The End of Suburbia

The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream is a 2004 documentary film concerning peak oil and its implications for the suburban lifestyle, written and directed by Toronto-based filmmaker Gregory Greene.

The End of Suburbia
Directed by	Gregory Greene
Produced by	Barry Silverthorn
Written by	Gregory Greene
Music by	Ken Vandevrie
Cinematography	Barry Silverthorn
Edited by	Barry Silverthorn
Production company	The Electric Wallpaper Co.
Distributed by	The Electric Wallpaper Co.
Release date	5 May 2004
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Description

The film is hosted by Canadian broadcaster Barrie Zwicker and features discussions with James Howard Kunstler, Peter Calthorpe, Michael Klare, Richard Heinberg, Matthew Simmons, Michael Ruppert, Julian Darley, Colin Campbell, Kenneth S. Deffeyes, Ali Samsam Bakhtiari and Steve Andrews.

In 2007, Greene released a sequel called Escape from Suburbia.

Cast

• Matthew Simmons, as himself
• Richard Heinberg, as himself
• Michael Ruppert, as himself
• James Howard Kunstler, as himself
• Steve Andrews, as himself
• Ali Samsam Bakhtiari, as himself
• Peter Calthorpe, as himself
• Colin Campbell, as speaker
• Dick Cheney, as himself (archive footage)
• Julian Darley, as himself
• Kenneth S. Deffeyes, as himself
• Michael Klare, as himself
• Barrie Zwicker, as host

See also

• Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO)
• The Long Emergency

External links

• Official website
• It's the End of the World as We Know It - film review by the Baltimore Chronicle
• "Running on Empty - The End of Suburbia and the future slums of Irvine" (film review)
• Review Summary - The NY Times
• The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream at IMDb
• The End of Suburbia // The chutry experiment, May 2006
• Post Carbon Institute
• Escape From Suburbia (2007)
• Global Oil Watch - Extensive peak oil library
• Are We Drunk On Oil?