Tulsa
by Stuart Heisler
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Actor: Chill Wills, Lloyd Gough, Pedro Armendáriz, Robert Preston, Susan HaywardDirector: Stuart Heisler
Brand: Bayside ENT Dist
Cinematographer: Winton C. Hoch
Editor: Terry O. Morse
Producer: Edward Lasker
Producer: Walter Wanger
Writer: Curtis Kenyon
Writer: Frank S. Nugent
Writer: Richard Wormser
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-06-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Alpha Video
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Movie Review: Explaining Oil Conservation
Summary: 5 Stars
Tulsa, 1949 film
"Oklahoma" means "Red Man's Land". There was oil beneath the ground. Sought for and fought for all over the world. This story is set in the 1920s, where cattle was an important product. Herefords replaced longhorn cattle. But there is trouble: cattle are dying by the creek from oil in the water. There is an oil gusher at the adjoining ranch! A piece of the well fell on the rancher. Miss Lansing visits Mr. Bruce Tanner about the loss of the cattle. "I don't forget that easy." She meets "Crude Oil" Johnny Brady. Liquor is served from a Mason jar. Miss Lansing was given some oil leases by Brady. Tanner offers $20,000 for those leases. No deal. Geologist Brady visits and gives advice. There is a fight. They hit water - no oil. But a new technique can be used to seal off the water and re-drill for oil. Can Brady get financing? "Let it ride!" "Yahoo!"
There is surprising good news from the ranch. The well is capped (no wasted oil). New riches, new spending. Oil on Jim Redbird's ranch? Will he "enjoy life" now? What if someone wants more oil drilling? Over drilling can prevent the recovery of oil and damage the land above. Limiting drilling extends the life of oil wells and saves the land. But not all agree. This takes laws. Miss Lansing builds a new mansion to flaunt her wealth. [Wealth leads to political power.] Brady talks to the Governor about Conservation. Will Lansing team up with Tanner? Or Brady? What if there is a conflict about business? Could Tanner become the next state governor? Redbird doesn't want any more oil wells, he wants to preserve his land. Is he competent? [Note the use of state power to take possession of his mineral rights!] What can he do? Waste oil poisons the water used by cattle.
"The field is on fire!" They must shut down the wells. The fire spreads, they need a fire break made with dynamite. The burning towers fall! Brady drives a bulldozer to save Miss Lansing and Jim. They have to destroy the oil wells in order to save them. They can rebuild to conserve the oil supply, with fences to safeguard cattle. This will provide an example for the rest of the state. Modern oil fields use this technique now.
This drama explains the purpose of oil conservation without preaching. Early oil production drew out so much oil that the drop in internal pressure made recovering the rest of the oil economically prohibitive. A rise in the price of oil increases the value of unrecovered oil. Now there are plans to fracture shale rock to recover the methane gas below. But the chemicals used can poison underground water so it isn't potable. This sixty-year old film is still relevant today.
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