away with it? Are the American people really just going to just lie there and let the bankers rob them blind?? The choice of music and archive clips is also superb. A really important film. Well done, Mr. Moore!