Matt Damon brings the fracking fight to the big screen

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Matt Damon brings the fracking fight to the big screen

$Matt Damon brings the fracking fight to the big screen$

Focus Features Alternate title: We Bought a Gas Farm . Been jonesin’ for a Hollywood movie about a hot-button environmental issue? One without animation, penguins, or Al Gore? You’re in luck: Promised Land could be just the ticket when it hits theaters on Dec. 28. Beyond being the first environmental-issue drama with Oscar chances since Erin Brockovich , this movie about fracking in small-town America comes from some big-name players. Matt Damon, Frances McDormand, and John Krasinski star. Gus Van Sant directs. Damon and Krasinski wrote the script based on a story by Dave Eggers. Look closely: There might even be some Grist readers lurking in the background . Corporate salesman and all-American good guy Steve Butler (Matt Damon) tries to sell a teeny, depressed Pennsylvania town on the benefits (i.e. mad cash money) of fracking. Just as it looks like we’re headed for a hap...

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@pnuw » 30 Oct '12, 8pm
Very interested in seeing this [link]
@StephiKramer » 30 Oct '12, 4pm
RT @mrmetaphysical: Matt Damon brings the fracking fight to the big screen | Grist [link]
@lmdo » 24 Oct '12, 4am
Matt Damon, Promised Land, "mainstream" cinema we should all see in 2013: [link] #climate #fracking
@KathrynSukalich » 22 Oct '12, 11pm
Movie about fracking ft. Matt Damon and John Krasinski comes out 12/28. Based on story by Dave Eggers. [link] via @grist
@Riglo » 20 Oct '12, 6am
Grist talks about a movie where its Matt Damon and Frances McDormand vs John Krasinski: [link] a big subject
@hannathomas » 12 Oct '12, 9pm
Matt Damon & John Krasinski have made a film about fracking, based on a story by Dave Eggers... SWOON. [link]
@teagan_dolan » 10 Oct '12, 2pm
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@jnyp32 » 10 Oct '12, 4am
[video] Trailer for Gus Van Sant movie about #fracking [link]
@GreenSugar » 09 Oct '12, 9pm
Is fracking ready for the big screen? [link]
@BC406 » 09 Oct '12, 7pm
RT @AlisonGannett: Fracking about to hit the hollywood big screen!... [link]
@cse_bristol » 09 Oct '12, 8am
Ooo. Looking forward to Matt Damon fracking movie | [link] | based on story by the amazing Dave Eggers | @grist
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@ECONewZealand » 07 Oct '12, 9pm
Hollywood's take on fracking for gas - the "Promised Land" - Matt Damon brings the fracking fight in the US to... [link]
@marcimichelle » 07 Oct '12, 7pm
Via @grist: Been jonesin’ for a Hollywood movie about a hot-button environmental issue?: [link] #ecotweet #fracking
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RT @ndngenuity: RT @ndngenuity: MT “@grist: Hoping for a Hollywood movie about a hot-button environmental issue? You’re in luck: [link]” W ...
@ndngenuity » 07 Oct '12, 7pm
MT “@grist: Hoping for a Hollywood movie about a hot-button environmental issue? You’re in luck: [link]” Watch the trailer!
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AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! “@grist: Been jonesin’ for a Hollywood movie about a hot-button environmental issue? You’re in luck: [link]”
@talrachleff » 05 Oct '12, 6pm
Cool -- raising awareness about the dangers of friggin fracking! | Grist [link]
@IrishEnvNetwork » 05 Oct '12, 8am
RT @irishenviro: RT @irishenviro: Move over Erin Brockovich; Matt Damon brings the #fracking fight to the big screen in "Promised Land": [link]
@irishenviro » 04 Oct '12, 11am
Move over Erin Brockovich; Matt Damon brings the #fracking fight to the big screen in "Promised Land": [link]
@lukebrocki » 03 Oct '12, 11pm
America's #fracking fight gets the Hollywood treatment this December: [link] (via @grist)
@ennasnosrap » 03 Oct '12, 3pm
What the frack? Can't wait for big-deal enviro movie "Promised Land" w/ Matt Damon in Dec. [link] (via @grist) #green
@mims » 03 Oct '12, 1pm
RT @carlzimmer: RT @carlzimmer: Fracking. Matt Damon. Gus Van Sant. Dave Eggers. Together at last! [link] via @mims
@carlzimmer » 03 Oct '12, 1pm
Fracking. Matt Damon. Gus Van Sant. Dave Eggers. Together at last! [link] via @mims
@GreenTravelGuy » 03 Oct '12, 11am
Matt Damon is fracking awesome [link] #environmentalmess
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Celebrity brings #fracking to the big screen: [link] @grist cc: @FracTracker @RDQ_geography @Mruff221 @billmckibben
@WegoWise » 02 Oct '12, 5pm
Matt Damon and @grist [link] & @djspooky [link] Using #entertainment to raise awareness of #ClimateChange
@grist » 02 Oct '12, 12pm
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@MaciejSurowiec » 02 Oct '12, 10am
Damon brings the #fracking fight to the big screen-shall Obrychski starr in a responsive movie? :) [link] @jwojnaro @wjakobik
@jwojnaro » 02 Oct '12, 10am
"@EnergiewendeGER: Hollywood meets fracking: [link] #shale #gas #MattDamon #PromisedLand" @MaciejSurowiec
@EnergiewendeGER » 02 Oct '12, 9am
Hollywood meets fracking: [link] #shale #gas #MattDamon #PromisedLand
@Andreas_Spath » 02 Oct '12, 6am
Matt Damon brings the fracking fight to the big screen with 'Promised Land' [link]
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@robandrejewski » 02 Oct '12, 12am
The dude from Chuck, the lady from Fargo, and Jason Bourne are making some noise about fracking. [link]
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“@grist: Matt Damon brings the fracking fight to the big screen [link]” can't wait to watch this star studded enviro drama
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